MTBracenews was the first to report that Chloe Forsman crashed heavily in the Cross Country race at the NMBS finals in Brian Head, Utah, August 31 . The Luna team rider and Under-23 National Champion went down hard on the Lowder Ponds descent of the technical Brian Head race course. Race staff escorted her from the course and she was taken to the onsite medical clinic at Brian Head Resort.
While Chloe received 24 stitches to close a gash over her knee she was happy to hear the laceration was the extent of her injuries. The resilient Luna rider said, she recently started her Junior year at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Forsman expects to be able to return to racing action in the local Arizona scene this fall and remains committed to defending her Collegiate National Cross Country Championship in 2008.