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Day 2 - October 2: Men: Sprint qualification, 1/8 and 1/4 finals, Team pursuit, Scratch race heats; Women: 500m TT, Team Pursuit, Scratch race heats
Phinney as expected with Garmin mates
By Andy Lee, USA Cycling
Four more national champions were determined Thursday as the 2008 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the ADT Event Center at the Home Depot Center with team pursuit and women's 500-meter time trial contests.
In the men's 4,000-meter team pursuit, Taylor Phinney claimed his second national title of the week when he teamed up with Garmin-Chipotle teammates David Koesel, Daniel Holloway and Colby Pearce to clock a winning time of 4:21.047. On Wednesday, Phinney also scored a Stars-and-Stripes jersey in the men's kilometer time trial.
In the women's 3,000-meter individual pursuit, the Metro VW Cycling Team of Kimberly Geist, Alison Powers and Shannon Koch rode a 3:43.959 to earn the national title.
Cari Higgins won the elite women's 500-meter time trial national title with a winning mark of 36.781 seconds, besting runner-up Liz Reap-Carlson (Verducci Breakaway) by a mere 0.07 of a second and third-place finisher Anna Lang (Aaron's).
As the highest-placed U23 in the standings in sixth, Cristin Walker was awarded the U23 national title in the 500-meter time trial after posting a time of 37.745.
In other competition on Thursday, Jimmy Watkins (Momentum), Lanell Rockmore (Gotham Cycling), Stephen Hill (East Point Track Club) and Michael Blatchford all advanced to the semifinals of the men's sprint. Watkins and Rockmore will square off on Friday in a best-of-three head-to-head format for a spot in the finals while Hill and Blatchford will do the same.
On Friday, national titles will be awarded in the men's elite and U23 match sprint, the men's and women's elite and U23 individual pursuit, the women's keirin, and the men's and women's scratch race.
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- John Mathieson in the 200mt qualification
- Anna Lang (Aaron's) throws everything into her start of the 500
- Liz Reap-Carlson (Verducci/Breakaway) takes silver in the 500
- Team Garmin relaxing on the podium after receiving their medals for the Team Pursuit
- Team Metro VW was so sure of winning the Women's Team Pursuit they had there own national champion jerseys made
- Michael Blatchford (Felt) smokes the 200 qualification
- Linda Miller (SDBC) turned a new world record of 42.029 for 60+ women in the 500
- Cari Higgins (Proman) took the 500
- Team Garmin
- Women's 500 podium
- Team Metro VW tight and fast to win the Women's Team Pursuit
- Michael Blatchford (Felt) throws his bike in early sprint heats
Results
Sprint qualification 1 Jimmy Watkins (Momentum cycling) 0.10.72 (67.139 km/h) 2 Stephen Hill (East Point Track Club) 0.10.84 3 Michael Blatchford (Felt) 0.10.98 4 Lanell Rockmore (Gotham Cycling) 0.11.09 5 Taylor Olson (SpeedFix) 0.11.19 6 David Espinoza (Herbalife) 0.11.31 7 Kelyn Akuna (Veritas Cycling Team) 0.11.34 8 John Mathieson 0.11.39 9 Dean Tracy (Land Rover - Orbea) 0.11.41 10 Giovanni Rey (Montano Velo Track) 0.11.52 11 Ryan Cornell 0.11.55 12 Peter Billington (Whole Athlete) 0.11.56 13 Jonathan Fraley (VCBikesport) 0.11.56 14 Tom Hanley (Indiana Hand Center) 0.11.57 15 Kieran Cox (Kaiser Permanente/ T) 0.11.62 16 Steve Pelaez (HiBall) 0.11.65 17 Chris Ferris (Sub11 Racing) 0.11.68 18 Jason Garner (Northbrook Bicycle C) 0.11.76 19 Daniel Walker (Northwest Cycling Cl) 0.11.77 20 Eric Manuel (Team Planet-X Master) 0.11.92 21 Kevin Mansker 0.11.94 22 Karl Erickson (Vitamin Cottage) 0.11.95 23 Mark Godfrey (Bike Central) 0.11.96 24 Andrew Weathers (GCCA-Toyota) 0.11.96 25 Joshua Ryan (Team Get A Grip Cycl) 0.11.99 26 Andrew Farquhar (Matrix) 0.12.02 27 Jason Macom (Landrover-Orbea) 0.12.07 28 Brian Abers (Bike Central) 0.12.15 29 Kevinn Matthews (PowerBar Team Elite) 0.12.18 30 Tim Montagne (Easton-Sugar CRM-Spe) 0.12.31 31 Nathan R Frechen 0.12.43 32 Cody Stephenson (Fort Lewis College) 0.12.91 U23 1 Michael Blatchford (Felt) 0.10.98 2 David Espinoza (Herbalife) 0.11.31 3 Tom Hanley (Indiana Hand Center) 0.11.57 4 Kevin Mansker 0.11.94 1/8 Final Heat 1 1 Jimmy Watkins 0.11.43 2 Peter Billington Heat 2 1 Stephen Hill 0.11.55 2 Ryan Cornell Heat 3 1 Michael Blatchford 0.11.86 2 Giovanni Rey Heat 4 1 Lanell Rockmore 0.11.96 2 Dean Tracy Heat 5 1 John Mathieson 0.11.33 2 Taylor Olson Heat 6 1 David Espinoza 0.11.52 2 Kelyn Akuna Quarterfinals Heat 1 1 Jimmy Watkins 0.12.15 0.12.56 2 Taylor Olson Heat 2 1 Stephen Hill 0.11.45 0.11.36 2 Peter Billington Heat 3 1 Michael Blatchford 0.11.27 0.11.28 2 David Espinoza Heat 4 1 Lanell Rockmore 0.11.56 0.11.99 2 John Mathieson 0.11.73 Men's team pursuit final 1 Garmin Chipotle 4.21.0 (55.162 km/h) David Koesel (Felt Motortabs) Taylor Phinney (Garmin / Chipotle) Daniel Holloway (Garmin/Chipotle) Colby Pearce (Garmin/Chipotle) 2 First Rate Mortgage 4.30.2 Kenny Williams (First Rate Mortgage) Roman Kilun (Health Net presented) James Stangeland (Gin Optics Cycling) Daniel Harm (Broadmark) 3 Team Colorado 4.34.4 Zach Watson (Athletes By Design) Daniel Lionberg (Colorado State Unive) Ian Burnett (Fort Lewis) Julian Kyer (RMCEF Racing) 4 Team Wheel & Sprocke 4.40.1 Andrew Armstrong (Matrix / RBM) Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocke) Chad Hartley (Jittery Joe's) Devon Vigus (California Giant Ber) 5 Liquid Lagrange 4.54.2 Stuart Press (Kahala-LaGrange) Josh Horowitz (Liquid Fitness) Chria Hazlitt (Kahala-LaGrange) Kirk Cross (Motortabs) DNS Rock Racing Austin Carroll (Rock Racing) Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing) Sterling Magnell (Rock Racing) Justin Williams (Rock Racing) Women's team pursuit final 1 Metro VW Cycling 3.44.0 (48.223 km/h) Kimberly Geist (Metro Volkswagen) Alison Powers (Colavita/Sutter Home) Shannon Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cyc) 2 Proman Racing 3.45.4 Shelley Olds (PROMAN/Paradigm) Christen King (South Bay Wheelmen) Megan Guarnier (PROMAN Racing) 3 Southbay Wheelmen 3.52.0 Kelli Jones (SouthBay Wheelmen) Morgan Kapp (SouthBay Wheelmen) Jennifer Reither (SouthBay Wheelmen) Women's 500m time trial 1 Cari Higgins 0.36.78 (48.938 km/h) 2 Liz Reap-Carlson 0.36.86 3 Anna Lang 0.37.07 4 Colleen Hayduk 0.37.36 5 Jen Featheringill 0.37.62 6 Cristin Walker 0.37.74 7 Dana Feiss 0.37.97 8 Becky Lang 0.38.19 9 Heather Vanvalkenburg 0.39.02 10 Andrea Fisk 0.39.19 11 Cathy Keeley 0.39.21 12 Amelia Bjesse-Puffin 0.39.48 13 Martha Dunne 0.39.61 14 Annette Williams 0.39.64 15 Shelby Reynolds 0.39.91 16 Sierra Siebenlist 0.40.10 17 Linsey Hamilton 0.40.21 18 Elizabeth Newell 0.40.22 19 Greta Neimanas 0.41.23 20 Shelley Hughes-Godfrey 0.41.52 21 Linda Miller 0.42.03 22 Camille Hook 0.42.65 23 Michelle Dykstra 0.43.00 24 Rabyne Rogue 0.43.01 25 Stacey Jensen 0.46.93 Women's Scratch race qualifying Heat 1 1 Anna Lang (Aaron's Pro Cycling) 10.53.80 (41.294 km/h) 2 Shannon Koch (Metro Volkswagen Cyc) 3 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Verducci/Breakaway R) 4 Christen King (South Bay Wheelmen) 5 Alison Powers (Colavita/Sutter Home) 6 Catherine Fiedler (Home Depot Center Te) 7 Julia Manley (Colorado State U.) 8 Megan Guarnier (PROMAN Racing) 9 Kelli Jones (SouthBay Wheelmen) 10 Stacey Jensen (Kissena) 11 Andrea Fisk (Velo Bella-Kona) 12 Linsey Hamilton (Grumpys / LGR) 13 Christine Chang (Broadmark Capital Tr) Heat 2 1 Kimberly Geist (Metro Volkswagen) 11.16.90 (39.888 km/h) 2 Shelley Olds (PROMAN/Paradigm) 3 Kacey Manderfield (Verducci/Breakaway R) 4 Rebecca Quinn (SouthBay Wheelmen) 5 Annette Williams (Avanti) 6 Cassandra Holman (Home Depot Center Te) 7 Colleen Hayduk (BicyclingWorld.com /) 8 Elizabeth Newell 9 Norrene Godfrey (Landrover / Orbea) 10 Shelby Reynolds (Sugar Cycles) 11 Michelle Dykstra (Team Pegasus) 12 Valerie Brostrom (Team Get a Grip Cycl) 13 Heather Ross (The Bike Rack) 14 Katharine Lundby (Helen's/Trek) Men's Scratch race qualifying Heat 1 1 James Stangeland (Gin Optics Cycling) 12.39.00 (47.434 km/h) 2 Rahsaan Bahati (Rock Racing) 3 Rob Evans (Montano Velo Track) 4 Kevin Schiller (Adams Avenue Bicycle) 5 Cody O'reilly (Successful Living) 6 Colby Pearce (Garmin/Chipotle) One lap behind 7 Lanell Rockmore (Gotham Cycling) 8 Justin Williams (Rock Racing) 9 Roman Kilun (Health Net presented) 10 John Walsh (Time Factory) 11 Jason Garner (Northbrook Bicycle C) 12 Andrew Crater (Team Wheel & Sprocke) 13 Zak Kovalcik (Team Beer) 14 Luke Cavender (Wolrvine Sports Club) 15 Brian Peterson (Webcor/Alto Velo) 16 Tom Hanley (Indiana Hand Center) 17 Christopher Mosora (Lucas Oil Cycling) 18 Tucker Brown (PA Lightning) 19 Sterling Magnell (Rock Racing) 20 Ian Burnett (Fort Lewis) 21 Thomas Elias (Essex Brass) 22 Kirk Cross (Motortabs) 23 Devon Vigus (California Giant Ber) 24 Keith Ketterer (Amgen/Giant Masters) DNF Steven Beardsley (Gentle Lovers) DNF Cody Stephenson (Fort Lewis College) DNF Jack Lindquist (Vegan Death Squad) Heat 2 1 Kenny Williams (First Rate Mortgage) 12.02.60 (49.819 km/h) 2 Daniel Heeley (South Bay Wheelmen) 3 Austin Carroll (Rock Racing) 4 Daniel Holloway (Garmin/Chipotle) 5 Kirk O'bee (HealthNet/Maxxis) 6 Daniel Lionberg (Colorado State Unive) 7 Zach Watson (Athletes By Design) 8 Andrew Armstrong (Matrix / RBM) 9 Phillip Gaimon (Fiordifrutta) One lap behind 10 Jackie Simes (TIME Pro Cycling) 11 Steve Pelaez (HiBall) 12 Dan Vogt (Sonance/Specialized) 13 David Koesel (Felt Motortabs) 14 Chad Hartley (Jittery Joe's) 15 David Klipper (Guinness) 16 Iggy Silva (Team Rock) 17 Julian Kyer (RMCEF Racing) 18 Karl Erickson (Vitamin Cottage) 19 Daniel Walker (Northwest Cycling Cl) 20 Michael Chauner (PA Lightning) 21 Charles Warner (Veloce/Felt Racing) 22 Stuart Press (Kahala-LaGrange) DNF Rudolph Napolitano (Rock Racing) DNF Benjamin Dubay (Speedfix) DNF Mark Godfrey (Bike Central) DNF Matt Tamel (BPG / Montano Velo)
