Melisa Rollins

A Utah native, Rollins balances her blossoming cycling career with her work as a chemist at ARUP Laboratories, a national nonprofit and academic reference laboratory at the forefront of diagnostic medicine based in Salt Lake City, UT. Her road to the bike began in 2016 when her stepdad won a mountain bike in a raffle. He offered her the bike if she would commit to racing the Leadville 100. She accepted the gift and the challenge. She did very well in 2021 Leadville 100 MTB where she placed 6th.