The 2018 national championships in Track Cycling start on Saturday – for the second consecutive year – at the VELO Sports Center velodrome at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, and continue through Tuesday (7th).
The events, entries and defending champions/runners-up from 2017:
Men:
Sprint: 32
1. James Mellen
2. Joe Christiansen
Team Sprint: 33
1. Star Track Racing
2. Sprinters Edge Track
4 km Pursuit: 29
1. Ashton Lambie
2. Mac Cassin
Team Pursuit: 32
1. Jim Told Us To Do This
2. Millerettes
Keirin: 23
1. James Mellen
2. Joe Christiansen
40 km Points Race: 37
1. Mac Cassin
2. Ashton Lambie
15 km Scratch Race: 35
1. Zachary Carison
2. Zachary Kovalcik
1 km Time Trial: 35
1. John Croom
2. Jamie Alvord
Omnium: 36
1. Daniel Holloway
2. Ashton Lambie
Madison: 21
Women:
Sprint: 9
1. Madalyn Godby
2. Mandy Marquardt
Team Sprint: 15
1. Team USA
2. Startrack Colorado
3 km Pursuit: 12
1. Christina Birch
2. Molly van Houweling
Team Pursuit: 16
1. Macc Attack
2. SDBC/Emerald Textile
Keirin: 9
1. Mandy Marquardt
2. Anissa Cobb
25 km Points Race: 25
1. Jennifer Valente
2. Kimberly Ann Zubris
10 km Scratch Race: 23
1. Jennifer Valente
2. Tela Crane
500 m Time Trial: 14
1. Mandy Marquardt
2. Mckenzie Brown
Omnium: 24
1. Jennifer Valente
2. Colleen Gulick
Madison: 7
In terms of last year’s stars, Valente is entered in five events: women’s Keirin, Points Race, Scratch Race, Madison and Omnium. Marquardt is in the Sprint, Time Trial and Keirin; Godby is in the Sprint and Keirin. The only men’s doubler in 2017, James Mellen, is in the Sprint and Keirin.
Look for results here.
