Portrait shot of Neve Mckenzie

Neve Mckenzie

Road Cycling

  1. Grantee | November 2024

Neve is a 16-year-old who lives in Marlborough. She is currently studying at St Kentigern College in Auckland. Her sporting passion is Cycling and Triathlon and she has achieved great success in these codes in 2024.

She is coached by Cam Brown in Triathlon and in 2024 won the Auckland Schools triathlon U17 Girls. She also placed 4th in the NZSS U17 girl’s triathlon and placed 1st in the U19 team triathlon at NZSS. The winter of 2024 is the first year Neve has raced nationally for road cycling where she achieved some fantastic results, winning the Northern tour, the Southern tour, and the Manawatu tour in the U17 girls’ category. These tours also saw her secure the national titles for U17 girls in the Individual time trial, Hill climb and Road race.

In 2024 Neve was Saint Kentigern’s Junior Sportswoman of the year and saw her win many gold medals in Girls Under 17 races in Road, Points and Team Time Trial events.

Neve strives for success in all sporting endeavours and has achieved success in Mountain biking, Road Cycling, Triathlon, Netball, Athletics and Swimming.