Justin earns 33rd at Nationals

On July 16th Justin Mitchell pedaled to the line at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort to race against the best junior mountain bikers in the country (and the world).  Justin has trained relentlessly this year logging over 3300 miles during his 230 hours on the bike while maintaining over a 4.0 GPA and scoring two 5's on his AP exams.  One of the challenges to this race was the elevation since Mammoth is located at 8500ft and the majority of the top riders spent at least 4-6 weeks at nationals training camps in areas like Park City and Boulder.  As such,  Justin was going to have his work cut out for him!  The race started off with a 2.5 mile gravel and single track cat 4 climb which took about 14 minutes to complete.  The race then quickly got interesting with a rocky and technical 1.5 mile descent back down to the start/finish line that took around 3 min to complete.  The riders did four of these laps averaging around 18 minutes per lap.  Justin's finish time was 1:28:06 over 16 miles and 2600ft of climbing earning 33rd place among the best riders in the nation!
 

WFS Mountain Bikers place 2nd at Fat Tire Frenzy

Justin and Alex competed in the 12th annucal Fat Tire Frenzy race at Falling Creek Park in Bedford VA.  The 8.25 miles course offers variety, challenge and  FUN!  Both racers who were able to stay strong and finish 2nd in their respective division.  Alex raced 16 miles and Justin raced 24miles.  

Alex Krongard celebrating 2nd place in the U18 Sport Division

Justin Mitchell celebrating 2nd place in the U18 Expert Division (and with the second best time of all expert racers as well).

VAHSMTB RACE 4 @ Woodberry Forest Slideshow

More pictures from the race can be found HERE

VAHS MTB Race #2 @ Forest Hill Park: Richmond VA

Great day of racing in Richmond last Wednesday!  The Woodberry Forest Mountain Bike team headed to Richmond to attack the fast four mile course.  Almost everyone moved up in the standings and everyone had a great time!  Thanks to Jason Hopkins and all of the Richmond crew for a great event.

VAIS Outdoor Educators Workshop @ Woodberry Forest School

Woodberry Forest School hosted educators from all over the state to its beautiful campus for a day chocked full of education, workshops and fun.  The highlight for most was listening to Dr. Lester Zook's keynote address.  Other activities included a fly-casting workshop, wild flower identification hike and numerous presentations on programs at independent school across Virginia.

More Pics from the VAHS MTB Race

Thanks to Patrick's dad for some great pictures!!!!

VAHS MTB Series Race 1: Woodberry Mountain Bike Team

On Saturday the Mountain Bike Team traveled to Miller School of Albemarle to compete in the first race of the Virginia High School Mountain Bike Series.  The boys had a strong performances with many of the guys racing for the first time ever. The course was a tough and twisty 4 mile loop w. 500ft of elevation gain per lap.  Varsity (4 laps) JV (2 laps).

Varsity Team Results: 
• Miller School of Albemarle 640
• Pure XC 565
• East Coasters 310
• NOVA Composite 270
• Woodberry Forest School 240
• Armstrong HS 160
• Cardinal Bicycle 150
• Run Ride Race 150
• Blue Ridge Cyclery p/b Reynolds GM/ Subaru 120
• Blue Ridge School 80

Junior Varsity Team Results:
• Miller School of Albemarle 520
• Blue Ridge School 270
• Woodberry Forest School 261
• Blue Ridge Cyclery p/b Reynolds GM/ Subaru 190
• Trinity Episcopal 162
• Williamsburg Area 130
• Rogue Racing 120
• Pure XC 110
• Armstrong HS 110
• Rocktown 89
• NOVA Composite 25
• Goochland HS 12

Overall Co-Ed Team Standings:
• Pure XC 1195
• Miller School of Albemarle 1160
• Armstrong HS 675
• Woodberry Forest School 501
• NOVA Racing 475
• Blue Ridge School 350
• BRC p/b Reynolds GM/Subaru 310
• East Coasters 310
• Trinity Episcopal HS 292
• Rocktown 224
• SEAVS/Haymarket 150
• Cardinal Bicycles 150
• Goochland HS 12

Individual Varsity Standings (top 4 count for points) 
• 3rd Place: Justin Mitchell (170 points)
• 22nd Place: Bennett Setzer (70 points)

Individual JV Standings (top 4 count for points)
• 7th place: Alex Krongard (115 points)
• 9th place: Will Slicer (105 points)
• 27th palce: George Williams (23 points)
• 32nd place: Garrett Venable (18 points)
• 36th: Charles Kirkman (14 points)
• 37th: Daniel Porter (13 points)
• 40th: David Vu (10 points)
• 43rd: Gus Dupree (7 points)
• 45th: Oliver Postic (5 points)
• 46th: Patrick Burke (4 points)
• 50th: Chris Nance (1 point)
• 51st: Jose Hernandez (1 point)