Shayna Powless

Shayna Powless
Personal information
Born (1994-01-08) January 8, 1994
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida[1]
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Team information
DisciplineMountain biking, road, gravel racing[2]
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Amateur teams
2012-2014BMC MTB Development[1]
2015-2016Liv Co-Factory MTB[1]
Professional teams
2017-2021Sho-Air Twenty20[3][2]
2022L39ION of Los Angeles
2023-2024DNA Pro Cycling

Shayna Powless (born January 8, 1994) is an American former professional racing cyclist.[4] She is of Oneida heritage through her father[5] and is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.[6]

She grew up in Sacramento, California[1] and played a variety of sports whilst growing up, but initially gravitated towards mountain bike racing during her high school years.[2] In 2013, Powless was crowned Under-23 US national mountain bike champion in her first season in that age category.[7]

She took up road bicycle racing when she joined the cycling team at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2][7] She signed to ride for the UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–Twenty28 for the 2019 women's road cycling season.[8]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Olympic marathon runner Jen Allred[9] and the sister of fellow racing cyclist Neilson Powless.[10]

She has been in a relationship with Canadian American football player Eli Ankou since 2013, after the couple met at UCLA[5]. The couple got engaged in 2021, and married in 2025.[11][12]

Major results

2018
10th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
2019
10th Winston Salem Cycling Classic
2022
4th Road race, National Road Championships
7th La Picto - Charentaise
2023
Tour of the Gila
1st Points classification

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Shayna Powless". Virginia's Blue Ridge–Twenty28. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jary, Rachel (June 24, 2021). "Shayna Powless and 200 Miles of Unbound Gravel". Rouleur. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ Shayna Powless at Cycling Archives (archive)
  4. ↑ "Shayna Powless". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Vaisvilas, Frank (October 9, 2020). "Native American pro athletes Shayna Powless, Eli Ankou planning summer camps in Wisconsin". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jack Powless". North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  7. 1 2 George, Sue (July 19, 2013). "Powless celebrates first mountain bike national title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Jeanette Allred-Powless". ARC Beavers. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  10. ↑ George, Sue (August 29, 2013). "High school cycling produces world class athletes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ Talbot, Ryan (June 22, 2021). "Bills sign NT Eli Ankou: 4 things to know". syracuse.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
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