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 team results.
Several team members set season-best placements in their division. The conditions were unusually wet and cloudy for a race in the Methow but produced some fast race results on the 4.5-mile course. The scoring team members included the following.
- Zane Shiers, 6th Grade Boys, Place: 4th, Team points: 91
- Quinn Shiers, 8th Grade Boys, Place: 6th, Team points: 5
- Scout Bates, 7th Grade Girls, Place: 10th, Team points: 77
- Finnley Bunker, 7th Grade Boys, Place: 10th, Team points: 77
- Matthew Lawrence, 8th Grade Boys, Place: 10th, Team points: 77
The team had 3 high school athletes compete in the intermediate high school category. The Mercer Island athletes are Connor Auld, Taylor Yetman, and Benjamin Williams racing 2 laps of the 4.5-mile course.
The team will compete in the Washington Student Cycling League State Final in Spokane on May 21st. More information about the team and results are available at https://MercerIslandMTB.org.
A version of this article has been published in the Mercer Island Reporter.