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Australian National MTB Series XC #3 - NE
Lysterfield, Victoria, December 10-11, 2005
Baxter & Jongewaard dominate Commonwealth Games selection race
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Victorian women dominated the first Commonwealth Games Selection Race today. The thirty riders raced five laps of the Commonwealth Games course at Lysterfield in hot conditions. Claire Baxter (Hawthorn) was not challenged and won in a comfortable time of 1.38.41. "I felt really calm cool and collected and together," she said. "I got into a pace early." Baxter's name now goes up for selection in the team of three women to represent Australia.
National champion, Emma Colson, Fitzroy left her charge too late and was unable to catch the strong road rider. "Claire was just too strong today," Colson claimed. "I knew I was making ground on her but she just had too much lead." Colson will hope to secure herself a position in the Commonwealth Games team by racing in the second selection race in Mt Beauty, Victoria on January 15.
Third was fellow Victorian, Jenni King from Box Hill. King was passed by Colson in the final laps of the race but rode strongly to finish just one and a half minutes behind Baxter.
Athens Olympian, Lisa Mathison from Brisbane, was visibly disappointed in her first race back after her year long battle with chronic fatigue "I'm just so happy to make it back to this point," she commented. Mathison will now prepare herself for Nationals in January. "I need to do a lot of focusing and a lot of training."
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National champion, Chris Jongewaard from South Australia dominated the elite men's race and will now be put up for selection in the Commonwealth Games Team. Fourth at the end of the short starting lap which opened the race, Jongewaard then took the lead in the first full lap by a minute finishing in 1.56.48. "I've done a few things to plan specifically for this race," he admitted. The hot conditions and terrain took their toll on the forty riders. "Towards the end was getting pretty tough on the legs," admitted Jongewaard.
A puncture in the fifth lap saw Olympian, Sid Taberlay lose his second place to another Athens rider, Josh Fleming from Sydney. Fleming finished two minutes behind Jongewaard after a crash in the rocky section saw him lose valuable time. Fleming did record the fastest lap of 16.02 while trying to pull back Jongewaard's lead.
Taberlay from Tasmamia is quietly confident to get a spot on the three man team for the Commonwealth Games. According to National Cross Country Coach, Damien Grundy, "Sid certainly is the most experienced of the senior riders. He is the best performed on the key indicator races which are the World Cup events." Taberlay recently returned to training and found the early pace tough. "I haven't done any speed or intensity," he said. "I'm only going to get fitter between now and then." Taberlay was pleased to see Jongewaard win. "Chris is going strong. He is really motivated," he added.
Photography
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Images by Evan Jeffery
- Starting off in the elite men's race
- Chris Jongewaard on the way to winning the third round of the Australian national series and qualifying for the Commonwealth Games.
- Chris Jongewaard
- Chris Jongewaard gives it full gas.
- Josh Fleming on his way to second
- Josh Fleming in pursuit of the leader
- Sid Taberlay (Specialized) in the forest
- Sid Taberlay (Specialized) goes for third
- Dylan Cooper (Scott) was sixth today
- Dylan Cooper (Scott) concentrates
- Alistair Farley finished eighth
- Aiden Lefmann finished top 10
- Perren Delacour (Yeti) looking mean
- Claire Baxter tackles a descent on the Lysterfield Commonwealth Games XC course.
- Claire Baxter grabs a post-race drink while looking remarkably fresh after her win.
- Tory Thomas takes care
- Niki Gudex slightly off the pace in seventh
- Niki Gudex
Results
Sunday Elite Men - 7 Laps 1 Chris Jongewaard 1.56.48 2 Josh Fleming 2.17 3 Sid Taberlay 3.32 4 Daniel McConnell 3.51 5 Murray Spink 5.01 6 Dylan Cooper 5.07 7 Shaun Lewis 5.46 8 Alistair Farley 6.39 9 Joel Healy 6.47 10 Aiden Lefmann 7.22 11 Matt Fleming 7.38 12 Perren Delacour 8.14 13 Lachlan Norris 9.30 14 Russell Collett 10.01 15 Phillip Orr 10.02 16 Chris Winn 10.27 17 Hamish Elliot 10.48 18 Adrian Jackson 11.23 19 Brent Miller 12.41 20 Luke Stockwell 12.45 21 Ashley Wass 12.46 22 Nick Both 13.32 23 Stephen Van Dyke 14.12 24 Rohin Adams 14.24 25 Cameron Carlyle 15.10 26 Adam Freeman 15.12 27 Alex Randall 16.14 28 Mark Van Der Ploeg 16.31 29 James Maebus 16.32 30 James Dickey 17.00 31 Damon Griggs 17.24 32 Shane Paton 19.23 1 lap behind 33 John Claxton 34 Gary Milburn DNF James Williamson DNF Damien Jones DNF Peter Hatton DNF shaun lewisu23 DNF James Devonshire DNF Jason Tepper Elite Women - 5 Laps 1 Claire Baxter 1.38.41 2 Emma Colson 0.40 3 Jenni King 1.25 4 Imogen Smith 3.32 5 Dellys Starr 3.58 6 Tory Thomas 4.26 7 Niki Gudex 4.35 8 Jill Burston 5.35 9 Sam Jesney 7.58 10 Lee Shultz 8.30 11 Naomi Williams 8.32 12 Kimberley Fleming 10.05 13 Rosemary Barnes 10.23 14 Lisa Mathison 11.12 15 Donna Hamlin 12.03 16 Erica Oldfield 12.21 17 Narelle Ash 12.34 18 Anna Sheldon 14.12 19 Kelly Bartlett 17.55 20 Renate Griese 19.56 21 Alexandria Kiendl 22.55 22 Lauren Tanzen 25.17 1 lap behind 23 Claire Graydon 24 Athena Wilson 2 laps behind 25 Rebecca McConnell DNF Niki Fisher DNF Eleanor Patterson DNF Caroline Jackson DNF Joanna Harrington Saturday Expert Men - 6 Laps 1 Clinton Avery 1.40.59 2 Nick Craig (Scott 6.38 3 Jacob Lea 9.40 4 Mike Northcote 10.25 5 Tim Retchford 11.16 6 Scott Liston 11.21 7 Christophe Stevens 11.57 8 Graeme Allbon 12.20 9 Wayne Bower 13.19 10 Ryan Gormly 15.49 11 Andy Kuylaars 16.10 12 Nathan Rickerby 16.20 13 Camm Winn 16.48 14 Matt Ladner 17.29 15 Simon Hughes 19.00 16 Brad Glennan 19.27 17 Rowan Smith 19.52 18 Jason Jackson 20.50 19 Sean Richardson 22.36 20 Matt Ligtermoet 23.54 21 Ivan Kallaur 24.20 22 John Groves 24.57 23 Richard Hawkes 27.26 DNF Jack Lamshed DNF Shannon Foy DNF Nathan Wilson DNF Hayden Lester DNF Brett Franklin DNF Luc Plowman DNF Joshua Atkinson DNF Jack Garnett Sport A Men - 5 Laps 1 Geoff Vietz 1.33.50 2 Troy Bailey 1.50 3 Devon Greetham 2.32 4 Paul Traynor 4.00 5 Gareth Heitmann 4.48 6 Jasper Borutta 7.45 7 Joe Lopresti 8.26 8 Peter Malcolm 9.15 9 Daniel Smidts 11.46 10 Ross Wilkinson 12.45 11 Steven Martin 19.30 12 Berin Broughton 19.32 13 Brad Powles 19.35 14 Peter Kutschera 19.38 15 Tim Harman 19.49 16 Alan O’Donnell 21.01 17 Joel Hossack 23.07 18 Scott Needham 23.55 19 Lee Stariha 24.29 1 lap behind 20 Warrick Hall 21 Matthew Schepisi 22 Iain Davidson 23 Dean Craig 24 Andrew Martyn 25 James Bourne 26 Punnaray Hy 27 Scot Williamson DNF Matt Phillips DNF Colin Yeung DNF Leigh Barratt DNF Ash Scott Sport B Men - 4 Laps 1 Peter Tarenidis 1.21.43 2 Michael Graham 3.54 3 Lee Binner 5.40 4 Sam Ward 6.14 5 Andrew Dridan 9.52 6 Ashley Manners 15.10 7 Mark Lunn 17.47 8 David Oram 20.35 9 Sean Neumeister 21.07 10 Karl Neumeister 22.38 11 Jamin Crawley 22.39 12 Geoff Martin 22.51 13 Rhys Hartney 24.51 14 David Norman 24.53 15 Kevin Lui 26.44 16 Benjamin Crapp 29.55 17 Heath Sutherland 30.09 18 Michael Harrington 30.25 19 Struan Law 33.22 1 lap behind 20 Jarrod Achfield 21 Chris Tibb 22 Keith Lu 23 John Mills 24 Peter Miller 25 Kingsley Churchward DNF Adam Crapp DNF Damian Richmond DNF Deryck Walker DNF Harley Owens Sport Women - 4 Laps 1 Rosara Joseph 1.18.56 2 Robyn Wong 1.22 3 Almut Grieb 11.17 4 Kelly Linaker 23.23 5 Joanne Greetham 25.23 6 Cailin Carrier 25.25 7 Kim McCormack 27.15 1 lap behind 8 Nicole Werner DNF Kelly Linden DNF Sonia Foote Veteran Men - 5 Laps 1 Matthew Jackson 1.36.18 2 Mark Richards 0.48 3 Tim McColl 1.14 4 Duncan Murray 1.47 5 Peter McDonough 4.12 6 Chris Truett 4.47 7 Tim Ferres 7.32 8 Brent Tanzen 8.10 9 James Aylmer 8.42 10 Mark Fenner 10.13 11 Tony French 15.27 12 Christopher Howard 26.32 DNF Warren Key Masters Men - 4 Laps 1 Brian John 1.18.26 2 David Ollie 1.47 3 Craig Peacock 2.56 4 Jenk Akyalcin 3.16 5 David McFarlane 5.41 6 Chris Neenan 8.01 7 Finlay Luff 8.33 8 Paul Verheijden 11.37 9 Damian Bourke 12.38 10 Matthew Aldridge 17.51 11 Adrian Wale 19.05 12 Paul Selleck 20.20 13 Steve Johnson 22.28 14 Scott Lidgett 36.45 15 Tony Wood 43.26 16 Greg Maren 49.12 DNF Peter Cooper DNF Richard Early Super Masters Men - 4 Laps 1 Jeff Weymouth 1.21.29 2 Kevin Jones 2.07 3 Kahn Franke 2.43 4 Paul Johanson 6.25 5 Brian Case 11.12 Under 19 Men - 6 Laps 1 Cal Britten 1.46.41 2 Daniel Braunsteins 0.07 3 Glenn Stewart 6.19 4 Ben Grieve-Johnson 7.22 5 Daniel Johnston 10.27 6 Jamie Paisley 10.53 7 Scott Chancellor 11.11 8 Daniel Hallam 13.12 9 Luke Knox 16.16 10 Joey Esterhuyzen 16.18 11 Simon Wright 17.13 12 Paul Van Der Ploeg 24.35 13 Luke Graydon 28.20 14 Matt King 34.00 DNF Andrew Lockhart DNF Lewis Rattray Under 17 Men - 4 Laps 1 David Johnston 1.13.54 2 Peter Braunsteins 0.34 3 James Mowatt 3.23 4 Carson Tully 14.55 5 James Peacock 16.50 6 Nick Jackson 17.18 7 Stuart Smith 18.19 8 Timothy Sanelli 18.49 9 Alan Vanderbaan 20.38 10 Lachlan Grose 21.28 11 James Woodward 29.30 Under 15 Men - 2 1 Liam Melville 41.14 2 Ryan Macanally 3.43 3 Brendan Jones 11.21 DNF James Broughton Under 15 Women - 1 Laps 1 Siobhan Jones 45.49 Fun - 2 Laps 1 Raymond deBoer 47.27 2 Jeremy Blackwell 1.08 3 Paul Inglis 14.17 4 Megan Lawson 20.22 5 Kate Lidgett 24.41 Masters Women - 3 Laps 1 Sandy Magennis 1.09.33 2 Carolyn Jackson 1.54 Under 13 Men - 2 Laps 1 Tom Hayes 59.00 2 Jack Lidgett 0.05 3 Dale Blackwell 3.29 4 Max Gibson 6.57 5 Edgar Druce 7.56 6 Joel Richmond 12.27 Veteran Women - 4 Laps 1 Tanya Britton 1.32.05 2 Jane Ollerenshaw 7.18 3 Heidi Gratton 25.22 4 Libby Evans 25.28
