Mountain Biking Earns Another First Place Finish During WICL Competition At Englewood

Mountain Biking Earns Another First Place Finish During WICL Competition At Englewood

This past weekend (September 23-24), the MSHS Mountain Biking Team traveled to Fall River, Wisconsin to compete in the third race of the 2023 Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League (WICL) schedule that was hosted at Englewood.

In the Girls Varsity Race, MSHS junior,  Sam Paternoster, earned a first place finish.  Paternoster defeated the field by a margin of almost three minutes.

Marquette also got strong performances in the Boys Varsity Race from seniors Corbin Grim (4th place) and Ian Kangas (17th place).

Team Scores (30 total participating teams) – WICL Division 1 – Race #4 at Minooka Park:

  1. Marquette – 3992
  2. SPASH – 3898
  3. Madison West – 3747 
  4. Hayward – 3718
  5. Verona – 3458
  6. Eau Claire – 3397
  7. Sauk Prairie – 3265
  8. Waunakee – 3148
  9. Lake Mills – 3021
  10. Pewaukee – 2922
  11. Mount Horeb – 2900
  12. Shorewood – 2843
  13. Middleton – 2594
  14. Rice Lake – 2496
  15. La Crosse Central – 2465
  16. Port Washington – 2437
  17. Sun Prairie – 2293
  18. Marshfield – 2285
  19. Menomonee – 2276
  20. Kettle Moraine – 2107
  21. Whitefish Bay – 2040
  22. Cedarburg – 2033
  23. Mukwonago – 2024
  24. La Crosse Logan – 1814
  25. Cambridge – 1786
  26. Arrowhead – 1672
  27. Oak Creek – 1634
  28. Madison Memorial – 1332
  29. Deforest – 965 
  30. Sun Prairie West – 509

Top Performances From MSHS:

  • Girls VarsitySam Paternoster (1st Place)
  • Boys VarsityCorbin Grim (4th Place), Ian Kangas (17th Place)
  • JV III BoysAJ Kangas (2nd Place), James Uchytil (5th Place), Olin Slette (13th Place)
  • JV II GirlsAlexa Whaley (4th Place)
  • Freshman BoysJack Grant (6th Place)

Click here for full results from the WICL Race #4 at Englewood.

Next Up:

  • The MSHS Mountain Biking Team will return to in two weeks (October 7-8) when they travel to Wild Rose, WI to compete in their fourth race of the WICL season that will be hosted at Nordic Mountain.