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Shuswap racers get stoked

The unusual event name suited Salmon Arm’s mountain bike racers as they competed July 8 in the Stoked to Get Spanked race.

The unusual event name suited Salmon Arm’s mountain bike racers as they competed July 8 in the Stoked to Get Spanked race, which was sponsored by Skookum Cycle and Ski in Revelstoke.

John Connor placed first overall in the 34 km men’s elite race with a time of 2:16:17, followed by Richard English in third overall, and second in his 30-49 age class.

Kyle Flatman placed eighth with a time of 2:31:04 and fourth in the 18-34 age class.

In the 50+ category, Chuck Connor placed fourth with a time of 2:51:33 and Gordon Holmes was sixth at 3:23:11.

In the 17 km race, Corey Paiement placed ninth, Ray Mills, 11th, Simon Moreira 12th and David Dickson was 13th in the Men’s 30-49 category.

In the women’s 30+ 17 km race, Doris Mils, with a time of 2:09:27 and Lynne Holmes, with a time of 2:22:22, placed third and fourth respectively.

In the U17 17 km race, Max Scharf with a time of 1:38:45 and Patrick Ladyman with a time of 1:39:19 also placed third and fourth in their class.

In the U15 10 km class, Seth van Varseveld placed first, followed by James Hardy in second, Konrad van Varseveldin fourth, Nelson Kleer in fifth, Kaelen Hougen in eighth and Colin Robinson in 11th.

In the U11 boys 4 km race, Aiden Hougen was third.

On the girls side, Sophia van Varseveld was fourth, Kiara St. Denis was fifth, Ella Mills was eighth and Erika Peasgood was ninth.