Harry Carter was the best Bathurst performer at the NSW Sprint Grand Prix Series at the Dunc Gray Velodrome on Saturday, finishing second in his category and fifth overall.
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Carter finished with a time of 11.112 seconds over 200 metres, a result he was happy with considering the conditions.
“It was a slow track. It was a cold and rainy outside, which always makes for a slow track,” he said.
“I was aiming for 11.0 but I’m happy with 11.1 considering the conditions.”
The sprint was won by Max Housden, from the Wagga Wagga Cycling Club, who finished just ahead of Southern Cross Cycling Club’s Thomas Cornish.
Kaarle McCulloch, from the St George Cycling Club, was the best performing female cyclist, finishing eighth overall and first in her category.
“The event attracted pretty much the best sprinters in NSW,” Carter said.
“I’m an endurance rider, so it was a bit of fun for me. I didn’t know what to expect and I don’t really train for it [sprint races].”
Carter was one of four Bathurst cyclists who made the trip down to Dunc Gray, with Harrisen Bryant the next best performer – finishing 17th overall and sixth in his category.
Bryant’s best time was 12.208 seconds over 200 metres.
Elsewhere, Eliza Bennett finnished 27th overall and first in category (best time 12.840 seconds over 200 metres) and Kalinda Robinson finished 36th overall and third in her category (best time 13.375 seconds over 200 metres).
“Eliza performed really well. She even stepped up against some of the blokes,” Carter said.
“I didn’t see much of Kalinda, but she had a good result. It’s something she had been working towards and she made some good tactical moves.
“Harrisen is developing. He’s learning some tactics and has a got a whole season ahead of him to improve.
“Overall, it was good fun. Well done to the cyclists that made the trip down from Bathurst.”
The NSW Sprint Grand Prix Series will have another two sprints – on December 2 and January 13 next year.
All races will be held at the Dunc Gray Veledrome at Bass Hill.
Saturday’s sprint proved to be one of the events Carter is using to prepare himself for the Oceania Track Championships, which are in North Island town of Cambridge, New Zealand, on November 20 to 23.
“I’ve got the Bathurst Open on October 28. I’ll be coming into that, using the event as a stepping stone for the Oceania Track Championships next month,” he said.