American track cycling star Jennifer Valente collected three gold medals going into the final day of the Pan American Track Championships in Mexico City (MEX).
She won her specialties in the Omnium and the Scratch Race, but also teamed with Cristina Birch, Kimberly Geist and Kelly Catlin to win the Team Pursuit final. Catlin also won the Individual Pursuit.
Other double winners included Canada’s Hugo Barrette in the Sprint and Keirin, and Ashton Lambie of the U.S. won the Individual Pursuit and teamed with Eric Young, Gavin Hoover and Colby Lange to win the Team Pursuit.
Mexico’s Daniela Gaxiola won the women’s Sprint and Team Sprint (with Yuli Verdugo) and won a silver in the Time Trial for three total medals. Summaries (Sunday’s results were not posted at press time):
Pan American Track Championships
Mexico City (MEX) ~ 29 August-2 September 2018
(Full results here)
Men
Sprint: 1. Hugo Barrette (CAN); 2. Nicolas Paul (TTO); Third: 3. Kevin Quintero (COL); 4. Jair Tjon (SUR).
Team Sprint/Final: 1. Trinidad & Tobago (Phillip, Paul, Browne), 42.849; 2. Colombia, 43.095. Third: 3. Brazil, 43.860; 4. Venezuela, 44.031.
Individual Pursuit/Final: 1. Ashton Lambie (USA); 2. Gavin Hoover (USA), overtaken. Third: 3. Luis Villalobos (MEX); 4. Ignacio Prado Sarabia (MEX), overtaken.
Team Pursuit/Final: 1. United States (Eric Young, Gavin Hoover, Ashton Lambie, Colby Lange), 3:53.868; 2. Colombia, 3:56.302. Third: 3. Mexico; 4. Canada, overtaken.
Keirin: 1. Hugo Barrette (CAN); 2. Santiago Ramirez (COL); 3. Kevin Quintero (COL); 4. Kwesi Browne (TTO); 5. Nicolas Paul (TTO).
Points Race: 1. 1. Felipe Penaloza (CHI), 72; 2. Jorge Luis Montenegro (ECU), 71; 3. Ruben Ramos (ARG), 70; 4. Sarabia (MEX), 68; 5. Robert Sierra (VEN), 61. Also: 9. Daniel Holloway (USA), 29.
15 km Scratch Race: 1. Adrian Hegyvary (USA); 2. Ivan de Jesus Carbajal (MEX); 3. Antonio Cabrerra (CHI); 4. Pedro Rodriguez (ECU); 5. Carlos Tobon (COL).
Omnium: 1. Angel Pulgar (VEN), 148; 2. Carlos Quishpe (ECU), 140; 3. Ignacio Prado (MEX), 138; 4. Alonso Gamero (PER), 135; 5. Holloway (USA), 128.
Women
Sprint/Final: 1. Daniela Gaxiola (MEX); 2. Jessica Salazar (MEX); Third: 3. Martha Bayona (COL); 4. Lauriane Genest (CAN).
Team Sprint/Final: 1. Daniela Gaxiola/Yuli Verdugo (MEX), 32.768; 2. Madalyn Godby/Mandy Marquardt (USA), 33.468. Third: 3. Amelia Walsh/Lauriane Genest (CAN), 33.515; 4. Lizandra Guerra/Mirtha Garcia (CUB), 34.256.
Individual Pursuit: 1. Kelly Catlin (USA); 2. Marlies Mejias (CUB), overtaken. Third: 3. Jennifer Wheeler (USA), 3:34.059; 4. Lina Hernandez (COL), 3:37.193.
Team Pursuit/Final: 1. United States (Jennifer Valente, Cristina Birch, Kimberly Geist, Kelly Catlin); 2. Mexico, overtaken. Third: 3. Canada; 4. Chile, overtaken.
500 m Time Trial: 1. J. Salazar (MEX), 33.028; 2. Gaxiola (MEX), 33.138; 3. Bayona (COL), 33.173; 4. Lizandra Guerra (CUB), 33.654; 5. Mandy Marquardt (USA), 34.162.
10 km Scratch Race: 1. Jennifer Valente (USA); 2. Marlies Mejias (CUB); 3. Mayra de la Rocha (MEX); 4. Devaney Collier (CAN); 5. Amber Josep (BAR).
Omnium: 1. Valente (USA), 118; 2. Lizbeth Salazar (MEX), 112; 3. Lina Hernandez (COL), 110; 4. Allison Beveridge (CAN), 104; 5. Amber Joseph (BAR), 94.
20 km Madison: 1. Lizbeth Salazar/Sofia Arreola (MEX), 28; 2. Allison Beveridge/Stephanie Roorda (CAN), 25; 3. Cristina Birch/Kimberly Geist (USA), 20; 4. Jessica Parra/Jannie Salcedo (COL), 12; 5. Lillibeth Chacon/Daniely Garcia (VEN), -15.
