ALACHUA, Fla. – Held in conjunction with the 2016 Thor Winter Olympics, the final round of the Women's Motocross Championship (WMX) took place this Saturday, November 26, at Gatorback Cycle Park in Alachua, Florida. Hannah Hodges took home the overall win where she dominated both motos, coming out with a 1-1 moto tally. 

Hodges' Team Green Kawasaki teammate Kylie Fasnacht, who was still feeling the effects of the ACL injury that forced her to miss the previous round in New Jersey, clinched the WMX series title with a conservative 7-7 performance. The win was Hodges' second of the season, having also gone 1-1 in her only other appearance in the series at round two at Wortham, Texas' Freestone Raceway.  

"It was really good to finish off the season with another win, especially since this year was my first on a big bike," said Hodges. "I hurt my wrist during the 250 B Limited race at the earlier this week and it was still sore for the WMX race, but I was able to tough it out and get the win. I only did one other round this year so it was good to be able to just hop in and go 1-1." 

Since Hodges was outside of the top-10 in the standings heading into the Florida round, the Kawasaki rider had one of the last picks on the starting gate for the first moto. Hodges was not fazed as she still managed to exit the first turn in second behind Stone/Fly/Scott/Cycle Shack North Yamaha's Kaitlyn Morrow. Hodges took the lead before the end of the opening lap when she passed Morrow heading into the famed ‘Gator Pit.' 

"My wrist was pretty tight on the first lap, so I just tried to ride steady most of the race and I was able to get the lead and pull out to a pretty good gap," said Hodges.