SHRED Composite

What a great last race to the season. Coyote Composite - NICA Youth MTB Team Emporia, KS were incredible hosts with one of the best event venues of the season.

The bikes are being washed and the jerseys hung up for the Fall, but reach out if your student athlete is interested in joining NICA next year.

Snake River Farms is always a great race. It's challenging. It's technical. It's a great way for each of our student athletes to refine their skills, dig deep and further develop their love for mountain biking.

We have one more race in Emporia before our season ends. Thank you to all our support crew, from the league staff and volunteers to our local sponsors and parents. A huge thank you especially to all the moms out there that showed up on their Mothers' Day to cheer on their kids.

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We are also building the next generation of storytellers. We love seeing the next generation of photographers document the races. The future is bright. Great job, Brecken.

Kansas NICA

We love seeing all the future photographers out on course over the weekend. Great job Brecken on capturing some of our riders.

Kansas MTB

What a day out there.

Ever-changing conditions and slick rocks and roots didn't get our team down.

Every. Single. One of them crossed that finish line, and in those conditions, that alone is something to be proud of.

They finished. Wait. Even better...They Raced and succeeded.

We're talking a rider climbing from dead last to a convincing first place finish, podiums across the board, and personal bests that nobody saw coming on a day like today. Every athlete gained some new skills and added confidence.

When the trails knocked them down — literally — they got back up, clipped back in, and kept pushing.

This was one of those races you'll be talking about for a long time.

Here are the results:
2nd Place in 5th Grade Boys - Emery Stebner
1st Place in Middle School C Boys - Karston Bucholtz
3rd Place in MIddle School C Boys- Bodie Elwell
3rd Place Middle School B Boys - Austin Lillibridge
3rd Place JV2 Boys - Talon Yingling
3rd Place JV3 Girls - Felicity McDowell
3rd Place JV2 Girls - Kortney Crumpton
3rd Place Varsity Girls - Kaci Hodgson
Team 5th Overall

We are so proud of this group. They got everything they had out of themselves today, and then some. But most importantly, they seemed to have a lot of fun doing it.