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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Lopez, Young crowned national champs

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Walter Alibey
70 days ago
20250515
Cyclist Kylee Young

Cyclist Kylee Young

Meli­na Lopez and Kylee Young were both un­stop­pable in their re­spec­tive cat­e­gories – Tinymites and Ju­ve­nile Fe­males at the T&T Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion’s Na­tion­al Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships, which were held at the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Cen­tre in Bal­main, Cou­va.

Both were crowned na­tion­al cham­pi­ons at the week­end. Lopez, the Valkyrie’s rid­er, held off Christa-Marie Julien for the ti­tle in the tinymites 3-lap event, as well as in the in­di­vid­ual pur­suit tinymites fe­males’ race.

The usu­al­ly pro­lif­ic Lopez then re­turned to the tracks to beat Julien a third time for the gold medal in a 750-me­tre in­di­vid­ual pur­suit by post­ing a time of 1:01.02.

Julien crossed the fin­ish line at 1:15.77 for the sil­ver medal for Madon­na Wheel­ers, while Tyra Titte of Rigtech Son­ics claimed the bronze medal.

Young, rep­re­sent­ing the Madon­na Wheel­ers CC, sprint­ed to her na­tion­al crown by beat­ing Shame­ka Hoyte in an eighth-lap grind in the ju­ve­nile fe­males. How­ev­er, Hoyte got her re­venge in the in­di­vid­ual pur­suit by tak­ing the win in the 750-me­tre time tri­al. Hoyte took the third-place bronze medal, while Rayann Shep­pard of the Rigtech Son­ics im­proved her per­for­mance to take the sil­ver medal.

Young had the last laugh, though, in the in­di­vid­ual pur­suit, post­ing a time of 3:03.11 for the top spot. Hoyte se­cured the run­ner-up spot in 3:04.32, while Shep­pard was third (3:05.46).

Re­sults

Tinymites Fe­males (750km 3-Laps): 1 Meli­na Lopez (Valkyries CC) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Christa-Marie Julien (Madon­na Wheel­ers CC), 3 Tyra Titte (Rigtech Son­ics CC)

Ju­ve­nile Fe­males (2km- 8- Laps): 1 Kylee Young (Madon­na Wheel­ers) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Shame­ka Hoyte (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport), 3 Rayann Shep­pard (Rigtech Son­ics)

Timymites Males (1km): 1 El­isha Greene Jr (Valkyries CC) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Adri­an Sanchez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al), 3 Adiosie Lewis (Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my)

Ju­ve­nile Male (2km): 1 Josi­ah Prince (Rigtech Son­ics) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Mau­rice Lopez (Valkyries), 3 Eli­jah James (Valkyries)

Mas­ter’s 40-49 (3km): 1 Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Roy­den Bac­chus (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport)

Mas­ter’s 50-59: (2km): 1 Roger Mal­co (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Ravi Maraj (Valkyries)

Mas­ter’s 60-69 (2km): 1 Michael Brown (Ari­ma Wheel­ers) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Pe­dro Castel­lano (Madon­na Wheel­ers), 3 Wayne Samuel (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al)

Mas­ters 70+ (2km): 1 Cyril Fook (Valkyries) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al)

Tinymites Fe­males: 1 Meli­na Lopez (Valkyries) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Christa-Marie Julien (Madon­na Wheel­ers), 3 Tyra Titte (Rigtech Son­ics)

Ju­ve­nile Fe­males: 1 Shame­ka Hoyte (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Rayann Shep­pard (Rigtech Son­ics), 3 Kylee Young (Madon­na Wheel­ers)

Tinymites Male: 1 El­isha Greene Jr (Valkyries) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Adiosie Lewis (Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my), 3 Adri­an Sanchez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al)

Ju­ve­nile Males: 1 Kafele Des­ormeaux (Team DPS) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Cris­t­ian Nel­son (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport), 3 Mau­rice Lopez (Valkyries)

Mas­ter’s 40-49: 1 Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Roy­den Bac­chus (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport)

Mas­ter’s 50-59: 1 Roger Mal­co (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Ravi Maraj (Valkyries)

Mas­ter’s 60-69: 1 Joel Brown (Ari­ma Wheel­ers) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Wayne Samuel (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al), 3 Pe­dro Castel­lano (Madon­na Wheel­ers)

Mas­ters 70+: 1 Cyril Fook (Valkyries) Na­tion­al Cham­pi­on, 2 Ear­le Gon­za­les (Madon­na Wheel­ers), 3 Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al)

Tinymites Fe­males (750km): 1 Meli­na Lopez (Valkyries) 1:01.02, 2 Christa-Marie Julien (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 1:15.77, 3 Tyra Titte (Rigtech Son­ics) 1:16.14

Ju­ve­nile Fe­males (2km): 1 Kylee Young (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 3:03.11, 2 Shame­ka Hoyte (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport) 3:04.32, 3 Rayann Shep­pard (Rigtech Son­ics) 3:05.46

Tinymites Males (1km): 1 El­isha Greene Jr (Valkyries) 1:14.32, 2 Adri­an Sanchez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 1:24.72, 3 Adiosie Lewis (Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my) 1:29.27

Ju­ve­nile Males: 1 Josi­ah Prince (Rigtech Son­ics) 2:44.45, 2 Mau­rice Lopez (Valkyries) 2:45.32, 3 Eli­jah James (Valkyries) 2:46.39

Mas­ter’s 40-49 (3km): 1 Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 3:50.38, 2 Roy­den Bac­chus (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) 4:46.17

Mas­ter’s 50-59 (2km): 1 Roger Mal­co (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) 2:47.86, 2 Ravi Maraj (Valkyries) 2:57.78

Mas­ter’s 60-69 (2km): 1 Micheal Brown (Ari­ma Wheel­ers) 3:05.65, 2 Pe­dro Castel­lano (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 3:10.62, 3 Wayne Samuel (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 3:27.39

Mas­ters 70+ (2km): 1 Cyril Fook (Valkyries) 3:00.57, 3 Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 3:06.74

Tinymites Fe­male (500m): 1 Meli­na Lopez (Valkyries) 39.83, 2 Christa-Marie Julien (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 47.69, 3 Tyra Titte (Rigtech Son­ics) 48.47

Ju­ve­nile Fe­male (500m): 1 Shame­ka Hoyte (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport) 39.81, 2 Rayann Shep­pard (Rigtech Son­ics) 40.51, 3 Kylee Young (Madon­na Wheel­ers)

Tinymites Male (500m): 1 El­isha Greene Jr. (Valkyries) 36.38, 2 Adiosie Lewis (Evo­lu­tion Cy­cling Acad­e­my) 39.19, 3 Adri­an Sanchez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 41.33

Ju­ve­nile Males (500m): 1 Kafele Des­ormeaux (Team DPS) 33.82, 2 Cris­t­ian Nel­son (Va­por Wake Mul­ti-Sport) 34.20, 3 Mau­rice Lopez (Valkyries) 34.63

Mas­ters 50-59 (500m): 1 Roger Mal­co (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) 38.52, 2 Ravi Maraj (Valkyries) 43.26

Mas­ters 60-69 (500m): 1 Joel Brown (Ari­ma Wheel­ers) 39.99, 2 Wayne Samuel (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 40.82, 3 Pe­dro Castel­lano (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 41.70

Mas­ters 70+ (500m): 1 Cyril Fook (Valkyries) 39.21, 2 Ear­le Gon­za­les (Madon­na Wheel­ers) 43.67, 3 Pe­ter Her­nan­dez (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al)

Mas­ters 40-49 (750m): 1 Shel­don Ramjit (Hum­ming­birds In­ter­na­tion­al) 54.84, 2 Roy­den Bac­chus (Raiders Cy­cle & Mul­ti-Sport) 1:00.70


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