The five-time Tennessee High School Cycling League State Champion Marshall County team began their quest for a sixth straight title Sunday in the first race of the season at Chickasaw Trace Park in Columbia, TN. A rain-soaking muddy start to the 2018 season saw perseverance by all riders from all teams in the TN league, a member of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA).
At the end of racing, 12 Marshall County racers found a spot on the podium starting with the varsity boy’s race where Jaxon Story placed second and Grant Wilson third and in the girl’s varsity race, Alyssa McClain took third.
In the JV girl’s division, Presleigh Jennings took first and Dusty Bass fourth for the boy’s.
In the freshman girl’s race, Natalie Norwood earned the top spot followed by Olivia Myhand in second.
Claire Austin and Chase Binkley swept the girls and boys eighth grade races and Jace Story took the third podium spot for the boys. Memphis Ford placed fourth in the seventh grade boys race and first place went to Allie Burkeen in the sixth grade girls race.
Independent rider Gracie Pendleton and Hunter Connell of Smokey Mountain Bears took the win in the varsity races. Watt Hackney of Smokey Mountain Bears won the JV boy’s race. First place in the sophomore races went to Camilla Wilbanks with Williamson County Composite and Will Stacy with Harpeth Youth Cycling Composite and the freshman boy’s winner was Bond Almand with Smokey Mountain Bears.
The second race of the season is October 7th in Knoxville at the Baker’s Creek Preserve.
Marshall County Race #1 results:
| DIVISION | PLACE | ATHLETE |
| Varsity boys | 2nd | Jaxon Story |
| 3rd | Grant Wilson | |
| 4th | Kaleb Cosby | |
| 6th | Clay Austin | |
| Varsity girls | 3rd | Alyssa McClain |
| JV boys | 4th | Dusty Bass |
| 9th | Kaden Jameson | |
| 35th | Kyle McClain | |
| 40th | Joseph Roberts | |
| JV girls | 1st | Presleigh Jennings |
| 6th | Grace Boatright | |
| Freshman boys | 7th | James Harbison III |
| 11th | Caleb Pahl | |
| 25th | Marshall Gregory | |
| 37th | Gabe Driskill | |
| Freshman girls | 1st | Natalie Norwood |
| 2nd | Olivia Myhand | |
| Eighth boys | 1st | Chase Binkley |
| 3rd | Jace Story | |
| 6th | Rex Wadkins | |
| 14th | Gunner Boatright | |
| Eighth girls | 1st | Claire Austin |
| Seventh boys | 4th | Memphis Ford |
| 6th | Ty Elrod | |
| 7th | Korbyn Scheidler | |
| Seventh girls | 3rd | Anniston Barnes |
| Sixth girls | 1st | Allie Burkeen |
| 6th | Evie Powell |
