Posted by Editoress on 07/6/06
Junior & Masters Track Nationals - Day 1 Bromont QC
Report Courtesy Rob Good, Forest City Velodrome
Team Ontario Juniors had a great opening day at the Canadian Track Championships in Bromont Quebec.
In the opening event of the Championships the Team Pursuit, we had 2 false starts which knocked the boys out of the event. Although disappointed, the guys "sucked it up", changed over their equipment and all 4 of the our endurance riders, Joe Veloce, Vince DeJong with London area riders Ryan Crawford and Steve Meyer qualified for the Scratch Race Final. In the end, Vince DeJong placed 7th with Steve Meyer finishing just outside the top 10.
In the junior women's category, the first event of the Championships was an 80 lap points race, with sprints every 10 Laps. A crash early in the race took out one of our Ontario girls Hayley Roberts, Hayley had to retire with road rash. Ontario had another racer taking part in the event, Ivanie Blondin 15 years old from Ottawa, who came to the Forest City Velodrome in early June to take a Track 1 session, excelled, attended the Junior Camp in mid-June and qualified to compete in her first sanctioned race here in Bromont. Ivanie had a spectacular ride being able to sprint and recover during the race and accumulated enough points to finish 3rd and take the Bronze in a very exciting race. Congratulations Ivanie.... Bronze looks good on you.
The final event of the day for the Junior Men was the Team (Olympic) Sprint, Team Ontario sent Joe Veloce, St Catharines CC, Ryan Crawford, London & Alex Fournier, Belmont to the line. The team had a great start in the Qualifying round to finish 3rd in a time of 54.2 seconds only 3 tenths of a second behind the Quebec Team who ultimately finished in the Silver position behind the very strong team from Alberta.
In the run off for the Bronze Medal our team put on the largest gears of the season and set a blistering 50.4 seconds for the 750m to set fast time of the meet and take home a very well deserved Bronze Medal.
Congratulations to all of the riders who are representing, Forest City Velodrome, London and the Province of Ontario.
Junior Women Points | |
1. Danielle Kenny | 53 |
2. Laurie-Anne Dupont-Renaud | 43 |
3. Ivanie Blondin | 22 |
4. Meghan Read | 16 |
5. Catherine Couture | 9 |
T 6.. Hayley Roberts | 0 |
T 6.. Rachel Canning | 0 |
T 8.. Kelly Foster | -38 |
T 8.. Emilie Ainsley-Perron | -37 |
Junior Men Team Sprint - Qualifying | |
1. Team Alberta (Eric Smith, Neal Gregory, Spencer Smitheman) | 53.113 |
2. Équipe du Quèbec (David Bergeron, Stèphane Cossette, Guillaume Blais-Dufour) | 53.833 |
3. Team Ontario (Ryan Crawford, Alex Fournier, Joseph Veloce) | 54.244 |
4. Team BC A (Nathan Macdonald, Jefferey Castenmiller, Graeme Bant) | 55.486 |
5. Team BC B (Cody Campbell, Michael Rothengatter, Jesse Vanoene) | 56.404 |
Top 4 to finals | |
Junior Men Team Sprint - Final | |
Bronze medal ride | |
1. Team Ontario (Ryan Crawford, Alex Fournier, Joseph Veloce) | 50.514 |
2. Team BC A (Nathan Macdonald, Jefferey Castenmiller, Graeme Bant) | 51.542 |
Gold Medal ride | |
1. Team Alberta (Eric Smith, Neal Gregory, Spencer Smitheman) | 52.431 |
2. Équipe du Quèbec (David Bergeron, Stèphane Cossette, Guillaume Blais-Dufour) | 54.376 |
Junior Team Pursuit - Qualifying | |
1. Team Alberta (Eric Smith, Neal Gregory, Spencer Smitheman, Anthony Stadnyk) | 4:52.050 |
2. Atlantic CC (Geoff O'toole, Garrett Mcleod, Olivier Maltais, Tim Clarke) | 4:58.046 |
3. Team BC A (Cody Campbell, Nathan Macdonald, Matthew Potma, Graeme Bant) | 4:58.186 |
4. Équipe du Quèbec (Stèphane Cossette, Guillaume Blais-Dufour, Franois Chabot, David Bergeron) | 5:05.360 |
5. Team BC B (Michael Rothengatter, Maurie Kowalski, Marco Sabatino, Jesse Vanoene) | 5:13.228 |
DSQ. Team Ontario (Ryan Crawford, Vince Dejong, Stephen Meyer, Joseph Veloce | |
Top 4 to finals | |
Junior Team Pursuit- Finals | |
Bronze medal ride | |
1. Team BC A (Cody Campbell, Nathan Macdonald, Matthew Potma, Graeme Bant) | 4:58.296 |
2. Équipe du Quèbec (David Bergeron, Stèphane Cossette, Guillaume Blais-Dufour) | OVR |
Gold Medal ride | |
1. Team Alberta (Eric Smith, Neal Gregory, Spencer Smitheman, Anthony Stadnyk) | 4:48.140 |
2. Atlantic CC (Geoff O'toole, Garrett Mcleod, Olivier Maltais, Tim Clarke) | 4:56.541 |
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