Golden haul for McCulloch in Adelaide

Sydney's Kaarle McCulloch set a 500m time trial Championship record andpersonal best time to win her fourth gold medal of the week at theAustralian Track Championships at Adelaide's Super-Drome.

The22 year old posted a time of 34.208 seconds to clip three tenths of asecond off the previous mark of 34.5423sec set by Anna Meares at theChampionships in 2007.

The time also shaved three hundredthsof a second of McCulloch's personal best. It's the second Championshiprecord for McCulloch who qualified fastest in the sprint in a recordtime over the flying 200m distance.

McCulloch also leaves Adelaide with the sprint, keirin and team sprint titles.

"ConsideringI trained yesterday as well I've had seven days straight on the trackand my legs were a little tired this morning so to come out and do apersonal best and a Championship record is very satisfying," saidMcCulloch.

"I was a bit surprised actually as I wasn'texpecting too much out of my legs based on my form in Beijing so tocome out and do PB's in both timed events has really given meconfidence."

In the men's kilometre time trial Victorian JoelLeonard was the only rider to crack 1min03sec posting a time of1min02.900sec to win the gold medal.

South Australia's JamesGlasspool claimed silver in 1min03.488sec and Woollongong's Scott Law,who last night won the scratch race, clocked 1min04.246sec to finish inthird place.

"I was looking to do a good time somewhere in the1.02's and I did a high 1.02 but it got me a gold medal," said Leonardwho won the same event in 2008. "I had a reasonable year this year butto step up after a few injuries and come home with the title is great.

"It's also nice to come out and win today after missing a medal last night in a reasonably rough keirin."

Theomnium competition, in which riders must contest five events for themedal, delivered some exciting action in the final day of competition.

First year senior rider, Michael Hepburn, upstaged local hero Jack Bobridge to win the men's omnium by a one point margin.

Hepburnwon the 5km scratch race and 3km pursuit and was second in the 15kmpoints race. He was third in both the flying 200m and kilometre timetrial to finish on 10 points.

Bobridge meantime won the points race and was second in every other event except the flying 200m where he placed fourth.

"I'mover the moon with this win," said Hepburn. I've been feeling a littleflat the last couple of weeks and I sat out the scratch race last nightto focus on this omnium."

The bronze medal was won by Woollongong rider Scott Law who finished on 18 points.

Inthe women's omnium, riders contested five events (500m time trial,flying 200m time trial, 5km scratch race, 2km pursuit and 10km pointsrace) and it was Sydney's Ashlee Ankudinoff who ended the event withthe lowest cumulative points total of 11 to defeat reigning WorldChampion Josephine Tomic from West Australia who amassed 14 points.

Ankudinoffwon the 200m, 500m and pursuit and was second in the scratch race. Shedropped to sixth in the points race but her lead was enough to securethe gold medal. WA's Sarah Kent claimed the bronze medal with 19points.

"I went into the points race knowing I had to finishno more than four places behind Josie to secure it and my plan was justto stick with her," said Ankudinoff who was the silver medallist in2009.

"She went in an early break and I had to close it but doing the 2min22 in the pursuit set me up with a buffer which was good.