Cycling: Two more silvers for NZ

New Zealand added two more silver medals to its collection on the second night of finals at the UCI Junior Track World Championships at Stadium Southland Velodrome in Invercargill last night.

Dylan Kennett of Waimate broke the New Zealand junior record in the Kilo time trial and became just the fifth New Zealander to go under the 1:03 mark over the 1000m distance when he clocked 1:02:957. But he was beaten in second place by Australian Zachary Shaw.

"I'm really happy with my effort but obviously gutted not to take it out. I thought the time I'd set would take it out, I think most of us did, but typical of an Aussie, he pulled out a huge performance and got the win," said Kennett.

"I was aiming for sub 1:03 time and a New Zealand record is definitely something great to take away, but I take the attitude of winning's everything."

Olympian Eddie Dawkins is the only New Zealand junior to have gone faster, when he won the silver medal at the junior worlds in Mexico, but national records must be set at home.

In the 80 lap women's points race, 18-year-old Sophie Williamson of Alexandra fought a tight battle with four-time world champion Taylah Jennings of Australia to secure New Zealand's fifth silver medal of the championships.

"Taylah played it to her strengths by waiting for the sprints. I tried to make it a harder race by attacking but nobody else seemed to want to help me. They all seemed pretty happy to let Taylah roll in on the sprints, but I tried my hardest and couldn't do any more," said Williamson.

She offered a series of gutsy attacks on the field of 11 riders, but was closely marshalled by the Australian at every turn and despite not winning an interval sprint, was in the points at all eight check points to be a deserved medallist.

A flurry of attacks from New Zealand cyclist Hamish Schreurs went largely unrewarded in the men's scratch race final as he missed the breakaway and faded to bunch finish in ninth place.

Earlier, Auckland's Paige Paterson advanced to the semifinals of the women's sprint after beating fellow Kiwi and roommate Kate Dunlevey from Southland 2-0 in the best of three quarter-final.

Paterson will go head to head with Caitlin Ward of Australia tonight for a place in the gold medal race. American Jennifer Valente and Daria Shmeleva of Russia will compete in the other semifinal.

Dunlevey finished the championships in sixth place, followed by her Cantabrian teammate Victoria Steel in seventh.

After three events of the six-leg men's omnium, Canterbury's Tayla Harrison is sitting in eighth place.

The championships continue until Sunday.

Day 2 results:

Men's scratch race (10km): Anton Muzychkin (BLR) 1, Jordan Parra Arias (COL) 2, Robert Gaineyev (KAZ) 3. Also: Hamish Schreurs (NZL) 9.

Women's sprint quarterfinal 1: Paige Paterson (NZL) bt Kate Dunlevey (NZL) 2-0, Jennifer Valente (USA) bt Lidia Pluzhnikova (RUS) 2-0, Daria Scheleva (RUS) bt Elis Ligtlee (NED) 2-0, Caitlin Ward (AUS) bt Victoria Steel (NZL) 2-0.

Fifth to seventh place: Pluzhnikova 5, Dunlevey 6, Steel 7.

Men's Kilometre Time Trial: Zachery Shaw (AUS) 1:02.303, 1; Dylan Kennett (NZL) 1:02.957, 2; Jakub Vyvoda (CZE) 1:03.906, 3.

Women's Points Race: Taylah Jennings (AUS) 37 points, 1; Sophie Williamson (NZL) 22, 2; Amy Roberts (GBR) 14, 3.

Men's omnium standings after three rounds: Fernando Gaviria Rendon (COL) 5, 1; Tirian McManus 13, 2; Vladyslav Kreminskyi (UKR) 14, 3.