A former Trinity Western University champion won the White Spot 鈥� Delta Road Race at the Tour de Delta on the weekend.
Alison Jackson of Vermillion, Alberta, won the eight lap, 103.6 kilometre Sunday women鈥檚 bicycle race in two hours, 38 minutes and 15 seconds, sprinting ahead of fellow Canadian Marie-Soleil Blais and Portland, Oregon鈥檚 Starla Teddergreen.
鈥淭his is my first win of the season and to win in Canada is special,鈥� said Jackson, who finished third in the race in 2016.
鈥淚鈥檝e wanted to win this race for several years now. I鈥檝e been on the podium and my teammate Kendall Ryan won it last year, so we had to defend.鈥�
For Jackson, winning on home soil is big for the former elite cross-country star.
鈥淚t鈥檚 hard winning a bike race, whether it鈥檚 in Europe or America or here鈥� so whenever you get a win, you鈥檝e got to savour it - that鈥檚 what this is for me,鈥� added Jackson, who graduated from 91原创鈥檚 TWU with a degree in kinesiology in 2014.
Jackson had a standout indoor track and field season with the Spartans that year.
She captured a Canada West gold medal in the 3000m and a silver in the 4x800m relay. She also earned a Canada West gold medal in cross country while finishing fifth overall at the CIS national championships. The Canada West and CIS championships are based on the results of the same race.
Jackson was one of three athletes, along with Fiona Benson (women鈥檚 track and field and cross country)and Kristen Santema (women鈥檚 soccer) who won the Spartan Complete Champion Awards.
Complete Champion measures a student-athlete in five areas of development: academic, athletic, leadership, personal and spiritual.
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In the men鈥檚 race, Californian Samuel Bassetti just managed to edge rival Kaler Marshall to take the victory.
Tour de Delta is part of BC Superweek, Canada鈥檚 biggest professional road cycling series and features more than $140,000 in prize money with nine races over ten days. BC Superweek runs from July 5 鈥� 14 and is made up of the Tour de Delta (July 5 - 7), New West Grand Prix (July 9), Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix (July 10), Giro di Burnaby presented by Appia Development (July 11), PoCo Grand Prix presented by Dominion Lending Centres (July 12), and Tour de White Rock presented by Landmark Premiere Properties (July 13 - 14).
BC Superweek sees a rest day on Monday and continues Tuesday with the New West Grand Prix. The women race at 6:15 pm while the men take the course at 7:30 pm.
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