After three rounds in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide, the overall champions of the 2025/26 Australian Junior Track Series (AJTS) have been crowned.
In the under-17 girls category, X-Speed Australia Cycling Club's Ava Gidget Rodgers held the leader's jersey from start to finish, with her eventual winning margin ticking to 95 points ahead of Shepparton Cycling Club's Isla Shaw.
Rodgers' U17 Madison National Championship winning teammate Cienna Tinkler from Peel District Cycling Club rounded out the podium.
Randwick Botany Cycling Club's Ruben Shepard mirrored Rodgers' start to finish overall win, securing the U17 boys title by 41 points to Brunswick Cycling Club's Omer Kirmizi. Tyler Cunniff (South Coast CC) finished the series in third.
Shepard was also successful in winning the U17 Madison National Championship alongside fellow Sydneysider Luca Zucchiatti (Neo CC).
In the U15 categories, our third season-long leader, Lucas Strbik (Lidcombe Auburn CC), won the overall boys title and Annika Astridge (Canberra CC) prevailed in a closely contested girls battle with Kaitlyn Death (CycleTorq CC).
AJTS: U17 Girls
🥇 Ava Gidget Rodgers (X-Speed Australia CC) - 453 points
🥈 Isla Shaw (Shepparton CC) - 358 points
🥉 Cienna Tinkler (Peel District CC) - 321 points
AJTS: U17 Boys
🥇 Ruben Shepard (Randwick Botany CC) - 505 points
🥈 Omer Kirmizi (Brunswick CC) - 464 points
🥉 Tyler Cunniff (South Coast CC) - 425 points
AJTS: U15 Girls
🥇 Annika Astridge (Canberra CC) - 437 points
🥈 Kaitlyn Death (CycleTorq CC) - 385 points
🥉 Paravi Tanksale (Carnegie Caulfield CC) - 352 points
AJTS: U15 Boys
🥇 Lucas Strbik (Lidcombe Auburn CC) - 535 points
🥈 Joel Gooley (South Coast CC) - 478 points
🥉 Adama Ouedraogo (Carnegie Caulfield CC) - 467 points
AJTS: Club/Team
🥇 Blackburn Cycling Club - 2833 points
🥈 South Coast Cycling Club - 2546 points
🥉 X-Speed Australia Cycling Club - 2240 points
U17 Girls Madison National Championships
🥇 Ava Gidget Rodgers (X-Speed Australia CC) and Cienna Tinkler (Peel District CC) - 33 points
🥈 Zoe Maye (Lidcombe Auburn CC) and Jenna Gallagher (Bathurst CC) - 19 points
🥉 Juno Smith (Dulwich Hill BC) and Erin Prince (Lidcombe Auburn CC) - 17 points
U17 Boys Madison National Championships
🥇 Luca Zucchiatti (Neo CC) and Ruben Shepard (Randwick Botany CC) - 21 points
🥈 Jack Panozzo (Carnegie Caulfield CC) and Omer Kirmizi (Brunswick CC) - 18 points
🥉 George Mulhern (Carnegie Caulfield CC) and Jasper Griffiths (Carnegie Caulfield CC) - 10 points
Feature picture: James Raison/Greyhound Media