BY JIM LEITNER of thonline.com
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By competitive cycling standards, you could consider Deb Matz somewhat of a late bloomer.
The 1978 graduate of Dubuque Senior began competing just two years ago after six years of recreational riding. But over Labor Day Weekend, the Plano, Texas, resident won two gold medals and one silver in her first trip to the U.S. Masters National Track Cycling Championships on the superdrome at Collin College in Frisco, Texas.
“The last two or three years, my focus was the masters national race,” said Matz, who also collected the Best All-Around Award at the meet. “I really learned a lot about myself and about what I can do. I found out I can do much more than I thought, and I found out there’s more to it than what the observer sees.
