GUN cyclist Alessia McCaig has added another monthly win in Bendigo\u2019s Sports Star of the Year to a list of superb achievements.<\/p>\n
McCaig\u2019s outstanding feats on the track in March at the Australian championships and later Oceania titles have earned a third monthly honour in Sports Star.<\/p>\n
At the nationals, Alessia won gold in the elite women\u2019s keirin.<\/p>\n
A personal best of 33.867 seconds in the 500-metre time trial clinched a second gold at Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
McCaig won silver in the sprint and a week later won gold in the elite women\u2019s team sprint at the Oceania titles in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Her time of 47.603 seconds set an Australian record.<\/p>\n
McCaig was a Sports Star of the Year finalist in 2019 and 2020 after multiple gold medal-winning performances at under-17 and under-19 level at track nationals.<\/p>\n
A career high was racing on the track at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the sprint, 500-metre time trial, and keirin.<\/p>\n
The Australian line-up was fourth in the team sprint.<\/p>\n
A goal for McCaig, who is now based in Adelaide, is to work toward selection for the 2024 Paris Olympics, and 2026 Commonwealth Games to be held in regional Victoria.<\/p>\n
Cycling action at the 2026 Games will be in Bendigo on a purpose-built track at the Prince of Wales Showgrounds.<\/p>\n
The McCaig family links to Sports Star stretch back to 1965-66 when Alessia\u2019s great uncle, the late Frank McCaig became the first winner of what is now the longest-running awards of its type in the country.<\/p>\n
Alessia\u2019s grandfather, Alan was the promoter and key instigator of the Bendigo International Madison which began in 1972.<\/p>\n
Almost 50 years after the Madison was first run, McCaig was named the Maxine Crouch Trust Fund recipient in the 2018-19 Sports Star of the Year awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GUN cyclist Alessia McCaig has added another monthly win in Bendigo\u2019s Sports Star of the Year to a list of superb achievements. McCaig\u2019s outstanding feats on the track in March at the Australian championships and later Oceania titles have earned a third monthly honour in Sports Star. At the nationals, Alessia won gold in the […]<\/p>\n