JACKSON, Ga. – The White County mountain bike teams competed in the third race of the season on October 8th. The Duel at Dauset in Jackson is a course that gives the riders a good mix of what they’ve been racing on so far with a mix of technical riding and hills.
“It was a great weekend over our fall break with many families camping and enjoying the great local facilities. Our teams once again showed out on the podium with 10 riders earning medals,” said Jeff DeFoor, Head Coach White County High School Mountain Bike Team.
The White County High School team finished 7th in the Division I teams out of 27 and sits in 6th place in the team series. The team had 15 athletes competing between the middle and high school categories. For the middle school, Jesse Bowen took 2nd place and Chance Miller took 3rd place. Miller still leads the series and will continue wearing the leader jersey and Bowen is 3rd in the series points.
Also competing in the 8th grade category were Asher Stewart finishing 20th, Carter Burford finishing 32nd and Benjamin Witcher finishing 47th. Diezel Griffin took 2nd place and Lucas Johnson finished 11th in 7th grade, Johnson also won the award for the highest-scoring male in the Mountain Bike Skills Course. In the 6th grade category, Rucker Anderson competed in his first race and finished in 9th place.
White County High racers included Caeden Allen who competed in JV1 and finished 13th. In JV2, Evan Adams took 1st place and now sits in 2nd for the series. Also in JV2 were Alex Wall finishing 18th, Colt Miller finishing 40th, and Nathan Witcher finishing 68th out of 75 racers. In the freshman category, Joe Murphy finished 42nd. Anna Kate DeFoor took home another 1st place finish in JV1 Girls and leads the series and will continue wearing the leader jersey.
Yonah Composite finished 1st in the Division II teams out of 17 and leads the team series results. They had 8 athletes competing between the middle and high school categories. In the middle school group, Hope Hogan finished 5th in 8th-grade girls and sits in 5th place for the series. Rush Chamberlain took 3rd place in 7th grade.
The high school group consisted of Freshman Brayden Watkins finishing 6th and Levi Hogan finishing 28th out of 57 racers. Avery Himstedt finished 34th in the JV1 category. Elizabeth Himstedt took 2nd place in JV1 girls and sits in 2nd for the series. The LaRue sisters, Caitlin and Brianna took 4th and 5th respectively in Varsity Girls. Caitlin now sits in 3rd, and Brianna sits in 4th for the series.
DeFoor said they are halfway through their race series, with the next race coming up on Saturday, October 21st, at Road Atlanta in Braselton. This is also a Conference Championship meet.
According to Coach Defoor, this is the closest race to home and he encourages anyone interested in seeing what it’s all about to come out, races starting at 8:30 am. For more details, you can check out georgiacycling.org.
