What an outstanding weekend for Ontario athletes at the U17/Junior Canadian Track Championships this past weekend at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre (Velodrome) in Milton.
Ontario claimed a whopping forty-one medals in the individual events and nineteen Ontario riders were on the podium in the team events.
The championships couldn’t have started better with history being made on Friday night in the Junior Women Pursuit (3km) Qualifying where Ontario women put on a show. First, Eve Buczkowski posted a time of 3:42.648 which would beat the current World Record, which was 3:46.800 – held by Samira Ismailova (UZB). However, on the very next ride, her Team Ontario teammate, Alexandra Fangeat, posted a time of 3:36.875 to set the new world record!
There were several athletes with noteworthy performances throughout the weekend who claimed multiple medals. Carter Deveer, went home with seven gold medals and Alex Fangeat, captured eight medals (four gold, three silver, one bronze), in addition to setting a World Record! Lead by Provincial Coach David Jack and supporting coaches Chris Reid, Amy Maher, and Martin Honsberger, Ontario showed its strength in the team events capturing 6 of 8 gold medals in Team Sprint/Team Pursuit. Additionally, Ontario club teams swept the gold medals in all Madison event.
Huge congratulations to all athletes who showed up and left it all out on the track. Also, a thank you to all the club coaches and team supporters who contributed countless hours over the season. Without your dedication these athletes wouldn’t have the opportunities to show their potential.
Please see below for a full list of Ontario medallists:
U17 Men Pursuit
Gold – Carter DeVeer
Silver – Benjamin Glover
Bronze – Alexander Gies
Junior Women Pursuit
Gold – Alexandra Fangeat
Silver – Eve Buczkowski
Junior Men Pursuit
Gold – Jake McLean
Silver – Brody Mann
Junior Women Keirin
Gold – Lili Salonen-Bericht
Bronze – Eve Buczkowski
Junior Men Keirin
Silver – Sheldon Drewitt
Bronze – Jaxson Van Den Bosch
U17 Men Keirin
Gold – Alexander Gies
U17 Men Scratch Race
Gold – Carter De Veer
Junior Women Scratch Race
Silver – Alexandra Fangeat
Bronze – Eve Buczkowski
Junior Men Scratch Race
Gold – Jake McLean
Silver – Maxim Wojciechowski
U17 Women Points Race
Gold – Izzy Downing
U17 Men Points Race
Gold – Carter De Veer
Bronze – Benjamin Glover
Junior Women Points Race
Gold – Alex Fangeat
Junior Men’s Points Race
Silver – Jake McLean
Bronze – Matthew Payne
U17 Women Elimination Race
Bronze – Addison Marcynuk
U17 Men Elimination Race
Gold – Carter De Veer
Bronze – Tomas Liska-Gardner
Junior Women Elimination Race
Gold – Eve Buczkowski
Bronze – Alexandra Fangeat
Junior Men Elimination Race
Gold – Maxim Wojciechowski
Silver – Brody Mann
Bronze – Antoine Bergeron
U17 Women Sprint
Silver- Addison Marcynuk
U17 Men Sprint
Gold – Alexander Gies
Junior Women Sprint
Bronze – Lili Salonen-Berscht
Junior Men Sprint
Silver – Sheldon Drewitt
U17 Women Team Pursuit
Silver – Team Ontario (Izzy Downing, Addison Marcynuk, Avery Rankl, Leighton Underhill)
U17 Men Team Pursuit
Gold – Team Ontario (Carter Deveer, Alexander Gies, Benjamin Glover, Ian McLean, Nevin Warner)
Silver – Awesome Sauce (Gregory Maximov, Liam Patterson, Graeme Van Arragon, Henry Weigel)
Junior Women Team Pursuit
Gold – Team Ontario (Eve Buczkowski, Alexandra Fangeat, Teagan Gawne, Lili Salonen-Berscht)
Junior Men Team Pursuit
Gold – Team Ontario (Brody Mann, Ronan Mantle, Jake McLean, Matthew Payne, Maxim Wojciechowski)
U17 Women Team Sprint
Gold – Team Ontario (Izzy Downing, Addison Marcynuk, Avery Rankl, Leighton Underhill)
U17 Men Team Sprint
Gold – Team Ontario (Carter Deveer, Alexander Gies, Liam Patterson)
Junior Women Team Sprint
Silver – Team Ontario (Eve Buczkowski, Alex Fangeat, Nikka Kaufman, Lili Salonen-Berscht)
Junior Men Team Sprint
Gold – Team Ontario (Sheldon Drewitt, Matthew Payne, Linden Spence, Charlie Walsh)
U17 Women 500m Time Trial
Silver – Addison Marcynuk
U17 Men 500m Time Trial
Gold – Alexander Gies
Junior Women Kilo Time Trial
Silver – Alex Fangeat
Bronze – Eve Buczkowski
Junior Men Kilo Time Trial
Silver – Jaxson Van Den Bosch
Bronze – Sheldon Drewitt
U17 Women Madison
Gold – KWCA & Attack (Izzy Downing and Addison Marcynuk)
U17 Men Madison
Gold – Carlo Ignite [Carter Deveer and Charles-Alexandre Veilleux (QC)]
Silver – Facton Racing (Alexander Gies and Benjamin Glover)
Bronze – Awesome Sauce (Gregory Maximov and Henry Weigel)
Junior Women Madison
Gold – RC3 (Eve Buczkowski and Alex Fangeat)
Bronze – Les Cocottes [Teagan Gawne and Raphaelle Houde (QC)]
Junior Men Madison
Gold – Red Ignite (Jake McLean and Maxim Wojciechowski)
Bronze – Watersley R+D Cycling Team [Antoine Bergeron and Ben Morin(AB)]