Port Angeles sixth-grader Teyah Elofson-Cross is the latest BMX star to come from the Lincoln Park BMX track.
In Houston this past weekend, she competed in the Lone Star National, a UCI world qualifier event. In the world qualifier Friday, she finished first in the 13 girl challenge class and second in the 13-16 girl cruiser class to secure a spot for both bikes to the UCI BMX Worlds in Copenhagen in July, along with four other riders from the Lincoln Park BMX.
In the Lone Star National, she placed first in the 11-12 girls cruiser and third in the 12 girls expert class on both Saturday and Sunday.
Moving on to prep sports, Finn Thompson helped lead the Port Angeles boys swim team to a sixth-place finish at the state 1A/2A championships, the Roughriders’ best finish at state in more than a decade.
Thompson was the anchor on all three of the Riders’ relay teams. The 400 freestyle team came in sixth, the 200 medley relay team came in seventh and the 200 freestyle team came in eighth.
Thompson also had the team’s best individual finish, coming in third in the 200 backstroke. He was a part of 87.5 points total earned by the Riders swim team.
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