State Champions, Bloomer Recap, and End-of-Season Party

Double State Champions has a nice ring to it.

**Middle School State Championship Award Presentation**
Undefeated Season – 2019

**High School State Championship Award Presentation**
Perfectly Posed Team Photo? Hardly.
An exciting and hard-earned Championship? Absolutely.

Well, it’s been a busy week, Coyotes! On Sunday we had our final race (Bloomer Park in Rochester Hills), won a double State Championship and came home with some great memories of the racing season. Then, last night on Tuesday we had our team end-of-season party at Cannonsburg, complete with Tacos and a very brief night ride (on the pump track for most of you) and some spectacular (but not unexpected) lightning and rain.

For the most part this newsletter, website, our Remind.com texts, Facebook page, and other media will go pretty quiet for a few months. That’s the nature of the end of the season and the start of the dark months of Michigan winter. Some of you will be at Peak-to-Peak this weekend, others at the Iceman Cometh Challenge in November and still others grinding it out in the snow over the winter on their fat bikes. For the most part though, this will be the last newsletter until April or May. So enjoy your offseason and we’ll all look forward to talking with you in the spring!

Final Standings – State Championships

The Coyotes had several finishers on the podium (Top 3) for the overall MiSCA Series at the end of the season. Points are calculated by taking the best 5 races any racer finished. This allows for a stray mechanical, illness or crash in one race without tanking someone’s prospects of achieving their goals. This practice is consistent with other race series as well. Full (final) series results are available at MiSCABike.org.

State Championship Podium Winners

Haydon Frehr – State Champion
Drake Marine – 2nd Runner Up
**Boys Advanced Middle School**
**Final Standings, State Championship**

Freida Kincaid – Runner Up
**Girls Advanced Middle School**
**Final Standings, State Championship**

Anabel Miller – Runner Up
**Girls Varsity**
**Final Standings, State Championship**

Brevin Martin – 2nd Runner Up
**Boys Middle School 6th-7th**
**Final Standings, State Championship**

Luke Zuelke – 2nd Runner Up
**Boys Varsity**
**Final Standings, State Championship**

All Coyotes that raced at least 3 races were eligible for the overall State Championships awards:

Marley Marine, Girls Upper Elementary, 5th Overall
Olivia Miller, Girls Middle School, 5th Overall
Leorah Roeber, Girls Middle School Advanced, 5th Overall
Eli Zuelke, Boys Middle School 6-7, 5th Overall
Madine Whitmer, Girls JV, 5th Overall
Nathaniel Vogler, Boys JV 11-12, 6th Overall
Brigid Whitmer, Girls Middle School, 7th Overall
Addison Forrester, Girls Varsity, 9th Overall
Raven Kincaid, Girls Varsity, 10th Overall
Levi Minnerick, Boys Middle School 6-7, 10th Overall
Adam Polmenteer, Boys Novice 10-12, 10th Overall
Bryce Natter, Boys Varsity, 11th Overall
Isaiah Roeber, Boys Middle School Advanced, 11th Overall
Henry Wert, Boys Upper Elementary, 11th Overall
Spencer Foster, Boys Lower Elementary, 12th Overall
Owen Tesch, Boys Middle School 8, 12th Overall
River Bouman, Girls Upper Elementary, 13th Overall
Eric Hoffman, Boys JV 9-10, 16th Overall
Tim Knape, Boys Middle School 8, 18th Overall
Vaughn White, Boys Middle School 6-7, 20th Overall
Nicholas Budden, Boys Varsity, 23rd Overall
Jacob Boon, Boys JV 9-10, 25th Overall
Josiah Taylor, Boys Middle School 6-7, 34th Overall
Owen Handwerk, Boys JV 9-10, 39th Overall

Bloomer Park Race Review

The Coyotes are State Champions for both Middle School and High School Composite XC MTB! This, in our third year! It goes without saying that we’re incredibly proud of the effort all our racers put with the Yellow and Blue on each week. MiSCA puts together by far the most well-attended youth series in Michigan, and we wish to express our thanks for their hard work.

At the final race, the Coyotes took 2nd in the H.S. Division and 1st in the Middle School race (capping an undefeated Middle School season!). Those finishes were enough to earn the overall State Championship trophies for both.

Podium Results:

Haydon Frehr
Boys Adv. MS, 1st
Freida Kincaid
Girls Adv. MS, 1st
Anabel Miller
Girls Varsity, 1st
Drake Marine
Boys Adv. MS, 2nd
Luke Zuelke
Boys Varsity, 2nd
Brevin Martin
Boys MS 6-7, 5th
Olivia Miller
Girls MS, 5th
Madine Whitmer
Girls JV, 5th

Other Results:

Marley Marine, Girls Upper Elem, 6th
Nathaniel Vogler, Boys JV 11-12, 6th
River Bouman, Girls Upper Elem, 7th
Brian Miller, Coaches Race, 7th
Adam Polmenteer, Boys Novice 10-12, 7th
Brigid Whitmer, Girls MS, 7th
John Frehr, Coaches Race, 12th
Bryce Natter, Boys Varsity, 12th
Spender Foster, Boys Lower Elem, 14th
Eric Hoffman, Boys JV 9-10, 14th
Levi Minnerick, Boys MS 6-7, 15th
Henry Wert, Boys Upper Elem, 15th
Nicholas Budden, Boys Varsity, 16th
Eli Zuelke, Boys MS 6-7, 16th
Jacob Boon, Boys JV 9-10, 28th
Owen Handwerk, Boys JV-9-10, 43rd

End-of-Season Party Pictures

Our end of season party was at Cannonsburg, featured Taco Tuesday, a campfire on the deck, chilly wet weather, great food from parents and a brief but spectacularly lit night ride!

Racers all received personalized top-tube stickers, a Pack Loyalty Certificate, cycling socks and two free tacos. In short, it was a nice evening to celebrate each rider and their progress this season. Turns out, riding bikes in the woods is pretty fun!

Here are a few pictures from the evening: