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Australian National Track Cycling Championships - CN
Sydney, Australia, April 27 - May 2, 2004
Day 1 - April 27: Men's 1 lap TT, Women's 500m TT, U19 men's 1000m TT, U19 women's 500m TT, AWD 1000m TT
The Big Man is back
Eadie takes sprint, Anna Meares defends 500m title
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2002 sprint World Champion Sean 'Big Man' Eadie signaled his comeback from injury is ahead of schedule when he claimed gold in the One Lap Time Trial (250m) on the first night of racing at the Track Cycling Australian Championships at Sydney's Dunc Gray Velodrome.
Eadie returned to competition in March after after a knee injury he sustained in March last year forced him off the bike for almost 12 months and prevented him from mounting a defence of his World Title in Stuttgart last year. He has yet to qualify for the Olympic Shadow Team but his time of 18.095sec was just outside the Shadow Team qualifying time of 18.000sec.
The silver medal went to team mate Ben Kersten from Wollongong who covered the distance in 18.382sec with New Zealander Daniel Beatson claiming third in 18.559sec.
"I'm ecstatic about it, I'm over the moon," said Eadie who had realistically been aiming for a low 18.20 or high 18.10 time. "The big ugly bastard is back and on track."
"I've been working on strength training and my power is nearly the best ever so it proves my rehab has been successful," Eadie explained. "I'm three weeks ahead of schedule and I've done no speed work."
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Eadie, who turned 35 earlier this month, is keen to secure a place as the starting rider in the Team Sprint event at the Athens Olympics as well as a start in sprint. The One Lap Time Trial has been introduced as a medal event at this year's championships to assist selectors when nominating the trio to compete in the Team Sprint. But Eadie also has the opportunity to qualify for the Shadow Team when he lines up later this week in the sprint and again at the final round of the World Cup being raced in Sydney from May 14th to 16th.
"It will be good for me to have a go in the sprints this week because I'm rusty tactically," said Eadie who competed in the Manchester round of the World Cup over Easter but was disqualified for an illegal maneuver in the first round of the sprint.
In the women's 500m Time Trial Queensland's Anna Meares, 20, successfully defended her Champion's crown when she posted a time of 35.391sec, more than a second faster than silver medallist Rosealee Hubbard (SA), 24, 36.491sec with West Australian Kristine Bayley claiming bronze in 36.781.
Her time was short of her personal best of 34.597 which she rode at the Mexico World Cup last month but it is the third time she has ridden under the Olympic Team selection time of 35.700 in the past eight months.
"I'm riding a much bigger gear and trying to work on getting the gears right for the World's [Melbourne May 26-30]," said Meares of her equipment experimentation.
"I sort of died in the second last lap but I have four and a half weeks to work on it before the World Titles."
The win kept the title in the Meares' household for the fourth consecutive year with her sister, Kerrie, who was the champion in 2001 and 2002 and the Manchester Commonwealth Games gold medalist absent due to injury. Kerrie withdrew from Olympic contention earlier this month because of problems with herniated discs in her back.
"Kerrie wished me all the best but warned me she'll be back next year to give me good run, so that will be fun," said Meares.
In the Multi Disability events, which are acting as a selection trial for the Athens Paralympic team, Queensland's Greg Ball, knocked 0.11sec off his own world record to smash the Paralympic A Qualifying time in the LC4 Men's 1km Time Trial.
Ball, who was a gold medalist in Sydney in the Team Sprint, rode a time of 1:24.376 in cool conditions to surpass the record he set at altitude in Colorado in 1998.
"I was aiming for this time and for Athens I think I can bring it down another two seconds," said Ball who has not competed internationally since 2002. "The coaches at the Queensland Academy of Sport, James Victor and Jim McDonald, have been fantastic and I just keep improving."
In other Multi Disability events Janet Shaw and pilot Kelly McCombie (WA) in 1:13.346 and New South Wales pair Lindy Hou and pilot Janelle Lindsay in 1min14.105sec also went under the A Qualifying time for Paralympic Selection in the Women's Tandem 1km Time Trial. Dual world record holder, Chris Scott of Queensland, was outside his world record pace but completed the 1km Time Trial in the CP4 men's division in 1min12.292sec to meet the A Qualifying time exactly.
In the men's U19 1km Time Trial Victorian Daniel Thorsen pipped 2003 junior World Champion and team mate, Shane Perkins to win gold in a time of 1min07.007sec. Perkins claimed silver in 1min07.181 with Tasmanian Matthew Goss finishing in third place in 1min07.256sec.
"I was a bit disappointed with time because I did 1:06.50 at the Victorian Titles a month ago," said Thorsen. "I looked up after the ride and saw the time and knew that Shane could do 1:05."
But Perkins couldn't match him and Thorsen is now looking forward to the Junior World Championships being staged in Los Angeles later this year.
Hayley Wright (QLD) was a convincing winner of the women's U19 500 metre Time Trial. Her time of 36.524sec was more than a second better than Jennifer Loutit (ACT) in 37.784sec with third place going to Brigette Broad (NZL) in 37.911sec.
The Brisbane cyclist smashed her personal best of 37.25sec to claim the first gold of the Championships.
"I was pleased with my start and was confident I could go under 37 seconds," said Wright who at 16 years of age is a first year U19. "I'm looking forward to Los Angeles and as I'm only 16 I will also have another year to compete at this level."
Photography
Images by John Veage
- Sean 'Big Man' Eadie powers in the one lap TT
- Sean Eadie on the way to his first national championship on his comeback trail
- Anna Meares (QLD) heading for a gold medal.
- Anna Meares (QLD) successfully experimenting with a higher gear in the 500m
- Hayley Wright (QLD) going hard on her way to gold in the under-19 women's 500m
- Daniel Thorsen (VIC) on the way to U19 1000m gold
- Chris Scott made Paralympic qualifying time in the CP4 1000m.
- Greg Ball broke his own record in the LC4 Men's 1km Time Trial
- The under 19 women's 500m TT podium - Jennifer Loutit (ACT), Hayley Wright (QLD) and Brigette Broad (NZL)
- The under 19 1000m TT podium - Shane Perkins (VIC), Daniel Thorsen (VIC) and Matt Goss (TAS)
- Sean Eadie on the podium after his one-lap time trial victory
- Anna Meares (QLD) - pretty happy on the podium.
- The first day's medalists
Results
Event 1 - W19 500m Time Trial 1 Hayley Wright (QLD) 36.524 2 Jennifer Loutit (ACT) 37.784 3 Brigette Broad (NZL) 37.911 4 Bianca Rogers (SA) 38.062 5 Jessica Tanner (VIC) 39.061 6 Michelle Crisp (QLD) 39.519 7 Amanda Spratt (NSW) 39.546 8 Victoria Freeland (VIC) 39.820 9 Skye-Lee Armstrong (NSW) 40.349 10 Elizabeth Wishart (SA) 40.548 11 Genna Crean (SA) 40.596 12 Natasha Mapley (TAS) 41.098 13 Jackie Kejda (NSW) 41.389 14 Hannah Bush (VIC) 41.490 15 Jessica Mccallum (WA) 43.138 Event 2 - M19 1000m Time Trial 1 Daniel Thorsen (VIC) 1.07.007 2 Shane Perkins (VIC) 1.07.181 3 Matthew Goss (TAS) 1.07.256 4 Miles Olman (QLD) 1.07.464 5 Josh England (NZL) 1.07.604 6 Jackson-Leigh Rathbone (NSW) 1.07.685 7 Zakkari Dempster (VIC) 1.08.402 8 Anthony Bennett (NSW) 1.08.777 9 Joel Davis (QLD) 1.09.173 10 Phillip Stokes (NSW) 1.09.319 11 Michael Hill (VIC) 1.10.178 12 Steven Phelan (ACT) 1.10.326 13 Corey Heath (NT) 1.10.404 14 Adam O'connor (WA) 1.11.000 15 Tyler Mclachlan (NSW) 1.11.685 16 Nathan Silleto (ACT) 1.12.615 17 Ben Heylen (SA) 1.13.156 18 Daniel Robb (SA) 1.16.169 Event 3 - Women 500m Time Trial 1 Anna Meares (QLD) 35.391 2 Rosealee Hubbard (SA) 36.491 3 Kristine Bayley (WA) 36.781 4 Rebecca Ellis (NSW) 36.901 5 Katri Laike (NZL) 37.290 6 Elisabeth Williams (NZL) 37.341 7 Rebecca Borgo (NSW) 37.436 8 Katie Mactier (VIC) 37.572 9 Catherine Allen (VIC) 38.123 10 Jessica Berry (VIC) 38.185 11 Elizabeth Georgouras (NSW) 38.294 12 Michelle Simpson (QLD) 38.620 13 Jessie Maclean (ACT) 38.623 14 Alexandra Bright (QLD) 38.853 15 Sophie Cape (WA) 39.400 16 Apryl Eppinger (VIC) 39.651 17 Tara Fryc (NT) 39.654 18 Leeanne Manderson (WA) 39.813 19 Sue Ann Woodwiss (SA) 39.828 20 Rikki Johnson (SA) 39.868 Event 4 - Men 1 Lap Time Trial 1 Sean Eadie (NSW) 18.095 2 Ben Kersten (NSW) 18.382 3 Daniel Beatson (NZL) 18.559 4 Jason Niblett (VIC) 18.567 5 Damien Keirl (VIC) 18.770 6 Jonno Hamlin (NZL) 19.093 7 Carlo Barendilla (WA) 19.120 8 Justin Grace (NZL) 19.139 9 David Cresswell (NZL) 19.263 10 Adrian Sansonetti (VIC) 19.264 11 Joel Leonard (VIC) 19.290 12 Clint Johnson (QLD) 19.461 13 Daniel Rynne (QLD) 19.577 14 Todd Wilksch (VIC) 19.938 15 Grant Irwin (QLD) 19.958 16 Tommy Nankervis (SA) 20.283 17 Dean Santoro (WA) 20.292 18 Les Podlog (WA) 21.186 Event 5 - Multi Disability Tandem 1000m Time Trial - Men 1 Anthony Biddle/Kial Stewart (ACT) 1.06.656 2 Leon Larkin/Darren Harry (WA) 1.07.322 3 Kieran Modra /Matt Miller (SA) 1.09.034 4 Warren Mckennarley/Sean Hennessy (SA) 1.14.500 Event 6 - Multi Disability Tandem 1000m Time Trial - Women 1 Janet Shaw/Kelly Mccombie (WA) 1.13.346 2 Lindy Hou/Janelle Lindsay (NSW) 1.14.105 3 Lyn Lepore/Jenny Macpherson (WA) 1.15.419 4 Christine Fisher/Tabatha Cole (VIC) 1.16.917 5 Felicity Johnson/Kellie Hards (SA) 1.19.311 Event 7 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC1 Men 1 Peter Brooks (NSW) 1.13.732 2 Scott Duvall (NSW) 1.14.605 3 Paul O'neil (WA) 1.15.925 4 Matthew Gray (WA) 1.29.090 Event 8 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC2 Men 1 Martin Vcelka (VIC) 1.15.011 Event 9 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC3 Men 1 Glen Jarvis (VIC) 1.24.201 2 Paul Jesson (NZL) 1.26.977 3 Noel Sens (VIC) 1.28.117 Event 10 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC4 Men 1 Greg Ball (QLD) 1.24.376 Event 11 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - CP Div 4 Men 1 Chris Scott (QLD) 1.12.292 2 Peter Homann (VIC) 1.14.624 Event 12 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - CP Div 3 Men 1 Andrew Panazzolo (SA) 1.21.202 Event 13 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC1 Women 1 Fiona Southorn (NZL) 1.21.859 2 Claire Mclean (WA) 1.25.643 Event 14 - Multi Disability 1000m Time Trial - LC3 Women 1 Jane Armstrong (WA) 1.33.580
