The Coyotes took to the trail at Owasippe this weekend, over two days of starkly different weather. On Saturday, the Elementary team was the top team on the day under hot sunny skies where pre-race staging looked like a UCI race, with parents holding umbrellas to shade their racers from the blistering heat. Sunday dawned with temps in the high 50s, clouds, and the threat of rain. Varsity, JV and Advanced MS raced in the cool temps with a dry course, while the Novice racers proved to be the true warriors of the weekend, racing in a constant downpour on the sandy course. At the end of the day, the HS team ended up on top!
In perhaps the best illustration of the contrast in weather, here are the team podium shots from Saturday and Sunday, presented without further comment!
Team scores this week illustrate the importance of podiums in the Advanced Elementary and Varsity categories. The HS victory was paced by Gerrit Boer’s 3rd place Varsity Boys podium finish and Madine Whitmer’s 5th place Varsity Girls podium. In the elementary race, the clean sweep of the top three girls’ Advanced Elementary race spots, virtually guaranteed the Coyote victory. Of interest, our relatively small number of middle-school participants also shows up in the team scoring as well! It’s a good thing we are stacked with 5th graders.
Individual Results – Elementary
For the second week in a row, the Coyotes swept the top three spots in Girls Advanced Elementary! That squad is dominating the league for the second year in a row. All results listed here with pictures I could find of the podium finishers.
Podiums
- James Broughton – 1st – Lower Elementary Boys
- Reese Drajka – 1st – Advanced Elementary Girls
- Laila Hubbard – 1st – Upper Elementary Girls
- Sammy Weaver – 2nd – Advanced Elementary Girls
- Landree Darnell – 3rd – Advanced Elementary Girls
- Harper Roberts – 4th – Upper Elementary Girls
- Sawyer Willink – 5th – Advanced Elementary Boys
Finishers
- Owen Rookus – 6th – Advanced Elementary Boys
- Calvin Host – 7th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Anneke Willink – 8th – Lower Elementary Girls
- Grant DeWall – 9th – Advanced Elementary Boys
- Hadley Ruch – 13th – Lower Elementary Girls
- Lucy Baltruczak – 14th – Upper Elementary Girls
- Jakob Boer – 14th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Ellie Pankey – 15th – Upper Elementary Girls
- Camden Host – 18th – Lower Elementary Boys
- Ryder Pankey – 22nd – Lower Elementary Boys
- Aspen Trierweiler – 23rd – Lower Elementary Girls
- Fiona O’Byrne – 24th – Lower Elementary Girls
- Gunnar Larson – 27th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Henry Heritage – 28th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Alida Ward – 28th – Lower Elementary Girls
- Rainey Broughton – 29th – Lower Elementary Girls
- Max Clemo – 29th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Forris Rettig – 31st – Upper Elementary Boys
- Sawyer Weaver – 31st – Lower Elementary Boys
- Hudson Seaver – 32nd – Lower Elementary Boys
- Isaac Lilly – 34th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Jensen Dew – 37th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Maximus Hovey – 38th – Lower Elementary Boys
- Finn O’Byrne – 38th – Upper Elementary Boys
- Maverick Seaver – 47th – Lower Elementary Boys
- Jacob Baltruczak – 53rd – Lower Elementary Boys
Individual Results – Middle School (6-8)
Podiums
- Tristan Hubbard – 1st – Novice Boys 6
- Henry Wert – 2nd – Novice Boys 7
- Easton Roberts – 4th – Novice Boys 7
Finishers
- Hazel Cherney – 6th – Novice Girls
- Ray Muehlenz – 7th – Advanced MS Boys
- Indio Segerlind – 6th – Novice Boys 7
- Tyler Veley – 7th – Novice Boys 6
- Will Hughes – 8th – Novice Boys 6
- Nico DiLaura – 11th – Advanced MS Boys
- Ocean Trierweiler – 11th – Novice Girls
- Luke DeWall – 13th – Advanced MS Boys
- Matia Battjes – 14th – Novice Girls
- Spencer Foster – 23rd – Novice Boys 6
- Ryan Armey – 24th – Novice Boys 6
Individual Results – High School (9-12)
Podiums
- Gerrit Boer – 3rd – Varsity Boys
- Hudson Roberts – 4th – Novice Boys 9
- LJ Nykamp – 5th – JV Boys 9-10
- Madine Whitmer – 5th – Varsity Girls
Finishers
- Anabel Miller – 6th – Varsity Girls
- Megan Scheuerle – 7th – Novice Girls
- Camille Natter – 8th – Varsity Girls
- Haydon Frehr – 9th – JV Boys 11-12
- Owen Tesch – 10th – JV Boys 11-12
- Levi Minnerick – 11th – JV Boys 9-10
- Easton Foster – 12th – Varsity Boys
- Connor Lakatos – 14th – Novice Boys 10-12
- Silas Ondersma – 16th – Varsity Boys
- Emma Cavner – 17th – JV Girls
- Henry Mears – 19th – Novice Boys 10-12
- Tim Knape – 31st – JV Boys 11-12
- Jeremy Blocker – 33rd – JV Boys 11-12
There are >100 photos posted in Band from this weekend as well, so if you’re looking for more photos, be sure to go there and browse (and share your own!).