July 21, 2007 (Mt. Washington, B.C.) — In rainy wet conditions Jeff Clarkson (BC, BC Team) and Andréanne Pichette (QC) Opus/OGC have won the junior men’s and women’s XC titles at the Tim Hortons MTB XC Nationals today. The junior men completed four (4) laps of the 6.4 km circuit while junior women completed three (3) laps.

Mitchell Bailey (ON) and Natasha Oldcorn (ON) both from Team Ontario have won the U17 men’s and women’s titles respectively.

The official results just pasted below conflict with our understanding that Jeff Clarkson (BC) Team BC is the 2007 Junior XC champ and we are investigating this.

The error has been corrected and the revised official results now indicate that Jeff Clarkson (BC) Team BC is the 2007 Junior XC champ.

Results

Junior 17-18 Men (XC)

1. Jeff Clarkson (BC) Team BC 42:45.0
2. Francis Morin (QC) Equipe du Quebec 44:55.6
3. Jonathan Boucher (QC) Équipe du Québec/ Opus-OGC 47:59.6
4. Michael Mitchnick (ON) Team Trek Store 50:00.4
5. Matt McCartney (ON) 50:31.1
6. Steve Caillé (QC) Équipe du Québec/ Opus-OGC 52:45.1
7. Phil Cairns (BC) Team BC 55:13.6
8. Zach Hughes (ON) Team Ontario 57:02.7
9. Justin Middleton (AB) 58:23.2
10. Alistair Hardy-Poirier (BC) Steed Cycles 59:18.6
11. Jacob McClelland (ON) Team Ontario 08:57.4
12. Jesse Reams (YT) Team Yukon 12:14.3
13. Paul Benson (MB) Team Manitoba/ Specialized 14:32.5
14. Andrew Langridge (BC) Team BC 42:44.0 –1 lap
15. Peter Knight (AB) United Cycle 46:24.5 –1 lap
16. Dan Scott (BC) Oak Bay Bikes 47:33.2 –1 lap
DNF Troy Henry (YT) Team Yukon
DNF Jesse Horn (BC) Team BC
DNF Connor Witzke (AB) Juventus
DNF Kelly St-Amant (QC) Inter-Sport / Velo Extreme
DNF Erik Mulder (BC) Team BC

U17 15-16 Men (XC)

1. Mitchell Bailey (ON) Team Ontario 23:00.0
2. Evan Guthrie (BC) Team BC 24:51.2
3. Tyler Allison (BC) Team BC 26:06.4
4. Kurt DeFreitas (AB) Bowcycle 28:33.4
5. Patrick Chartrand (QC) cvm val-david 28:51.2
6. Sebastion Sleep (BC) Team BC 31:53.8
7. Zac Gartside (BC) Team BC 32:11.5
8. Scott Mulder (BC) Team BC 34:02.7
9. Daniel Moore (QC) CVM Val David 35:44.2
10. James Winter (SK) Fresh Air Experience 38:21.5
11. Jesse Melamed (BC) Team Whistler/Natures Path 38:45.2
12. Jacob Melville (BC) Team Squamish 40:08.8
13. Hayden Drygas (BC) Team Squamish 40:31.8
14. Matthew Brown (BC) Sunshine Coast CC 44:22.5
15. Conor OBrien (QC) Ride With Rendall 47:05.2
16. Kiernan Orange (QC) Ride With Rendall 52:31.7
17. Christopher Shepherd (AB) 53:12.3
18. Michael Miller (ON) Ride With Rendall 59:38.6
19. Evan Drygras (BC) 12:36.6
DNF Colten Mahood (BC)
DNF Scott Lynch (ON) Waterloo Cycling Club
DNF Toby Nolan (BC)

Junior 17-18 Women (XC)

1. Andréanne Pichette (QC) Équipe Québec / Opus-OGC 41:33.9
2. Stéphanie Lacoursière (QC) Équipe Québec/ Cyclone 43:36.7
3. Bianca Adolf (BC) Team BC 43:47.3
4. Sophie Harvey (QC) Équipe Québec/Sports Alpins TVA MSA 46:02.9
5. Leah Kirchmann (MB) Team Manitoba/Alter Ego 48:28.4
6. Sarah Moore (QC) CVM Val David 52:47.8
7. Lauren Hughes (BC) Team BC 53:23.5
8. Mikaela Kofman (ON) Coach Chris.ca 55:45.0
9. Krystyn Ong (AB) 59:51.2
10. Kelly Hall (AB) Juventus 01:21.4
11. Christine Lynch (BC) Team BC 03:04.4
12. Alexandra Gélinas-Hamelin (QC) Équipe Québec/Cycle outaouais 04:20.9
13. Lauren Lankester (AB) Bicisport 05:36.8
14. Jen Brown (BC) Team BC 07:12.9
15. Jessica Kissel (AB) Bicisport 08:08.2
DNF Katherine Short (BC) Team BC
DNF Lindsay Argue (MB)

U17 15-16 Women (XC)

1. Natasha Oldcorn (ON) Team Ontario 13:24.9
2. Kristen Lone (BC) Team BC 17:11.4
3. Charlotte Batty (ON) Team Trek Store 17:56.3
4. Cayley Brooks (ON) Team Ontario 20:06.4
5. Samantha Grover (AB) Juventus 21:16.6
6. Ruby Woodruff (BC) Team BC 22:56.9
7. Anna Schappert (MB) Bikes and Beyond/Team Manitoba 23:52.9
8. Kendra Middleton (AB) Juventus 25:31.8
9. Eden Imbeau (BC) Team BC 26:20.8
10. Yani Brabant (BC) 26:57.3
11. Jenna Phelps (BC) Sunshine Coast CC 42:55.0
DNF Angeline McKirdy (BC) Team BC