June 22, 2010 (Mexico City, Mexico) – The Canadian team attending the 2010 Junior Pan-American Championships had yet another good day on the track in Mexico City, grabbing medals in two women’s events. In the women’s Team Sprint, the duo comprised of Allison Beveridge (Calgary, AB) and Florence Laplante-Lamarche (Ottawa, ON) sprinted to a silver medal performance, stopping the clock at 36.658 just one hundredth of a second behind the golden Mexican team.

Later during the day, Beveridge, Laplante-Lamarche and their teammate Audrey Labrie (Prévost, QC) took home Canada’s second medal of the day, this time in the Ladies Team Pursuit, posting a time of 3 minutes 52 seconds. The Mexican team dominated the event to win the gold with a time of 3 minutes 37.139 seconds.

“Despite the lack of practice, we managed to qualify for the finals in second place. We made some technical improvement for the final but in general, the feedback was positive,” said Laplante-Lamarche after the second day of competition. “The challenge was to stay together, especially since the time of the third person is the one that counts, that we managed to accomplish.

Alex Cataford (Ottawa, ON), who won a silver medal in yesterday’s Points race, finished fourth in the Men’s individual pursuit stopping the clock at 3 minutes 26.942 seconds in the bronze medal dual. Both he and his teammates Patrick McGinley (Oakville, ON) who finished 12th rode personal bests in the race, showing continuous improvement.

In the exciting Keirin race, which can look like a roller derby race, Scott Mulder (Vancouver, BC) dominated the first two rounds to make the finals, but was boxed in by the Mexican and Trinidad Tobago riders and attempted a pass. In the process, he clipped a wheel, forcing him to lose control and fall hard on the track. As a result of the crash sustained by Mulder, he will not be racing the 1-kilometer race today but will focus on the sprint competition.

In the repechage round, Daniel Mackenzie-Picot (London, ON) missed his qualification to the finals by a mere two inches.

The 2010 Junior Pan-American Championships continue today in Mexico City with Labrie in the sprints, Beveridge and Laplante-Lamarche in the Scratch, and Kristofer Ovsenek (London, ON) and McKenzie-Picot in the kilometre time trial.

Results and race reports will be posted on the CCA website, Twitter (cantrackcycling) and Facebook (Canadian Track Cycling).

Results

Women’s Team Pursuit

Qualifications
1. Mexico (Ingrid Drexel, Greta Patricia Ibarra, Carolina Rodriguez) 3:40.9
2. Canada (Allison Beveridge, Audrey Labrie, Florence Laplante-Lamarche) 3:47.5
3. Chile (Denisse Ahumada, Flor Palma, Carla Vallejos) 3:48.2
4. Guatemala (Emelyn Galicia, Paula Guillen, Marvia Perez) 3:57.8

Final

For Gold
1. Mexico (Ingrid Drexel, Greta Patricia Ibarra, Carolina Rodriguez) 3:37.1
2. Canada (Allison Beveridge, Audrey Labrie, Florence Laplante-Laarche) 3:52.0

For Bronze
3. Chile (Denisse Ahumada, Flor Palma, Carla Vallejos)
4. Guatemala (Emelyn Galicia, Paula Guillen, Marvia Perez) caught

Women’s Team Sprint

Qualifications
1. Mexico (Frany Maria Fong, Luz Daniela Gaxiola) 35.772
2. Canada (Allison Beveridge, Florence Laplante-Lamarche) 36.746
3. Venezuela (Zuralmy Rivas, Gleyolimar Tapias) 36.801
4. Chile (Ilonka Jara, Paz Vicencio) 36.949
5. Trinidad & Tobago (Francis Denese, Goodridge Jodi) 37.12

Final

For Gold
1. Mexico (Frany Maria Fong, Luz Daniela Gaxiola) 35.648
2. Canada (Allison Beveridge, Florence Laplante-Lamarche) 36.658

For Bronze
3. Venezuela (Zuralmy Rivas, Rivas Zuralmy) 36.48
4. Chile (Ilonka Jara, Paz Vicencio) 37.031