Bec McConnell had a tough weekend. After a bad crash on Friday in the XCC Short Track race that relegated her to 18th position, losing the leader's jersey for this discipline, she started far behind on Sunday at the start line of the XCO race. The Australian fought from the very beginning to be in the front of the race, but between the starting position and multiple clogs that forced her to put her foot on the ground several times in the first narrow sections of the circuit, she was well behind at the start. After it started pouring with rain, not crashing was almost more important than making up positions, Bec finished 13th, which meant she lost the XCO leader's jersey with two races to go. The best part of McConnell's excellent season is that she is only 8 points behind the new leader, Anne Terpstra of the Netherlands.

The other PMG Racing Team member who made the trip to Snowshoe, Francesc Barber, finished 16th after suffering a puncture and spending most of the race recovering positions.