![]() "I need to ask everyone the favor of including Jantz in your prayers as we move through this painful journey. "I wanted to first thank everyone for the heartfelt prayers for Jantz," wrote his father, Chris Grodzicki, in a statement issued early Saturday morning a friend of the family is providing updates at /PrayForJantz. Grodzicki was airlifted from the track and put on life support his condition was upgraded on Saturday morning. Sixteen-year-old amateur motocross racer Jantz Grodzicki sustained traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries in a crash on Friday during competition in the 250 B Mod Motocross class at the 41st Annual Thor Winter Olympics (also known as the Mini O's), an amateur Supercross and Motocross event at Gatorback Cycle Park in Alachua, Florida. Good luck to you all in 2013.īig thanks to Yamaha Motor Canada for all their support helping us get to Mini O’s.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Great to see so many Canucks make the trek down and give it a shot. Jaxon Moffat 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – Gatorback ![]() Matt Young 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – Gatorback Sami Burke 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – Gatorback Jim Scott 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – Gatorback ![]() Kieran Doherty 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – GatorbackĢ012 Mini O’s Supercross – – Alachua, FloridaĪlexandre Morin 2012 Mini O’s Motocross – – Gatorback Here are the results from the racers I missed this week at the 2012 Gatorback Florida Mini O’s: Since I was racing as well and not just taking pics it was hard for me to get everyone. Now for the five Canuacks that i didn’t get a picture of. He managed a 12th on the motocross track in the 4-6 51cc class. Not a care in the world, other than Eggo’s, mad skills, toy dirtbikes, and the movie Elf. Tanner is the exact opposite from Hunter. The younger Scott in the family had a pretty solid week after just coming off a broken arm. Here’s the final Florida Mini O’s report of our Canadian contingent. Our deepest condolences to the Grodziki family. I suppose I can go with that but I find it hard to fathom that the sport, which has brought so many people so many beautiful moments in their lives, in a slit moment can take the most important thing away from others which is life itself. So many of us will say that they died doing something they love, which is a good thing. I can’t even put myself in the shoes of the parents because I couldn’t even imagine how tough this must be. All the prayers, good thoughts and positive vibes will not bring these people back to their families. There are no words that can help this tragic circumstance. This is the second time I have been to one of these big US amateur nationals (the other being in 2006 at Lake Whitney), and it’s the second time a young rider died from a crash. ![]() The family will take him off life support in the next day or so. The body can not survive with this damage. He suffered a severed spinal cord at the base of his skull and it is improbable that he can recover. As I write this Jantz’s Father sent this out: “Though there was a temporary, small glimpse of hope after some slight brain activity while connected to life support, Chris Grodzicki, Jantz’s father, made this sad announcement late Saturday night November 24th: “Unfortunately Jantz’ injuries are too severe to survive. People and their opinions without knowing the facts gets way out of hand in these types of situations in today’s world. Also, the way that social networking turned this tragic story into a five-phone-calls-later type conversation was truly sad. After I heard about the devastating news of this young racer I lost my excitement to write a report.
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