Morning heats set-up for evening face off

Triple junior world champion Sam Webster will lead the kiwi sprint hopes after the second morning of heats at the Oceania Cycling Championships in Invercargill. He is one of six New Zealanders through to the quarterfinals of the elite men’s sprint at the ILT Velodrome.

The major upset came when national champion Eddie Dawkins edged out by G-Race rider Andrew Williams (Auckland) in the eighth finals. After a cat-and-mouse game, Williams managed to hold off the urgent finish by Dawkins in a photo finish.

Dawkins, the local hero in Invercargill, had earlier set the second fastest qualifying time of 10.546, less than 5/100ths of a second outside the national record in cool conditions. He was later pushed to second place in the repecharge to miss out on the chase for medals, although he will have an opportunity in his favoured Kilo Time Trial which is on tonight’s programme along with the sprint finals.

Auckland’s Adam Stewart, the other member of the G-Race squad, dispatched classy Australian James Glasspool in his first round clash while Otago’s Matthew Archbold progressed after New Zealand representative Simon Van Velthooven was relegated. Van Velthooven (Palmerston North), the hero in last night’s gold medal winning team sprint, was relegated for an irregular movement on his opponent. He recovered to win his repecharge to progress along with Southland’s Sean Fox.

Australian champion Daniel Ellis, who topped qualifiers in the men’s sprint, cruised into the last eight along with compatriot Mitchell Bullen.

Australian Matthew Glaetzer topped qualifiers in the under-19 men’s sprint in 10.822, just outside Dawkins’ track record while Canterbury’s Natasha Hansen and Auckland’s Kate Mullarkey are the only New Zealanders into the finals of the elite women’s keirin against four Australians.

Australians will also decide the gold in the under-19 3000m individual pursuit with top qualifier Alexander Edmonson taking on compatriot Jackson Law in the final.

Results

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U19 Men 100M Sprint Qualifying
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)0:00:10.822
2Regan Sheath (New Zealand)0:00:11.232
3Jamie Green (Australia)0:00:11.270
4Boyd Thwaites (New Zealand)0:00:11.676
5James Verco (New Zealand)0:00:11.765
6Thomas Dawkins (New Zealand)0:00:12.100
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Fastest 12 To Eighth Finals
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Daniel Ellis (Australia)0:00:10.361
2Eddie Dawkins (New Zealand)0:00:10.546
3Sam Webster (New Zealand)0:00:10.553
4Joel Leonard (Australia)0:00:10.625
5Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)0:00:10.661
6Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)0:00:10.664
7Adam Stewart (New Zealand)0:00:10.721
8James Glasspool (Australia)0:00:10.759
9Matthew Archbold (New Zealand)0:00:10.990
10Mitchell Bullen (Australia)0:00:11.042
11Nathan Seddon (New Zealand)0:00:11.090
12Andrew Williams (New Zealand)0:00:11.103
13Sean Fox (New Zealand)0:00:11.401
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1/8 Final Heat 1
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Daniel Ellis (Australia)0:00:11.750
2Sean Fox (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
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1/8 Final Heat 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Andrew Williams (New Zealand)0:00:11.503
2Eddie Dawkins (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
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1/8 Final Heat 3
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Sam Webster (New Zealand)0:00:11.740
2Nathan Seddon (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
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1/8 Final Heat 4
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mitchell Bullen (Australia)0:00:11.460
2Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
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1/8 Final Heat 5
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Matthew Archbold (New Zealand)0:00:10.460
2Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)Row 1 - Cell 2
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1/8 Final Heat 6
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Adam Stewart (New Zealand)0:00:12.111
2James Glasspool (Australia)Row 1 - Cell 2
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Heat 1
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Stephanie Morton (Australia)
2Kate Mullarkey (New Zealand)
3Natasha Hansen (New Zealand)
4Charlotte Kelly (New Zealand)
5Hayley Giddens (New Zealand)
6Katie Schofield (New Zealand)
7Henrietta Mitchell (New Zealand)
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Heat 2
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Emily Rosemond (Australia)
2Annette Edmondson (Australia)
3Madison Law (Australia)
4Rosy Mccall (New Zealand)
5Stephanie Mckenzie (New Zealand)
6Jessica Laws (Australia)
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Repecharge 1
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Natasha Hansen (New Zealand)
2Rosy Mccall (New Zealand)
3Stephanie Mckenzie (New Zealand)
4Katie Schofield (New Zealand)
5Henrietta Mitchell (New Zealand)
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Repecharge 2
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Jessica Laws (Australia)
2Charlotte Kelly (New Zealand)
3Hayley Giddens (New Zealand)
4Madison Law (Australia)
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U19 Women 2000M Individual Pursuit
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Georgia Williams (New Zealand)0:02:40.500
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U19M 3000 Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Alexander Edmondson (Australia)0:03:26.700
2Jackson Law (Australia)0:03:29.200
3Pieter Bulling (New Zealand)0:03:29.600
4Fraser Gough (New Zealand)0:03:32.700
5Andrew Van Der Hayden (New Zealand)0:03:33.100
6Brad Evans (New Zealand)0:03:33.600
7Alex Frame (New Zealand)0:03:36.100
8Dillon Bennett (New Zealand)0:03:38.900
9Brehan Cairns (New Zealand)0:03:43.000
10James Northey (New Zealand)0:03:44.100
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1/8 Final Rep 1
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Sean Fox (New Zealand)
2Ethan Mitchell (New Zealand)
DnsJames Glasspool (Australia)
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1/8 Final Rep 2
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Simon Van Velthooven (New Zealand)
2Eddie Dawkins (New Zealand)
3Nathan Seddon (New Zealand)
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U19 Men Sprint Qualifying
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Matthew Glaetzer (Australia)0:00:10.822
2Regan Sheath (New Zealand)0:00:11.232
3Jamie Green (Australia)0:00:11.270
4Boyd Thwaites (New Zealand)0:00:11.676
5James Verco (New Zealand)0:00:11.765
6Thomas Dawkins (New Zealand)0:00:12.100
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Heat 1
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Stephanie Morton (Australia)
2Kate Mullarkey (New Zealand)
3Natasha Hansen (New Zealand)
4Charlotte Kelly (New Zealand)
5Hayley Giddens (New Zealand)
6Katie Schofield (New Zealand)
7Henrietta Mitchell (New Zealand)
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Heat 2
#Rider Name (Country) Team
1Emily Rosemond (Australia)
2Annette Edmondson (Australia)
3Madison Law (Australia)
4Rosy Mccall (New Zealand)
5Stephanie Mckenzie (New Zealand)
6Jessica Laws (Australia)

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