South Island Secondary Schools MTB Championships
The 2025 Vitasport South Island Secondary Schools MTB Championships concluded at Mount Hutt Bike Park on Saturday after four days of racing across a range of disciplines in varied conditions.
The Mount Hutt College bike team registered 32 riders for the event, their largest squad in school history, and their results were nothing short of spectacular. Across the four days the team picked up 51 Top 10 finishes and 19 podium (top 3) finishes including 7 gold medals!
Ten podium finishes were secured over the first three days of racing, where the school competed in the Cross Country, Cross Country relay and Downhill events. The Senior Downhill on Friday was a fantastic spectacle in muddy conditions with Baxter Florance beating out the recent Oceania champion for 1st place in the Under 16 Boys and Flynn Harden setting the best time across all categories as he claimed the Under 17 Boys title.
The MHC riders left the best to last, with a first class performance on the Enduro on the last day of the event, winning an additional 9 podiums which included 4 gold medals and the Under 13 Boys sweeping 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!
The performance over the four days saw four of the MHC riders claiming overall championships with Teddy Marr (Under 13 Boys), Baxter Florance (Under 16 Boys), Flynn Harden (Under 17 Boys) and Issy Marr (Under 20 Girls) winning their categories.
Overall school points had Mount Hutt College winning the Year 7-8 division and in 3rd place overall, narrowly behind Nelson College for Girls and Cashmere High School, out of the 70+ schools represented at the event.
MHC Podium Results- South Island Secondary School MTB Championships 2025
Cross Country
Under 13 Boys: Teddy Marr- 3rd Place
Under 20 Girls: Issy Marr- 3rd place
Cross Country Relay
Under 13 Girls: Honor Coleman, Lilian Saxon and Emily Glass- 3rd place
Under 16 Boys: Baxter Florance, Tom Currie and Owen Hende- 1st place
Under 16 Boys: Campbell Copland, Eddie Green and Gus Morris- 3rd place
Downhill
Under 13 Boys: Teddy Marr- 2nd place
Under 15 Boys: Campbell Copland- 2nd place
Under 16 Boys: Baxter Florance- 1st place
Under 17 Boys: Flynn Harden- 1st place
Under 20 Girls: Issy Marr- 2nd place
Enduro
Under 13 Boys: Teddy Marr- 1st place
Under 13 Boys: Sam Honeywell- 2nd place
Under 13 Boys: Xavier Saxon- 3rd place
Under 13 Girls: Honor Coleman- 3rd place
Under 15 Boys: Eddie Green- 2nd place
Under 15 Boys: Tom Currie- 3rd place
Under 16 Boys: Baxter Florance- 1st place
Under 17 Boys: Flynn Harden- 1st place
Under 20 Girls: Issy Marr- 1st place
Overall
Under 13 Boys: Teddy Marr- 1st place
Under 13 Boys: Sam Honeywell- 2nd place
Under 13 Girls: Honor Coleman- 3rd place
Under 14 Boys: Harvey Copland- 3rd place
Under 15 Boys: Eddie Green- 2nd place
Under 15 Boys: Tom Currie- 3rd place
Under 16 Boys: Baxter Florance- 1st place
Under 17 Boys: Flynn Harden- 1st place
Under 20 Girls: Issy Marr- 1st place
