Annual Review - Olympic Oval - University of Calgary

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Cycling Coaches Message 2005 was a great year for the Olympic Oval High Performance Cycling Program. We have seen a changing of the guard with three of Canada’s top track athletes going on to compete on the World stage - at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2006 Track World Championships in Bordeaux, France. Zach Bell, Cam McKinnon and Travis Smith started as development athletes in our cycling program and are now knocking on the door of the world’s best. The athletes replacing them are the new youth of the sport. Athletes aged 14 -17 make up the second larges group of athletes in our National Cycling Centre program. This Learn to Train group focuses on all cycling abilities, having fun and doing well in competition, with races in every cycling discipline, road, track, mountain biking and BMX. A major success for the National Cycling Centre at the Olympic Oval was in June 2005 when we hosted the 2005 Tim Horton’s Canadian Track Nationals at the Glenmore Velodrome. A record number of participants turned out, with 110 athletes registered from all over Canada. The event was a great success with almost three-quarters of the medals going to Olympic Oval cyclists and the Olympic Oval was named the CCA Track Event Organizer of the Year. We are now looking towards 2008 when our athletes, veteran and developing, will head to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In BMX, which will debut at the Games, the Olympic Oval Cycling Program is well positioned to do well with the first-ever National BMX Coach based here at the Olympic Oval and Samantha Cools poised to do well. Tanya Dubnicoff Head Coach, Olympic Oval High Performance Cycling Program and National Cycling Centre, Calgary Philip Abbot competes in the 2005 Track Nationals at the Glenmore Velodrome, hosted by the Olympic Oval. Photo by Arno Hoogveld. 6
Coaches Tanya Dubnicoff - Head Coach National Cycling Centre, Calgary, Olympic Oval High Performance Cycling Program - Head Coach National BMX program - Head Coach Elite Sprint and Endurance Program Stephen Burke Head Coach National Paralympic Program Jayson Gillespie Provincial Coach Junior Elite and Club Racer Program Adam Bailey Junior Development Coach Preston Smith Junior Development Club Racer Coach Stu McMillan Strength and Conditioning Coach Training Camps The Olympic Oval High Performance Cycling Program is home to the National Cycling Centre in Calgary, where five cycling disciplines – track, road, mountain bike, BMX and paralympic – are pursued at an elite level. The program features five training programs with 128 cyclists. The BMX Cycling program has eight athletes with 12 in the Olympic Oval High Performance Program training in track cycling, eight in Junior Elite Cycling, 16 Junior Development athletes, 78 Club Racer and six Paralympic cyclists. Highlights Olympic Oval cyclist Aaron Lepp competes at the UCI BMX World Championships in France in July, 2005. Photo credit Barney Brown. High Performance Cycling Program Track Canadian Track Nationals – Glenmore Velodrome, Calgary, Alta. Canada Eric Smith picked up five medals, including gold in the Junior Men’s Kilo. Monique Sullivan set a record in the 500 metre Junior Time Trials. Zach Bell, Philip Abbot, Mark MacDonald, Bob Veroba and Laura Brown all medalled. Eric Smith placed 25th at the Junior World Championships breaking a Canadian record in the 3,000 metres individual pursuit. BMX Samantha Cools, Pat Lebell and Aaron Lepp competed in the BMX World Championships in Paris, France. In April 2006, Samantha Cools won Bronze at the UCI European Championships in La Chappelle St. Mesmin, France. National Cycling Centre Calgary Head Coach Tanya Dubnicoff was named Canada’s first-ever National BMX Coach. Winter Cross Training Camp Kananaskis, AB Nov 25-27, 05 Winter Road Camp Victoria, BC Dec 26-Jan 8, 2006 10th Annual Penticton Road Camp Penticton, BC March 24-April 2, 2006 Junior Track Camp Houston USA April 13-15, 2006 Competitions UCI BMX World Championships Paris, FRA July 29 -31, 2005 Ardrossan Stage Race Edmonton, AB May 7-8, 2005 Canadian Road Championships Kamloops, AB June 27- July 2, 2005 Canadian Track Championships Calgary, AB June – July 2, 2005 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, AUS March 15 – 16, 2006 World Track Championships Bordeaux, France March 13-16, 2006 7
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