The BLACK SWAMP RIDERS

The mission of the Black Swamp Riders is character development using mountain biking as a tool.   No kids sit the bench, all the kids participate. Some of the kids are really fast,  some barely finish,  but all of them will learn how hard work results in self-improvement.  These are life lessons every kid should learn.  We teach these through a sport which, unlike football or wrestling, they can continue to pursue their entire lives. 

This is Northwest Ohio's first interscholastic mountain bike team. The team was founded in 2021 with 22 riders.  We had 35 riders in 2022. 

• Tuesdays: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Oak Openings, Heavy Wheelhouse
• Thursdays: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Ottawa Park, Behind Toledo Police Museum

  Race Weekends Elementary races on Saturday, Jr. High and High School on Sunday

• Race #1 (August 26-27)   We will be staying at Blue Lake Campground in Holton MI 
• Race #2  (Sept 9-10) Event at Addison Oaks County Park (part of the Oakland County park system) and we plan to camp at the on-site campground at Addison Oaks park.
• Race #3 (Sept 16-17) is at Merrell mtb trail in western Michigan and is approximately 3 hours away.  The team will stay at the Wabisi campground which is about 20 min east of the race venue.
• Race #4 (Sept 23-24) & #5 (Oct 7&8) are close enough to home, we will plan to just drive there.
• Race #6  Stoney Creek Metropark, Rochester (Oct1 14-15) Camping TBD.