Personal information | |
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Born | (1994-01-08) January 8, 1994 (age 31) Eglin Air Force Base, Florida |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Team information | |
Current team | Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 |
Discipline | Mountain biking, road, gravel racing |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur teams | |
2012-2014 | BMC MTB Development |
2015-2016 | Liv Co-Factory MTB |
Professional team | |
2017- | Sho-Air TWENTY20 |
Shayna Powless (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist. She is of Oneida heritage through her father and is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She grew up in Sacramento, California and played a variety of sports whilst growing up, but initially gravitated towards mountain bike racing during her high school years. In 2013 Powless was crowned Under-23 US national mountain bike champion in her first season in that age category. She took up road bicycle racing when she joined the cycling team at the University of California, Los Angeles. She signed to ride for the UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 for the 2019 women's road cycling season. She is the daughter of Olympic marathon runner Jen Allred and the sister of fellow racing cyclist Neilson Powless. She has been in a relationship with Canadian American football player Eli Ankou since 2013, after the couple met at UCLA: as of 2021 the couple were engaged.
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
- ^ "Shayna Powless". Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Jary, Rachel (June 24, 2021). "Shayna Powless and 200 Miles of Unbound Gravel". Rouleur. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- Shayna Powless at Cycling Archives (archived)
- "Shayna Powless". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- "Jack Powless". North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ George, Sue (July 19, 2013). "Powless celebrates first mountain bike national title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- "Jeanette Allred-Powless". ARC Beavers. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- George, Sue (August 29, 2013). "High school cycling produces world class athletes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- Talbot, Ryan (June 22, 2021). "Bills sign NT Eli Ankou: 4 things to know". syracuse.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
External links
- Shayna Powless at UCI
- Shayna Powless at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Shayna Powless at ProCyclingStats
Riders on Sho-Air TWENTY20 | |
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- American female cyclists
- Oneida Nation of Wisconsin people
- Iroquois women
- Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century Native Americans
- 21st-century Native American women
- Native American sportspeople
- Cyclists from California
- Pan American Games cyclists for the United States
- Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games