Team Ontario – U17/U19 Canadian Track Championships Selection Criteria
The 2025 Canadian Cadet/Junior Track National Championship will be taking place in Milton, Ontario from April 4-6, 2025. Ontario Cycling will focus on the team events (Team Pursuit/Team Sprint) for the 2025 Championships. This will involve a composite team approach through the selection of Ontario’s strongest athletes. For all individual events and Madison, athletes will compete with their respective club/trade team.
Selection Criteria
Overview
The 2025 Canadian Cadet/Junior Track National Championship will be taking place in Milton, Ontario from April 4-6, 2025. Ontario Cycling will focus on the team events (Team Pursuit/Team Sprint) for the 2025 Championships. This will involve a composite team approach through the selection of Ontario’s strongest athletes. For all individual events and Madison, athletes will compete with their respective club/trade team.
Off-bike workshops and training will be incorporated into the camp which will create an immersive high performance training environment where athletes are expected to bring a professional approach to on and off-bike training sessions.
Expression of Interest
Athletes must complete an expression of interest before Sunday, February 8th at 5pm for consideration into the athlete pool. Only riders who have applied for Team Ontario will have access to OC track time (for team practice).
Requirements
- Must be eligible for the Cadet or Junior categories at the 2025 Track Nationals and possess a valid 2025 UCI Canadian License (Track) issued by Ontario Cycling. [Athletes selected to the team must hold Canadian Citizenship]
- Must be Track Certified at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre
- Athletes that are selected will be expected to attend qualifying events and training sessions listed below. Any exceptions will need to be discussed and approved by Coaching staff.
- Must be a positive contributor and respectful of athletes, coaches and support staff
- Must complete NCCP Safe Sport Module
Application and Selection Criteria
Key Dates (all events take place in Milton) | Feb 28–March 2: 2025 Ontario Provincial Track Championship March 4: Announcement of athletes selected to participate in team event training March 10-14: Teams of Ontario Camp – (Team event training, details TBA) March 18: Announcement of Final Team selections March 22: Training date March 29: Training date April 4 – April 6: 2025 Canadian Cadet/Junior National Track Championships
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Estimated Cost
| · ~$200 (includes March Break training and Team Ontario kit) |
Application | Athletes are required to complete the online application by Sunday February 8th at 5pm APPLICATION |
Team Composition | · Team Pursuit will have a maximum of 5 athletes* · Team Sprint will have a maximum of 4 athletes*
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Provincial Time Standards | · Please see Appendix A |
Selection to Attend March Break Training Camp [in priority order] | Junior Men/Women 1. Member of Team Canada at 2024 Junior World Track Championships 2. Meets Provincial Team time standard at 2024 OCup#1 (Kilo), 2025 O-Cup#2 (Flying 200m, 3000m IP) or 2025 Ontario Track Championships 3. Meets Pool time standard at 2024 OCup#1 (Kilo), 2025 O-Cup#2 (Flying 200m, 3000m IP) or 2025 Ontario Track Championships – Milton Cadet Men/Women 1. Meets Provincial Team time standard at 2024 OCup#1 (500m), 2025 O-Cup#2 (Flying 200m, 2000m IP) or 2025 Ontario Track Championships – Milton 2. Meets Pool time standard at 2024 OCup#1 (500m), 2025 O-Cup#2 (Flying 200m, 2000m IP) or 2025 Ontario Track Championships – Milton Additional Consideration If we do not have enough riders making the provincial standard to form a team, riders making the pool standard with a time of 106% of the Provincial time standard may be invited in order to form a team. This will be considered along with demonstrated experience and technical ability in Team Pursuit/Sprint and previous participation in OC Track Camps during the season. |
Final Team Selection | Final team selections will be determined through athlete/team assessments during the March Camp [with goal of establishing the fastest composition of athletes]. Coaches will be evaluating: a) Technical ability including exchanges, holding aero-positioning, and standing starts b) Team tactics and coachability: Being able to adhere to scheduled pace, awareness of positioning and laps |
Appeals |
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Appendix A
Time standards were established by taking the top 5 IP times at track nationals over the last 5 years and averaging them. To align with Cycling Canada practices, we have allowed a variance of 103% of the average time to get riders into to pool for Team Ontario. If we do not have enough riders making the provincial standard to form a team, riders making the pool standard with a time of 106% of the Provincial time standard may be invited in order to form a team.
Jr. Women time standards are based on the average speed of the previous time standards for 2K IPs. For the sprint, we will use the athletes first 500m time for the kilo and use the data we currently have for that distance.
Junior Men | Provincial Standard | Pool Standard |
3Km IP | 3:28.72 | 3:34.797 |
Kilo | 1:07.59 | 1:09.55 |
Flying 200 | 11.28 | 11.61 |
Junior Women | Provincial Standard | Pool Standard |
3Km IP | 3:52.78 | 3:59.56 |
Kilo (first 500m time) | 39.59 | 41.75 |
Flying 200 | 13.12 | 13.50 |
Cadet Men | Provincial Standard | Pool Standard |
2Km IP | 2:28.20 | 2:32.52 |
500TT | 36.96 | 38.04 |
Flying 200 | 12.17 | 12.52 |
Cadet Women | Provincial Standard | Pool Standard |
2Km IP | 2:44.56 | 2:49.35 |
500TT | 41.31 | 42.51 |
Flying 200 | 13.78 | 14.18 |
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