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Submitted photo Brooklynne Schuetz, of Wentzville, won first place at the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifier on July 31 at St. Charles County’s Kinetic Park. With the win, Schuetz will compete in Portugal in October.
A Holt High School senior claimed first place in the women’s category at the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifier at St. Charles County’s Kinetic Park By Brett Auten The youngest competitor in her first-ever race outshined them all. Wentzville’s Brooklynne Schuetz claimed first place in the women’s category at the recent Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifier held at St. Charles County’s Kinetic Park in Dardenne Prairie. Schuetz, a 17-year-old Holt High School senior, won the women’s division at the event, and with it comes an all-expenses paid trip to the Red Bull World Final slated for Oct. 15-17 in Lisbon, Portugal.
“It’s crazy to think that we are going to Portugal in a couple of months,” Schuetz said. “I went (to the qualifier) to have fun. I was not expecting this at all.” She has been riding BMX races most of her life and the bushel of trophies in the Scheutz household speak of it. Now the work begins to go against the best the globe has to offer. That means running sprints three days a week to maintain and build leg strength along with a regular riding schedule. “A lot of training goes into this,” Schuetz said. “On a pump track, you use both arms
and legs. It’s a lot more endurance and more of a core workout.” Schuetz is a powerhouse. Though her brawn is not built from predetermined routines in an air conditioned environment, but rather day in and day out working for her father’s landscaping business. “I haven’t stepped a foot in a gym,” Schuetz said. “For the last five years, I have been moving rock and just really pushing myself at work.” Schuetz finished ahead of Megan DudSee ‘WORLD’ page 2
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