Cole Stinson of Black Creek — a 15-year-old member of the Gravity MTB Youth Development Race Team — placed fourth overall at the Helter Skelter downhill mountain bike race, Sunday at Mount Washington. He was competing in the expert division.
There were 56 racers competing.
Other Comox Valley racers included:
•Fanny Bay’s Desmond Bally, seventh overall, second in single crown men’s division;
•Courtenay’s Devin Stowe, eighth overall, fastest intermediate boy racer;
•Craig Scott of Courtenay, 11th overall, third in single crown men’s division;
•Chris MacLeod of Cumberland, 17th overall;
•Nicolas Tressel of Courtenay, 21st overall;
•Loic Deslauriers of Cumberland 28th overall;
•Adicus Bird of Royston, 29th overall, second fastest in expert women’s division;
•Sean Queenan of Comox, 30th overall;
•Logan McMullen of Comox, 31st overall;
•Jeremy Purich of Royston, 37th overall, fastest U12 boy racer;
•Connor Cashin of Comox, 40th overall;
•Tanner Slobodzian of Cumberland, 42nd overall, third in U12 boys;
•Krystal Francisty of Cumberland, 44th overall;
•Elliot Purich of Royston, 48th overall, seventh in U12 boys;
•Echo Slobodzian, 55th overall, first in U12 youth girls division.