June 30, 2007 (Bromont, QC) – Samantha Cools of Calgary, the heavy favourite in the women’s elite category at the 2007 Tim Hortons BMX Nationals cycling competition, crashed on the second turn Saturday to allow Danielle Brisson of B.C., to earn the title.

Cools, who won the BMX Golden State National in Prunedale, California earlier this year and is an Olympic medal hopeful for 2008, suffered a slight concussion during the mishap. Rosemary Adams of Alberta took the silver behind Brisson with Christine Miller of Alberta third.

“It’s a disappointment because everyone here came to see Samantha,” said Chantal Philie, the BMX technical director for the Quebec Cycling Federation.

The result doesn’t affect Cools’ national team status. All she needed to do was compete in order to assure herself a berth on the Canadian team for the the BMX world championships July 26-29 in Victoria, BC.

In men’s competition, Scott Erwood of B.C., won the men’s Elite title with Patrick Lebel of Alberta second and Damian Lachance of Ontario third.

Nick Goertzen of B.C., first after qualifying, fell in the final on the second turn which allowed Erwood and Lebel to gain a sizeable lead.

“Goertzen’s fall broke the pack,” said Philie. “Lebel took control with Scott as neither was affected by the fall. It came down to a race between the two of them.”

In women’s junior competition, Kaila Sweeny of Alberta earned the gold with Layne Nyhaug of B.C., second and Jocelyne Rutko of Ontario third. In men’s junior competition, Jim Brown of Alberta, a silver medallist last month at the BMX Victoria International, was first with Scott Bernacki second and Karsten Millman of Ontario third.

The cruiser events (24″ tires) take place in Bromont on Sunday.

Results

13 and 14 Female (6 Riders)
1. Sabrina Millman (Cochrane, ON)
2. Alexane Couture (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
3. Jennifer Harrington (Lethbridge, AB)
4. Christine Belhumeur (Independent, QC)
5. Brienna Cooper (Calgary, AB)
6. Alexandra Awde (Cochrane, ON)

15 and 16 Female (5 Riders)
1. Sarah Biron (Team Québec, QC)
2. Kyra Mcleod (Team Alberta, AB)
3. Megan Frew (Team Alberta, AB)
4. Amelia Walsh (Tim Dasilva, ON)
5. Ariane Gaudet (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)

13 Male (13 Riders)
1. Francis Lamy (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
2. Corey Walsh (Tim Dasilva, ON)
3. Bryan Lapointe (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
4. Hunter Foster (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
5. Jayson Mackinnon (Tim Dasilva, ON)
6. Mathieu Joyal (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
7. Maxime St-Arnaud (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
8. Jeffrey Lévesque (Québec, QC)
Tristan Gaudet (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Zachary Boivin (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Samuel Lessard (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Raphaël Lajoie (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
Robert Babiak (Kingston, ON)
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14 Male (17 Riders)
1. Marc- Antoine Champagne (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
2. Chance Herrington (Kingston, ON)
3. Dorey Martin (Abbotsford, BC)
4. Austin Harper (Kingston, ON)
5. Alexandre Laplante (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
6. Derreck Beauvolsk (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
7. Raphaël Janvier (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
8. Vincent Gingras (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Jonathan Lefebvre-Thibault (Independent, QC)
Caleb Sharpe (Independent, QC)
Cody Negenman (Calgary, AB)
Gabriel Lampron- b (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
Jessy James Bellerive (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Benjamin Cartier (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Sébastien Dupuis (Ottawa, ON)
Sterling Evans (Milton, ON)
Cédric Joyal (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)

15 Male (10 Riders)
1. Michaël Beaudoin (Answer Haro, QC)
2. Kyle Lourenssen (Team Ontario/Supercross/Answer, ON)
3. Jean- Sébastien Houde (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
4. Erick Nicol (Team Alberta, AB)
5. Scott Simpson (Tim Dasilva, ON)
6. Marc- Antoine Deschênes (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
7. Jordan Trudel (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
8. Keyven Tellier-Lambert (Team Québec, QC)
Jonathan Babiak (Kingston, ON)
Martin Robidas (Independent, QC)

16 Male (8 Riders)
1. Hugo Leduc-Benoit (Team Québec, QC)
2. Cameron Murphy (Team BC, BC)
3. Kyle Pearson (Team Ontario/Supercross/Answer, ON)
4. Davier Couture (Team Québec, QC)
5. Sam Leuck (Team Alberta, AB)
6. David Hounsome (Kingston, ON)
7. Simon Lessard (Ottawa, ON)
8. Tommy Gagnon – (Independent, QC)

17 to 24 Male (8 Riders)
1. Leonard Kilgour (Team BC, BC)
2. Andrew Harper (Team Ontario/Supercross/Answer, ON)
3. Simon Paquette (Independent, QC)
4. Grégory Picard (Independent, QC)
5. Alexandre Fiset (Québec, QC)
6. Christopher Kohar (Kingston, ON)
7. Paul Goebel (Tim Dasilva, ON)
8. Pascal Perron – (Independent, QC)

30 and Over Male (10 Riders)
1. Greg Bidwell (25-29M) (Tim Dasilva, ON)
2. Glen Cressman (Tim Dasilva, ON)
3. Darcy Fauteux (Calgary/Bikes&boards, AB)
4. Patrick Lambert (Independent, QC)
5. Yannick Vincent (Independent, QC)
6. Stéphane Grenon (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
7. Robert Perry (25-29M) (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
8. Mike Murphy (No Hypes Bikes, AB)
Andrew Evans (Milton, ON)
Evan Hunt (Independent, QC)

Junior Female (6 Riders)
1. Kaila Sweeney (Airdrie, AB)
2. Layne Nyhaug (Team BC, BC)
3. Jocelyn Rutko (Okotoks, AB)
4. Pascale Rousseau (Team Québec, QC)
5. Lindsay Harrington (Lethbridge, AB)
6. Karin Newcombe (Saugeen, ON)

Junior Male (9 Riders)
1. Jim Brown (Airdrie, AB)
2. Scott Bernacki (Team Alberta, AB)
3. Karsten Millman (Cochrane, ON)
4. Jean- Sébastien Dufresne (Redline, QC)
5. Michael Irwin (Team BC, BC)
6. Tyler Simpson (Team Ontario/Supercross/Answer, ON)
7. Brian Martel (Team BC, BC)
8. Joey Trudeau (Haro bike/Answer, QC)
Tommy Veillette (La Tuque, QC)

Elite Female (5 Riders)
1. Danielle Brisson (Team BC, BC)
2. Rosemary Adams (Team BC, BC)
3. Christine Miller (Airdrie, AB)
4. Lee Ryckman (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
5. Samantha Cools (Airdrie, AB)

Elite Male (14 Riders)
1. Scott Erwood (Ridge Meadows, BC)
2. Patrick Lebel (Airdrie, AB)
3. Damian Lachance (Independent, QC)
4. Kevin Hill (Team BC, BC)
5. Cory Banks (Rocky Mountain House, AB)
6. Kyle Michell (Victoria, BC)
7. Christopher Dasilva (Team Ontario/Supercross/Answer, ON)
8. Nick Goertzen (661/Nitrolube/Nohype, BC)
Adam Muys (Ridge Meadows, BC)
Ward Pateman (Abbotsford, BC)
Michel Perkins (Levis/Ctr.Bic.RiveSud, QC)
Jason Leroux (Independent, QC)
Mischa Partridge (Team BC, BC)
Aaron Lepp (Campcools/Redline, AB)

12 Years and Under

Girls 7 and 8
1. Megan Vachon (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
2. Sarah Mcsweeney (Ottawa, ON)
3. Alyssa Seitz (Milton, ON)
4. Trinity Grenon-Michel (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)

Girls 11 and 12
1. Marilou Brault (Ste-Martine, QC)
2. Laurence Gingras (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
3. Veronica Seitz (Milton, ON)
4. Amilie Janvier (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
5. Valérie Gervais (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
6. Kaitlyn Richard (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
7. Kennedy Cruess (Kingston, ON)

Boys 5 and 6
1. James Hedgcock (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
2. Ludovick Nault- (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
3. Alexandre Rathé (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
4. Jacob Abbott (Saugeen, ON)
5. Shawn Seitz (Milton, ON)

Boys 7
1. Xavier Bernard (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
2. Joshua Aiello (Ridge Meadows, BC)
3. David Richard (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
4. Jacob St-Amant (Levis/Ctr.Bic.RiveSud, QC)
5. Kyle Bonneau (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
6. Sébastien Bellemare (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)

Boys 9
1. Anthony White (Nanaimo ABA/Victoria, BC)
2. Dylan Bonneau (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
3. Samuel Bellemare (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
4. Raphaël Ouellet (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
5. Alex Beaudoin (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
6. Olivier Lessard (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
7. Cole Wilson (Okotoks, AB)
8. Brody-James Cooper (Calgary, AB)
Félix Brault (Ste-Martine, QC)
Samuel Gervais (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Olivier Lamothe (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
Elliot Vaillancourt (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
Mathieu Bellemare (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Bailey Bertrand (Ottawa, ON)
Curtis Kothe (Saugeen, ON)
William Vadnais- (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)

Boys 10
1. Christopher White (Nanaimo ABA/Victoria, BC)
2. Pol- Émil (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
3. Bradley Bergshoeff (Cochrane, ON)
4. Taylor Otterson (Cochrane, ON)
5. Anthony Richard (Track 2000 Milton, ON)
6. Chase Harrison (RedDeer, AB)
7. Gaby Malenfant (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
8. Michael St-Onge (Québec, QC)
David Boivin (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Raphaël Joyal (St-Charles de Drummondville, QC)
Anthony Houde (Independent, QC)
Alex Lamy (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
Kevin Beauvolsk (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Guillaume Bernard (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Jimmy Masse (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Nicolas Masso (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Joshua Seitz (Milton, ON)
Darren Couto (Tim DaSilva, ON)

Boys 11
1. Étienne Champagne (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
2. Laurent Dumais (Québec, QC)
3. Thierry Deschênes (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
4. Braden Wood (Independent, QC)
5. Antoine Grenon (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
6. Arthur Daignault (Québec, QC)
7. Liam Clarey (Kingston, ON)
8. Alexandre Roy (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
Keith De (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
Thomas Gagnon (Québec, QC)
Tristan Fortin (Haut-Richelieu, QC)

Boys 12
1. Brandon Beauvolsk (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
2. Frédéric Lahaie (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
3. Samey Veillette (Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC)
4. Willem Clarey (Kingston, ON)
5. Matthiew Dilon (Pointe-du-Lac, QC)
6. Jeremy Campbell (Haut-Richelieu, QC)
7. Callum Schaus (Saugeen, ON)
8. Pascal St-Onge (Québec, QC)
Brodie Young (Kingston, ON)
Brandon Kothe (Saugeen, ON)
Brock Cruess (Kingston, ON)
Brendon Bertrand (Ottawa, ON)