October 27/09 17:37 pm - Xterra World Championships - McQuaid 3rd & Premont 12th
Posted by Editor on 10/27/09
Canadian women mountain bikers had strong performances at the Xterra World Championships on Sunday (October 25th) in Maui, Hawaii, with Melanie McQuaid finishing third, Danelle Kabush seventh and national champion Marie-Helene Premont 12th. The offroad triathlon consists of a one mile (1.6 km) swim, 20 mile (32 km) mountain bike ride and 7 mile (11 km) trail run. Premont was 37th overall in the bike portion and the second fastest woman (by five seconds), behind women's champion Julie Dibens of Great Britain. However, Premont was 377th in the swim and 156th in the run.
| Women | |
| 1 Julie Dibens (GBr) | 2:56:42 |
| 2 Lesley Paterson (USA) | 3:04:16 |
| 3 Melanie McQuaid (Can) | 3:05:46 |
| 4 Carine Wasle (Aut) | 3:07:23 |
| 5 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) | 3:08:00 |
| 7 Danelle Kabush (Can) | 3:13:50 |
| 8 Christine Jeffrey (Can) | 3:15:01 |
| 12 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) | 3:20:23 |
| Men | |
| 1 Eneko Llanos (Esp) | 2:37:22 |
| 2 Nicolas Lebrun (Fra) | 2:38:17 |
| 3 Michael Weiss (Aut) | 2:40:24 |
| 4 Olivier Marceau (Fra) | 2:41:06 |
| 5 Conrad Stoltz (RSA) | 2:41:40 |
| 12 Mike Vine (Can) | 2:44:56 |
| 16 Kelly Guest (Can) | 2:49:00 |
| 27 Calvin Zaryski (Can) | 2:56:32 |
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