VAHSMTB Race 3 at Miller School

The Woodberry Forest Mountain Bike Team headed to the Miller School of Albermarle yesterday to compete in race three of the Virginia High School Mountain Bike League.  Top rider for the tigers was Justin  who clawed his way to 6th place with an absolutely stellar performance.  Justin  (6) was then followed by Thomas (26) and Hines (28) who rounded out Woodberry's top three varsity finishes.  For the JV race Alex (16), Ryan (17) and Bennett (18) all finished in the top 20 after a strong two lap effort.

It is also worth mentioning that all 15 WFS boys finished this race!  Given the course length and difficulty this is a huge team victory. These guys are training hard and it really shows on race day.  Finishing times ranged from 1 hour and 5 min to 2 hours with the Varsity course around 16 miles with 2400' of climbing and the JV course 8 miles and 1200' of climbing.  Overall, a great race on a great course.

Full results are posted on the VAHSMTB Website

The race got some great local coverage on NBC 29

Newsplex Coverage CLICK HERE 

VAHSMTB Race 2 Video

VAHSMTB RACE #2 Roanoke

Today the mountain bike team competed in the race #2 of the Virginia Area High School Mountain Bike League.  With a reduced squad the boys knew every finish would count towards our team total.  As such, each guy gritted their teeth and finished the race.  Certainly the hardest race to date with Varsity completing 18 miles w. 2400' ft of elevation and JV doing 9 miles w. 1200' feet during the race (finish times ranging between 1 hour 20min and 2 hour and 10min).  Top performing athletes for the team were Justin Mitchell and Woody Liles on Varsity and Ryan Tilgner and Alex Kronguard for JV.   

Highlights: 

1. Justin Mitchell: Top 10 Varsity
2. Woody Liles:  Huge effort with a really strong Varsity finish
3. Ray Wu: Gutted it out for his first JV finish!!!
4. Alex Kronguard: only minutes behind Ryan Tilger.  
5. Ryan Tilgner:  Top 20 JV.  

We will know more details when the race results are posted on Monday.  In the meantime check out http://wfsoutdooreducation.blogspot.com/ for pictures and congratulate the ten guys who traveled on a job well done.  Just finishing this race was a huge success!  

Season Notes: 

*After the first race of the season the WFS mountain bike team sits in fourth in the league right behind Miller School of Albemarle.  

TEAM COMPETITION AFTER THE FIRST RACE: 

1) Pure XC

2) Eastcoasters

3) Miller School of Albermarle

4) Woodberry

5) Blue RIdge School 

6) Armstrong

*practice video for those intersted.

http://youtu.be/a02fKZXfeUI

Woodberry visits Blue Ridge Trails

Dero Fix It Bike Station!!

Woodberry Forest School recently installed a Dero Fix It Bike Station at the Barbee!  A Fix It bike station allows 24/7 access to bike tools and pumps for the community and is a popular addition to most major cities and college campuses.  This station will allow members of the Woodberry community to work on their bikes, fix flat tires, and learn basic maintenance of bicycles.  A huge thanks goes out to the Woodberry facilities guys for installing this for us today.

VAHSMTB Race 1: Richmond

The Woodberry Forest mountain bike team headed to Richmond yesterday to compete in the Virginia High School Mountain Bike League.  We had fourteen guys representing WFS at the starting line.  In total there were 130 racers at the race.  The boys fought hard and gutted it out on a very difficult course.  Given that this was only the second time on single-track for most of the guys, yesterday was a huge success.  Hands down the highlight of the day was when the entire team rallied together to go out on course and encourage our last finisher to complete the race.  In my opinion, it's a testament to the brotherhood these guys develop at Woodberry.  It was a really great and inspiring day.  Look for us in Roanoke on 4.12!

Top 3 scorers by place for WFS: 
Varsity
11: Justin Mitchell
34: Thomas Lee
39: Hines Liles

Junior Varsity
28: Bennett Setzer
31: Paul Parker
32: Ryan Tilgner



Full results can be found by clicking here: