If you are interested in joining a 7th-8th grade team, please see the teams list below and contact the head coach. If there is not a team in your area, please contact Chris at chris@utahmtb.org

 

Please scroll past team lists for complete details about the Junior Development program. 

 
 

DO NOT USE THE CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW FOR SOLICITATION PURPOSES. THIS INFORMATION IS SOLELY FOR PROSPECTIVE RIDERS TO CONTACT THEIR SCHOOL'S TEAM


2024 regions

"+" indicates a High School team that allows 7-8th graders
Composite Teams (COMP) are area-based teams


Region 1

Race Director: Tera Frank

BONNEVILLE - ROY+ Mike Staten
Website

BOX ELDER COMP+ Jason Munns
Box Elder High, Bear River High

DAVIS+ Colleen Brown 
Website

FREMONT+ Stephanie Hunde
Facebook

GREEN CANYON+ Chuck Jenkins
Facebook, Instagram

RIDGELINE+ Trip Armstrong
Facebook, Instagram

SKY VIEW+ Dave Bodily
Facebook, Instagram

ST. JOSEPH MIDDLE SCHOOL Stephan Pinchak

WEBER JR DEVO Amy Gompert
Website

WEILENMANN Pete Stoughton


region 2

Race Director: Michelle Lyman

BOUNTIFUL+ Randy Beyer
Website

EAST+ Shawn Rossiter 
Website
*Hillside, Clayton, Bryant, SLARTS, Glendale, Northwest, Garfield, Rowland Hall
*for students planning to attend East High for High School

FARMINGTON+ Dave McNamee
Website, Facebook

MCGILLIS JR DEVO Suky Stewart

MORGAN JR DEVO+ Darek Eggleston & Megan Eggleston

SALT LAKE CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION+ Bryan Patnode

SALT LAKE CITY DEVO COMP+ James Jackson
SLARTS, Hillside, Rowland Hall, Highland Park, Clayton, Madeline Choir

SKYLINE+ Erik Johnson


region 3

Race Director: Cortney Thurgood

BRIGHTON+ Thomas Romney

CHAIN LYNX JR DEVO AnnaMae Drechsel
Website
Summit Academy Jr., Schools South of 106th

COPPER HILLS+ Jed Atherley
Facebook

COTTONWOOD-HILLCREST COMP Dan Fisher
Cottonwood, AMES, Hillcrest

DRAPER PARK JR DEVO Joshua Bunting
Website, Facebook, Instagram
Corner Canyon Jr., Draper Park Jr.

JORDAN+ Emily Walton
Website
Eastmont MS, Mount Jordan MS, Midvale MS

JUAN DIEGO+ Lindsey Bellomy
Website
*St John the Baptist, Blessed Sacrament, St. Andrew
*for students planning to attend Juan Diego for High School

MURRAY/TAYLORSVILLE COMP+ Justin Bath

OLYMPUS+ Rosie Gillespie
Facebook

RIVERTON JR DEVO Jef Huntington
Website

WEST GRANITE COMPOSITE+ Rochelle Bartschi
Bennion, Brockbank, Eisenhower, Hunter, Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Kearns, Mattheson, Valley, West Lake JH
WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitter


region 4

Race Director: Kristine Peterson

BINGHAM JR DEVO - Todd Darby
Facebook, Website

CARBON COUNTY COMP+ - Mark Jespersen

CEDAR VALLEY+ - Adam Clark
Website, Facebook, Instagram
Frontier MS

HERRIMAN JR DEVO - Brad Davis
Facebook, Website

MOUNTAIN RIDGE+ - Jared Wrigley
Website, Facebook

OREM JR DEVO - Troy James
Lakeridge, Orem Jr High, Oak Canyon, Canyon View, Mountain View, Karl G. Maeser Prep
Facebook, Website

PROVO COMP+ - Brigham Frandsen
Provo, Timpview - Website, Facebook 

SEVIER VALLEY COMPOSITE+  - Jason Williams

WESTLAKE+ - Randall Sutton
Lake Mounting MS, Vista Heights MS, Lakeview Academy


REGION 5

Race Director: Brooke Howard


region 6

Race Director: Ginger Hall

AMERICAN FORK JUNIOR DEVO+ Brandon Eccles

BEAVER Lane Tucker

ENTERPRISE+ Steven Beesley

CREEK VALLEY COMP+  Nathan Barlow
Facebook

CRIMSON CLIFFS+ Rob Tanner
Website, Facebook

DESERT HILLS+ Scott Villinski
Facebook, Website

MOAB JR DEVO+ Greg Heitkamp

PANGUITCH+ Eric Fawson

PINE VIEW+ Travis Hunt

PLEASANT GROVE JR DEVO+ Kenny Reay 
Facebook, Website, Instagram

SNOW CANYON+ Nate Hansen
Facebook


Junior Development Program information

VISION

The Junior Development program is designed to introduce 7th and 8th graders to the sport of mountain biking focused heavily on fun, fun, fun, skills, fitness, and NICA’s “Spirit of Howdy” with a small taste of the competitive aspects they will find when in high school. 

Practice Guidelines

  • 1 -3 practices a week is recommended

  • The main goal is to have fun and develop skills

  • Their physiology is not ready for endurance training at this age - hence race time and training are shorter than HS

RACE DISTANCE 

Beginners and Intermediates will race one lap (4-6 miles) and Advanced will race 1-1.5 laps (6-8 miles) when available. 

RULES

All rules not related specifically to scoring and divisions in the Rulebook still apply

FEES

Season Fee of $300. This covers the entire season and includes the 3 Jr Devo races (which are the first 3 races for each region).

CATEGORIES & SCORING

  • Race categories are skill-level based and separated into male/female. Coaches select categories for students.

    • “Advanced” - students who are competent in skills and endurance to race for 2 laps. Students must race Advanced if:

      • Finished in the top 30% of Intermediate category in prior year of racing.

      • Race CAT 1 or 2 in USAC

    • “Intermediate” - students who are not yet advanced, but have fitness and skills to race 1.5 laps. Boys fields will be split into 7th and 8th graders and scored separately.

    • “Beginner” - students who are new to mountain biking, still learning basic skills and endurance; and for whom racing 1 lap is appropriate. Boys fields will be split into 7th and 8th graders and scored separately.

  • NO overall scoring.

  • NO TEAM SCORING.

  • Race day medals will be given to the top five finishers in all categories.

Team Types 

High School Team

A High School Team that accepts 7-8th graders and oversees all management, coaching, practices, etc.

High School jr devo Team

A team that is associated with the High School team, but has dedicated coaches and practices.

jr devo Composite team 

Includes students from more than one middle school and is independent from a high school team. 

High School teams accept 7th & 8th grade riders at their discretion – they are not required to accept middle school riders or necessarily support a middle school program. Any Jr Devo team can be integrated with the high school team or create their own independent team.