Alison Shanks showed the defence of her world pursuit title is on target at the New Zealand track cycling championships in Invercargill after following her New Zealand record with another three minutes 30 second ride to win the women's 3000-metre individual pursuit at the ILT Velodrome.
The local man of the moment, Eddie Dawkins, continued on his winning run with a withering burst of speed to capture the final of the Keirin.
He struggled throughout the day in the early rounds, after the effects of his brilliant New Zealand record in winning the kilo time trial last night.
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough claimed his first elite individual pursuit title when he accounted for fellow world championship medal winning teammate Peter Latham (Te Awamutu) in the final.
Gough dominated from the gun to win in 4:22.145 with Latham two seconds back.
The men's points race over 30 kilometres went to Cambridge rider Shem Rodger who was aggressive throughout in an exciting final.
The day was sealed with a New Zealand record by a New Zealand combination in the men's team sprint.
World junior champions Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Dawkins produced a world class 44.632s for the three-lap sprint.
This broke the national record by a full second and was half a second faster than the previous best time set at the Beijing World Cup last month.
