Over 270 STRIDER Riders came out for the 2015 STRIDER World Championship at Main Street Square in Rapid City, SD! The 5th annual race had participants from Canada, China, Ecuador, Japan, Slovakia, and all over the US. It’s always fun to see international friendships rekindled as previous champions return to reclaim their title in the next age bracket. We also had a number of racers who had participated in one of the four 2015 STRIDER Championship Series races held in Florida, California, Pennsylvania, and Utah.

The weekend was full of family focused events and everyone had a great time despite high temperatures.

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Friday night was a chance to get to know the lay out of the track and for last chance qualifiers. We capped Friday night off with the STRIDER Corporate Challenge! Eight local businesses had a blast racing the track in a relay. The best part? We raised $1,000 for Youth & Family Services and $1,000 for Black Hills Works.

Saturday was RACE DAY! Some riders were fast, some were slow, but smiles were out in abundance! It was another hot one and many of the racers took advantage of the water hazard for a quick (sometimes mid-race) cool-down! Abbey Road (a Beatles cover band) played in Main Street Square at 7pm. Many of the STRIDER Riders stayed to get rid of even more energy through some pretty amazing dancing skills.

Check out the social media links at the bottom of the page to make sure you don’t miss the2016  STRIDER Championship Series dates and locations when they’re announced! You should also head over to our Flickr Page to see some amazing photos of all the little racers:

• Friday Photos
• Saturday Photos 

Finally, a huge shout out to all the families and STRIDER Riders that came out!

We also had a ton of support from some amazing sponsors: FedEx, Rapid City CVB, Scull Construction, Courtesy Subaru, Honey Stinger, Black Hills & Badlands, KIND Snacks, SCheels, Western Dakota Insurors, Ketel Thorstenson, Black Hills Power, Black Hills Urgent Care, Security First Bank, and Vast Broadband.

See you next year! 

Results

2 and under – TOTAL RIDERS = 65

• 1#240 – Ryan Hauf – Rapid City, SD
• 2#274 – Vance Singer – Rapid City, SD
• 3#217 – Lucah Behnke – Rapid City, SD
• 4#238 – Cashton Allen – Sioux Falls, SD 
• 5#215 – Saaya Hino – Tokyo, Japan
• 6#213 – “Madd” Maddox McKie – Rapid City, SD
• 7#251 – Hudson Williamson – Black Hawk, SD
• 8#228 – Ethan Simonton – Rapid City, SD

3 year olds – TOTAL RIDERS = 84

• 1#302 – Waku Kunitate – Nisshin-Shi, Japan
• 2#301 – Mason Murphy – Rapid City, SD
• 3#380 – Gage Ritter – Rapid City, SD
• 4#376 – Sam “Froggy” Hauk – Lead, SD
• 5#374 – Vladimir “The Impaler” Lewis – Rapid City, SD
• 6#324 – Shane “Green Ghost” Scott – Fontana, CA
• 7#332 – Gunner Clinedinst – Apple Valley, CA
• 8#322 – Jose Diaz – Riobamba, Ecuador
• 9

  #315 – Maddox “Max” Van Dyk – Sioux Falls, SD

• 10

  #386 – Damian “Dae Dae” Cury – Rapid City, SD

4 YEAR OLDS – TOTAL RIDERS = 54

• 1#413 – Raisei Miyashita – Nagano, Japan
• 2#402 – Liam Dixon – Rapid City, SD
• 3#437 – Brayden Stephen – Rapid City, SD
• 4#445 – Talon Saiz – Box Elder, SD
• 5#419 – Ayeden Koplin – West Bountiful, UT
• 6#415 – Marvin Cuny – Hermosa, SD
• 7#409 – Landon Green – Rapid City, SD
• 8#441 – Titan Ross – Summerset, SD

5 YEAR OLDS – TOTAL RIDERS = 38

• 1#502 – Ryoichi Nakayama – Osaka, Japan
• 2#512 – Rui “Louis” Takahashi – Tokyo, Japan
• 3#503 – Danny “Pastrana” Villacis Barriovuevo – Puyo, Ecuador
• 4#514 – Koki Hara – Kanagawa, Japan
• 5#504 – Patrik Dinka – Trencin, Slovakia
• 6#518 – Ryder Clinedinst – Apple Valley, CA
• 7#534 – Sousuke Hino – Tokyo, Japan
• 8#515 – Kaisei Shimizu – Aichi, Japan

special needs – TOTAL RIDERS = 33   Total Races = 5

Race 1

• 1#904 – Timothy Hathaway – Rapid City, SD
• 2#907 – Sara Mellegard – Rapid City, SD
• 3#901 – Daniel Cousins – Box Elder, SD
• 4#910 – Courtney Schreiber – Quinn, SD
• 5#906 – Colette Long Wolfe – Rapid City, SD
• 6#911 – Kjersten Slusser – Rapid City, SD
• 7#908 – Renae Moller – Rapid City, SD

Race 2

• 1#903 – Jeffrey Fuller – Rapid City, SD
• 2#915 – Chardinai Duvall – Rapid City, SD
• 3#913 – Cindy Rooney – Rapid City, SD
• 4#916 – Aimee Johns – Ft. Pierre, SD
• 5#914 – Ruth Reed – Rapid City, SD
• 6#912 – Bob Tomahawk – Rapid City, SD
• 7#909 – Twilia Otterstetter – Rapid City, SD

Race 3

• 1#920 – Blaze Johnson – Rapid City, SD
• 2#923 – Dale Landorf – Hot Springs, SD
• 3#917 – Shannon Hammer – Rapid City, SD
• 4#922 – Navaeh Smith – Peidmont, SD
• 5#924 – Dakota Teel – Hot Springs, SD
• 6#925 – Jessica Anderson – Rapid City, SD
• 7#919 – Amy Fugate – Kadoka, SD

Race 4

• 1#931 – Grady Leonard – Rapid City, SD
• 2#929 – Ali Miles
• 3#926 – Robert Nichols – Rapid City, SD
• 4#927 – Bryce Olafson – Rapid City, SD
• 5#930 – Rachel Lefberene
• 6#928 – Austin Nichols
  

Race 5

• 1#701 – David Drolc – Rapid City, SD
• 2#703 – Jimmy Landorf – Hot Springs, SD
• 3#601 – John Landorf – Hot Springs, SD
• 4#801 – Kama Coyle – Walnut Creek, CA
• 5#702 – Nathaniel Durrett – Hot Springs, SD
• 6#921 – Harvey Gammill – Rapid City, SD