Branching out from her primary discipline of enduro, Andréane Lanthier Nadeau found the speed for silver at last weekend's Canadian Downhill (DH) Mountain Bike Championships in Sun Peaks.
Nadeau's time of five minutes and 21.558 seconds put her between gold medallist Mille Johnset (5:17.671) and Emmy Lan, who took bronze (5:21.597). Johnset hails from Norway, which means Nadeau got to don the red maple leaf sleeve as this year's national DH titleholder among elite women.
"Wanted to race without pressure and feel good on a sick trail, didn't think the sleeve was the cards. Nice treat!" said Nadeau on her Instagram account. "Future of Canadian women's downhill is bright...and I'm stoked to just be among it and enjoy pushing myself on the track! Congrats to all the racers and huge thank you to [Stephen Exley]."
Jack McCredie topped the U19 expert men's race (4:36.068), followed by Ryder Wilson in second (4:38.233) and Mateo Quist in third (4:38.424).
Here are the other podiums featuring Sea to Sky talent:
U19 sport/expert women
- Tayte Proulx-Royds (5:06.428)
- Megan Bedard (5:19.853)
- Charlie Bernard (5:34.273)
U17 expert boys
- Lewis Laird (non-Canadian, 4:40.246)
- Sebastien Harrisson (4:40.554)
- Alexandre Beaulieu (4:42.618)
U17 sport/expert girls
- Cami Bragg (5:15.416)
- Ruby Wells (5:15.834)
- Piper Graaten (5:16.790)
U15 sport/expert girls
- Megan Pretorius (5:20.212)
- Keira Burborough-Murphy (non-Canadian, 5:27.800)
- Indy Tomic (5:59.895)
U17 sport boys
- Cohen Johns (4:55.648)
- Kai Ankeny (4:56.836)
- Oliver Astin (4:57.253)
U15 expert boys
- Mack Manietta (4:59.983)
- Owen White (5:00.441)
- Bernardo Gomes (5:07.197)
19+ expert men
- Mike Spence (4:54.005)
- Zach Eaton (4:59.249)
- Seth Proulx-Royds (5:03.955)
Masters men B
- Ryan Yastremsky (5:17.397)
- Steve Storey (5:21.998)
- Jason Lorenz (5:26.307)
For complete results from Sun Peaks, click here.
