Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Bike to School Day, Part 3: Vienna Schools Bike/Walk Challenge
The 9th Vienna Schools Bike/Walk Challenge culminated on the Friday before Bike to Work day. For nine years various Vienna elementary schools have participated in a week-long challenge encouraging more students to bike or walk to school. The participating schools were Wolftrap, Westbriar, Cunningham Park, Marshall Road, Flint Hill, Louise Archer, and Vienna.
These schools actually had a Bike to School Day before Bike to School was a “thing.” Over the years they have expanded the event by challenging schools in Reston to a community contest. The Vienna schools also have teamed up with local businesses to promote the day. In 2016 this resulted in a large check being given to Committee For Helping Others to purchase bikes for less fortunate children. It's great to see schools team up yet compete in such a fun week of exercise.
The Bike Cup, which is based on the percentage of bike riders relative to the total number of participants, was again won by Vienna which had two days with 100+ riders. It's their fourth year of winning the Bike Cup with Wolftrap recapturing second place after an awesome 100+ day on Wednesday and a solid Friday. Marshall Road had a nice surge to take third overall.
Results:
Cup Challenge (ranking based on comparison with previous year's participation)
Vienna 102.12%
Cunningham Park 101.98%
Westbriar 98.12 %
Wolftrap 95.75%
Marshall Road 84.25%
Flint Hill 81.67%
Vienna 40.39%
Wolftrap 23.89%
Marshall Road 15.22%
Cunningham Park 13.84%
Flint Hill 10.61%
Westbriar 5.74%
Congratulations to all the schools for getting out there and continuing to show the rest of FCPS how to get it done.
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