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Oceania Track Championships - CC
Melbourne, Australia, November 23-26, 2006
Day 1 - November 23
Mark French sets Joe Ciavola velodrome alight
Jamieson and Mactier qualify fastest in individual pursuit
By Amy McCann
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In a blistering ride, Mark French (St Kilda CC) rode a 10.168 to qualify almost a third of a second faster than his nearest opponent in the men's sprint qualifying at Joe Ciavola velodrome. Travis Smith of Canada was second fastest in a time of 10.461, with Jason Niblett (Horsham CC) in third with 10.472. Cam McKinnon from Canada was 5th in 10.496 just ahead of Shane Perkins (Carnegie CC) in 10.544 with Malaysian Josiah NG 6th in 10.560. The finals of the men's sprint continue on Friday.
In the junior men's sprint qualifying, Byron Davis (QLD) was the quickest around the Joe Ciavola velodrome with a 10.831 ahead of Edward Dawkins of New Zealand and Mark Glowacki (SA). In the junior women's qualifying, Phillippa Hindmarsh (QLD) was fastest in 12.349.
In the women's sprint qualifying, Kristine Bayley (WA) and Kaarle McCulloch (NSW) rode under 12 seconds to edge Kerrie Meares into 3rd place. Kristine clocking 11.821 ahead of Kaarle's 11.950 and Kerrie's 12.017. The women's sprint finals continue Saturday.
World champion Mark Jamieson (TAS) qualified fastest in the men's individual pursuit with a time of 4:26.110 just ahead of NSW's Philip Thuax in 4:27.780. The leading two were over 12 seconds ahead of Hayden Josefski (QLD) in third. The final is at DISC on Saturday morning.
2005 world champion Katie Mactier (Carnegie CC) rode a conservative 3:39.220 to just pip Alison Shanks of New Zealand who recorded a time of 3:40.510 in qualifying for the women's individual pursuit. Amanda Spratt (QLD) was third in 3:46.000. Finals will be held at Vodafone on Saturday night.
Leigh Howard (Geelong CC) rode a 3:22.880 in the junior men's 3000m individual pursuit, just ahead of Jack Bobridge's (SA) 3:23.340 and James Langedyk's (Geelong CC) 3:25.440. Ricky Peoples (Shepparton) was 4th in 3:29.220. Courtney Le Lay (QLD) was fastest in the junior women's 2000m individual pursuit with a time of 2:39.100.
Mark French continued where he left off in the men's sprint qualifying to record the fastest time in the team sprint with Jason Niblett and Daniel Ellis (ACT). They rode a 45.880 just ahead of Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland and Joel Leonard in 45.925. The final is on Sunday morning.
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- Australian riders dominated the Men's Team Sprint qualifying
- French prepares for the Men's Sprint qualifying
- New Zealand took third in the Men's Team Sprint qualifying
- The Oceania Championships got underway at Melbourne's Joe Ciavola Velodrome
- French waits for his crack at qualifying in the Men's Sprint
- French was the fastest in the Men's Sprint qualifying by nearly three-tenths of a second
- Kerrie Mears recovered from an injury at last weekend's World Cup in Sydney in time for the Oceania Championships
- Canada's Travis Smith was second in the Men's Sprint qualifying
Results
Team Sprint Qualifying
1 Mark French (Aus) 45.880
Daniel Ellis (Aus)
Jason Niblett (Aus)
2 Shane Perkins (Aus) 45.925
Scott Sunderland (Aus)
Joel Leonard (Aus)
3 Adam Stewart (NZl) 47.330
Nathan Seddon (NZl)
Neil Campbell (NZl)
4 Cam Mackinnon (Can) 47.487
Travis Smith (Can)
Mohd Hafiz Suffian (Mas)
5 Byron Davies (Aus) 47.538
Mark Glowacki (Aus)
Jason Holloway (Aus)
6 Junadai Abd Nasir (Mas) 47.784
Mohd Rizai Tisin (Mas)
Mohd Faizal Mohd Noh (Mas)
7 Damian Wiseman (NZl) 48.723
Pete Murray (NZl)
Elijah May (NZl)
8 Ian Densie (NZl) 49.338
Edward Dawkins (NZl)
Glenn Rewi (NZl)
9 Tyler Wright (Aus) 49.719
Wade Cosgrove (Aus)
Jeremy Hogg (Aus)
10 Gary Ryan (Aus) 50.317
Alex Bird (Aus)
Paul Fellows (Aus)
Junior Women 2000m Individual Pursuit Qualification
1 Courtney Le Lay (Aus) 2:39.1
2 Cathy Jordan (NZl) 2:39.8
3 Lauren Hooper (Aus) 2:41.5
4 Philippa Swain (NZl) 2:41.7
5 Chloe Hosking (Aus) 2:42.4
Women 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification
1 Katie Mactier (Aus) 3:39.2
2 Alison Shanks (NZl) 3:40.5
3 Amanda Spratt (Aus) 3:46.0
4 Uracca Leow Huay Sim (Mas) 3:58.0
5 Monique Hanley (Aus) 4:00.5
6 Briana James (Aus) 4:04.0
7 Nicole Whitburn (Aus) 4:16.2
Junior Men 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification
1 Leigh Howard (Aus) 3:22.9
2 Jack Bobridge (Aus) 3:23.3
3 James Langedyk (Aus) 3:25.4
4 Ricky Peoples (Aus) 3:29.2
5 Thomas Palmer (Aus) 3:32.5
6 Glenn O'shea (Aus) 3:32.9
7 Joel Lewis (Aus) 3:35.1
8 Jack Rhodes (Aus) 3:35.2
9 Jamie Crass (Aus) 3:38.7
10 Dirk Roshier (Aus) 3:48.5
Men 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualification
1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) 4:26.1
2 Philip Thaux (Aus) 4:27.8
3 Hayden Josefski (Aus) 4:39.9
4 Amir Mustapa Rusli (Mas) 4:43.7
5 Hariff Salleh (Mas) 4:44.2
6 Thum Weng Kin (Mas) 4:45.1
7 Mohd Jasmin Ruslan (Mas) 4:50.0
8 Akmal Amron (Mas) 4:52.6
9 Damien Semmler (Aus) 5:14.4
10 Martin Tobin (Aus) 5:19.3
11 Steve Martin (Aus) 5:54.7
Junior Women 200m Sprint Qualification
1 Philippa Hindmarsh (Aus) 12.349
2 Chloe Hosking (Aus) 12.869
3 Natesha Pearse (Aus) 13.548
4 Esther Pugh-U'ren (Aus) 13.788
Women 200m Sprint Qualification
1 Kristine Bayley (Aus) 11.821
2 Kaarle Mcculloch (Aus) 11.950
3 Kerrie Meares (Aus) 12.017
4 Laura Mccaughey (Aus) 12.180
5 Jocelyn Rastrick (NZl) 12.207
6 Elizabeth Georgouras (Aus) 12.373
7 Juliet Earle (NZl) 12.437
8 Chloe Macpherson (Aus) 12.483
9 Jennifer Loutit (Aus) 12.657
10 Hayley Wright (Aus) 12.940
11 Nicole Holt (Aus) 13.622
DNS Jessica Berry (Aus)
Junior Men 200m Sprint Qualification
1 Byron Davis (Aus) 10.831
2 Edward Dawkins (NZl) 10.850
3 Mark Glowacki (Aus) 10.948
4 Jason Holloway (Aus) 11.025
5 Paul Fellows (Aus) 11.738
6 Cory Robinson (Aus) 11.981
Men 200m Sprint Qualification
1 Mark French (Aus) 10.168
2 Travis Smith (Can) 10.461
3 Jason Niblett (Aus) 10.472
4 Cam Mackinnon (Can) 10.496
5 Shane Perkins (Aus) 10.544
6 Josiah Ng (Mas) 10.560
7 Neil Campbell (NZl) 10.591
8 Scott Sunderland (Aus) 10.600
9 Kial Stewart (Aus) 10.668
10 Mohd Rizai Tisin (Mas) 10.671
11 Daniel Ellis (Aus) 10.673
12 Nathan Seddon (NZl) 10.674
13 Pete Murray (NZl) 10.815
14 Mohd Hafiz Suffian (Mas) 10.967
15 Alex Bird (Aus) 11.046
16 Mohd Faizal Mohd Noh (Mas) 11.063
17 Junadai Abd Nasir (Mas) 11.069
18 Adam Stewart (NZl) 11.094
19 Gary Ryan (Aus) 11.131
20 Damian Wiseman (NZl) 11.155
21 Elijah May (NZl) 11.311
22 Ian Densie (NZl) 11.351
23 Glenn Rewi (NZl) 11.647
24 Damien Semmler (Aus) 12.730
DNS Joel Leonard (Aus)
