Mountain Biking v. Cardigan Mountain School

10/10/2017

The Eaglebrook Mountain Bike team traveled to Cardigan Mountain School on Saturday, October 7 for our first race of the season. Twenty of our riders faced off against a Cardigan team that participates in a weekly race series against high school aged students, on their home turf, but our riders weren't intimidated. After pre-riding the race course, all of the chatter from the boys was about how fun the trails were, and the hopes that we could return some weekend soon to ride with Cardigan for fun. As racers were called to the line though, the focus changed to the task at hand. With intermittent rain, the conditions were slick and less than ideal, but the Eaglebrook racers rode hard right out of the gate and challenged the best riders Cardigan had to offer. All the Eaglebrook riders fought hard, and earned points on the slippery course. The wet conditions resulted in a few mechanical problems, and plenty of spills. In the end, Henry Melnik ended up in third place in an exciting sprint finish in the Varsity group, Jonathan Peng solved a mechanical issue on the fly and finished fifth in the JV race, and Alex Alexandrovskiy had an impressive second place finish in the Thirds race. All the boys did well, and some of them in their first ever race. It was a great day, and we thank Cardigan for the strong and friendly competition.

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