The sprinters had their chance to shine on the final day of action at the Track Cycling National Championships in Invercargill with Auckland's Ethan Mitchell and Dunedin's Katie Schofield proving their ability to burst out of the blocks, as they grabbed national titles in impressive fashion.
Mitchell recorded a world-class time of 17.610 to secure the title, however it was a stunning show by the whole BikeNZ High Performance sprint squad as they lowered the national record four times.
Schofield was the fastest of the women sprinters in the 250m standing start, clocking a 19.594 to lower the national record in qualifying, then scorched the final to claim her maiden national title.
Natasha Hansen, who has been in stunning form, again showed her class with a convincing win in the women's keirin, while Keirin specialist Simon van Velthooven (Feilding) defended his 2011 national men's title.
The Waikato Bay of Plenty quartet of Sam Bewley, Scott Creighton, Peter Latham and Hayden McCormick blitzed the men's field in the team pursuit.
Aaron Gate (Auckland) was a worthy winner of the scratch race while Joanne Kiesanowski (Christchurch) continued her dominance in the mass-start events to add the women's 10km scratch race title to the points race title she won last night.
The team for this month's UCI World Cup in London, which is the official Olympic test event, will be named today.
