Rushlee Buchanan

Name: Rushlee Mae Buchanan
Date of Birth: 20/01/1988
Sport: Cycling
Club: Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club
School/Institution: St Peters School Cambridge

Current Achievements: SINCE JULY 2004:

July 2004

Junior Road Tour of Canberra , Canberra - Australia , Under 17 Girls , Gold. I was selected as a part of the New Zealand Junior Team to travel to Australia and compete in this tour. The tour involved four stages over 2 days. I held the Yellow Jersey for both days . The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Road Titles were run in conjunction with the tour. Along with being the over all winner I also won the ACT Under 17 girls Road Race Title and came 2nd in the ACT Criterium .

August 2004

New Zealand Individual Secondary Schools , Auckland , Under 17 Girls , 1st.

September 2004

New Zealand Secondary Schools , Fielding , Under 17 Girls , 1st.
Member of the Under 17 Girls Oceania Development Camp , held in Palmerton North.

October 2004

New Zealand Road Nationals , Hokitika , Time Trial , Under 17 Girls , 1st.
New Zealand Road Nationals , Hokitika , Road Race , Under 17 Girls , 3rd.

December 2004

Oceania Track Championships , Melbourne , Individual Pursuit ,Under 19 Girls ,  4th.

January 2005

Youth Olympics, Sydney Australia , Individual Pursuit , Under 19 Girls , Bronze.

February 2005

Bev May Women’s Tour , Morrinsville , Open Women , Overall Winner of B Grade along with Sprint Ace and Queen of the Mountains. My overall time would have placed me in the top 10 of A Grade. Throughout the two day tour I was the only B Grade (and Under 19 rider) who managed to stay with and contest positions in the top 8 of A Grade.

March 2005

New Zealand Track Nationals , Mosgiel , Under 19 Women , Individual Pursuit , 1st.
New Zealand Track Nationals , Mosigel , Elite Women , Points race , 4th.

From the New Zealand Track Nationals which were held in March , I was selected to represent New Zealand at the Junior Track Worlds , in Vienna , Austria in August.

Along with this I hope to be selected for the Junior Road Worlds as well. The selection race for this will take place in Te Awamutu at the TA3DAY tour from the 22nd to 24th April.