Shayna Powless

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Shayna Powless
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Personal information
Born (1994-01-08) January 8, 1994 (age 31)
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida [1]
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1]
Team information
Current team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
DisciplineMountain biking, road, gravel racing [2]
RoleRider
Rider type All-rounder [1]
Amateur teams
2012-2014BMC MTB Development [1]
2015-2016Liv Co-Factory MTB [1]
Professional team
2017- Sho-Air TWENTY20 [3] [2]

Shayna Powless (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist. [4] She is of Oneida heritage through her father [5] and is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. [6] She grew up in Sacramento, California [1] and played a variety of sports whilst growing up, but initially gravitated towards mountain bike racing during her high school years. [2] In 2013 Powless was crowned Under-23 US national mountain bike champion in her first season in that age category. [7] She took up road bicycle racing when she joined the cycling team at the University of California, Los Angeles. [2] [7] She signed to ride for the UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 for the 2019 women's road cycling season. [8] She is the daughter of Olympic marathon runner Jen Allred [9] and the sister of fellow racing cyclist Neilson Powless. [10] She has been in a relationship with Canadian American football player Eli Ankou since 2013, after the couple met at UCLA: [5] as of 2021 the couple were engaged. [11]

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Major results

2018
10th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
2019
10th Winston Salem Cycling Classic
2022
4th Road race, National Road Championships
7th La Picto - Charentaise
2023
Tour of the Gila
1st Points classification

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shayna Powless". Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jary, Rachel (June 24, 2021). "Shayna Powless and 200 Miles of Unbound Gravel". Rouleur . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. Shayna Powless at Cycling Archives (archive)
  4. "Shayna Powless". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Vaisvilas, Frank (October 9, 2020). "Native American pro athletes Shayna Powless, Eli Ankou planning summer camps in Wisconsin". Green Bay Press-Gazette . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. "Jack Powless". North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  7. 1 2 George, Sue (July 19, 2013). "Powless celebrates first mountain bike national title". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  9. "Jeanette Allred-Powless". ARC Beavers. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  10. George, Sue (August 29, 2013). "High school cycling produces world class athletes". cyclingnews.com . Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  11. Talbot, Ryan (June 22, 2021). "Bills sign NT Eli Ankou: 4 things to know". syracuse.com . Retrieved June 25, 2021.