Australian National Series - Day 2 Seeding

Riders were a lot more comfortable on track today, the weather conditions may have played some part of this... — Riders were a lot more comfortable on track today, the weather conditions may have played some part of this…

Back to Eagle today for practice and seeding, albeit in much cooler conditions! Riders were coming to grips with the tough conditions, we saw a few crashes but nothing too major.

Practice was split into A and B categories today. B practice (and seeding) was held in the morning but all riders were focused!

Rain fell overnight, not that you would have known! There was still a lot of dust... — Rain fell overnight, not that you would have known! There was still a lot of dust…

It was Tegan Molloy's birthday today and she managed to score the title of the fastest female in seeding, across all the classes, sounds like a good day! — It was Tegan Molloy’s birthday today and she managed to score the title of the fastest female in seeding, across all the classes, sounds like a good day!

The Swell/Specialized team have had an interesting weekend with a snake (as in the animal) being found hiding out in the team accommodation!

Looking at the qualifying results revealed Andrew Crimmins had a solid gap in front of his closest competitor, some 4.57 seconds Matthew McCorkell. Andrew will be keen to impress this weekend with Kona’s World Cup mechanic in town.

Under 19 Men:

1. Andrew Crimmins 2:03.16

2. Matthew McCorkell 2:07.73 + 4.57

3. Max Warshawsky 2:09.61 + 6.45

4. Ben Hill 2:09.89 + 6.73

5. Aiden Varley 2:12.04 + 8.88

Under 19 Female:

1. Tegan Molloy 2.32.59

Fourth place for Ben Hill in qualifying.

Fifth place in seeding for Aiden Varley, a quality field means the win could be any of the top five riders from seeding.

Moving on to the Elite classes and with her overseas experience coming into play Danielle Beecroft seeded first in Elite Female ahead of former Adelaide local Sarah Booth. The Elite Men was always going to be a showdown between the local riders, Connor Fearon and Troy Brosnan. In the end Connor took the number one spot by just over half a second from Troy with Thomas Crimmins a few seconds back. In reality, with no rain forecast for tomorrow, these positions won’t have any real influence on the final results.

Elite Female:

1. Danielle Beecroft 2:34.06

2. Sarah Booth 2:38.87 + 4.81

3. Michelle Crisp 2:39.36 + 5.30

4. Victoria Armstrong 2:49.68 + 15.62

5. Shelly Flood 2:52.78 + 18.7

Elite Male:

1. Connor Fearon 2:02.87

2. Troy Brosnan 2:03.40 + 0.53

3. Thomas Crimmins 2:05.55 + 2.68

4. Dean Lucas 2:06.37 + 3.50

5. Luke Ellison 2:06.90 + 4.03