The New Zealand Team will have a 19-strong cycling contingent to contest track cycling events at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The Scottish sporting city and aptly named Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome has been a happy hunting ground for Kiwi track cyclists who earned 11 medals at the 2014 edition of the Commonwealth Games.
It was also home to New Zealand’s most successful UCI Track World Championships three years ago when kiwi track riders amassed a record eight medals.
NZ Team cyclists selected for Glasgow 2026:
Sprint: Ellesse Andrews (Christchurch), Olivia King (Hamilton), Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu), Sam Dakin (Auckland)
Endurance: Marshall Erwood (Invercargill), Keegan Hornblow (Nelson), George Jackson (Wellington), Nick Kergozou (Invercargill), Daniel Morton (Auckland), Tom Sexton (Invercargill), Bryony Botha (Auckland), Samantha Donnelly (Christchurch), Prudence Fowler (Auckland), Emily Shearman (Palmerston North), Ally Wollaston (Auckland)
Para-cycling: Devon Briggs (Cambridge), Nicole Murray (Hamilton), Emma Foy (Dargaville) with pilot Jessie Hodges (Hamilton)
Both Ellesse Andrews and Bryony Botha have been strong performers on the track in recent years and return to the New Zealand Team with fond memories of the Commonwealth Games, having amassed seven medals between them.
Glasgow 2026 also marks the first combined New Zealand track cycling team with three Para-cyclists in the Waikato trio of Nicole Murray, Devon Briggs and Emma Foy with pilot Jessie Hodges.
The trio earned nine medals between them at the UCI Track World Championships last year, led by a gold medal for Briggs in the 10,000m, while Murray and Briggs collectively won seven medals at the UCI World Championships in Glasgow in 2023, where Murray won gold in the Omnium.
The Commonwealth Games remains an important building block for the Cycling New Zealand programme, as a quality, standalone international competition.
“We’re grateful Commonwealth Sport has kept the Games alive and it remains a key event for us as we look towards the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Summer Games,” said Cycling New Zealand High Performance Manager, Ryan Hollows.
“We have a strong team of proven performers and emerging talent focussed on strong execution.
“Additionally, our track teams train alongside our Para-cyclists and it will be a special experience to compete with them in Glasgow,” he said.
The track sprint team comprises Olympic triple medallist Ellesse Andrews, alongside team starter Rebecca Petch, recently returned after the birth of her son, and Paris 2024 reserve, Olivia King.
Sam Dakin, who has announced he will retire after Games, is the sole male sprinter.
The women’s endurance squad is led by New Zealand National road champion Ally Wollaston and fellow Paris 2024 medallists Bryony Botha and Emily Shearman.
They are joined by exciting newcomers Samantha Donnelly and Prudence Fowler, who have been key contributors over the past two years.
The men’s endurance pack is a strong and experienced group with Olympians Keegan Hornblow, Nick Kergozou, George Jackson and Tom Sexton joined by exciting newcomers Marshall Erwood and Daniel Morton.
New Zealand Olympic Committee CEO, Nicki Nicol, congratulated the 19-strong team selected to compete on the track in Glasgow.
“We have a proud history of success in cycling at the Commonwealth Games with an astounding 93 medals since the London 1934 British Empire Games,” said Nicol.
“We wish this group of athletes all the very best as they set their sights on Glasgow 2026 and know you’ll all wear the fern with pride and represent the country to the best of your ability,” said Nicol.
The team will complete their final preparations at a training camp in the UK ahead of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games starting on July 23.
Cycling Bios - Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Men’s Endurance
Marshall Erwood
After a friend suggested Marshall try out track cycling, he earned early success with New Zealand U19 titles in the Time Trial, Scratch Race and Elimination along with the Team Sprint and second place in the Senior Team Pursuit. He then went on to win the 2023 Oceania U19 title in the 1000m Time Trial and the Madison, along with selection to the Junior World Championships. Marshall earned success on the road including second after a puncture in the U19 Road Race Nationals. Earned success with the MitoQ NZ Cycling Project team in USA before returning to selection in the New Zealand elite team, with success last year in the Oceania Championships and the silver medal with the New Zealand Team Pursuit at the World Championships in Chile and wins in the World Cup Team Pursuit finals in Hong Kong and Malaysia in 2026. Glasgow 2026 will be Erwood’s first Commonwealth Games.
Keegan Hornblow
Keegan was introduced to road cycling from 12 years of age, but was encouraged to try the track, making the team for the Junior World Championships in 2019. With Covid restrictions, Hornblow moved focus to the road, joining Bolton Equities Black Spoke in 2022-23, with a stage win in the NZ Cycle Classic and podiums in the Oceania Time Trial, national U23 Time Trial among some solid performances.
He returned to the track, becoming a core rider in the New Zealand Elite Men’s Team Pursuit, including selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and the World Championship bronze medal in Chile in 2025. Glasgow 2026 will be Hornoblow’s first Commonwealth Games.
George Jackson
The Wellington rider emerged as an U17 prospect with much promise, selected for the New Zealand team for the Junior World Championships, joining Corbin Strong, Finn Fisher-Black and Bailey O’Donnell to win the gold medal in the Team Pursuit. After some strong performances on the track in New Zealand and the Oceania Championships, Jackson has enjoyed success on the road in USA and Asia with MitoQ-NZ Cycling Project and Bolton Equities Black Spoke teams, before following Aaron Gate to the UCI Pro Team Burgos Burpellet BH. He has continued his success on the track with national and Oceania titles, selection to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and a senior rider in the Team Pursuit and Madison. Glasgow 2026 will be Jackson’s second Commonwealth Games.
Nick Kergozou
Nick Kergozou, full name Nicholas Kergozou De La Boessiere, is better known as Kilo Kergy. The former Junior World Championships Team Pursuit medallist made his World Cup debut in 2015 and claimed Team Pursuit gold on home soil in Cambridge in 2018. A member of New Zealand’s Team Pursuit squads that won medals at the World Championships in 2017, 2023 and 2025, Kergozou is one of the country’s most versatile riders. He is a multiple national champion in the 1000m Time Trial and has broken the one-minute barrier in the event.
Equally accomplished on the road, Kergozou has ridden for St George Continental Cycling Team since 2022 and enjoyed success as a stage winner at both the Tour of Thailand and the Tour of Southland in 2025. Glasgow 2026 will be Kergozou’s third Commonwealth Games, having previously represented New Zealand at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022.
Daniel Morton
Daniel emerged as a promising road rider through the Pista Corsa team in Auckland and his Counties Manukau club. Gained road experience in Europe and enjoyed strong performances with a stage win in the Tour of Southland this year. He also impressed on the track as a rider for the future, earning selection for the endurance squad for the Nations Cups in Hong Kong and China in 2026. Glasgow 2026 will be Morton’s first Commonwealth Games.
Tom Sexton
Tom Sexton is another product from the Southland cycling programme, having won the gold medal in Team Pursuit and silver with Campbell Stewart in the Madison at the Junior Worlds in 2016. He moved to the High Performance Squad in 2017 with World Cup debut in California and was second in the Madison and third in the scratch in the Los Angeles World Cup. He won a bronze medal in the Scratch Race at the 2019 World Championships and has been an invaluable member of the High Performance Squad since.
He won gold in the Team Pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and silver behind Gate in the Individual Pursuit, and since the retirement of Regan Gough, he has been the specialist starter for the Team Pursuit. Sexton was a key member of the Bolton Equities Black Spoke squad in Europe, with stage wins in the Tour of Thailand and NZ Cycle Classic, where he won the green jersey in 2022. He won the Oceania Time Trial honours in 2023, and now rides for St George Continental team. Glasgow 2026 will be Sexton’s third Commonwealth Games.
Women’s Endurance
Bryony Botha
Aucklander Bryony Botha joined the Cycling NZ High Performance Programme in 2017, having already claimed Team Pursuit gold at the Junior World Championships in 2015. She has won three Commonwealth Games medals, earning Team Pursuit silver at both Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022, before claiming gold in the Individual Pursuit in Birmingham. Botha added an Olympic silver medal to her growing list of achievements at Paris 2024, helping New Zealand secure second place in the Team Pursuit. She has also won six medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, including two in the Team Pursuit, three in the Individual Pursuit and a bronze medal in the Points Race in 2025.
Since the Tokyo Olympics, Botha has flourished as an individual rider, breaking the New Zealand record in the Individual Pursuit. Following the extension of the event to 4000m in 2025, she set a new world record twice, lowering the mark to 4:30.72 before it was surpassed by Anna Morris. Botha's time remains the Oceania record. A talented road cyclist as well, Botha has remained largely New Zealand-based throughout her career, while also enjoying success internationally, including winning the USA Criterium Series in 2025. Glasgow 2026 will be Botha's third Commonwealth Games.
Samantha (Sami) Donnelly
Born into a cycling background, with her father a two-time Olympian, who won gold in the Team Pursuit at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. Became New Zealand U19 road champion in 2017, and a silver medal in the Team Pursuit at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in 2018 and 2019, and in 2023 won three medals in the Oceania Track championships. She moved into the international track squad winning the Team Pursuit at Nations Cups in Adelaide and Hong Kong and was a reserve in the team for Paris 2024.
She is part of the women’s Team Pursuit that won the World Cup Team Pursuit finals in both Hong Kong and Malaysia and claimed her first individual World Cup medal in April, winning bronze in the Omnium at the UCI Track World Cup in Malaysia. Glasgow 2026 will be Donnelly’s first Commonwealth Games.
Prudence (Prue) Fowler
The youngest member of the endurance squad, Fowler competed in a number of sports at college (including swimming, triathlon and rowing) before focussing on cycling. She had a stellar collegiate career, winning the U17 Time Trial and Road Race national titles in 2018 and 2019, as well as national honours on the track. Fowler continued to shine on and off the bike, competing in the 2020 and 2021 Junior Track World Championships. Fowler moved into the elite High Performance track squad in 2024, and won a bronze medal in the Scratch Race and silver in the Team Pursuit at the UCI World Championships in Chile in 2025.
Pursuing a post-college qualification, the AUT Bachelor of Business and Health Science student was awarded Sport Scholar of the Year at AUT for 2025. Glasgow 2026 will be Fowler’s first Commonwealth Games.
Emily Shearman
Emily Shearman emerged from Manawatū’s strong cycling community and quickly established herself as one of New Zealand’s most promising endurance riders. She represented New Zealand at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships, winning Team Pursuit silver in both Aigle in 2016 and Montichiari in 2017. She joined Cycling New Zealand’s High Performance programme as part of the Development Team Pursuit squad and competed in UCI Track World Cup campaigns in 2019 and 2020. Since then, Shearman has become a key member of New Zealand’s world-class women’s endurance programme, helping the Team Pursuit squad secure silver medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
At Paris 2024, Shearman was part of the quartet that delivered New Zealand’s historic Olympic silver medal in the Team Pursuit, continuing the programme’s success on the sport’s biggest stage. Glasgow 2026 will be Shearman’s second Commonwealth Games.
Ally Wollaston
Originally from Auckland and now based in Cambridge, Ally Wollaston has excelled on both the track and road throughout her career. As a junior, she claimed gold at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and won Team Pursuit silver medals in both 2018 and 2019. Wollaston has developed into one of New Zealand’s leading cyclists, earning Team Pursuit silver at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships before enjoying a breakthrough Olympic campaign at Paris 2024. There, she helped New Zealand secure silver in the Team Pursuit and produced a stunning ride in the Omnium to claim bronze, attacking late in the Points Race to secure her place on the podium and become a dual Olympic medallist.
Her success continued at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark, where she won a record three medals for New Zealand – gold in both the Elimination Race and Omnium, along with bronze in the Scratch Race. Equally accomplished on the road, Wollaston won New Zealand U23 road and Elite Criterium titles before claiming the elite road race and Time Trial double in 2026. She has since established herself on the European circuit with FDJ-SUEZ, collecting victories at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race on two occasions, overall titles at the Tour of Britain Women and Festival Elsy Jacobs, and six stage wins, including three at the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under.
Despite balancing the demands of elite road and track cycling, Wollaston also completed a law degree. Glasgow 2026 will be Wollaston’s first Commonwealth Games.
Women’s Sprint
Ellesse Andrews
Ellesse became the first New Zealand rider to win an individual gold medal in a Sprint discipline at a World Championship with victory in the Keirin at Glasgow in 2023, the event in which she earned the silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – again a first for New Zealand female sprinters. She won medals and titles in both Sprint and Endurance at the Junior World Championships, which earned her the Emerging Talent honours at the Halberg Awards. She moved her focus on Sprint, reaching fifth in the world in Keirin in her first full season of international competition – before making her spectacular Olympic debut in Tokyo, winning silver in the Keirin and breaking the national record on her way to the semifinals in Sprint. She won three gold medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, plus a silver in the Team Pursuit, filling in for an injured rider, and claimed the bronze in the Sprint at the Glasgow Worlds and silver in the same discipline at last year’s World Championships.
Ellesse made history in New Zealand Olympic sport at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first New Zealand rider to win gold medals in the Individual Sprint and Keirin and joined with Shaane Fulton and Rebecca Petch to claim silver in the Team Sprint. She was appointed Member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2025 King’s Birthday Honours for her services to cycling. Glasgow 2026 will be Ellesse’s third Commonwealth Games.
Olivia King
Young Waikato rider came through the development system since taking up cycling at nine years of age. Initially riding in Endurance, Olivia switched to Sprint cycling where she has made rapid gains, finishing in the top 10 in competition at the 2019 Junior Track World Championships. She was part of the Team Sprint at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games that won the gold medal in 2022, beating Canada in the final. She was the travelling reserve for the Sprint team, at Paris 2024, and became a regular in 2025-26 with Shaane Fulton injured and Rebecca Petch on maternity leave. Glasgow 2026 will be Olivia’s second Commonwealth Games.
Rebecca Petch
The Te Awamutu rider is a double Olympian, after reaching the semifinals in BMX Racing at Tokyo in 2021 and medalling in the Team Sprint on the track at Paris in 2024. Rebecca was a multi-national elite champion in BMX Racing, before her outstanding efforts at Tokyo 2020. She adapted quickly to track riding, where she has specialised as the starter in the Team Sprint. Rebecca broke the national record for the standing one-lap, and has achieved world-class times as the starter in the Women’s Sprint group that broke the national and Oceania records – setting the fastest one-lap time on way to the New Zealand Team winning the gold medal in the Team Sprint at Paris 2024.
Equally ambitious, Rebecca is returning to top level competition after giving birth to her first child. Glasgow 2026 will be Rebecca’s second Commonwealth Games.
Male Sprint
Sam Dakin
Sam Dakin joined the Team Sprint group following the retirement of Eddie Dawkins, via Cycling New Zealand’s Performance Hub development system. He is currently national Keirin and Sprint champion. After winning bronze in the Team Sprint at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Dakin competed at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, before showing his maturity at the Paris Games in 2024, where he smashed the national record in Sprint qualifying, and qualified for the final of the Keirin, finishing seventh.
Sam completed his Bachelor in Business Analysis (Finance) from Waikato and a Post Graduate Diploma in Innovation and entrepreneurship online through Harvard University. Glasgow 2026 will be Sam’s second Commonwealth Games.
Para-Cycling
Devon Briggs
Born with Bilateral Talipes (club feet) Devon tried many sports before venturing down to the Grassroots Trust Velodrome, and was hooked. He competed in his first Para-cycling Track World Championship in 2022, finishing with the silver in the C4 1000m Time Trial and the Omnium – ahead of a three-time Paralympic champion. He won four bronze medals at the worlds in 2023 and his first world title at Rio in 2023 in the C3 Time Trial, with a world record time, as well as two silver medals. But he suffered a training accident prior to the Paris Paralympic Games – still managing fifth in the Time Trial.
Returning fit and healthy in 2025, Devon won the gold in the C3 Scratch Race and silver medals in the Sprint and Time Trial in Rio. Glasgow 2026 will be Devon’s first Commonwealth Games.
Nicole Murray
Nicole has been a world-class medal-winner on both the road and the track throughout her accomplished career. She lost her hand in an accident at age five, but quickly did not let that stop her enjoying a range of sport – making the 1st XI team at soccer at Hamilton GHS.
She tried cycling for the first time in 2015 and was hooked, winning a silver in the Individual Pursuit in her first world championships in 2018. She placed sixth on the track and road in her Paralympic debut in Japan in 2020, but made significant improvements to become a double world champion in the Scratch Race and Omnium plus bronze in the Individual Pursuit at the 2022 Track Worlds in Paris. She bagged three medals at the worlds in Glasgow in 2023 with a gold in the Omnium – and was rewarded with Best Summer Female Athlete at the annual global Para Sport Awards.
Nicole scored another world record in the Track Elimination race along with silver medals in the Omnium and Pursuit and bronze medals in the Time Trial and Track. She has two New Zealand records in winning bronze in the Individual Pursuit on the track at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Nicole won four further World Championship medals in 2025 – one on the road in Belgium and three on the track in Rio, to set her up for an exciting return to Glasgow in 2026.
Emma Foy
Vision-impaired cyclist Emma Foy found her way into Para-cycling almost by chance. After trying both karate and athletics, she was attending a spin class in Auckland when a client suggested she give the sport a go, leading her to join the High Performance programme in 2013. A psychology graduate, Foy quickly found success on the international stage, winning World Championship bronze in the Time Trial with pilot Gabrielle Vermunt in 2013. Partnering with Southland cyclist Laura Thompson the following year, the pair claimed World Championship gold and a world record in the Time Trial before adding further world titles and medals, including Paralympic silver in the Tandem Individual Pursuit and bronze in the Road Race at Rio 2016.
With pilot Hannah van Kampen, Foy added back-to-back World Championship titles in the Individual Pursuit in 2019 and 2020 before stepping away from the sport. Four years later, she made a remarkable return alongside Paris 2024 Olympian Jessie Hodges. The pair announced themselves as an exciting new combination by winning silver medals in both the Tandem Individual Pursuit and Tandem Time Trial at the 2025 World Championships in Rio. Glasgow 2026 will be Foy’s first Commonwealth Games.
Jessie Hodges (pilot for Emma Foy)
Jessie Hodges turned to cycling as part of her recovery from a serious injury that ended a promising netball career. Her transition to the sport was rapid, winning the Omnium title at her first New Zealand Track Championships.
After making her international debut in 2017–18, Hodges enjoyed a breakthrough first full season on the world stage, collecting four UCI Track World Cup medals. Her performances earned selection in New Zealand’s two-rider Madison team when the event was reintroduced to the Olympic programme for Tokyo 2020, while she also served as a reserve for both the Omnium and Team Pursuit squads. Glasgow 2026 will be Hodges’ first Commonwealth Games.
