Cycling BC is pleased to announce the 2014 Development teams program. In 2014 we will be continuing our Youth and Junior Development team programs. The BMX cyclists from these programs will receive coaching and assistance in development into highly competitive athletes who will hopefully represent BC at future World Championships and Olympic Games. The youth and Junior Development programs will be lead by Mischa Partridge, James Palmer and supported by Adam Muys.
New for 2014 the program for both youth and junior development is expanded to have 3 regional teams. The regions will be Vancouver Island (BC06), Lower mainland (BC03, BC04, BC05) and Interior (BC01, BC02, BC07, BC08). All Team members will receive credits to five camps in the season. Cycling BC plans to host 8 -12 camps at BMX track across the province.
Youth Development team will continue for its eighth year. The teams will target younger athletes with potential and develop their skills, preparing them for the high performance team. Athletes were selected from performances at the BC Championships, BC Cup Series and the BMX Canada national series and were the top two female athletes and top three male athletes from each age group for each of the three zones. Cycling BC will continue to offer the development camps to all youth (11 & under) Cycling BC members for a per usage fee. All the Youth Development camps in the 2014 season will be flats only, as the focus of the camps are skill based. Having the athletes on flat pedals allows them to focus on the basic components to perform a skill.
2014 Youth Development team:
| Vancouver Island (BC06) | |||
| MAKAYLA BROSIUS | JANEL CHURCH | RYLEY COFIELD | Emma ERICKSON |
| Aiden GRECHT | HANNAH GREEN | MAX GREGG | Austin PADDOCK |
| Jordan PADDOCK | Autumn SPENCER | Quin WEBBER | |
| EVAN YARETZ | AVERY YOCHIM | PEYTON YOCHIM | |
| Interior (BC01, BC02, BC07, BC08) | |||
| BROOKE CAMERON | MACKENZIE CRERAR | MEKHI EMERENINI | GRACE FIDDICK |
| DAMIAN GEORGYEV | Luke JONES | JOSIAH KUHN | CAITLYN LONEY |
| CHLOE NILSSON | BECKHAM PISTER | LUKE SOWPAL | Corbin Vaughan |
| Jaxsin VaughanLower mainland (BC03, BC04, BC05) | |||
| Markus BLOUNT | Carter BYBEL | Diego CEJALVO | GEORGINA CEJALVO |
| Noah CLAUSEN | Sydney CLAUSEN | Chayce COOPER | Caleb DOBIE |
| Caden ELLICKSON | Trinity HALL | Bryn HARVEY | Jordan HILL |
| Reighan HILL | Will HUTTON | Jack MACQUARRIE | Colton MCHATTEN |
| Ryder MCINTOSH | KAILA MURRAY | Jenna OBERNDORF | TEIGEN PASCUAL |
| Billy RATCLIFF | Heather TOCHER | ||
Junior Development team will continue for its seventh year. The team is a bridge from the youth team to the Provincial team. Team members look to gain more training skills and prepare themselves to compete at a high level. Cycling BC will also offer the development camps to all junior aged (12 to 14 years of age) Cycling BC members for a per usage fee.
2014 Junior Development team:
| Vancouver Island (BC06) | |||
| REESE BEADALL | Adicus BIRD | Alison GRECHT | Alex GRECHT |
| AYDEN HOULE | Mitchel LANDRY | AIDAN WEBBER | |
| Interior (BC01, BC02, BC07, BC08) | |||
| BAILEY BOOTH | MOHAMED HAIDAR | Jack JONES | BRENDEN RUSSELL |
| NATALIE SCHMIDT | |||
| Lower mainland (BC03, BC04, BC05) | |||
| Violet CEJALVO | Noah DOBIE | Lukas FERGUSON | Zachary FRIER |
| Jackson JURIGA | Logan MACDONALD | Hailey MCHALE-BOULTER | Karsen TIELEN |
| Ryan TOUGAS | Maja WOOLEY | ||
There was a great deal of interest in the program this year and we thank everyone that applied. Team selection for both development teams was decided by the 2014 selection criteria and a few select Coaches choice positions, from outside performances and injuries.
For Information please visit our Provincial Teams page on the Cycling BC BMX website. http://bmx.cyclingbc.net/high-performance/
This year each athlete named to the team will receive 5 complimentary training camps to be used for 2014. This will be tracked through camp registration – you will be notified when you’re five camps have been used up. All other camps you wish to attend will need to be paid for.
Up Coming Development Camps:
Youth Development Camp – February 22nd – Abbotsford Indoor – 12-4pm