Mountain Bike Team rides to 15 top five finishes, leads team standings

McKenzie Tack rode to a 1st place finish in the girl's JV race Saturday at the Lock 4 course in Gallatin, Tenn.
McKenzie Tack rode to a 1st place finish in the girl’s JV race Saturday at the Lock 4 course in Gallatin, Tenn.

GALLATIN, Tenn. – Marshall County’s mountain bike team took first in five of eight races Saturday, October 29th in their third race of the Tennessee League season. Audrey Grizzard took the top spot on the podium in the girl’s varsity race, McKenzie Tack and Grant Wilson both won the girl’s and boy’s JV races and the Marshals swept the top podium spot in the freshman races with Alyssa McClain and Clay Austin.

Grant Wilson captured the top spot on the podium in the boy's JV race.
Grant Wilson captured the top spot on the podium in the boy’s JV race.

Including the middle school races, 15 Marshall County riders placed in the top five in their races on Saturday and the team continues to lead the overall standings going into the State Championship on November 13th at St. Andrews Sewanee in Sewanee, Tenn. Behind the Marshals in second place is Harpeth Youth Cycling and Williamson County Composite is in third.

Following the Marshals five first place finishes, placing in the top five;  Varsity – Jaron Wood 3rd, Travis Tack 5th; Sophomore – Grace Boatright 5th; Freshman  – Jaxon Story 2nd and Kaleb Cosby 3rd.

Four Marshals lead in overall points heading into the final race of the season. Points leaders for the girls are Audrey Grizzard – Varsity, Emma McVay (Collierville) – JV, Eliza Deshon (Independent) – Sophomore and Alyssa McClain – Freshman. Points leaders for the boy’s are Simon Lewis (Williamson County Composite) – Varsity, Grant Wilson – JV, Adam Sansone (Collierville) – Sophomore and Clay Austin – Freshman.

In middle school races, Olivia Myhand placed 3rd in the girl’s middle school race, James Harbison 3rd in the boy’s 7th grade race and in the boy’s 6th grade race Landon Utley placed 2nd, Gunner Boatright 3rd and Chase Binkley 5th.

Full Marshall County race results:

Varsity Girls: 1st Audrey Grizzard
Varsity Boys: 3rd Jaron Wood,  5th Travis Tack,  7th Colton Adrian,  8th Isaac Bayer,  10th Bailey Mohler
JV Girls: 1st McKenzie Tack
JV Boys: 1st Grant Wilson,  10th Alex Parker , 22nd Bobby Jones
Sophomore Girls: 5th Grace Boatright
Sophomore Boys: 8th Harrison McMillen,  9th Drew Coleman,  13th Kyle McClain
Freshman Girls: 1st Alyssa McClain
Freshman Boys:  1st Clay Austin,  2nd Jaxon Story,  3rd Kaleb Cosby,  9th Kaden Jameson,  15th Eli Day,  14th Carson Denfip
Middle School Girls: 3rd Olivia Myhand,  10th Jasper Cosby
Middle School Boys (7th): 3rd James Harbison
Middle School Boys (6th):  2nd Landon Utley,  3rd Gunner Boatright,  5th Chase Binkley,  6th Eli Jaco,  7th Carter Green,  10th Jace Story,  15th Andrew Conkright