Adelaide SuperDrome, Feb 3-8
Day1: Individual Pursuits; Women's Team Sprint and Elite Men Sprint- Qualifying and Round 1.
Let's get this straight, I was not here to ride the pursuit this year! Yes I rode the qualifying round, but I have done nothing in the way of specific training for this event and it was more about getting time on boards and experimenting a little, so there was very little expectation around this event. Matt got a crash course on calling a pursuit in Glenn's absence, and he did a stellar job at that. Unfortunately, I was a little over my scheduled time, but there were a number of positive things to take away from the event if we pursue this further next season.
The girls at the pointy end were very competitive and there were some cracking times ridden by the medal qualifiers: Josie Tomic, Sarah Kent, Tess Downing and Helen Kelly (WA v WA for gold/silver, Vic v Vic for bronze). Jessie posted a PB for the event and was pretty stoked to have pulled that off.
Tom was pretty happy with his ride, again more for time on boards than anything else. And Edward (JM19) was stoked with the time he rode given his limited bike experience, though he did go out at a cracking pace, posting 1:08 for his first kilo-oops! As predicted the track was fast and the JM19 world record was broken in qualifying by Michael Hepburn (Qld) with a 3min16.385sec!
The JW19 girls- Catherine and Caitlin rode the open team sprint later in the day and finished 5th overall. And, our two elite sprinters, Alex and Danny, rode their flying 200m to qualify 5th (10.654sec) and 7th (10.734) respectively, and also went on to win their first round match sprints- well done boys!
Full results for the championships can be found here.
The mum's enjoying the sprint action: Trish Ellis (upper left), Iron Chef Leanne (left) and Iron Chef Lyn (right).
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