WAIS Cycling Juniors Selected for Worlds

Published On: 22 June 2011

Cycling Australia is pleased to announce the junior riders to contest the 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Denmark and the 2011 Youth Commonwealth Games on the Isle of Man.

Since 2005 the Junior World Championships has featured both track and road events but from this year under-19, under-23 and elite road events will all be decided at the same Championships, this year being staged from 19 to 25 September in Copenhagen.

WAIS has two athletes in the UCI Road World Championships team with Jessica Allen making her second appearance at this level, whilst WAIS NTID graduate Brad Lindfield will make his junior road worlds debut. It brings to three, the number of WAIS athletes representing Australia at junior level in 2011, after Allee Proud was earlier this year confirmed for the UCI junior track world championships in Russia.

“I think the youngsters will really benefit from being in a team environment with experienced, elite professionals and I’m sure they’ll be paying close attention to the way their heroes behave and prepare for the worlds,” said Cycling Australia High Performance Manager, Paul Brosnan.

“But the energy and excitement of the juniors will also add something special to the team dynamic and I expect their youthful enthusiasm will be infectious.”

Jessica Allen and Calvin Watson contested the 2010 World Championships and have been selected again in 2011 while Allen, Allison Rice and Jessica Mundy will contest both the worlds and the Youth Commonwealth Games being staged from 7 to 13 September.

Several other riders named today are also members of the team that heads to Moscow in August for the Junior Track World Championships.

The juniors selected in the Australian Cyclones team for the 2011 UCI Road World Championships are:

–Jessica Allen (Doubleview WA, 17.04.1993)

-Allison Rice (Ainslie ACT, 24.03.1994)

-Jessica Mundy (Ashton SA, 25.09.1994)

-Alexander Edmondson (Stirling, SA 22.12.1993)

-David Edwards (Cleveland QLD, 21.04.1993)

-Jackson Law (Balgownie, NSW 02.02.1993)

–Bradley Linfield (Dalyellup WA, 29.06.1994)

-Nicholas Schultz (Arana Hills QLD, 13.09.1994)

-Calvin Watson (Frankston VIC, 06.01.1993)

Eight riders have been nominated to the team for the Youth Commonwealth Games being held on the Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September.

–Jessica Allen (Doubleview WA, 17.04.1993)

-Allison Rice (Ainslie ACT, 24.03.1994)

-Jessica Mundy (Ashton SA, 25.09.1994)

-Emily Roper (Elanora, QLD 24.07.1994)

-Jack Beckinsale (Grays Point NSW, 27.05.1993)

-Caleb Ewan (Bowral, NSW 07.11.1994)

-Robert-Jon McCarthy (South Brighton SA, 30.03.1994)

-Alexander Morgan (Mitcham, VIC 18.07.1994)

The Australian under 19 team to contest theUCI Junior Track World Championships being staged in Moscow, Russia from 17 to 21 August was announced in February and is listed below for reference.

-Georgia Baker (Perth, TAS 21.09.1994)

-Taylah Jennings (The Range, QLD 18.05.1994)

–Allee Proud (Mt Hawthorn, WA 26.02.1994)

-Emily Roper (Elanora, QLD 24.07.1994)

-Adele Sylvester (Hawthorn East, VIC 02.11.1993)

-Jack Cummings (Endeavour Hills, VIC 02.01.1994)

-Alexander Edmondson (Stirling, SA 22.12.1993)

-Caleb Ewan (Bowral, NSW 07.11.1994)

-Jaron Gardiner (Miners Rest, VIC 10.03.1993)

-Jackson Law (Balgownie, NSW 02.02.1993)

-Timothy McMillan (Woronora Heights, NSW 10.12.1993)

-Alexander Morgan (Mitcham, VIC 18.07.1994)

-Luke Parker (Ormond, VIC 21.10.1993)

-Rick Sanders (Heatherton, VIC 03.05.1993)

-Cycling Australia