These girls have all trained incredibly hard through the cold and dark winter months and let it all out in the sunshine across three events: Individual Time Trial, Hill Climb (up Mt Wellington) and Criterium. Congratulations to the entire squad on their achievements over the weekend!
Dio featured prominently on the podium:
Individual Time Trial:
| U13 | 2nd place – Alyssa BurrowsÂ
3rd place – Lily Worthington |
| U15 | 1st place – Mika James |
| U16 | 1st place – Indie Williams (and broke Coach Georgie’s 2009 record) |
Hill Climb:
| U16 | 1st place – Indie Williams (National Hill Climb Champion) |
| U20 | 3rd place – Lily Shanley |
Criterium:
| U13 | 2nd place – Alyssa Burrows |
| U15 | 2nd place – Mika James
3rd place – Alice Wellington |
| U17 | 2nd place – Indie Williams |
| U20 | Lily Shanley: dominated the first two sprints before being caught up in a crash and was unable to finish. |
Overall General Classification:
| U13 | 2nd place – Alyssa Burrows |
| U15 | 2nd place – Mika James |
| U17 | 2nd place – Indie Williams |
Isabella Riley was also awarded the Spirit of Cycling prize for being an amazing team mate and helping Phoebe Xiao down off an incredibly steep and windy Mt Wellington.
Thank you to coaching team – Georgie, Eloise, Adam and Will – and all the parents for their help and support throughout a very busy weekend!
The squad now turns their attention to the Nationals in Timaru in three weeks where they hope to replicate all the successes they have enjoyed over the 2024 season.
