-Rachelle Smith WA Elite Women
-Matthew Juster NT Elite Men
-Tristyn Kronk QLD Elite Men
-Dion Bromley QLD Junior Women
-Blake Moore NSW Elite Men
-Sara Jones QLD Junior Women
-Shane Rosa SA Elite Men
-Saya Sakakibara NSW Junior Women
-Kai Sakakibara NSW Elite Men
-Tyler-Lea Thorley QLD Junior Women
-Brandon Te Hiko VIC Elite Men
-Iesha Anderson VIC 16 Girls
-Joshua Boyton QLD Junior Men
-Shelby Green QLD 16 Girls
-Jye Hombsch QLD Junior Men
-Mikayla Rose ACT 16 Girls
-Andrew Hughes NSW Junior Men
-Joshua McLean VIC Junior Men
-Felicia Thomas ACT 15 Girls
-Matthew White VIC Junior Men
-Ashlee Miller NSW 15 Girls
-Lorsyn Affoo QLD 15 Girls
-Riley Carter WA 16 Boys
-Izaac Kennedy QLD 16 Boys
-Des'Ree Barnes QLD 14 Girls
-Nathaniel Rodway NSW 16 Boys
-Phoebe Wallen VIC 14 Girls
-Declan Jaehne NSW 15 Boys
-Ethan Partridge VIC 15 Boys
-Cooper Tye SA 15 Boys
-Kirk Cleaven NSW 14 Boys
-Oliver Moran NSW 14 Boys
The BMX Australia High Performance Program (HPP) is an Australian Sports Commission funded International Podium Program designed to work with senior elite male and female Australian athletes identified as being podium or podium potential athletes to prepare them for national representation and continued podium success at international events.
The main aim of the program is to provide the best possible training environment, support services and competition opportunities to ensure that maximum participation spots are secured for the nation when qualifying for the Olympic Games and UCI BMX World Championships as well as ensuring medal winning performances.
National BMX Head Coach Wade Bootes echoed these key objectives, before emphasising the importance of identifying athletes that are capable of helping to achieve them.
"The five (5) 2016 HPP athletes have demonstrated that they are capable of medal winning performances during their 2015 UCI SX World Cup and World Championship events,” Bootes said.
“The HPU will continue to inspire these athletes, as like all our BMX athletes, to be at their best potential during the 2016 UCI SX season.
“The HPP vision is to be the dominant Nation in the world for Elite BMX SX."?
The BMX Australia Development Academy has been designed to assist athletes and coaches develop to their full potential and meet the needs of National and World Championship competition and to underpin and provide ready athletes for the elite BMX Australia High Performance Program.
The BMX Australia Development Academy provides riders competing in 14 years through to Elite for men and women, and coaches, with a clear National Athlete Pathway for BMX that is linked directly with the BMX Australia High Performance Program providing improved continuity and communication.
A number of performance camps will be conducted throughout the year designed to monitor a rider’s progress as well as providing support and direction as they develop along the National Athlete pathway.
Development Academy coach Luke Madill spoke of the critical role the academy plays in the development of world class riders into the future.
“The academy provides a great foundation for the athletes, because from 14 years and up they can start to think about their future and how seriously they want to take the sport,” Madill said.
“The aim is to provide a pathway that helps guide the athletes throughout their BMX careers.
“Ultimately the academy plays a significant role in setting them up for the next level, and with the Olympics in the picture now things always need to planned four years in advance.
“Hopefully within this next batch of academy riders there will be some athletes that could represent Australia at the Olympics in Tokyo.”