Aromas’ Kiran MacKinnon takes seventh in Chile Challenge downhill mountain bike race

Aromas’ Kiran MacKinnon, a Soquel High alum, placed seventh in the men’s pro downhill mountain bike race at the Chile Challenge in Angel Fire, N.M., on Saturday. The event was the second of the Mountain States Cup State Series.

MacKinnon [Santa Cruz/TLD/e*thirteen/Formula/Cane Creek/Fox] finished the course in 5 minutes, 55.99 seconds. Logan Binggeli of Saint George, Utah, won the race in 5:46.14. Bingelli rides for KHS.

Hans Keisler of Aptos [Troy Lee/the Hive/Smith optics] was the only other Santa Cruz County-area rider to compete. He finished 23rd in the men’s Cat 1 19-29 age division in 7:09.50. Placentia’s Jake Payne [unattached] won that race in 6:20.62.

Results in this report are from USACycling.com.

– Christina Gullickson, on Twitter @CGullTweets

Aptos’ Nikia Brautovich wins Nisene Marks Women’s 5-miler

Early leaders, including eventual winner Nikia Brautovich [No. 706], in the Nisene Marks Women’s 5-miler sprint up the hill and out of Aptos Village Park on Sunday morning.

Aptos resident Nikia Brautovich won the Nisene Marks Women’s 5-mile race at the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in her hometown on Sunday with a 6-minute, 19-second per mile pace.

Brautovich, 21, crossed the finish line in 31:32. Aptos’ Melissa McConville, 27, was second in 32:25, and Watsonville’s Margaret Ellis, 37, was third in 34:37.

Livermore’s Tara Carreira, 38, in fourth [34:54], and Santa Cruz’s Trinity Magas [35:25], 38, rounded out the top five.

Results in this report are from the Santa Cruz Track Club’s website.

– Christina Gullickson, on Twitter @CGullTweets