Ely youth mountain bikers traveled to River Falls, WI on Sept. 12-13 as Team BOREALIS competed in its second race of the season.
Over 1,000 riders competed at Whitetail Ridge in the weekend’s races. The approximately 3.6 mile course wound through the woods and featured punchy climbs, fast field stretches, and flowy berms.
Team BOREALIS fielded three riders in the junior high races on Saturday and six more in the high school divisions on Sunday.
Results for the team were as follows: Name Division Time Laps Pl.
James Townsend 7th Gr. Boys 18:45 1 6 Sawyer Kannas 7th Gr. Boys 20:25 1 18 Porter Franciskovich 7th Gr. Boys 24:21 1 49 Carrington Kosinski Fr. Boys 40:41 2 39 Beck Sponholz Fr. Girls 38:12 2 8 Ava Wohnsen Fr. Girls 46:27 2 33 Addison Kannas JV2 Girls 38:48 2 2 George Sponholz Var. Boys 1:10:26 4 49 Toivo Forsman JV2 Boys 42:52 2 69 The team will return to Hidden Valley at home in Ely to practice for the next two weeks before traveling to their next race at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Sept. 26-27.
