Bike Intelligencer » us national champion http://bikeintelligencer.com All bike, all the time Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:31:42 +0000 en hourly 1 Another Nod to Jill Kintner: US national downhill champion! http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/07/another-nod-to-jill-kintner-us-national-downhill-champion/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/07/another-nod-to-jill-kintner-us-national-downhill-champion/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:16:34 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.com/?p=3897

A downhill glint in her eye.

Adding to a mounting pile of trophies this year alone, Seattle native Jill Kintner took home the US national downhill title by a comfortable 3-second margin over Jacqueline Harmony. Melissa Buhl was third. The men’s side was similarly gapped, with Aaron Gwin winning in a result that surprised no one.

As a longtime Jill-watcher we’ve been speculating she would move to the Big Dance (after dominating Dual Slalom) given expert counsel from boyfriend Bryn Atkinson. Next stop: World Cup tour! (We hope.)

More from Jill’s blog. Full report from PinkBike.

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