Golden Girls face the World on Wednesday
Gary AcostaSunday, August 16 2015
Reigning Junior Pan American Champions in the Women’s Team Sprint, Kollyn St. George and Keiana Lester will get their first taste of global competition on Wednesday 19th at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
After shattering the Junior Pan American record and National Records in April this year in Mexico, the golden pair received automatic selection for the National team to represent T&T at the annual World Championships. St. George and Lester will be aiming at earning T&T’s first ever Junior Worlds medal in the Team Sprint on Wednesday.
Lester & St. George are also expected to compete in the 500m Time Trial (Thursday), Sprints (Friday-Saturday) and Keirin (Sunday). Also a part of the team is Junior Pan Am Keirin bronze medalist, Sei Daniel as he too makes his debut at a global stage.
Daniel is expected to line up in the Keirin (Thursday) and Sprints (Saturday-Sunday). Accompanying the team are Fitzroy Daniel (Manager) and Anthony Sellier (Coach).