Washington Co., Wi – Congratulations to the Trail Sharks Mountain Bike Team. It was their fifth and final race for the season on Sunday, October 19 at Trek Trails in Waterloo for the State Championship.
There were over 1300 registered student-athletes for the weekend festival activities – a new record – with over 1170 racing. The festival activities included two nights of adventure riding, pump track riding and more. The Trail Sharks had 31 athletes representing the team at Trek.
This is a fun yet challenging venue from rocky terrain, steep technical single track hills, tight cornering and slalom.
This venue is typically closed to the public – only open for special events, Trek employees and their pro riders – making it a favorite athletes love to ride.
This season ended fairly soggy. It rained early Saturday and then again all Saturday night into Sunday morning. The races were delayed by an hour due to how wet and dangerous the race course was.
The league officials decided to modify the course for the athlete’s safety. It was quite a muddy mess for the 4-lap and 3-lap race categories. Athletes seemed to slide out on corners the most, but most were able to get right back on and keep riding.
There wasn’t a clean bike coming through the finish line for those morning categories. As the day went on and the sun shined, the course started to dry out, and it turned into a perfect fall day with a cool breeze and falling leaves. No matter the weather the crowds of spectators pile into the woods and all along the course to cheer on the athletes – ringing cowbells, cheering at the top of their lungs, and some wearing costumes. It is always a sight to behold.
The team had 2 athletes on the podium bringing home medals for their individual races. Since this was the State Championship, overall race season medals go to the top 5 athletes in 2-4 lap categories and team trophies were awarded based on points earned from the five races for the top 3 teams in Division 1 and Division 2.
There is one more race opportunity the High School athletes have for the WI NICA League. For the first time there is a Central Regionals event being held. It is Nov. 8-9 in Fayetteville, AR. A few of the Trail Shark athletes will be attending and joining with others from around the state representing WI.
Medalists…
Gracelyn Beimborn (Kewaskum) – 3rd
Alexander Seboe (Germantown) – 5th
Overall Race Series in top 10…
Jaiden Schumacher (West Bend West) – 7th
Alexander Seboe (Germantown) – 8th
Athletes…
(1 lap)
Addison Schumacher (West Bend) – 20th
Lukas Heller (Germantown) – 16th
Liam Edlbeck (West Bend) – 45th
Scarlett Godbout (West Bend) – 31st
Brooklynn Whyte (Richfield) – 35th
Jeffery Hilgendorf (Germantown) – 75th
Gracelyn Beimborn (Kewaskum) – 3rd
Iain Crew (Homeschool) – 21st
Brayden Thiermann (Mequon – Trinity Lutheran Freistadt) – 22nd
(2 lap)
Liesl Ryan (Homeschool) – 19th
Sloan Godbout (West Bend West) – 26th
William Heller (Germantown) – 42nd
Clayton Katsma (West Bend West) – 53rd
Tyler VanAdestine (West Bend East) – 54th
Wyatt Edlbeck (West Bend East) – 71st
Kaylie Yttri (West Bend West) – 23rd
Benjamin Tremaine (West Bend East) – 28th
Aiden DePolo (Homeschool) – 38th
John Rank (Kewaskum) – 41st
Matt Moser (West Bend East) – 49th
Herman Schmidt (West Bend East) – 78th
Chet Davis (Germantown) – 80th
Xander Atkins (West Bend West) – 81st
(3 lap)
Shealyn Jablonski (West Bend East) – 17th
Lauren Ryan (Homeschool) – 34th
Alexander Seboe (Germantown) – 5th
Jaiden Schumacher (West Bend West) – 14th
Ephraim Essinger (Kewaskum) – 33rd
Graham Jablonski (West Bend East) – 51st
Christopher Tremaine (West Bend East) – DNF (injured)
(4 lap)
Aiden Schubert (West Bend East) – 45th