Female, St Cloud, MN 224 Last Login: Jan 3, 2009 02:52 PM | | 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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Sun, 13 Jul 2008 - Posted at 01:00:00 PM Belated happy 4th of July everybody! Last weekend i spent up north with family and friends camping and hanging out at some cabins at the lake and had a good time...except for the fact that i jammed my wrist fourwheeling, which was kind of scary considering I had a busy week ahead of me. After the holiday weekend was over, I headed to gymnastics camp on monday and spent the week there. The first few days I couldnt do much because of my wrist, but then by the third and fourth day I was doing full gymnastics and wasn't scared of my wrist hurting for the race weekend anymore. So on thursday afternoon i left gymnastics camp a day early to leave for the roseville national. I only had about a half hour to make sure I was ready to go once I got home so obviously with that kind of a rush, I was going to forget something....and that something happened to be my PHONE!!! I am a 17 year old girl and have felt LOST without that thing this weekend, but in a way its been nice because I haven't been distracted by anything. Anyways, I got in to the race at like 2am Friday morning and set up camp in the formula RV. First time staying at the track at a race and it hasnt been too bad, kind of fun actually. We grilled and did some team stuff which has been fun, and has kept me focused on racing. (oh and thnks to Jeff Glynn for letting me use his computer to update this thing...I am sitting at the track on the computer right now haha). Now, as for the racing. I felt really good in practice here and my first round on Saturday went really well. I had some serious pull down the second straight and it really boosted my confidence. I really need to double this weekend and I started the weekend out right yesterday with a WIN!! It wasn't easy though, Dominique definitely gave me a run for my money. I actually had to make a move in the second turn to pass her in our second main and ended up making some contact....surprised I didnt fall since she has like 60 lbs on me!!! haha it felt good when I made it stick though. Today we still have third round qualifying to go and then mains...so wish me luck!! I have to get going to go race right now but hopefully I will get this thing updated by tomorrow night when I get home so I can fill everybody in. Thanks for checkin up and check out the live webcast if ya wanna see me race ;) ~alise |
