The Victorian Junior Track Championships were held at DISC on the weekend. Yesterday’s 40C temperature on the metal roof of DISC made the track almost unbearable so it was a credit to the athletes who managed to perform well in such extreme conditions.

Coops and Drew – always up to ‘no good’

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Congratulations to Emily Wordie-Thompson (U17), Emma Bilston (U15) and Thomas Verleys-Donk (u15) who all made the Victorian Track Team and will be competing in the Junior National Championships in March.

Emily WT in the 500m

Some great results from weekend include:

Athlete	Results	Comment	Medal Winners
Emily Dunk	3rd Pursuit	Personal best (PB) time	Points race – Emily Dunk
Emma Bilston	1st Pursuit         3rd Time Trial 2nd Points Race	Qualified for the Victorian State Team	U15 podium – Pursuit
Thomas Verleys Donk	2nd Pursuit         3rd Time Trial 1st Points	Qualified for the Victorian State Team	Thomas won the Points race
Emily Wordie-Thompson	3rd Pursuit	Qualified for the Victorian State Team

Sean McIver rode really well and did PB’s in all 3 events (pursuit, TT and flying 200). He was particularly stoked to do a 36.7sec for his TT.

Sean McIver – 3 events and 3 PB’s

Similarly, Mark Kelly did PB’s in both his pursuit and TT, and finished just outside the medals in the Points Race, against riders that were so much bigger than himself.

Thomas won 3 medals

Ben Andrews, Harry Dziubinski, Pierce Connor, Patrick Cosgrave, Jayden Cooper, Drew Morey, Jacko Quibell and Ashley Gillespie all did well with some PB’s in their pursuits, time trials and flying 200’s – well done guys.

Ash did a great gate start

Emma Bilston and Emily Dunk – Points race action

Please click here to go to CSV’s site to see the PDF document showing all lap times for each athlete for the championships.

Emily wins bronze in the pursuit