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On Saturday, Oct. 23, the Middle School mountain bike team traveled to Watkinsville, Ga., to compete in the fourth race of the Georgia Cycling Association’s five-race series. With several steep, root-filled climbs and many tight twists and turns, the course at Heritage Park is the most challenging of the race series. The Knights navigated the 4.5-mile course well and had a blast while doing it.
In the eighth-grade boys race, Cash Brooks led the Knights with a lap time of 26:11, putting him in 13th place in the pack of 105 riders. Following Brooks in the eighth-grade boys race were Iliyan Hajiani (73rd), Noah Eisenman (88th) and Dominic Hantula (89th).
In the seventh-grade boys race, Wyatt Childers finished with a time of 42:05, which placed him in 81st place in the pack of 87 riders. Following Childers was Graham Smith, who finished in 83rd. In the seventh-grade girls race, Lawson Hight finished with a time of 45:25, which placed her 20th in the pack of 21 riders.
The Middle School mountain bikers take to the trails again on Sunday, Nov. 7, when they travel to Milledgeville, Ga., to ride the course at Bartram Forest. This will be the final race of the Georgia Cycling Association race series for the 2021 season.
On Sunday, Oct. 24, the Upper School mountain bike team traveled to Watkinsville, Ga., to compete in the fourth race of the Georgia Cycling Association’s five-race series. Like the Middle School team, the Knights faced the tough Heritage Park course and fared well.
In the JV boys race, senior Connor Vance led the Knights, completing the course in 56:54, which put him in 39th place in the pack of 161 riders. Following Vance were junior Graves Hamilton (84th) and sophomore George Thompson (108th).
In the freshman boys race, Stewart Favero finished with a time of 1:05:13, 63rd place in the pack of 109 riders. Following Favero was Dean Matthews, who finished in 87th place.
The Upper School team takes to the trails again on Sunday, Nov. 7, at Bartram Forest in Milledgeville, Ga., the final race of the Georgia Cycling Association race series.