Sanctioning Body: First win (local):
First sponsor:
First national win:
Turned Professional/Elite:* Professional during the third week of January 2006 at 15 years of age. [ [http://www.bicyclemotocross.co.uk/ bicycle motocross.co.uk blog 09/01/07 (in european dating format, 1/9/07 in North American format) entry. Word search for "Alise" (without the quotation marks).] ]
First Junior Women* race result:
First Elite Women* race result:
First Professional* race result: Third place on day 1 in the American Bicycle Association Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona on April 1, 2006. She came in third as well the next day. ["BMX Plus!" July 2006 Vol.29 No.7 pg.68 (photo caption)]
First Professional win: At the ABA Supernationals in Desoto, Texas on May 7, 2006 (Day 2). [ [http://www.ababmx.com/index.php?page=default/results&type=nationals&raceid=16183&fn=4 ABA supernationals Day 2 results.] ]
Retired: Still active.
Height & weight at height of his career (2005-Present): Ht:5'2" Wt:115lbs.
*In the NBL it is Supergirls/Junior & Elite Women; in the ABA it is single tier Girls Pro.
Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
----Amateur
*Fly: 2000
*Staats/TBS: 2001-September 2003
*Avent/Bombshell: September 2003-November 2004
*Hyper Bicycles: November 2004-December 3, 2005
*CMC (Construction Management Consultants) [ [http://www.cmctexas.com/bmx/ CMC BMX page. Click on CMC Inc. Homepage] ] Inc.: Early December 2005-December 17, 2006 Post would turn pro with this sponsor.
Professional
*CMC Inc.: Early December 2005-December 17, 2006
*Formula Bicycle Company/Monster Factory: December 18, 2006–present
Career bicycle motocross titles
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in "italics". "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
----Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA):20 inch:
*"1999,'00,'01,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1"
*"1999,'00,'02,'03,'04 Minnesota State Champion"
*"2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Central Region Redline Cup Champion"
*"2000 9 Girls National Age Group (NAG) No.1"
*2000 9 Girls Race of Champions (ROC) Champion
*"2001 10 Girls NAG No.1"
*"2002 11 Girls NAG No.1"
*2002 11 Girls ROC Champion
*2002 11 Girls Grandnational Champion
*"2003 12 Girls World Champion"
*"2003 12 Girls NAG No.1"
*2003 12 Girls ROC Champion
*2003 12 Girls Grandnational Champion
*"2004 13 Girls NAG No.1"
*2004 13 Girls ROC Champion
*"2001,'04 National No.1 Girl":Cruiser:
*"2000,'01,'02,'03,'04 Cruiser Minnesota District 6 (MN-06) No.1"
*"2002,'03'04 Minnesota State Cruiser Champion"
*"2000,'01 10 & Under Girls Cruiser Redline Cup Central Region Champion"
*"2002,03,'04 11-13 Girls Cruiser Central Regional Redline Cup Champion"
*"2001 10 & Under National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1"
*"2002,'03,'04 11-13 National Age Group (NAG) Girls Cruiser No.1"
*"2002,'03 Race of Champions Cruiser Champion.
*"2003,'04 National No.1 Girl Cruiser"United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*None (defunct)International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*None (defunct)Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*"2001,'02,'03,'04 World Champion"
*"2001,'04 Cruiser World Champion"
*"2007 15-16 Girls Cruiser World Champion"**
*See note in professional section
**Although Alise Post was a pro in the ABA at the time of the 2007 UCI World Championships, under UCI rules she was too young to qualify for pro status.
Professional
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*None (defunct)National Bicycle League (NBL)
*NoneAmerican Bicycle Association (ABA)
*"2006,'07 National No.1 Pro Women"United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
*None (defunct)International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
*None (defunct)Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
*None (defunct)Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC, the amateur cycling arm of the UCI, had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1996 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.
Pro Series Championships and InvitationalsNotable accolades
*She was voted 2006 Rookie Pro of the Year by the readers of "BMXer" magazine, the ABA's official publication. She is the first female to win the title. [ [http://www.bmxtra.com/06news/06news0040.htm bmxtra.com's listing of the ABA year end results.] ]
*At 15 years of age, she is the youngest female to hold the National No.1 Pro Women's title. She is also one of the youngest to turn pro female or male in BMX since the early days of the professional class of the late 1970s. She is also one of the youngest to hold a pro title since that era.
*She is also the first female to earn all three Girls division classifications that have existed: No.1 Girl Amateur, No.1 Girl Amateur Cruiser and No.1 Girl Pro.
*She became ABA No.1 Pro Girl in her rookie year.
ignificant injuries
Racing Traits and Habits
Miscellaneous
*Post has the desire to race BMX in the Olympic Games but they will have to wait until the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. By being only 17 years of age in 2008 She missed participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China due to the 19 years of age minimum to participate in the Olympic Games by two years. She will be 21 years old in 2012.
Post BMX career
Still active.
BMX magazine covers
Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.
----"Bicycle Motocross News:"
*None (defunct)"Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:"
*None (defunct)"Bicycle Motocross Action" & "Go:"
*None (defunct)"BMX Plus!:"
*none"Total BMX:"
*None (defunct)"Bicycles and Dirt:"
*None (defunct)"Snap BMX Magazine" & "Transworld BMX:"
*None"Moto Mag:"
*None"BMX World:""Bicycles Today" & "BMX Today" (The official NBL membership publication under two names):
"ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer" (The official ABA membership publication under three names):
BMX press magazine interviews and articles
*"Beauty and the Beast" "Moto Mag" January/February 2004 Vol.3 No.1 pg.20
End Notes
External links
* [http://www.ababmx.com/ The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.]
* [http://www.nbl.org/ The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.]
* [http://www.alisepost.com/ALISE%20BIO.html Alise Post's personal website.]
* [http://www.joeybradford.com/interviews.html# Alise Post's 2005 interview by young fellow racer Joey Bradford.]
* [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=182701173&n=182701173&MyToken=ade07ac6-6744-4d61-b86f-5e5dcecd980f Myspace.com post of a www.bmxtvdirect.com interview.]
* [http://www.bmxmania.com/AliseAmGirl-IMG_0517-4x6.jpgImage of Post celebrating her 2004 ABA No.1 Amateur Girl Victory.]
