NZ Mountainbike Team Long List for 2011 World Championships Announced

UCI 2011 World Mountainbike Championships, Champery Switzerland, 31st Aug to 4th September.
New Zealand Team Long List

MTBNZ has great pleasure in announcing the long list of athletes for the 2011 World Mountainbike Championships. This long list contains athletes who have already qualified their selection through performances at key events this summer, as well as athletes who may be on the cusp of selection but who need to further demonstate that they can meet the performance benchmark required.

Final NZ Mountainbike Team selection takes place on July 12th this year.

Cross Country Olympic (XCO)
Under 19 Women

Mary Gray
Dunedin
Under 19 Men

Anton Cooper
Christchurch
Mathew Waghorn
Palmerston North
Nigel McDowell
Rotorua
Tom Bradshaw
Wellington
Tom Filmer
Nelson
Harley Going
Whangarei
Under 23 Women

Katie O'Neill
Rotorua
Samara Sheppard
Rotorua
Under 23 Men

Dirk Peters
Rotorua
Brad Hudson
Christchurch
Sam Shaw
Rotorua
Richard Anderson
Blenheim
Elite Women

Rosara Joseph
Christchurch
Karen Hanlen
Whakatane
Eloise Fry
Nelson
Fiona MacDermid
Palmerston North
Elite Men

Carl Jones
Rotorua
Mike Northcott
Tokoroa


Downhill Individual (DHI)
Under 19 Women

Sarah Atkin
Wellington
Sophie Tyas
Auckland
Madeline Taylor
Napier
Veronique Sandler
Nelson
Sophie-Marie Bethell
Auckland
Under 19 Men

Reuben Olorenshaw
Nelson
Daniel Franks
Christchurch
Reece Potter
Takaka
Zach Baker
Auckland
Dan McCombie
Dunedin
Jake Robinson
Rotorua
Jay Barrett
Havelock North
Nick Bygate
Nelson
Louis Hamilton
Rotorua
Elite Women

Harriet Harper
Nelson
Amy Laird
Christchurch
Elite Men

Cameron Cole
Christchurch
Sam Blenkinsop
Wanganui
Justin Leov
Dunedin
Brook MacDonald
Napier
George Brannigan
Hastings
Nathan Rankin
Levin
Matthew Scoles
Alexandra
Wyn Masters
New Plymouth
Kieran Bennett
Nelson
Sam Baker
Auckland
Eddie Masters
Dunedin
Matt Walker
Rotorua
Richard Leacock
Wellington


Four Cross (4X)

Elite Men

Matt Walker
Rotorua
Daniel Franks
Christchurch