6th Annual Mountain West Cyber Challenge 2025 - Debrief/recap

Mountain West Cyber Challenge 2025 all levels welcome; no limit on number of teams (first come first serve!) January 10th, 2026

Nathan S. Evans
Last updated on Jan 28, 2026 News, Updates, Events

6th ANNUAL MOUNTAIN WEST CYBER CHALLENGE – MWCC!

Results

Event Results:
The competition was a great success, bringing together talented students from various schools to showcase their cybersecurity skills. Below are the teams that participated:

Participants

  • Team 1: Henry Walen, Brian Wilson, Spencer Liu, Owen Conlon
  • Team 2: Freyia Tennebo, James Weiner, Campbell Willmuth, Benjamin Block
  • Team 3: Sy Pretto, Jason Velvick, Warren Kankwe, Adrian Rodriguez, and La’Ron Latin

When: Saturday, Dec. 10th Where: Teams can gather in person, if desired, but the challenge event was 100% online

Recap Writeup

Warren Kankwe, one of our DU graduate students, slated to graduate with an MS in Cybersecurity in 2026, was kind enough to pen a recap/review of the event. Find it in full here:

Student Feedback: MWCC2026

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Nathan S. Evans
Nathan S. Evans
Teaching Associate Professor, Academic Director for Cyber Security, University of Denver

Research includes networking, network security, software security and systems.

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