A Tri-City resident took home the first-place prize during the DonkeyCross at Port Coquitlam’s Castle Park, a Vancouver Cyclocross Coalition (VCXC) racing series event.
Sandra Walter led the elite women’s category, sharing the podium with second-place-finisher Carey Mark and third-place Morgan Cabot.
“It was another great year for cyclocross and donkeys in Port Coquitlam,” said Tobin Copely of Team Escape Velocity, which organized the annual DonkeyCross.
More than 250 riders from across the region converged on Port Coquitlam, with novice riders to elite divisions competing for the top spot on the podium.
On the elite men’s side, retired professional cyclocross racer Craig Richey took the top spot four minutes ahead of Marc Edwards, who won second while Nathan Killam took third.
Matt Drown won the master men’s division, while Kim Steed finished second followed by Colin Campbell.
In the master women’s event, Stacey Hutton came in first place, followed by Alyssa Myshok and Rosemary Gin.
The course featured steep run ups, off camber grass sections, gravel paths and enough open field where longer straight sections were linked together by technical corners and three running sections.
Racers came from all ages and backgrounds.
In the intermediate category, Anne Ouellet won first place on the women’s side, while Eric Hung took first on the men’s side, while in the novice category it was Bryon Teriault who crossed the finish line first, while Haley Gill won the women’s race.
Nathan Bishop won the under-17 ride, while Manu Moore took the under-15 and Chase Mark took the under-13 in men’s racing.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth Gin won the under-17, while Lilly Ujfalusi won the under-15 and Katrin Rytirova took the under-13.
Mark Karau won the single-speed open race.
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