This spring marks the first anniversary of Mile High Cycling. We want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who has helped make this program a success while also summarizing what we have already accomplished alongside some remaining plans. A few pictures are highlighted below, but you can also follow the inline links to...
Join us in the school cafeteria to learn all about the Mile High Middle School mountain biking team, also open to next year’s 6th graders from Granite Mountain and home-school students within the PUSD boundary. We’ll go over the team’s philosophy, upcoming practice schedule, equipment requirements, loaner bikes program, Girls Riding Trails (GRiT) program, and...
Generous community donations have already helped us achieve the following for our inaugural season: 30 middle school students registered with the team in grades 6 through 8 from PUSD or homeschool alongside 15 volunteer coaches MTB 101, MTB 201, and MTB 301 skills clinics for student-athletes and coaches Bike repair, maintenance, and fit clinics Hundreds...
Boys 8th Grade 13th Ethan Bideau 36:33 17th Gavin Ingallina 37:16 21st Mason Kleinjan 38:24 22nd Wyatt Wilson 38:58 27th Zane Carlson 41:14 DNF Ronin Romig Boys 7th Grade 15th Owen Vail 27:56 27th Will Gray 30:35 28th Jakobi Anglin 31:22 29th William Devenie 31:40 34th Jack Buckley 35:40 38th Jeremy Morales-Mendez 38:40 Boys 6th...
Prescott Unified School District (PUSD) requires a passing grade (60% or higher) in all classes in order for a student-athlete to participate in competitions (games or races). Grade checks are done weekly, usually on a Monday. Any two weekly grade checks in a row that identify a failing grade in any class(es) makes that student...
Boys 8th Grade 3rd Ronin Romig 23:35 16th Ethan Bideau 27:10 18th Mason Kleinjan 27:17 27th Logan Wilhelm 28:15 28th Zane Carlson 29:14 31st Wyatt Wilson 30:05 33rd Gavin Ingallina 31:12 37th Eli Etzil 34:26 Boys 7th Grade 8th Owen Vail 28:37 12th Jack Buckley 29:32 26th Will Gray 32:17 28th Jakobi Anglin 32:22 35th...
Ellie Kraft, who was recently crowned as the fastest 17-year old female mountain biker in the United States, stopped by our practice today to inspire the entire team with some fantastic advice about both racing and recreational riding. She, the other female coaches, and our PHS mentors Claire & Lucy then took our lady Badgers...
Trail Etiquette General trail etiquette rules include bikers yielding to all horse users and hikers as well as a biker going downhill yielding to a biker who is climbing uphill. It is especially important to give horse users plenty of advanced notice and ask them what they prefer that you do, which could include remaining...
Practices may occur during hot temperatures and/or forecasted storms. To mitigate the impacts of heat, we will oftentimes go to a location with shade, higher elevation, and/or breeze. Other techniques are sometimes employed, such as ice water misters and fun water gun games. Student-athletes should always come properly hydrated to each practice, carry adequate water...
