Muddy day moves Galena Growlers up in NICA standings
LIBERTY – The Galena Growlers High and Middle School Composite Mountain Bike Team traveled down to Liberty, NY to race at Walnut Mountain Park – the NICA Hill Climber Cross Country race.
The town park was filled to the brim with 26 NICA teams attending the race that started and finished in park’s main infield, with a fast-starting area that quickly disappeared into the park’s single track.
Raining all through the night before Sunday’s race, 350 kids with another 100 coaches on bikes headed for the trails to pre-ride the course. The warm up made for some grease-like trails with a lot of mud to compete on when it came to race time.
The day started out with the freshman boys followed by the girls. In the boys race, the Growlers had the Thompson Twins – Andrew and Dan – who tackled and conquered the muddy course without mishap. Andrew completed the race as 30th racer to finish, which good for 329 team points. His brother Dan followed him in, finishing just one place behind Andrew. His place picked up 326 team points.
“Both Dan and Andrew had a great race,” said Growlers head coach Rob Baker. “They were working hard over the two-lap race course for the freshman.”
Next up for the day were the freshman girls where the Growlers’ Bailey Olds hit the course. Olds rode the course to a fifth-place finish, resulting in 464 team points.
Shortly following the two freshman races, the Middle School races took place. The Growlers had three eighth grade boys compete. Dan Scholl finished third, Nathan Bennett placed seventh and Wyatt DuBois came as the 12th rider to cross the finish line.
All three boys completed the sloppy middle school course without mechanical issues or crashing. “On a day like Sunday, the goal quickly turns into one of just finishing the day with a running bike and all succeeded in the morning races,” said Baker.
The Galena Growler’s lone sixth grader, Colin Olds, raced to a 16th place finish, having a solid mountain bike ride at Walnut Mountain.
The remainder of the racers were in the high school divisions and they compete on a slightly different course than the youngsters earlier in the day.
The Growlers two afternoon racers were Stanton Baker of the JV boys division and John Ballard, racing in the sophomore boys.
Both boys finished with a running bike as the course was a mud-fest. Baker finished his race at 12th while Ballard placed 28th for the sophomore boys.
After two races in the season series, the Galena Growlers are sitting in the 12th spot of the standings. Their next race is May 20 in Queensbury, NY at the Adirondack Cross-Country race.
The town park was filled to the brim with 26 NICA teams attending the race that started and finished in park’s main infield, with a fast-starting area that quickly disappeared into the park’s single track.
Raining all through the night before Sunday’s race, 350 kids with another 100 coaches on bikes headed for the trails to pre-ride the course. The warm up made for some grease-like trails with a lot of mud to compete on when it came to race time.
The day started out with the freshman boys followed by the girls. In the boys race, the Growlers had the Thompson Twins – Andrew and Dan – who tackled and conquered the muddy course without mishap. Andrew completed the race as 30th racer to finish, which good for 329 team points. His brother Dan followed him in, finishing just one place behind Andrew. His place picked up 326 team points.
“Both Dan and Andrew had a great race,” said Growlers head coach Rob Baker. “They were working hard over the two-lap race course for the freshman.”
Next up for the day were the freshman girls where the Growlers’ Bailey Olds hit the course. Olds rode the course to a fifth-place finish, resulting in 464 team points.
Shortly following the two freshman races, the Middle School races took place. The Growlers had three eighth grade boys compete. Dan Scholl finished third, Nathan Bennett placed seventh and Wyatt DuBois came as the 12th rider to cross the finish line.
All three boys completed the sloppy middle school course without mechanical issues or crashing. “On a day like Sunday, the goal quickly turns into one of just finishing the day with a running bike and all succeeded in the morning races,” said Baker.
The Galena Growler’s lone sixth grader, Colin Olds, raced to a 16th place finish, having a solid mountain bike ride at Walnut Mountain.
The remainder of the racers were in the high school divisions and they compete on a slightly different course than the youngsters earlier in the day.
The Growlers two afternoon racers were Stanton Baker of the JV boys division and John Ballard, racing in the sophomore boys.
Both boys finished with a running bike as the course was a mud-fest. Baker finished his race at 12th while Ballard placed 28th for the sophomore boys.
After two races in the season series, the Galena Growlers are sitting in the 12th spot of the standings. Their next race is May 20 in Queensbury, NY at the Adirondack Cross-Country race.
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