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Success Stories
With over 30 years of coaching experience, Houshang and the cycling centre have seen a lot of athletes come through our doors and achieve high levels of success during their time with us. Read on to learn about some of our alumni and past successes….
Athletes training with the Pacific Cycling Centre have over 100 National Championship medals between them and range from provincial elite to Olympic competitors. To learn more about the dedicated athletes who are a part of the Pacific Cycling Centre please click on one of the profiles below:
Svein Tuft - OLYMPIAN
Discipline: Road and Track
A member of the Canadian National team since 2001, Svein competed in his first cycling road race at the 1999 BC Provincial Championships. In 2008 he competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, placed second in the time… more >
Erinne Willock - OLYMPIAN
Discipline: Road
A member of the Canadian National team since 1999, Erinne was introduced cycling by her father (1984 Olympian Martin Willock) and was a member of the Victoria High School Cycling League from age 14. Her consistent… more >
Max Plaxton
Discipline: Mountain Bike
A member of the Canadian National team since 2002, Max is a former U23 World Championships Bronze Medalist and recently took home his first National Series win at the Colorado Springs round of the US Pro Cross Country.… more >
Devon Smibert - OLYMPIAN
Discipline: Road and Track
A member of the Canadian National team since 2007, Devon also works full time as an information assurance analyst and part time in the Canadian Forces Army Primary reserves as an Armoured Reconnaissance officer holding… more >
Brian Cowie - OLYMPIAN
Discipline: Road and Track
A member of the Canadian National team since 1998, Brian is currently ranked # 1 in the Para World Cup standings. In 2008 he headed to his third consecutive Paralympic Games with his pilot Devon Smibert and says… more >
Current Athletes
Annie Ewart
- RoadA rising star in Canadian cycling, a member of the British Columbia Cycling Team, and the Junior National Cycling Program, Annie has been cycling competitively since 2007 (Cat 2). She has recorded some impressive… more >
Chris Hillier
- RoadChris first started cycling as a means for crosstraining for rowing, but then moved into racing mountain bikes as an 18 year old, racing one year as a Junior in the United States. When he moved to Victoria for… more >
Melanie McQuaid
- XTERRAMelanie McQuaid is the first person to have won the XTERRA Triathlon World Championships three times. Along with three World Championships titles, Melanie has three second place performances at the World Championships,… more >
Victor Pwu
- Road - M1 CategoryI competed in Cat 2 in the 1990s and 2010 marked my comeback year to competitive cycling. It's been a fun journey so far and I feel that I have regained the fitness level that I used to have when I was in my 20s. I love… more >
Spencer Smitheman
- Road, Track and Cyclo-CrossI started cycling as cross-training for downhill ski racing when I was younger and that quickly led to my first mountain bike race. From there I tried every discipline of cycling, but focused seriously on road and track… more >
Nicole Vogler
- RoadNik, who recently joined us from Alberta, is already showing her strength in the women's field. more >
Alumni
Ryan Arbuckle - World championship medalist, multi national champion, para-track
Geoff Argue - Provincial champion
Roger Bing-Wo - Master athlete
Kiara Bisaro - OLYMPIAN - MTB world championship team relay medalist, national champion
Keith Breneau - Multi national champion, track
Christina Briante - Provincial champion
Rob Britton - As a strong time trialer and all-around cyclist, Rob has used his diversity to win the BC Cup and several big US races.
Dave Brooks - At 21 Dave Brooks has been cycling for 8 years and is currently a member of Trek/Red Trucks racing team.
Murray Carter - National champion
Travis Chater - National champion, triathlon
Adam Coats - MTB world championship team relay medalist
Ian Condron - Multi national champion, track
Gene Della Siega - National medalist, para
Erica Drew - National champion
Penny Durant - Master athlete
Charles Durant - Master athlete
Mark Emery - Master athlete
Mark Ernsting - Multi national champion, track and road, US collegiate champion
Sandy Espesth - OLYMPIAN - Pan Am and national champion
Cameron Evans - As a nine time National Champion, Cam has brought a lot of depth to the North American Cycling scene.
Cam Evans - Multinational champion
Brad Fairall - Provincial champion
Rob Good - Master athlete
Roalnd Green - OLYMPIAN - Two time MTB world champion, multi team relay world championship medalist
Ryder Hesjedal - OLYMPIAN - Multi world championship medalist
Andreas Hestler - OLYMPIAN - Multi national champion
Carter Hovey - National champion
Scott Ialiberte - National champion
Monon Jutras - OLYMPIAN - National champion medalist
Geoff Kabush - OLYMPIAN - MTB world championship team relay medalist
Jesse Keefer - Provincial champion
Neal Kindree - Pan Am, national champion
Andrew Kyle - Provincial champion
Roddi Loga - Multi provincial champion
Cory Long - National champion, road, winner of Tour of Korea
Breanna Loster - National champion
Brendan MacInatosh - Provincial champion
Shawn Marsolais - National champion, para-track
Teran Martin - Medaltist at US national championship, track
Dan McDonald - Provincial champion
Seamus McGrath - A two-time Olympian, Seamus has been a consistent member of the National Team, medaling twice in the Commonwealth Games
Cameron McKnight - National and provincial medalist
Derek McMaster - Provincial champion
Ryan McNarama - National champion
Christion Meier - Multi national champion
Jay Murreay - Provincial champion
Andrew Nichol - National champion, track
Matthew O'Hagan -
Linda Pellican - Provincial champion
Andrew Pinfold - Sport Canada carded athlete
Rosemary Pritchard - Master athlete
Chrissy Redden - OLYMPIAN -
Nick Row - Multi national champion, track and road
Murray Salem - OLYMPIAN - Multi national champion
Matt Savage - National champion
Wendy Simms - Multi national champion
Trish Sinclair - National team athlete
Jamie Sparling -
Jeffrey Sparling - National champion, track
Nicola Starko - Provincial champion
Alison Sydor - OLYMPIAN - Multi MTB world champion and Olympic medalist
Lisa Tasa - National champion, track
Lesley Tomlinson - OLYMPIAN - MTB world cup medalist, national champion
Tyler Trace - The sprinter of our development riders, Tyler has become the man to watch in the BC Cup mass finishes.
Dave Vunic - World army champion
Sam Whillingham - World fastest cyclist (reached a speedof 132.5 km/h in last 200m,) multi national champion
Alexandra Wrubeski - OLYMPIAN - Multi national champion
Tony Zaradias - Provincial champion
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