DANIELLE McDONALD: USA UPDATE

Reigning EW-class AORC (now AEC) champion, Danielle McDonald, has been able to keep her recent momentum rolling with another podium performance in America, this time at Round 7 of the US Sprint Enduro Championship.

In the Pro Women’s class, McDonald was able to finish second in perfect conditions. While this championship isn’t her focus, the Sprint series allows her to keep racing and increase her intensity as she finds her feet in America’s premier GNCC (Grand National Cross-Country) championship.

“I like being able to race every weekend and I think it has helped me in recent weeks,” explains the gritty young Aussie. “I feel I have really started to settle into the US racing and become a lot more comfortable with my bike, the team and the conditions over here and the results are starting to reflect that.” 

Despite the repeated podium appearances (and the fact she’s still recovering from knee surgery less than six months ago), McDonald is clearly eyeballing some time on the podium’s top step, and has her sights set on a win at this coming weekend’s infamous Showshoe round of the GNCC, which is staged out of West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort.