Despite being one of the best female BMX racers in the U.S. back in 2008, Alise Post was denied a spot on the Olympic team because, at age 17, she was too young. At the time, the age minimum for an Olympic BMX racer in 2008 was 19. The young BMX star from St. Cloud, Minn., who was accustomed to racing at the sport’s top level, was forced to witness BMX’s pinnacle event from afar. To distract herself from the disappointment, Alise spread herself thin across three sports: BMX, gymnastics, and track and field, while maintaining a 4.0 grade average. Throughout her years, Alise has accomplished plenty: Multiple NAG No.1 titles in ABA 2001 ABA National No.1 Girl 2003 ABA National No.1 Girl Cruiser 2004 ABA National No.1 Girl Cruiser 2006 ABA National No.1 Woman Pro 2006 Golden Crank Rookie Pro of the Year 2007 ABA National No.1 Woman Pro Yet, the Olympic dream was still at the top of her list. Overcoming injuries and fresh competition brought new challenges to her. By the end of 2009, Post was back among the world’s best. Once she became eligible for the 2012 Olympic Games, Alise took her BMX dedication to a whole new level - training with Australia’s Sean Dwight. Upon graduating high school in 2009, Alise retired from gymnastics and track and field in order to relocate — at the invitation of USA Cycling — to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.. Although she remained busy by continuing her education as a full-time student at the University of San Diego for the 2009-10 academic year and by increasing her involvement on the BMX World Cup circuit, she saw big improvements in the beginning of 2010. As a result, she resolved to narrow her focus yet again by making the difficult decision to take a break from college and completely dedicate herself to racing. Within months of this decision, Alise claimed a place as the top-ranked American, both nationally and internationally, by taking third place at both her first Elite World Championship, and at a World Cup race on her home track in Chula Vista. A true competitor, the 5’2”, 120 lb. Post overcame yet another injury and was back on her bike in time to successfully defend her USA Cycling national championship title in the spring of 2012 and wound up making her Olympic dream come true - as she was chosen for Team USA and set to head to London. The London Olympic games has its ups and downs, as all of Minnesota and the BMX World were cheering her on. A crash in the semi KO’ed her for a second or two, and in front of the World stage, she insisted on crossing the finishline with her bike - albeit, a bit wobbly and discombobulated. It was an unfortunate way to finish off her chase for a medal - but she already has her sights set for Brazil in 2016.

Brandon Crain started racing at age 5-1/2. My dad turned me expert on my 7th b-day. I worked hard and trained hard and won my first NAG 1 title at age 8 2012 grands. I have a NAG 1 title in 2013 9 cruiser. My goal is to win a national title this year.

Blake started racing a push bike when he was 3 yrs. old. He won a few push bike nationals that year and when he raced at the Grands he didn't lose a single lap. He started racing his 20" bike in 2017 when he was 5 yrs. old. He worked hard all year and ended up winning the 5 yr old Michigan State Championship and #1 plate. He also competed in nationals throughout the year and placed 3rd at the 2017 Grands. This helped him end the season ranked NAG #12 in his age group. He loves wrestling, video games, football in the yard and especially listening to music.

My name is Noah Kutzli aka the kutz. I am 13 years old and have been racing bmx since June 2017. I love racing and take every opportunity that I get to work on my racing skills. I have done many clinics and a camp and look forward to doing more in the future. I listen to my coaches and take every advice that I get from them. I race for bike tech solution bike shop team. We are an up and coming team and are all about helping each other get stronger and faster.

Track Operator RP-BMX Richfield local Kelly Wrecking Crew

I started racing BMX in the fall of 2017 in the Beginner's League at Rock City Indoor.

I am just a boy who loves his bike.

My name is Levi “Chaos” Weigel. I race at Rock City BMX in Rockford, MI. I started out with BMX in August 2017 in Donny Robinson’s BMX Racing League. I did 2 sessions of the BMX Racing league taking home a 1st place trophy in both sessions before moving to open racing. My first race day was October 21 2017, I took 1st place. The next 5 race days I also took 1st place trophies home while never losing a lap. I was moved up to 6 intermediate on December 9, 2017....Since then I am now 7 Expert and racing for Remix BMX. Having a great year as Michigan #1 7 expert. Heading to Gold cup finals this weekend! #chaosweigel