{"id":6051,"date":"2026-03-24T19:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:08:29","slug":"mountain-bike-team-competes-at-exchequer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6051","title":{"rendered":"Mountain bike team competes at Exchequer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Middletown Composite riders come away with fifth-, eighth-place finishes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LA GRANDE &gt;&gt; Kiera Murray of the Middletown Composite Mountain Bike Team placed second in the varsity girls division during a race held Saturday at the Exchequer course near Lake Don Pedro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray completed three 5.8-mile laps, 17.4 miles overall, on a course that climbs 700 feet in elevation, in a time of 1 hour, 20 minutes, 37.44 seconds. The race winner had a time of 1:18:44.78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also reaching the medal podium for Middletown Composite was Makayla Davis, who was fifth in the eighth-grade girls division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among other Middletown Composite riders, Wyatt Davis finished 23<sup>rd<\/sup> out of 40 rides in the varsity boys division with a time of 1:14:48.79, also for three laps totaling 17.4 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camille Pyska in the junior varsity1 girls division also completed 17.4 miles, placing 20 out of 23 riders in 1:43:32.25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the junior varisty2 boys division, which featured 105 riders, Landon Williams placed 32<sup>nd<\/sup>, completing two laps of 5.8 miles each in 55:01. Blake Norris was 53<sup>rd<\/sup> in 1:01.10, Eli Norris was 67<sup>th<\/sup> in 1:04.26, and Jacob Counter was 78<sup>th<\/sup> in 1:08.22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremiah Sanchez placed 70<sup>th<\/sup> in the freshman race of 11.6 miles in 1:10.33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the developmental division for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade riders, all completing two laps on a 3.3-mile course that features a climb of 444 feet in elevation, Davis led the way with her eight-place finish in the eighth-grade girls division. Despite a riding colliding with her, resulting in both rider and bike sustaining damage, she reached the medal podium with a time of 36:46. Teammate Gabriela Milagros Ornelas-Vargas came in eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among eighth-grade boys, Asher Pyska placed ninth in the 66-rider field with a time of 30:04 while Middletown\u2019s Tanner Hicks (36:15) and Lucas Counter (42:51) finished farther back in the pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the seventh-grade boys race, one featuring a field of 72 riders, Gabe Schneider had a time of 38:00. Teammates Matty Sanchez and Asher Volpe also took part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middletown Composite riders come away with fifth-, eighth-place finishes Lake County Sports on Facebook LA GRANDE &gt;&gt; Kiera Murray of the Middletown Composite Mountain Bike Team placed second in the varsity girls division during a race held Saturday at the Exchequer course near Lake Don Pedro. Murray completed three 5.8-mile laps, 17.4 miles overall, on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6053,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions\/6053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}