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New Zealand National Track Cycling Championships - NE
Invercargill, New Zealand, February 25-March 1, 2008
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Race 6 - February 27: Evening session
Roulston takes men's pursuit
Dunedin's Alison Shanks broke her own record to claim victory in the final of the individual pursuit at the Lion Foundation New Zealand Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill tonight.
Ashburton's Hayden Roulston followed up his brilliant national record in this morning's qualifying to win the men's 4000m individual pursuit final at the ILT Velodrome.
Shanks showed she is back to her best to clock 3:36.405, which took a further second off her new national record set in the morning qualifying in the women's 3000m individual pursuit.
The Dunedin rider has taken more than 2.5 seconds off the previous national championship mark previously held by world record holder Sarah Ulmer in her two rides today.
Shanks, who suffered a shoulder injury after a crash at the Beijing World Cup late last year, overtook Taranaki's Kerrianne Torckler in tonight's final.
Christchurch teenager Lauren Ellis took the bronze medal with a win over (Otago) Dale Tye.
Roulston, who has been specialising in the team Madison recently, topped qualifiers in the 4000m individual pursuit establishing what is believed to be the fastest time of the year this year. He clocked an outstanding 4m21.281s in his qualifying ride to take more than four seconds off the previous national record.
The Ashburton rider was pushed in tonight's final by Napier's Westley Gough who finished just over a second down. Roulston clocked a superb 4:22.124 with Gough timed at 4:23.558, also under the old national record.
Jason Allen (Waipukurau) beat off Feilding's Jesse Sergent for the bronze medal, also impressing with a 4:25.776 to give real confidence for New Zealand's potential in the team pursuit for Beijing.
"There were some world class performances in the pursuit today," said BikeNZ high performance director, Mark Elliott.
"Alison has made a real breakthrough. She is currently ranked 10th in the world but she took a real jump today and has outstanding potential.
"Hayden Roulston was terrific and set the place on fire today. And he has led the way for our pursuiters to produce some outstanding times today. It is very encouraging with the world championships around the corner."
Tomorrow's key elite events include the women's scratch race and the men's points race.
Results
JU17 Boys 515m Scratch Semfinal Heat 1 1 Pieter Bulling 2 George Scott 3 Regan Sheath 4 Tim Daley 5 Kris Hoskin 6 Regan King Heat 2 1 Matt Vermunt 2 Troy Macdonald 3 Matt Noble 4 Brehan Cairns 5 Mathew Forman 6 James Vercoe JU19 Women Sprint Semifinal Heat 1 - Race #1 1 Maria Carlyle 0.13.40 2 Claire Routledge Heat 1 - Race #2 1 Claire Routledge 0.13.20 2 Maria Carlyle Heat 1 - Race #3 1 Claire Routledge 0.13.00 2 Maria Carlyle Heat 2 - Race #1 1 Ashleigh James 0.13.20 2 Cara Smith Heat 2 - Race #2 1 Cara Smith 0.13.70 2 Ashleigh James Heat 2 - Race #3 1 Cara Smith 0.12.80 2 Ashleigh James JU19 Men Sprint Semifinal Heat 1 - Race #1 1 Sam Webster 0.11.30 2 Oliver Harding-Sheath Heat 1 - Race #2 1 Sam Webster 0.11.20 2 Oliver Harding-Sheath Heat 2 - Race #1 1 Myron Simpson 0.11.40 2 Ethan Mitchell Heat 2 - Race #2 1 Myron Simpson 0.11.70 2 Ethan Mitchell Masters Cat 2 12.5km Points 1 Ray Robinson 14 pts 2 Mike Lormans 14 3 Steve Woods 14 4 Neil Familton 11 5 Nathan Livingston 2 6 Russell Scott 7 Ivor Hopman 8 Wayne Evans 9 Neil Jamieson -20 JU17 Boys 515m Scratch Final 1 Pieter Bulling 2 Matt Vermunt 3 George Scott 4 Troy Macdonald 5 Regan Sheath 6 Matt Noble JU19 Women Sprint 3rd-4th - Race #1 1 Maria Carlyle 0.13.30 2 Ashleigh James 3rd-4th - Race #2 1 Maria Carlyle 0.13.30 2 Ashleigh James Final - Race #1 1 Claire Routledge 0.13.20 2 Cara Smith Final - Race #2 1 Claire Routledge 0.13.70 2 Cara Smith JU19 Men Sprint 3rd-4th - Race #1 1 Ethan Mitchell 0.11.60 2 Oliver Harding-Sheath 3rd-4th - Race #2 1 Oliver Harding-Sheath 0.11.80 2 Ethan Mitchell 3rd-4th - Race #3 1 Ethan Mitchell 0.11.70 2 Oliver Harding-Sheath Final - Race #1 1 Sam Webster 0.11.10 2 Myron Simpson Final - Race #2 1 Sam Webster 0.11.90 2 Myron Simpson JU17 Girls 8km Points 1 Charlotte Kelly 17 pts 2 Courtney Hiley 8 3 Jeremy Hogan 6 4 Ruby Livingstone 4 5 Georgia Wight 4 6 Kate Mcdonald 1 7 Brittany Day 8 Ashleigh Neave 9 Soren Adair 10 Georgia Williams 11 Grace Sergent 12 Elizabeth Steel -16 Elite Women 3000m Individual Pursuit Bronze medal final 1 Lauren Ellis 3.53.00 2 Dale Tye 3.54.80 Gold medal final 1 Alison Shanks 3.36.40 2 Kerri Anne Torckler OVL Elite Men 4000m Individual Pursuit Bronze medal final 1 Jason Allen 4.25.80 2 Jesse Sergent 4.29.50 Gold medal final 1 Hayden Roulston 4.22.10 2 Westley Gough 4.23.60 JU19 Women 6km Scratch Final 1 Gemma Dudley 2 Cathy Jordan 3 Cara Smith 4 Emma Petersen 5 Jennifer Wilson 6 Sequoia Cooper 7 Chloe Harding-Sheath 8 Sarah Gilkinson 9 Maria Carlyle 10 Ashleigh James 11 Harriet Smithies 12 Claire Routledge 13 Rebekah Rankin 14 Sarah Martin DNF Hannah Yeats JU17 Boys 10km Points Final 1 Pieter Bulling 20 pts 2 Josh Atkins 10 3 George Scott 7 4 Patrick Jones 2 5 Fraser Gough 2 6 Eli Edmondston 2 7 Andy Vander Hayden 8 Louis Wright 9 Regan Sheath 10 Dillan Bennett 11 Troy Macdonald 12 Brad Evans -20 DNF Matt Noble -20 DNF Sam Barrett -20 DNF Denay Cottam -20 DNF Lars Hopman -20 DNF Matt Vermunt 1 Masters Cat 1 15km Points 1 Manu Robson 22 pts 2 Jerard Stock 16 3 Paul Gough 8 4 Paul Williams 6 5 Jeremy Cottam 4 6 Chris Henderson 1 7 Andrew Lienert 8 Gary Gardiner 9 Derek Tan 10 Andrew Mckay -40 DSQ Michael White -20 DSQ Stu Thomas 5 DNF Brett Slater 3 DNF Grant Wilson -19
