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Mercer Island Bike Skills Area Opening Day November 15th
The Mercer Island Bike Skills Area is planned to be launched with an opening ceremony on November 15th at 3:00 PM. It’s hard to believe this day is just around the corner after the journey for this community asset. We hope we get a good weather window to allow some riding of the trails at…
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MI MTB Fall 2023 Season Recap
The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team wrapped up the fall race season this month. This was a short two-race season but we still had a great time with this group of kids. The MI MTB Fall 2023 team consisted of 23 student-athletes ranging between 6th and 11th grade. The team was facilitated by 12 volunteer…
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MI MTB Team Spring Kick-off
The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team for grades 6-12 will hold a season kick-off meeting on Wednesday, January 11th at 5:30 PM in the Mercer Island Community Center. The team will compete in the Washington Student Cycling League spring season. Registration opens on January 15th and practices will begin in February. The spring season wraps…
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Meet the Fall 2022 MI MTB Team
The Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team is off and running in the Fall 2022 Washington Student Cycling League. The MI MTB team has grown to 32 athletes for the fall season – with 16 new riders on the team. The team has 23 middle school athletes and 9 high school athletes for the season. The…
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Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Trail Work
On June 2 the Mercer Island Mountain Bike team had the opportunity to give back to the trail system on Mercer Island. The team worked with the Mercer Island Parks department to address chronic muddy areas on the Pioneer Park trails. With 20 team members and coaches at the event, quick work was done on…
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Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Competes in State Championships
The Mercer Island Middle and High School Mountain Bike team competed in the state championship race in Spokane on May 22nd fielding 330 riders from across the state. This was the fourth and final race of the spring season. Eight Mercer Island Middle school athletes raced to field a complete team. The middle school team finished ninth of…
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Mercer Island Mountain Bike Team Races in Methow
The Mercer Island Middle and High School Mountain Bike team competed in the Methow Sidewinder race in Winthrop on May 15th fielding 360 riders from across the state. This was the 3rd race of the spring season. 14 Mercer Island Middle school athletes raced to field a complete team. The middle school team finished 9th (of 24) in…