GAINESVILLE - Over 200 middle and high school students from the Georgia High School Cycling League (GHSCL) will compete Saturday in the 2015 Georgia Peach State Championship Race this at the University of North Georgia Gainesville Campus. The event is being moved up one day because of Sunday's rainy forecast.
Things get underway with the High School Boys competition at 11AM, with Middle School Boys and Girls following at 1PM. The High School Girls will take off at 2:00PM. The Championship Series awards ceremony will take place immediately following the Individual and Team Race awards.
The 2014 Team Champion, Habersham Central Raiders, currently in 3rd place, started the 2015 season looking to race their way to another Championship, but it looks like they will have some steep competition from the Hall County Prima Tappa Team, currently in 1st place, and a newcomer to the league, Fannin County Composite Team, currently in 2nd place. For a complete list of current individual and team results from the Georgia High School Cycling League 2015 Season, log on to: http://georgiamtb.org/2015-results.
The league kicked off its second season on September 13 doubling participation numbers from the inaugural 2014 season, with 24 teams and 238 registered racers across the state and one team in South Carolina. Several of the teams more than doubled their participation numbers from last season. The Hall County Prima Tappa team grew from just 6 riders in 2014 to 24 riders this season. The Grayson Area Composite team doubled its participation from 7 team members in 2014 to 16 in 2015. And, in its first year in the league, the Allatoona Creek Composite Team’s began the 2015 season with 25 team members.
For more information about starting a team in your area, League Sponsorship or Volunteer information, or for more information on the GHSCL and the 2015 season schedule, visit www.georgiamtb.org or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/georgiamtb, on Twitter at @gamtbleague, or on Instagram at georgiamtbleague.
