September 8, 2026 – Washington Co., WI – The Washington County Trail Sharks Mountain Biking Team, part of the Wisconsin National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), kicked off the race season over the weekend at Powers Bluff County Park in Marshfield WI. This was the first year the WI league has had an event at this venue.
This is also the first season the WI league is divided into two conferences- North and South- due to the increase of participating athletes. The South Conference raced Saturday and the North Conference on Sunday.
The race morning started off cool with overcast skies and a light mist. By the time races started, the conditions cleared becoming very favorable for the morning riders. The humidity crept back in and the sun came out, making for a very warm ride for the afternoon riders.
It didn’t matter what time of day it was, there were many flat tires on the different courses that added just another challenge for some of the athletes. The trails consisted of gravel double tracks, single tracks, bridges, berms and many rock gardens throughout the different courses. There was a mix of technical features, flowy downhills and challenging climbs.
There were 575 athletes registered to race on Saturday Sept 5. Of those registered athletes, Washington Co. Trail Sharks had 27 student athletes participate, with two athletes, Kennedy Whyte and Gracelyn Beimborn taking the podium. Washington County Composite took 3rd place overall in Division 2.
The Trail Sharks have their next festival weekend on Sept 19-20, 2026, with the race on Sunday at Minooka Park in Waukesha.
Medalists…
Kennedy Whyte (Richfield) 4th
Gracelyn Beimborn (Kewaskum) 5th
Athletes…
(1 Lap)
Kennedy Whyte (Richfield) 4th
Sydney Volbrecht (Germantown) 16th
Brock Prust (Holy Angels) 35th
Grayson Kurlinski (Holy Angels) 38th
Addison Schumacher (St. Frances Cabrini) 7th
Lukas Heller (Germantown) 6th
Clayton Thiermann (Mequon- Trinity Lutheran Freistadt) 13th
Brooklyn Whyte (Richfield) 18th
Jeffery Hilgendorf (Germantown) 48th
Aris Volbrecht (Germantown) 60th
(2 Laps)
Gracelyn Beimborn (Kewaskum) 5th
Brayden Thiermann (Living Word) 8th
Iain Crew (Kettle Moraine Lutheran) 19th
Liesl Ryan (Home School) 8th
Kaylie Yttri (West Bend West) 15th
Liam Paruch (Germantown) 11th
William Heller (Germantown) 26th
Xander Atkins (West Bend West) 57th
(3 Laps)
Lauren Ryan (Home School) 8th
Graham Jablonski (West Bend East) DNF (injured)
Ephraim Essinger (Kewaskum) 32nd
Benjamin Tremaine (West Bend East) 34th
John Rank (Kewaskum) 35th
(4 Laps)
Jaiden Schumacher (West Bend West) 14th
Alexander Seboe (Germantown) 20th
Team Standings…
