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Saratoga Shredders Crowned Mountain Bike State Champions 

Written by Saratoga TODAY on . Posted in Featured, Sports.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Shredders mountain bike team has been named the 2025 New York State Champions, capping off a dominant season in the New York National Interscholastic Cycling League (NICA NY). 

The championship race, held on June 8 at Ontario County Park at Gannett Hill in Naples, New York, marked the final event in a four-part statewide series. Saratoga Shredders claimed the top overall team award at each of the four races prior to the championship.

In the final race, Shredders athletes delivered standout individual performances: 

  • 8th grader Anna Yarsevich was crowned varsity girls state champion;
  • Talia Hodgson, Yarsevich, and Rhiannon Curtis took 1st, 2nd, and 4th place, respectively, in the varsity girls race;  
  • Daniel Hancock finished 4th in the boys junior varsity race; 
  • Olivia Bracket finished 2nd in the junior varsity girls race; 
  • Anna Dickinson finished 2nd in the freshmen girls race.
  • “We’re so proud of our athletes, not just for the wins, but for their hard work, consistency, and commitment to fun,” said Anna Laloe, Saratoga Shredders’ team director. “This team represents the best of what youth sports can offer – community, resilience, and fun. I’m so proud of our new Head Coach Chris Yarsevich, and all of our athletes and volunteer coaches. We look forward to another great season of riding and racing this coming fall.” 
  • Next up, four Shredders athletes—Yarsevich, Hodgson, Anne-Sophie Laloe, and Aurora Stingel—will head to the U.S. Mountain Bike Nationals in Virginia this July to compete on the national stage.
  • The Shredders team, made up of 30 student-athletes in grades 6–12, trains during the fall and spring on local trail systems including Graphite Range Community Forest, Gurney Lane and Rush Pond Trails, Kalabus Perry, Daniels Road State Forest, and the Saratoga National Historical Park Battlefield Loop. 
  • The program is open to all middle and high school students in the region, regardless of school affiliation. This season, 24 Shredders competed in the full NICA NY race series.
  • For more information about the Saratoga Shredders, visit www.shreddersmtb.org.
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