World Masters Track Championships - CMM

Manchester, UK, September 7-13, 2003

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Day 2 - September 8: Sprint, Time Trial

Britain closes gap on US

On the second day of the World Masters Track Cycling Championships in Manchester, British riders have closed the gap in the medals table on America and moved up to second place overall.

Men's Age Group 50-54 years Sprint

Yoshiaki Taguchi from Japan won the sprint competition leaving fellow countryman Shinji Hashimoto and Britain's Steve Davies to fight it out for Silver and Bronze at the World Masters Track Championships in Manchester last night.

Hashimoto followed Taguchi over the line but was relegated to the Bronze medal position for an infringement of the sprinting rules. This moved Davies up to the Silver position.

Men's Age Group 55-59 years Sprint

Ron Boyle established two World Best tries on his way to winning the Sprint title. In the morning's qualifying Time Trial he covered the 200m in 11.618 to shave 0.244 seconds off the record set in 1996 by Paul Yazolino of the USA. In the ride off for the medals he had a fine turn of speed to cover the final 200m in 11.847 seconds to lower the previous world best time by 0.153 seconds set twelve months ago by Geoffrey Cooke of Great Britain.

Cooke from Long Eaton, suffered his final defeat on the sprint competition. Cooke won the 50-54 age group in 1996, 97, 98, and the next age group up for the next three years. Last year he successfully moved up to this age group for 55-59 and won the sprint. But this year Cooke found that Boyle had too much speed and so he had to settle for Silver.

Men's Age Group 60-64 years Sprint

Victor Copeland of the USA, made a successful return to the World Masters Track Championships with a winning ride in the Sprint Competition. This was his first appearance since 1998 when he won Gold in the Time Trial in the younger age group.

Henry Fort Pino of France, took Silver with the Bronze medal going to South Africa's Willi Marx.

Men's Age Group 65 plus years Sprint

Roland Crayford went one better than his Silver of twenty four hours earlier when he proved to have too much speed for his rivals in the Sprint Competition.

Crayford crossed the line ahead of Keith Harrison of the USA, and Britain's Brian Dacey, who collected Silver and Bronze respectively.

Harrison, winner of all four titles on the 65-69 age group two years ago, also collected the winners jersey in the 70 plus category.

Women's Age Group 30-34 years Individual Time Trial

Kay Brass of Great Britain, had to settle for Silver for the second year running in the 500m Time Trial. Her time of 41.145 seconds placed her 0.435 behind the new champion Carine Van Schie of the Netherlands. Canada's Sara Laliberte collected Bronze with a time of 43.590.

Women's Age Group 35-39 years Individual Time Trial

Bronwyn Law-Viljoen won South Africa's second Gold medal of day two when she raced to a time of 38.915 in the 500m Time Trial. Law-Viljoen's time of 38.915 seconds gave her a convincing victory over Great Britain's Debbie Capewell. Capewell's time of 41.887 seconds was 0.250 seconds faster than Wendy Simpson of the USA, recorded to win Bronze.

Women's Age Group 40-44 years Individual Time Trial

Paula Noah of South Africa, won a closely fought contest to win the 500m Time Trial with a time of 40.251 seconds. This placed her 0.724 seconds ahead of Petra Kluender of Germany.

America's Paula Noah collected the Bronze with a time of 41.719 seconds. Last year's Silver and Bronze medallists, Britain's Karen Byrne and Isabel Leon Moncada of Mexico, were pushed out of the medal positions this year, finishing 4th and 5th respectively.

Women's Age Group 45-49 years Individual Time Trial

Glynis Francis of Great Britain made a successful defence of her 500m Time Trial when she recorded 40.588, beating Australia's Kerrie Crisp by just 0.039. Marion Bax of the Netherlands, took Bronze with a time of 42.038.

Women's Age Group 50 plus years Individual Time Trial

DeeDee Scadron pushed the defending champion Terry Roach into second place in the 500m Time Trial when she recorded 40.832 seconds.

Scadron finished 0.209 seconds ahead of Roach. Charlotte Miller completed an American clean sweep when her time of 41.943 placed her third.

Medal positions

The Championships will continue tomorrow with more Men's Sprints and the Ladies team sprint with some extra racing from local children. Racing commences at 6pm. (Heats from 10am)

Results

Women 50+ 500m Time Trial
 
1 DeeDee Scadron (USA)                 40.832
2 Terry Roach (USA)                    41.041
3 Charlotte Miller (USA)               41.943
4 Valerie Rushworth (Great Britain)    42.262
5 Anne Stevens (Great Britain)         43.969
6 Elizabeth Randall (Australia)        44.415
7 Tracy Bremer (Germany)               45.418
 
Women 45-49 500m Time Trial
 
1 Glynis Francis (Great Britain)       40.588
2 Kerrie Crisp (Australia)             40.627
3 Marion Bax (Netherlands)             42.038
4 Linelle Ross (USA)                   43.798
5 Evelyn Kenyon (Great Britain)        43.822
 
Women 40-44 500m Time Trial
 
1 Paula Noah (South Africa)            40.251
2 Petra Kluender (Germany)             40.975
3 Jan Lischer (USA)                    41.719
4 Karen Byrne (Great Britain)          42.030
5 Isabel Leon Moncada (Mexico)         42.084
6 Diane Scullard (South Africa)        42.464
7 Jackie White (Great Britain)         42.859
8 Sharon Padley (Great Britain)        43.157
9 Elizabeth Clayton (Great Britain)    43.482
 
Women 35-39 500m Time Trial
 
1 Bronwyn Law-Viljoen (South Africa)   38.915
2 Debbie Capewell (Great Britain)      41.887
3 Wendy Simpson (USA)                  42.037
 
Women 30-34 500m Time Trial
 
1 Carine Van Schie (Netherlands)       40.710
2 Kay Brass (Great Britain)            41.145
3 Sara Laliberte (Canada)              43.590
4 Nicky Peters (Great Britain)         44.363
 
Men 65+ Sprint Final
 
First to third
 
1 Roland Crayford (Great Britain)      13.461
2 Keith Harrison (USA)
3 Brian Dacey (Great Britain)
 
Fourth to sixth
 
4 Atte Koskinen (Finland)              13.561
5 Richard Keller (Ireland)
6 John Scott (Great Britain)
 
Men 60-64 Sprint Final
 
First to third
 
1 Victor Copeland (USA)                12.552
2 Henry Fort Pino (France)
3 Willi Marx (South Africa)
 
Fourth to sixth
 
4 Peter Smith (Great Britain)          14.083
5 Manfred Nepp (Germany)
6 Eric Holm Hansen (Denmark)
 
Men 55-59 Sprint Final
 
First to third
 
1 Ron Boyle* (Australia)               11.847
2 Geoffrey Cooke (Great Britain)
3 Mark Rodamaker (USA)
 
Fourth to sixth
 
4 Christopher Anstey (Canada)          13.004
5 Stanley Gregg (USA)
6 Jens Jorn Jensen (Denmark)
 
*new world masters best time
 
Men 50-54 Sprint Final
 
First to third
 
1 Yoshiaki Taguchi (Japan)             12.866
2 Steve Davies (Great Britain)
3 Shinji Hashimoto (Japan)
 
Fourth to sixth
 
4 Bill Ziegler (USA)                   12.286
5 Gerard Louis Robert (Canada)
6 Carlos E Reybaud (Argentina)
 


 
Medals after Day 2
 
Country                     Gold  Silver  Bronze
 
USA                            4       4       5
Great Britain                  3       8       5
Australia                      3       1       1
South Africa                   3               1
Canada                         1       1       1
Japan                          1               1
Netherlands                    1               1
Finland                        1    
Trinidad                               1  
France                                 1  
Germany                                1  
Argentina                                      1
Ireland                                        1