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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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 - Posted at 12:05:54 AM alright. so i forgot to post for a while but i was basically super nervous coming in to this race. I didn't do the best at Disney and I didn't want a repeat this weekend. With gymnastics season getting started and everything I felt like I was in really good shape coming in and my skills were feeling alright too. Practice came around on Turkey Day and everything went pretty well...one of the best grands tracks so far..maybe even THE best. They switched some stuff up, put the starting hill in a different spot than usual and made a better attempt at building a "lippy" track, so it's good. Now, today rolled around and it was the Pro Spectacular/NAG 5 Challenge tonight. This is where all the best of the best ameteurs get to race, and the pro's get to put on a little show. I was kind of nervous considering qualifying was EARLY in the morning and then we had to wait ALL day for our main event to roll around and go cold turkey. Plus, I never even got to race Mariana (Yes, she did end up coming). But in the end, it worked out and I came out on top with the win and the holeshot award (First person in to the first turn). It sure as heck wasn't easy though, it was some good racing so I was pretty pumped on it all, and it really gave me a big confidence boost going in to the grands. Now I'm just hoping it'll all work out on Sunday too. The AA pros had some good racing action also, Kyle Bennett coming out on top of the pack AGAIN. I believe he's in the mix for the title now too since Danny Caluaug didn't do too hot tonight...That's going to be a good race. DR Donny Robinson and Joey Bradford were looking good but the main didn't go their way and both had a bit of a rough lap, but they will DEFIINITELY be in the mix for the rest of the weekend. In A Pro, THE ROCK Travis Ohrazda made his pro debut and came out with the victory...Congrats! And last but certainly not least, the AM's. They were all duking it out tonight and it was fun to watch. Some of the favorites didn't make it in due to crashes, but the mains were still STACKED. The gals ended up having a big crash right on the first jump but the defending National #1 Girl Shelbi Long came out on top. The People's Champ, Denzel Stein took home the victory on the guys side of things, but huge props to some of those young guns from the 15x class that made it in that main event...that's a big accomplishment (Tory Nyhaug and Conner Fields). Would have been nice to see how GO211 rider Lee Lewis would have finished up in that main too if he hadn't had some issues out of the gate. But hey, I guess we've still got a whole weekend ahead of us, so stay tuned and check out the live feed of the ABA grands, and I'll keep ya updated! WISH ME LUCK! ~alise |
