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 24 teams in the state championship race and finished seventh in the season team standings.
The athletes continued their progression in the championship race. The team was treated to a beautiful and challenging 6.1-mile course at Riverside State Park with perfect racing conditions. The middle school team members raced to the following results.
- Zane Shiers, fourth of 35 sixth-grade boys
- Scout Bates, seventh of 17 seventh-grade girls
- Quinn Shiers, ninth of 55 eighth-grade boys
- June Bailey, eleventh of 17 in seventh-grade girls
- Finnley Bunker, twenty-sixth of 46 seventh-grade boys
- Samuel Greer, thirtieth of 35 sixth-grade boys
- Alex Wirkkala, thirty-third of 46 seventh-grade boys
- Oliver Lee, thirty-fifth of 55 eighth-grade boys
Three athletes finished in the top ten season results in their category based on results across all of the races this year.
- Zane Shiers, second sixth-grade boys
- Quinn Shiers, seventh eighth-grade boys
- Scout Bates, eighth seventh-grade girls
The team had three high school athletes compete in the intermediate high school category of 88 riders. The Mercer Island athletes are Taylor Yetman (34th place), Benjamin Williams (35th place) and Connor Auld (43rd place) who worked together through the race during the two laps of the 6.1-mile course.
The team will open the next season in the fall. More information about the team and results are available at https://MercerIslandMTB.org.