Shayna Powless

Shayna Powless
Personal information
Born (1994-01-08) January 8, 1994 (age 32)
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplinesMountain biking, road, gravel racing
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2012-2014BMC MTB Development
2015-2016Liv Co-Factory MTB
Professional teams
2017-2021Sho-Air Twenty20
2022L39ION of Los Angeles
2023-2024DNA Pro Cycling

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

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

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

Personal life

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

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

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.