May 15, 2007 – The Canadian Cycling Association held track trials in Burnaby, BC, on May 9-11, to identify athletes for the Pan American track championships.

The biggest revelation of the trials was the identification of a new athlete for the team sprint: Lawrence Leroux (19, Oka, QC) will compete alongside team veterans Cam MacKinnon (23, Calgary, AB) and Yannick Morin (32, Otterburn Park, QC).

“It is very significant for us to find an athlete who is fast enough to fill in for Travis Smith, who broke his hip at the worlds,” said CCA High Performance Director Kris Westwood. “Things were looking pretty bad for Olympic qualification in this discipline when Travis got hurt, but this gives us some hope.”

Another young athlete showing potential at the trials was Monique Sullivan (18, Calgary, AB), who narrowly missed the time standard in the women’s sprint but was selected to a self-funded position as a development opportunity based on coaches’ recommendations.

“Monique is our future in women’s sprinting,” said Westwood. “She was fifth fastest qualifier at junior worlds last year, and she’s still a junior this year, so the Pan Ams will be an important learning experience for her.”

Full results from the trials are below (electronic timing, all times were corrected for the ambient air temperature in the velodrome building). The trials were run by National Team Coach Houshang Amiri and Cycling BC head coach Richard Wooles.

Men’s flying 200m
Standard = 10.9 sec.

– McCorkel, Mike 12.230 –
– MacKinnon, Cam 11.000, 10.89 – Qualified
– Regimbald, Joel 11.300, 11.3
– Bakal, Jeff 11.800 –
– Regimbald, Renee 12.300 –
– Barlee, Matt 11.100, 11.09
– Shankland, Jamie 11.800 –
– Chatter, Matt 11.200, 11.05
– Defranceschi, Daniele 11.700 –
– Haspel, Felix 11.200, 11.07
– Menard, Dylan 12.100 –
– Leroux, Lawrence 11.100, 11.11

Women’s flying 200m
Standard = 12.1 sec.

– Sullivan, Monique 12.400, 12.33
– Lee, Jennifer 12.500, 12.53

Women’s flying 500m into 2000m
Standard = 34.0 into 2:37.0 500m 2000m

– Trew, Jenny 35.17 –
– Brown, Laura 34.23, 02:41.2
– Grain, Gina 33.95, 02:36.5 – Qualified
– Roorda, Steph 35.35 –

Men’s flying 500m into 2,000m
Standard = 31.0 into 3:29.0 500m 3000m

– Bell, Zach 30.44, 03:29.6 – Qualified

Men’s standing 250m
Standard = 18.6 sec.

– Leroux, Lawrence 18.600 – Qualified
– Morin, Yannik 18.760, 18.52 – Qualified
– Keith Bruneau 18.860, 18.94
– Regimbald, Joel 18.970 –
– Bakal, Jeff 19.340 –
– Defranceschi, Daniele 19.440 –
– Regimbald, Renee 19.500 –
– Menard, Dylan 19.580 –
– McCorkel, Mike 20.290 –

Men’s standing 500m
Standard = 33.3 sec.

– MacKinnon, Cam 32.79 – Qualified
– Barlee, Matt 33.31, 33.25 – Qualified
– Chatter, Matt 33.60, 33.26 – Qualified
– Haspel, Felix 34.18 –
– Regimbald, Joel 34.46
– Bakal, Jeff 35.08 –
– Menard, Dylan 35.28 –
– Shankland, Jamie 36.02
– Leroux, Lawrence – 33.05 – Qualified

Men’s 900m team sprint
Standard = 56.9 sec.*

– Yannick Morin
– Lawrence Leroux
– Cam MacKinnon 56.3 – Met standard
* Extrapolated from 750m standard

Other times set:

Men’s 3000m pursuit
– Campbell, Cody 03:44.9

Women’s 2,000m mass start
– Brown, Laura 34.2
– Trew, Jenny 34.8
– Roorda, Steph 34.45

Women’s standing 500
– Sullivan, Monique 37.27
– Lee, Jennifer 37.51