July 29, 2018 (Invermere, BC) – Vaea Verbeeck (BC) Rocky Mountain and Magnus Manson (BC) Canyon captured the Elite women’s and men’s titles while Piper Allman (BC) Independent and Lucas Cruz (BC) Trek BC Devo took the Junior crowns at the 2018 Canadian Downhill Championships held on July 29 at Panorama Mountain Resort.

Cruz was 6th fastest down the mountain while Allman was the fastest Canadian Junior woman – Ijurko is from Spain and a resident of Canada, living in BC, but does not (yet) have Canadian citizenship – below are the full results for all categories.

Results

Junior Women
1. Ainhoa Ijurko (Esp) Independent 3:44.55
2. Piper Allman (BC) Independent 3:55.92
3. Aleda Toronitz (BC) Independent 3:58.42
4. Bailey Goldstone (BC) Independent 4:02.85
5. Gabriella Keen (BC) Independent 4:24.85
6. Madison Skrypnek (AB) Independent 4:47.64
7. Samara Kuhn (BC) Seven Summits Gravity Racing 5:17.81

Junior Expert Men
1. Lucas Cruz (BC) Trek BC Devo 3:08.77.…….. 6th overall
2. Ian Milley (BC) Independent 3:14.19
3. Elliot Jamieson (BC) Independent 3:14.80
4. Keegan Fry (BC) Revolution Cycles 3:16.33
5. Justin Clements (AB) Drift Racing 3:17.33

Elite Women
1. Vaea Verbeeck (BC) Rocky Mountain, Deity, Shimano 3:34.41
2. Miranda Miller (BC) Specialized/Gravity 3:39.31
3. Georgia Astle (BC) Independent 3:46.22
4. Laurie Citynski (BC) Intense/Graviti Driven 3:51.37
5. Rachel Pageau (QC) Devinci Development Racing 4:03.31
6. Crystal Townsend (BC) Silver Star Race Team 4:09.94
DNS Jennifer McHugh (BC) Independent

Elite Men
1. Magnus Manson (BC) Canyon 3:04.77
2. Hugo Langevin (QC) Devinci Development Racing 3:04.79
3. Mark Wallace (BC) Canyon Factory Racing 3:05.13
4. Henry Fitzgerald (BC) Norco Factory Racing 3:06.00
5. Matthew Beer (NL) Independent 3:06.31

Full results all categories here.