Isabelle Russell
I'm super excited for my first year as an U23 with WCDI. Having raced track and road for many years, I look forward to being in a team with a diverse range of cycling backgrounds. Off the bike, I will be starting my undergraduate degree and hope to balance university with the exciting calendar of interstate races in 2025.

Q&A
My parents took my brothers and I to the local velodrome to try track cycling when I was about 5 years old. A couple of years later I received my first road bike and got into road racing as well. From there, I began travelling across NSW and eventually interstate for competitions.
My first track race would have been a Dubbo Club night as an Under 9 and I have no recollection of where I finished, but I must have enjoyed it enough to keep going back! Similarly, my first race on a road bike would have been a local club race.
Having finished Year 12 in 2024, I will begin the first year of my undergraduate degree in 2025. I will be studying either at the University of Queensland or the University of Sydney (depending on Year 12 exam results which are TBC). I hope to study a double degree in a Bachelor of Arts/Civil Engineering.
To go bike-packing across the USA. It’d also be great to win the national time trial and/or road race in the future.