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New Zealand National Track Cycling Championships - NE
Invercargill, New Zealand, February 25-March 1, 2008
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Race 4 - February 26: Evening session
Grace, Hansen win sprint titles
Auckland's Justin Grace remains the fastest man on wheels after dominating the second night of finals at the Lion Foundation Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill tonight.
Grace dominated the finals of the men's sprint, winning in two straight races over Canterbury's Adam Stewart at the ILT Velodrome tonight.
The upset came in the semifinal when Stewart claim a spot in the final voer national kilo record holder and brilliant junior Eddie Dawkins who bowed out in the deciding third race in front of his home crowd.
Earlier Natasha Hansen proved too strong for fellow Cantabrian and national representative Jos Rastrick in the finals of the women's sprint, winning in two straight races.
World Champion Paula Tesoriero (Wellington), who set a world record in Sydney earlier this month in the AWD competition, followed yesterday's win in the sprint wih victory in the individual pursuit.
And the Canterbury pair of Annalisa Farrell and Jane Parsons took out the AWD tandem gold medal.
Auckland's Aaron Gate set a new national record in the final event of the second night of finals at the Lion Foundation New Zealand Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill tonight. Gate won the under 19 men's scratch race final recording a brilliant 9:25.163s for the 8km scratch race final at the ILT Velodrome.
Results
Elite Womens Sprint Semifinal Heat 1 - Race #1 1 Natasha Hansen 0.12.16 Megan Blatchford-Peck Heat 1 - Race #2 1 Natasha Hansen 0.12.76 Megan Blatchford-Peck Heat 2 - Race #1 1 Jos Rastrick 0.13.03 Katie Scholfield Heat 2 - Race #2 1 Katie Scholfield 0.12.48 Jos Rastrick Heat 2 - Race #3 1 Jos Rastrick 0.12.57 Katie Scholfield Final 3rd-4th - Race #1 1 Megan Blatchford-Peck 0.13.02 Katie Scholfield 3rd-4th - Race #2 1 Megan Blatchford-Peck 0.12.92 Katie Scholfield Final - Race #1 1 Natasha Hansen 0.12.80 Jos Rastrick Final - Race #2 1 Natasha Hansen 0.12.40 Jos Rastrick Elite Men Sprint Semifinal Heat 1 - Race #1 1 Justin Grace 0.11.60 Matt Fox Heat 1 - Race #2 1 Justin Grace 0.11.26 Matt Fox Heat 2 - Race #1 1 Edward Dawkins 0.11.36 Adam Stewart Heat 2 - Race #2 1 Adam Stewart 0.11.35 Edward Dawkins Heat 2 - Race #3 1 Adam Stewart 0.11.00 Edward Dawkins Final 3rd-4th - Race #1 1 Edward Dawkins 0.11.20 Matt Fox 3rd-4th - Race #2 1 Edward Dawkins 0.11.32 Matt Fox Final - Race #1 1 Justin Grace 0.11.37 Adam Stewart Final - Race #2 1 Justin Grace 0.11.44 Adam Stewart JU15 Girls 500m Time Trial Final 1 Amy Pearce 0.38.84 2 Sophie Williamson 0.39.68 3 Victoria Steel 0.40.00 4 Alisha Keith 0.40.10 5 Racquel Sheath 0.40.86 6 Cassie Cameron 0.41.80 7 Paigan Jones 0.42.27 8 Tessa Hogan 0.43.23 9 Isabella Williams 0.43.91 10 Savanna Philips-Cron 0.43.94 JU15 Boys 500m Time Trial Final 1 Alex Stancliffe 0.37.81 2 Tom Beadle 0.38.38 3 Hayden Mccormick 0.38.43 4 Daniel Rafferty 0.39.71 5 Johnathon Laycock 0.39.75 6 Hamish Schreurs 0.39.80 7 Fred Brookes 0.39.90 8 Alex Green 0.40.03 9 George Coles 0.40.05 10 Simon Cook 0.40.61 11 George Hubbard 0.40.92 12 Ryan Millar 0.41.72 13 Alex Hooper 0.42.29 JU17 Girls 2000m Individual Pursuit Bronze medal final 1 Georgia Wight 2.45.40 2 Soren Adair 2.45.50 Gold medal final 1 Charlotte Kelly 2.43.70 2 Elizabeth Steel 2.44.80 JU17 Boys 2000m Individual Pursuit Bronze medal final 1 Brad Evans 2.24.30 2 George Scott 2.25.80 Gold medal final 1 Pieter Bulling 2.19.90 2 Josh Atkins 2.21.60 AWD Women 3000m Individual Pursuit Final 1 Fiona Southorn 4.06.60 2 Paula Tesoriero 4.23.30 AWD Men 3000m Individual Pursuit Final 1 Jamie Kidd 4.01.80 2 Waine Harding 4.11.80 3 Paul Jesson 4.14.20 4 Wayne Beckett 4.14.40 5 Andrew Hughes 4.24.30 U19 Women 12.5km Points Final 1 Gemma Dudley 25 pts 2 Sequoia Cooper 11 3 Emma Petersen 10 4 Jennifer Wilson 3 5 Cathy Jordan 3 6 Cara Smith 2 7 Chloe Harding-Sheath 1 8 Sarah Gilkinson 9 Rebekah Rankin 10 Sarah Martin 11 Maria Carlyle 12 Harriet Smithies DNF Hannah Yeats DNF Jhordaine Charlton JU19 Men 8000m Scratch 1 Aaron Gate 6.09.30 2 Simon Funicane 3 Ruaraidh Mcleod 4 Wiremu Kaihau 5 Arron Edmondston 6 Oliver Harding-Sheath 7 Sam Steele 8 Lee Evans 9 Matt Wheatcroft 10 Logan Bonnington DNF Tom Scully DNF Hamish Tomlinson JU19 Men 8000m Scratch 1 Chad Adair 6.09.40 2 Myron Simpson 3 Jason Christie 4 Hamish Presbury 5 Matt Marshall 6 Cameron Karwowski 7 Stephen Rolfe 8 Michael Vink 9 Simon Honour 10 Tom Williams 11 Nick Hoskin 12 Dion Goile 13 Alex Mcgregor JU19 Men 8000m Scratch 1 Aaron Gate 9.25.20 2 Michael Vink 3 Myron Simpson 4 Jason Christie 5 Chad Adair 6 Hamish Presbury 7 Sam Steele 8 Ruaraidh Mcleod 9 Oliver Harding-Sheath 10 Matt Marshall 11 Wiremu Kaihau 12 Cameron Karwowski 13 Simon Funicane 14 Arron Edmondston 15 Stephen Rolfe DNF Lee Evans
