Quin­cy Alexan­der, a mem­ber of T&T's team at the Ju­nior Pan Amer­i­can Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships in Mex­i­co, yes­ter­day, be­came this coun­try's youngest ever medal­list at the cham­pi­onships. The 15-year-old Alexan­der was a mem­ber of the team which won a bronze medal in the Team Sprint on the first day of the com­pe­ti­tion. Al­so on the team with Alexan­der, who pre­vi­ouly held the ju­nior na­tion­al record in the Match Sprint were 2008 Ju­nior Pan Amer­i­can sil­ver medal­list Njisane Phillip and Theri­eff Smart.

First place in the event went to Mex­i­co with Ven­zuela sec­ond.

Al­so in com­pe­ti­tion for T&T on the first day was Rudy Ash­ton, who placed fifth in the Scratch Race. Varun Ma­haraj al­so com­pet­ed, plac­ing sev­enth in the fi­nal In­di­vid­ual Pur­suit. To­day all three mem­bers of T&T's bronze-medal-win­ning team will par­tic­i­pate in the Match Sprint.