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Alise Post

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St Cloud, MN

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Last Login: Jan 3, 2009 02:52 PM

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I race BMX and I am the current ABA Women's Pro National Champion. I am a 4-time Amateur National Champion. I am the '07 UCI World Champion. I'm gonna train real hard and go for the gold in the 2012 Olympics in London. "Hailing from small town, middle America (St Cloud, Minnesota to be exact), Alise Post is the most successful female BMX racer to ever swing her leg over a bike. Alise started racing BMX at the age of 6 and immediately fell in love with the sport. Her older brother Nick was an avid racer and pushed to get her started in the sport. After a few practice sessions, Alise entered her first race and won, and the rest, as they say, is history. Her love of racing pushed her to win her first Girls Overall National Championship at the age of 10, beating out thousands of other girls for the title. Just to make sure no one thought it was a fluke, Alise repeated the feat three more times. Alise finished up her amateur career with well over 100 National victories and numerous Local, State, Regional and World Championship titles. Needing a new challenge, and despite the season being well under way, Alise decided to make the jump to the pro ranks mid-season in 2006. She turned 15 three months prior, the minimum age to enter the Pro category. After taking two thirds in her first two races, it didnt take her long to win her first race, finding the top of the podium in just her third try. Alise finished up with 5 wins for the season, enough to earn her the Women's Pro National Championship in her rookie year. At 15 years of age, Alise is the youngest to ever win the Pro Championship. And, the icing on the cake, Alise was also voted "Rookie Pro of the Year" (an honor that had been exclusively reserved for males) by the readers of BMX'er Magazine. So far in 2007, Alise already looks to be the odds-on favorite to repeat as the National Champion, making her only the third Woman to win it in back-to-back years. But, Alise has loftier goals. BMX will make it's debut at the Beijing, China Olympic Games in 2008, and despite the fact that she is the best female BMX racer the US has to offer, she will not be invited to attend this race. Alise misses the 19-years-of-age cutoff by about a year. So she will have to wait until 2012 - 5 years to train and focus on Olympic Gold. She will be 21 then, just coming into her prime. She will have the advantage, unlike the riders who will debut in Beijing, of knowing exactly what she is getting into. Expect, as usual, Alise to make the most of her opportunities. Away from the track, Alise excels at just about everything she tries. An all-star in gymnastics and track as well, Alise has already caught the eyes of several Division 1 colleges while still a high school sophomore. She finds the time between all of her extra-curricular activities to maintain a straight A report card. At 16, she is smart with a great humor and sensibilty about her. She is confidence personified, without the conceit that you might expect from someone who has achieved so much so soon. Alise knows what it takes to succeed, her drive and work ethic are unparalleled. She is the total package - smart, good natured, outgoing, attractive, and, above all, a champion."

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Thu, 27 Dec 2007 - Posted at 11:40:13 AM

First off, MERRY CHRISTMAS everybody! hope you are enjoying your holidays as much as I am! the school break was definitely needed. But now here I am out in Columbus, Ohio for the annual Christmas Classic. Lots of the pros are here but most of which are in Elite so I am not so sure if I will have a Jr Elite Womens class or not.. maybe i'll get to race with the big girls again =) Anyways, the track isn't the best track I have ever raced on but everybody's gotta ride the same thing so I'm not going o complain. Tom Ritz the track builder got shorted about 200 truckloads of dirt compared to other years so, he did what he could I guess. Right now the President's Cup is going on and then we'll have a one hour practice right after and then the UCI racing action starts tonight. We then have another one tomorrow night.

Getting here was quite a hassle on my end, I didn't know how I was gettin here unil a few hours before I was supposedly leaving on Christmas Day. I was going to drive down with some Minnesota buddies but I didn't really feel like leaving Christmas Day or having to stay through all the races all weekend when I ould be done friday night, so my parents checked in to flights and here I am. I have only been here one other time, about two years ago, and it's exactly the same. The whole complex is pretty cool, there's a bunch of hotels and restaurants all connected through skyways and stuff to the convention center so you don't EVER have to go outside if you don't want to. So it's prety nifty, but anyways, I just woke up a little bit ago (thanks to UCI races being at night...yesss) and would like to go grab a bite to eat and watch a few races.