World Masters Track Championships - CMMManchester, September 5-9, 2000Day 3 - September 7: Pursuit (M 30-39, 50-59), Points (M 40-49, 60+), Sprint (W)Men's 3000m Individual Pursuit - 30-34 yrsHall completes hat trickSouth Africa's Ian Hall won the 3,000m Individual Pursuit in the 30-34 year age division for the third consecutive year. The thirty three year old from Sunwood Park, South Africa, faced Kenny Williams, winner of 1,000m Time Trial on day one. Hall recorded 3.30.29 to finish just over one and a half seconds ahead of Williams. The ride off for the bronze medal was an all British affair between Brian Taylor from Romford, Kent, and Guy Cook from Chesterfield. Taylor competing in his first World Masters Championships, produced a time of 3.36.553 finishing just over three seconds ahead of Cook to collect his first medal.
ResultsQualifying 1 Ian Hall (RSA) 3.30.00 (51.43 km/h) 2 Kenny Williams (USA) 3.32.41 3 Brian Taylor (GBr) 3.34.99 4 Guy Cook (GBr) 3.40.55 5 Scott McWilliam (GBr) 3.40.88 6 Jason Benham (GBr) 3.42.18 7 John Blackwell (Irl) 3.44.70 8 Gregory Durovich (USA) 3.47.55 9 Steven Fullerton (GBr) 3.47.84 10 Paul Doyle (Irl) 3.47.87 11 Peter Noble (GBr) 3.49.28 12 John Shaw (GBr) 3.50.78 13 Martin Simmons (GBr) 4.00.19 Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Brian Taylor (GBr) 3.36.55 (49.87 km/h) 4 Guy Cook (GBr) 3.40.86 Gold and Silver Ride 1 Ian Hall (RSA) 3.30.29 (51.36 km/h) 2 Kenny Williams (USA) 3.32.12 Men's 3000m Individual Pursuit - 35-39 yrsProkopiw goes one better35 year old Stephen Prokopiw from Colorado, USA turned his silver on day one into gold on day three after he won the 3,000m Individual Pursuit. He overpowered his rival, Robert Veroba from Calgary, to take the title with a time of 3.32.876. The American who had finished runner up in the 1,000m Time Trial on the opening day of competition, finished over five seconds ahead of Veroba who gained some compensation with a silver medal. The ride off for the bronze was between Mike Eddy of the USA, and Britain's David Langlands. Eddy from Redmond WA, proved too strong for Langlands from Elton, Cambridgeshire. Eddy's time of 3.39.006 gave him the bronze by over six seconds from Langlands.
ResultsQualifying 1 Stephen Prokopiw (USA) 3.32.28 (50.87 km/h) 2 Robert Veroba (Can) 3.35.86 3 Mike Eddy (USA) 3.36.37 4 David Langlands (GBr) 3.40.27 5 Mark Grantham (GBr) 3.41.22 6 Peter Green (GBr) 3.43.14 7 Michael Stigers (USA) 3.43.93 8 Butch Nitzsche (USA) 3.45.86 9 Michael Holtby (GBr) 3.46.29 10 Henry Pekelharing (Ned) 3.46.57 11 Simon Layfield (GBr) 3.46.74 12 Adrian Thorp (GBr) 3.50.92 13 Andrew Ballentyne (GBr) 3.51.45 14 Ronald Jeschke (Ger) 3.54.25 15 Brian Hammond (Irl) 3.55.83 16 Graham Wilman (GBr) 3.56.09 17 John Haschka (GBr) 4.05.49 18 Steven Light (GBr) 5.33.00 Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Mike Eddy (USA) 3.39.01 (49.31 km/h) 4 David Langlands (GBr) 3.45.20 Gold and Silver Ride 1 Stephen Prokopiw (USA) 3.32.88 (50.73 km/h) 2 Robert Veroba (Can) 3.38.16 Men's 2000m Individual Pursuit - 50-54 yrsHallam successfully defendsOlympic and World Team Pursuit medallist, Ian Hallam successfully defended his 2,000m Individual Pursuit title in Manchester today. The fifty one year old flying dentist from Waterlooville, stormed his way to a 2.19.433 for the eight laps catching his opponent Allen Pettitt. Pettitt from Repton, Derbyshire, recorded 2.31.794 to take the silver medal. In the ride off for the bronze Neil Arnold from Bradford, recorded 2.28.020sec to beat his American rival Philip Holman by just over four seconds.
ResultsQualifying 1 Ian Hallam (GBr) 2.20.35 (51.30 km/h) 2 Allen Pettitt (GBr) 2.28.77 3 Neil Arnold (GBr) 2.28.91 4 Philip Holman (USA) 2.29.64 5 Mark Rodamaker (USA) 2.29.89 6 Graham Weigh (GBr) 2.32.34 7 Jeff Smith (Aus) 2.33.70 8 Stan Gregg (USA) 2.35.19 9 Graham Truelove (GBr) 2.35.41 10 Fritz Jähnig (Ger) 2.36.05 11 Graeme Geddes (GBr) 2.37.63 12 Bruno Schumacher (Sui) 2.37.92 13 Dick Post (Ned) 2.38.69 14 Keith Elliot (GBr) 2.39.79 15 Reid Schwartz (USA) 2.41.11 16 Barry Denny (GBr) 2.41.49 17 Tsuchida Mitsuhiro (Jpn) 2.46.42 18 Ian Bell (GBr) 2.48.73 19 Anthony Fenn (GBr) 2.48.84 20 Simon Barnes (GBr) 2.53.89 21 Douglas Conroy (GBr) 2.54.79 22 Mike Olive (GBr) 2.57.25 Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Neil Arnold (GBr) 2.28.02 (48.64 km/h) 4 Philip Holman (USA) 2.32.48 Gold and Silver Ride 1 Ian Hallam (GBr) 2.19.43 (51.64 km/h) 2 Allen Pettitt (GBr) ct in 1.52.34 Men's 2000m Individual Pursuit - 55-59 yrsOliver wins his first58 year old Keith Oliver won the 2,000m Individual Pursuit title in the 55-59 age category. The 58 year old from Baulkham Hills, NSW Australia, was making his first appearance at the championships. On day one he won silver in the 500m time Trial. Twenty four hours later he finished third in the Sprint competition. Oliver made it third time lucky when he clocked 2.31.074sec beating Roger Wrenn from Macclesfield, England, by nearly five and a half seconds. The ride off for the bronze medal was between two British riders. Max Pendleton from Hitchen, emerged the victory in a closely contested race. His time of 2.35.388sec was just over one second ahead of Peter Jenn from Streatham, London.
ResultsQualifying 1 Keith Oliver (Aus) 2.32.22 (47.30 km/h) 2 Roger Wrenn (GBr) 2.34.03 3 Max Pendleton (GBr) 2.35.75 4 Peter Jenn (GBr) 2.36.59 5 Karl Jensen (Den) 2.37.07 6 Lindsay Bourke (Aus) 2.38.05 7 Fred Simpson (GBr) 2.38.65 8 Robert Wilson (RSA) 2.40.30 9 Jan van den Berg (RSA) 2.40.45 10 Geoff Hodgson (GBr) 2.42.62 11 Trevor Maddern (GBr) 2.42.62 12 Colin Davis (GBr) 2.42.70 13 Keith Tyler (GBr) 2.43.39 14 Manfred Nepp (Ger) 2.46.64 15 Minoru Mitsumoto (Jpn) 2.48.41 16 David Allan (GBr) 2.54.05 Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Max Pendleton (GBr) 2.35.39 (46.34 km/h) 4 Peter Jenn (GBr) 2.36.75 Gold and Silver Ride 1 Keith Oliver (Aus) 2.31.07 (47.66 km/h) 2 Roger Wrenn (GBr) 2.36.50 Men's Points Race - 40-44 yrsO'Connell laps fieldGerrard O'Connell collected the Points title in the 40-44 year age group. O'Connell from Bracken Ridge, Australia, and the silver medallist Keith Jones from Wrexham, lapped the field to take the top two places. O'Connell collected fifteen points just three more than Jones at the end of the eighty lap race. The bronze medal went to Dave Park from Brough, East Yorkshire. The Yorkshire rider had twenty points but unfortunately for him he was one lap down.
Results1 Gerrard O'Connell (Aus) 15 pts 2 Keith Jones (GBr) 12 1 lap behind: 3 Dave Park (GBr) 20 4 Mark Zaschke (GBr) 14 5 Wolfgang Pfeiffer (Ger) 8 6 George Theall (USA) 7 7 Bart Nel (RSA) 7 8 Mark Smith (RSA) 3 9 Peter Sharman (Aus) 3 10 Roy Crombie (GBr) 2 11 William Newman (RSA) 2 12 Ivor Reid (GBr) 2 13 Geoff Davison (GBr) 1 14 Mark Patton (GBr) 0 15 Martin Hartman (Ned) 0 16 David Nisbet (GBr) 0 17 Dick Niewustraten (Ned) 0 Men's Points Race - 45-49 yrsCox gets threeWoody Cox brought his medal tally to three in as many days when he won gold in the Points competition for the 45-49's. Cox from Redmond WA, USA, finished just one point ahead of the silver medal winner, Britain's Steve Davies from Darlington, when he finished the seventy lap race with nineteen points. The American won silver in the 1,000m Time Trial on day one. The following day he moved up to the gold medal position in the 3,000m Pursuit. Another Brit Tony Crabbe won the bronze medal from Ryhl, when he collected fourteen points.
Results1 Woody Cox (USA) 19 pts 2 Steve Davies (GBr) 18 3 Tony Crabbe (GBr) 14 4 Paul Shuttleworth (GBr) 12 5 Garry Hill (GBr) 11 6 Andy Laing (GBr) 0 1 lap behind: 7 Kevin Young (Aus) 9 8 Joop van Rossem (Ned) 0 Men's Points Race - 60-64 yrsWalmsley wins in the 60-64'sClive Walmsley won the Points title in the 60-64 age group. The 60 old from Willaston, South Wirral, collected thirteen points at the end of the forty lap race, to take gold two points ahead of Joe Sailing from America. Sailing who comes from New Jersey, was making his debut at the championships. The bronze medal went to Alan Whitworth from Macclesfield, who collected ten points.
Results1 Clive Walmsley (GBr) 13 pts 2 Joe Saling (USA) 11 3 Alan Whitworth (GBr) 10 4 Roland Crayford (GBr) 8 5 Peter Tranberg (Den) 5 6 Henry Fort Pino (Fra) 4 7 Richard Keller (Irl) 3 8 Leonard Jones (GBr) 1 9 Dave Watson (GBr) 0 10 Vic Possee (GBr) 0 11 Neil Orrell (GBr) 0 Men's Points Race - 65+ yrsHawkridge successfully defendsBrian Hawridge successfully defended his Points Race title in the 65+ age group, at the UCI World Masters Cycling Track Championships, which are being held in Manchester all this week. Just three points separated the first three at the end of the forty lap race. Delroy Walters of America, and Germany's Gunter Badstubner went clear with two sprints remaining. New Yorker Walters won the final sprint to take the ten points this gave him a total of thirteen but Hawridge from Gravesend snatched a vital third place and four points to give him a total of fourteen and the title for a second year. Badstubner from Frankfurt, collected the bronze medal with a total of eleven points thanks to crossing the line second at the end of the race.
Results1 Brian Hawkridge (GBr) 14 pts 2 Delroy Walters (USA) 13 3 Günter Badstübner (Ger) 11 4 Henry Smith (RSA) 8 5 Owen Duffy (NZl) 6 6 Colin Leckonby (GBr) 0 7 Thomas Wheatley (GBr) 0 8 Wallace Collins (GBr) 0 1 lap behind: 9 Raymond Groves (GBr) 3 10 Rolph de Gannes (Can) 0 Women's Sprint - 30-34 yrsSecond title for MarshallSuzie Marshall collected her second gold medal at the UCI World Masters Track Cycling Championships 2000, which are being held in Manchester, England, all this week. The 34 year old from Redwood City, USA, was too strong for her Australian rival Linda Hall from Riverwood NSW. The ride off for the bronze medal was between Karla Bland from the USA, and South Africa's Annemarie Wentzel. Bland the thirty three year old from Hermosa Beach, CA, collected her second bronze medal. Twenty four hours earlier Marshall, Hall and Bland had finished first, second and third in the 500m Time Trial.
Results200m qualifying: 1 Suzie Marshall (USA) 12.680 (56.78 km/h) 2 Linda Hall (Aus) 12.706 3 Karla Bland (USA) 13.646 4 Annemarie Wentzel (RSA) 13.821 5 Natalie Weavers (GBr) 14.123 6 Jeanette Baxter (GBr) 14.508 1st Round: Heat 1 1 Suzie Marshall (USA) 14.055 2 Jeanette Baxter (GBr) Heat 2 1 Linda Hall (Aus) 14.046 2 Natalie Weavers (GBr) Heat 3 1 Karla Bland (USA) 14.184 2 Annemarie Wentzel (RSA) 1st Round Repechage 1 Annemarie Wentzel (RSA) 14.465 2 Jeanette Baxter (GBr) 3 Natalie Weavers (GBr) Semi Finals: Semi Final A 1 Suzie Marshall (USA) 13.723 2 Annemarie Wentzel (RSA) Semi Final B 1 Linda Hall (Aus) 12.916 2 Karla Bland (USA) Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Karla Bland (USA) 14.098 4 Annemarie Wentzel (RSA) Gold and Silver Medal Ride 1 Suzie Marshall (USA) 12.942 2 Linda Hall (Aus) Women's Sprint - 35-39 yrsSecond title for EversonWendy Everson the former International rider, won the women's 35-39 sprint event at the UCI World Masters Track Championships. This was a second title in as many days for Everson who is also the national champion for the event. The thirty five year old from Bridgend showed her rival the defending champion Annette Hanson from Kirkland WA, America, no mercy. Twenty four hours earlier Everson beat Hanson for the gold medal in the 500m Time Trial. <> The ride off for the bronze medal was between Britain's Emily Forde and Isabel Leon Moncada from Mexico. Moncada put up a brave effort but in the end Forde from Edinburgh, proved too strong. This was her second bronze medal. She finished third behind Everson and Hanson in the time Trial.
Results200m qualifying: 1 Wendy Everson (GBr) 12.527 (57.47 km/h) 2 Annette Hanson (USA) 12.542 3 Emily Forde (GBr) 13.761 4 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mex) 13.910 5 Bea den Bakker (Ned) 13.972 6 Karen Gee (USA) 13.973 1st Round: Heat 1 1 Wendy Everson (GBr) 12.415 2 Karen Gee (USA) Heat 2 1 Annette Hanson (USA) 13.174 2 Bea den Bakker (Ned) Heat 3 1 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mex) 13.354 2 Emily Forde (GBr) 1st Round Repechage: 1 Emily Forde (GBr) 14.220 2 Bea den Bakker (Ned) 3 Karen Gee (USA) Semi Finals: Semi Final A 1 Wendy Everson (GBr) 12.636 2 Emily Forde (GBr) Semi Final B 1 Annette Hanson (USA) 13.099 2 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mex) Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Emily Forde (GBr) 14.299 4 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mex) Gold and Silver Medal Ride 1 Wendy Everson (GBr) 12.758 2 Annette Hanson (USA) Women's Sprint - 40-44 yrsSecond title for BirksAustralian Vicki-Lynne Birks collected the Sprint title, her second in the 40-44 year old age group. The 41 year old Australian, out sprinted the defending champion Linelle Betts from Burlington, California. Birks who was making her debut at the championships, had earlier been victorious in the 500m Time Trial. Karen Byrne the forty one year old from Stoke on Trent, collected her second bronze medal when she over powered her Dutch rival, Marion Bax. Bryne's first medal was in the Time Trial.
Results200m qualifying: 1 Linelle Betts (USA) 13.191 (54.58 km/h) 2 Vicki-Lynne Birks (Aus) 13.385 3 Marion Bax (Ned) 13.750 4 Karen Byrne (GBr) 13.991 5 Janet Park (GBr) 14.576 1st Round: Heat 1 1 Linelle Betts (USA) 14.286 2 Janet Park (GBr) Heat 2 1 Vicki-Lynne Birks (Aus) 13.634 2 Karen Byrne (GBr) 3 Marion Bax (Ned) Repechage 1 Karen Byrne (GBr) 14.126 2 Marion Bax (Ned) 3 Janet Park (GBr) Semi Finals: Semi Final A 1 Linelle Betts (USA) 13.918 2 Marion Bax (Ned) Semi Final B 1 Vicki-Lynne Birks (Aus) 13.761 2 Karen Byrne (GBr) Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Karen Byrne (GBr) 14.159 4 Marion Bax (Ned) Gold and Silver Medal Ride 1 Vicki-Lynne Birks (Aus) 13.745 2 Linelle Betts (USA) Women's Sprint - 45-49, 50+ yrsFrancis winsGlynis Francis won the Sprint title in the 45+ age group today. The 46 year old Manchester native, overpowered Terry Roach to win her first World Masters title. The bronze medal went to another British rider Valerie Rushworth from Wakefield, who twenty four hours earlier had taken gold in the 500m Time Trial.
Results200m qualifying: 1 Terry Roach (USA) 13.423 (53.63 km/h) 2 Valerie Rushworth (GBr) 14.008 3 Glynis Francis (GBr) 14.154 4 Tracy Lea (USA) 15.423 Semi Final A 1 Terry Roach (USA) 15.785 DNS Tracy Lea (USA) Semi Final B 1 Valerie Rushworth (GBr) 2 Glynis Francis (GBr) Finals: Bronze Medal Ride 3 Valerie Rushworth (GBr) DNS Tracy Lea (USA) Gold and Silver Medal Ride 1 Glynis Francis (GBr) 15.529 2 Terry Roach (USA) |