Bendigo duo claims gold at Junior National Track Championships
Bendigo duo claims gold at Junior National Track Championships
Alessia McCaig and Jackson Hadden are all smiles after securing gold on the opening night of the Junior National Track Championships.
Jackson Hadden and his gold medal-winning team pursuit team-mates.
Alessia McCaig earns gold in the 200m flying.
Alessia McCaig
Jackson Hadden
BENDIGO cyclists Alessia McCaig and Jackson Hadden have opened their medal accounts at the Junior National Track Championships in Brisbane.
The talented teens ended day one of the championships with a gold medal apiece, after Thursday's nights finals.
Just hours after establishing a new national record in under-17 women's 200m flying, 15-year-old McCaig won her final to give her a fifth gold medal at the championships in the past two years.
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💥 NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD! 💥
— Cycling Victoria (@cyclingvictoria) March 28, 2019
Alessia McCaig (@Bendigo_CC) breaks the JW17 Australian Record for the Flying 200m with a time of 11.683sec. #TrackNatspic.twitter.com/fAzEmJMhSP
Hadden, who is competing in the under-17 men's division, earned team pursuit gold alongside Carnegie-Caulfield's Max Leiner and Campbell McEwan and Blackburn's Tarun Cook.
It was a tremendous reward for persistence and dedication for Hadden, who was selected in the Victorian track team in 2017, but missed the championships due to a collarbone injury.
McCaig and Hadden are among a group of seven Bendigo and District Cycling Club riders in the 20-member Victorian team.
They are joined by Belinda Bailey, Jasmine Eddy, Haylee Jack, Angus Gill and Nate Hadden.
The championships will run March 28-31.
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