Galena Growlers perform well at first race of season
WAWARSING – On Saturday, April 22, eleven members of the Galena Growlers High/Middle School Mountain Bike team traveled down to Wawarsing, NY for a race at Lippman Park, their first race of the 2018 Spring NICA NY League.
There were 24 teams that came together with over 256 kids to race across the sixth to 12th grade racing categories.
The races started out in the morning at 9:30 a.m with the freshman boys and girls attacking the high school 3.3 mile cross country course.
In the freshman boys race, the Growlers saw our two first time racers, Andrew and Daniel Thompson. Both boys finished without issues in 25th and 27th place respectively with 29 racers in the boys freshman race.
On the girls side of the freshman race, Galena Growlers Bailey Olds attacked the course as another first-time racer. Bailey was having a great race through lap one but not long into her second lap, she broke a chain. Hitting the pit zone, Bailey quickly changed out her bike and finished the race for podium finish of fifth place.
Right after the freshman boys and girls races, the middle school races hit the starting line. In the eighth grade boys race, the Growlers had three racers – the veteran Daniel Scholl was joined by first time racing teammates Nathan Bennett and Wyatt DuBois. After their three lap race, the Growlers came out with Scholl taking a podium spot at third. Bennett finished ninth and DuBois placed 14th. “Our kids did an awesome job with no mechanical issues for any of the boys,” said head coach Rob Baker. There were 20 boys in the eighth grade boys race.
In the sixth grade boys race, the Growlers had Colin Olds, another first-time racer, hit the single track. Colin completed the race without issue as well, cruising into a 19th place finish out of 27 participants
In the afternoon, the remaining high school racers attacked the Lippman Park single track race course.
The Growlers first afternoon racers were in the JV race, where three Growlers raced. Harrison DuBois finished in 12th with broken chain, teammate Stanton Baker came in as the 19th rider to cross the finish line and did so with a flat tire and first-time racer Andrew Schaeffer placed 33rd. In the JV race, there were 35 participants.
The last racer for Team Galena Growlers was John Ballard in the Sophomore boys race. Ballad, another first timer, had no mechanicals and cruised to a 37th out of 47 total riders.
From a team perspective, out of the 24 teams that traveled to Lippman for the first race of the season, the Galena Growlers came in 11th place overall. The team scorers were DuBois, Baker, Schaeffer and Bailey Olds.
The Growlers next race will take place at Walnut Mountain Park in Liberty, NY on May 6.
There were 24 teams that came together with over 256 kids to race across the sixth to 12th grade racing categories.
The races started out in the morning at 9:30 a.m with the freshman boys and girls attacking the high school 3.3 mile cross country course.
In the freshman boys race, the Growlers saw our two first time racers, Andrew and Daniel Thompson. Both boys finished without issues in 25th and 27th place respectively with 29 racers in the boys freshman race.
On the girls side of the freshman race, Galena Growlers Bailey Olds attacked the course as another first-time racer. Bailey was having a great race through lap one but not long into her second lap, she broke a chain. Hitting the pit zone, Bailey quickly changed out her bike and finished the race for podium finish of fifth place.
Right after the freshman boys and girls races, the middle school races hit the starting line. In the eighth grade boys race, the Growlers had three racers – the veteran Daniel Scholl was joined by first time racing teammates Nathan Bennett and Wyatt DuBois. After their three lap race, the Growlers came out with Scholl taking a podium spot at third. Bennett finished ninth and DuBois placed 14th. “Our kids did an awesome job with no mechanical issues for any of the boys,” said head coach Rob Baker. There were 20 boys in the eighth grade boys race.
In the sixth grade boys race, the Growlers had Colin Olds, another first-time racer, hit the single track. Colin completed the race without issue as well, cruising into a 19th place finish out of 27 participants
In the afternoon, the remaining high school racers attacked the Lippman Park single track race course.
The Growlers first afternoon racers were in the JV race, where three Growlers raced. Harrison DuBois finished in 12th with broken chain, teammate Stanton Baker came in as the 19th rider to cross the finish line and did so with a flat tire and first-time racer Andrew Schaeffer placed 33rd. In the JV race, there were 35 participants.
The last racer for Team Galena Growlers was John Ballard in the Sophomore boys race. Ballad, another first timer, had no mechanicals and cruised to a 37th out of 47 total riders.
From a team perspective, out of the 24 teams that traveled to Lippman for the first race of the season, the Galena Growlers came in 11th place overall. The team scorers were DuBois, Baker, Schaeffer and Bailey Olds.
The Growlers next race will take place at Walnut Mountain Park in Liberty, NY on May 6.
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