O’Dine lands a top-10 on world stage

Meryeta O’Dine of Prince George and Eliot Grondin of Saint-Romuald, Que., finished 10th Sunday in the team snowboard cross event at the world snowboard championships in Park City, Utah.

O’Dine, 21, was coming off a 13th-place result in the individual race on Friday.

Carle Brenneman of Comox and Brochu Baptiste of Saguenay, Que., were the top Canadians in the team event, finishing sixth. Americans Mick Dierdorff and Lindsey Jacobellis won gold. Omar Visintin/ Michela Moioli of Italy and Paul Berg/Hanna Ihedioha of Germany took silver and bronze respectively.

In Friday’s individual women’s event, Eva Samkova of Czech Republic won gold, Charlotte Bankes of Great Britain took silver and Moioli captured bronze. Brenneman was the top Canadian in eighth. In the men’s race, Dierdorff won gold, Hanno Douschan of Austria took silver and Emanuel Perathoner of Italy claimed bronze. In Canadian results, Grondin was 17th, Kevin Hill of Vernon was 30th and Danny Bourgeois of Rosemère, Que., was 40th.

O’Dine won her first World Cup individual medal in February 2017 when she claimed bronze in Feldberg, Germany. She was named to the Canadian Olympic team in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but was unable to compete after she fell in a practice run and suffered a concussion.

She started this season in November with two third-place finishes at Europa Cup events in Pitzal, Austria. She placed seventh and 18th at Word Cup races Dec. 21-22 in Cervinia, Italy, and was second and fifth in Nor-Am events at Panorama, Jan 8-9.