Athletes from the Cowichan Valley did exceptionally well at the BC School Sports Mountain Biking Championships at Jordie Lunn Bike Park in Langford last week, with riders representing five local schools.
Valley athletes particularly dominated the senior (Grade 11/12) boys enduro race, where Frances Kelsey Secondary’s Elijah Barron won gold, with Spencer Young and Seamus George of Cowichan Secondary in third and fifth, respectively, and Kelsey’s Spencer Van Der Linden in sixth.
Barron also finished sixth in the senior boys cross-country race, with Van Der Linden in 11th.
Aaron Lalonde of Queen Margaret’s School placed sixth in the junior (Grade 10) boys enduro, one spot ahead of Cowichan Secondary’s Sam Sheppard. Kelsey’s Andrew Van Der Linden placed 11th, and Lalonde’s QMS teammate, Yuri Klobucar, finished 20th. The top Cowichan Valley finisher in the junior boys cross-country event was Ethan Picard of QMS at 25th.
Two Quamichan School riders each had a pair of top-10 finishes in the juvenile (Grade 9) events. Seth Miller rode to a bronze medal in the boys’ cross-country and placed seventh in the enduro, while Emily Bartilucci placed sixth in the girls enduro and eighth in cross-country.
Jakob Horsfall of Quamichan placed 18th in the juvenile boys enduro, and teammate Roan Bleackley was 22nd in the boys cross-country. Also from Quamichan, Jordan He was seventh in the juvenile girls enduro and 16th in cross-country, and Olivia Finlay finished 15th in the enduro and 17th in cross-country.
Quamichan’s Luke Horsfall placed fifth in the bantam (Grade 8) boys enduro and 18th in cross-country, while Patrick Clarke of St. John’s Academy placed 20th in the enduro, followed by Angus Heys of QMS in 21st.
Also from Quamichan, Clodagh Young placed 10th in the bantam girls enduro and 11th in cross-country.
FULL LOCAL RESULTS:
Senior boys cross-country
6. Elijah Barron, Kelsey
11. Spencer Van Der Linden, Kelsey
52. Seamus George, Cowichan
53. Spencer Young, Cowichan
56. Alex Munro, QMS
59. Brodie Kelly, Cowichan
Senior boys enduro
1. Elijah Barron, Kelsey
3. Spencer Young, Cowichan
5. Seamus George, Cowichan
6. Spencer Van Der Linden, Kelsey
22. Joshua Balfour, Kelsey
36. Oakley Charles, Kelsey
43. Andrew Sugden, Cowichan
65. Robert de Clark, Cowichan
76. Alex Munro, QMS
78. Brodie Kelly, Cowichan
Junior boys cross-country
25. Ethan Picard, QMS
30. Yuri Klobucar, QMS
36. Sam Huck, Kelsey
Junior boys enduro
6. Aaron Lalonde, QMS
7. Sam Sheppard, Cowichan
11. Andrew Van Der Linden, Kelsey
20. Yuri Klobucar, QMS
22. Matteo Thibault, Kelsey
29. Austin Richter, Cowichan
30. Ethan Picard, QMS
46. Sam Huck, Kelsey
53. Nicholas Wade, Cowichan
Juvenile girls cross-country
8. Emily Bartilucci, Quamichan
16. Jordan He, Quamichan
17. Olivia Finlay, Quamichan
Juvenile girls enduro
6. Emily Bartilucci, Quamichan
7. Jordan He, Quamichan
15. Olivia Finlay, Quamichan
Juvenile boys cross-country
3. Seth Miller, Quamichan
22. Roan Bleackley, Quamichan
34. Lincoln Hunton, St. John’s Academy
42. Josiah Rempel, St. John’s Academy
Juvenile boys enduro
7. Seth Miller, Quamichan
18. Jakob Horsfall, Quamichan
29. Lincoln Hunton, St. John’s Academy
56. Josiah Rempel, St. John’s Academy
69. Roan Bleackley, Quamichan
Bantam girls cross-country
11. Clodagh Young, Quamichan
Bantam girls enduro
10. Clodagh Young, Quamichan
Bantam boys cross-country
18. Luke Horsfall, Quamichan
28. Angus Heys, QMS
29. Jaret Goulah, St. John’s
36. Patrick Clarke, St. John’s
43. Gabe Gerbrandt, Quamichan
Bantam boys enduro
5. Luke Horsfall, Quamichan
20. Patrick Clarke, St. John’s
21. Angus Heys, QMS
36. Jaret Goulah, St. John’s
35. Gabe Gerbrandt, Quamichan