2014 Australian Track Nationals - 29 Jan - 1 Feb

[peterst6906]

Start today:

http://tracknationals.subaru.com.au/elite/

Medals on offer today:

U19 Men 1 kilo TT (watch out for Braeden Dean from Victoria)
Elite Men 1 kilo TT (Glenn O'Shea to defend his title from last year)
U19 and Elite Women Team Sprint (Vic or NSW)

Men U19 3000m IP (open, but Jack Edwards for me)
Men 4000m IP (Alex Edmondson hopefully, but open field)
Women 500m TT (Anna Meares with daylight second)
Elite Men Team Sprint (SA, NSW or ACT)
Women U19 7.5 km Scratch Race (open, but I'll go Tayla Hunt but that's really a guess as I don't know much about the U19 enduro women)

Will post results as they come through.

 

[peterst6906]

Some photos from the final day of prep (not mine, through twitter):

Chris Hoy still in Oz from the TDU getting coffee with Perko:

(Credit: Kristine Perkins)

(Credit: Mark Drehlich)

(Credit: Cycling Australia)

 

[peterst6906]

First Session medals:

U19 Men 1 kilo TT:

1. Braeden Dean
2. Alex Porter
3. Brad Heffernan

Elite Men TT

1. Matt Glaetzer (new CR in 1.01.175)
2. Scott Law
3. Scott Sunderland

Women Team Sprint

1. SA (Rikki Belder, Steph Morton)
2. VIC (Deanna Bax, Caitlin Ward)
3. QLD (Tenille Falappi, Taylah Jennings)

 

[peterst6906]

Second session medals:

U19 Men 3000m IP

1. Daniel Fitter
2. Callum Scotson
3. Sam Welsford

Men 4000m IP

1. Alex Edmondson
2. Alex Morgan
3. Ben Harvey

Women 500m TT

1. Anna Meares (even after a slip of her front wheel at the start)
2. Caitlin Ward
3. Catherine Culvenor

Mens Team Sprint

1. NSW
2. SA
3. VIC

 

[Jakob747]

Daniel Fitter! Really good prospect.

 

[oldcrank]

With the 2014 UCI World Junior Track Championships in Seoul
this July, the Koreans have sent a few athletes to Adelaide
and Joene Park (KOR) was the fastest qualifier in the U19 Men's
sprint with a 10.455, ahead of Braeden Dean (Vic) 10.506.
Dean had won the U19 Men's Kilometre TT in the early session.
What transpires in the rounds will be very interesting.

Strange that both Scotty Sunderland and Anna Meares had
"issues" coming out of the gate in their respective TT's.

 

[jullypham]

I'm Jack Edwards's fan, someone like me?

 

[stevenhoang]

My Idol's Perko!!!.