Bo Ritchie crossing the finish line, taking first place in the three-year-old boys' race.
Stuart Woodbury getting a pep talk before the start of the three-year-old boys' race. Woodbury won second place in his category.
Pulling in a crowd of close to 200 people, according to a guess by volunteer Tawney Crowley, the big wheel races on July 3 were quite a hit. The races were held at the covered basketball court by Evergreen Elementary School, and were open to anyone from age three up. Participants would race big wheels, a tricycle with a large front wheel, around a track on the basketball court. Crowley added that the whole event was pretty competitive.
"It's one of those events that you tell yourself you're just going to watch a bunch of kids race in a circle on some big wheels, and then you get there and it's a lot more intense and a lot more fun than you realize it's going to be," she said.
It was a loud and sometimes chaotic event, with kids racing and parents and siblings cheering them on.
The first place winners of the big wheel races are as follows: Three-year-olds: Bo Ritchie and Annika Gillen. Four-year-olds: Keian Young and Rosylnn Nore. Five-year-olds: Jackson Robinson and Rylan Young. Six-year-olds: Jake (last name not recorded) and Ava Meyerhoff. Seven to ten-years-old: Cooper Powers and Macy Baker. Eleven to Thirteen-years-old: Keaton Gadd and Gracie Richard. Fourteen to Seventeen-years-old: Randy Churchill and Jade Balansag. Men and Women: Matt Richard and Jen Gerald.
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