USU Eastern Athletics

Ryker Christensen, a freshman from Price, Utah, brings a strong competitive background and a passion for mountain biking to the USU Eastern mountain biking program. During his high school career, he competed in varsity mountain biking and was a region champion during his junior year. He also competed in soccer and basketball while earning numerous wins in mountain bike races. Christensen now competes full time in mountain biking and looks forward to continuing his development at the collegiate level.

Christensen is the oldest of four children and is the son of Allan and Tammie Christensen. He has two brothers and one sister. Athletics have been an important part of his life, with mountain biking becoming his primary competitive focus.

Outside of mountain biking, Christensen enjoys playing basketball and soccer for fun. He also enjoys working with computers and challenging himself to try new things. He plans to study business marketing and looks forward to continuing to grow as a student, athlete and competitor at USU Eastern.