American Velodrome Challenge, Day 2

Hellyer Velodrome, San Jose, CA, USA, June 27, 2009

 

Saturday started early in the morning with flying 200m sprint qualifications. The nine fastest in every field qualified for the sprint tournament.

 

Men 200m

 

US National Champion Jimmy Watkins set a new Hellyer Velodrome track record with 10.84 sec.

Jimmy	Watkins	10.84
Giddeon	Massie	11.34
Karl	Erickson	11.39
Peter	Billington	11.42
Daniel	Walker	11.50
Giovanni	Rey	11.57
Kelyn	Akuna	11.61
Stephen	McLaughry	11.64
Allen	Vugrincic	11.84
Michal	Rohoň	11.85
Sam	Milroy	11.90
Nicholas	Harter	11.95

 

Women 200m

 

Australian Scratch Champion Laura McCaughey set the fastest time for the women. US National Sprint Champion Cari Higgins did not start after her crash on Friday.

Laura	McCaughey	12.5
Jen	Featheringill	12.8
Elisabeth	Williams	12.86
Tela	Crane	12.95
Cristin	Walker	13.0
Elizabeth	Newell	13.1
Annabell	Holland	13.2
Andrea	Fisk	13.4
Shelby	Reynolds	13.5
Kendi	Thomas	13.7
Heather	VanValkenburg	13.8
Jane	Chateaubriand	14.1
Camille	Hook	14.3

 

Master 200m and San Jose Bicycle Club Master Sprint

The master men finalized their sprint tournament before lunch as they had Keirin racing coming up in the afternoon.

Stephen	McLaughry	11.6
Brian	Abers	11.9
Terry	Tenettte	12.2
Mark	Godfrey	12.3
Pekka	Jaske	12.5
Andreas	Vogel	12.5
Arden	Arindaeng	12.6
Mark	Rodamaker	12.6
John	Simmons	12.7
Alex	Millar	12.8
Tim	Montagne	12.9
Gavin	Scholle	13.0

 

Portland

’s men swept the podium:

1	Stephen	McLaughry
2	Brian	Abers
3	Mark	Godfrey
4	Pekka	Jaske
5	Arden	Arindaeng

 

The afternoon session started with the men and women sprint finals.

 

Milroy Construction Men's Sprints

Jimmy Watkins clearly beat Olympian and Friday night’s Keirin winner Giddeon Massie. The race for bronze was much closer, but eventually up-and-coming Daniel Walker won 2:0 over Kelyn Akuna.

1	Jimmy	Watkins
2	Giddeon	Massie
3	Daniel	Walker
4	Kelyn	Akuna
5	Peter	Billington

 

Zin Surgical Women's Sprints

The women’s sprint was a down-under affair. Australian Laura McCaughey beat recovering Kiwi sprinter Liz Williams 2:0. Jen Featheringill took third.

1	Laura	McCaughey
3	Elisabeth	Williams
2	Jen	Featheringill
4	Tela	Crane
5	Cristin	Walker

 

Sport Velo Women's Miss & Out

As in Friday night’s Point race, this was a battle between home favorite and world Cup bronze medalist Shelley Olds and Australian Laura McCaughey, with Laura prevailing again.

1	Laura	McCaughey
2	Shelley	Olds
3	Jennifer	Triplett
4	Cari	Higgins
5	Beth	Newell
6	Karla	Kingsley
7	Kira	Prokopakis
8	Cristin	Walker
9	Liz	Williams
10	Kendi	Thomas

 

Testarossa Men's Scratch

Local Hellyer track star and World Cup bronze medalist Dan Holloway, escaped from the field early on and managed to gain a lap on the field. Hayden Godfrey won the field sprint for second.

1	Dan	Holloway
2	Hayden	Godfrey
3	Grant	Boursaw
4	Steven	Beardsley
5	Steve	Pelaez
6	Iggy	Silva
7	Ryan	Luttrell
8	David	McCook
9	Maurice	Monge
10	Giovanni	Rey
11	Brian	Peterson
12	Derek	Dixon

 

Western Athletic Clubs Master Keirin

Hellyer’s Brian Peterson attacked right after the motor came off, took the lead and stayed in the front all the way to the finish line.

1	Brian	Peterson
2	Stephen	McLaughry
3	Mark	Godfrey
4	Brian	Abers
5	John	Simmons
6	Mark	Rodamaker
7	Michael	Hernandez

 

Testarossa Women's Scratch

This race was a great example of team tactics--while everyone was expecting another duel between Shelley Olds and Laura McCaughey, Shelley's team mate Hanan Alves-Hyde went off the front with Julia Manley and Tela Crane, eventually outsprinting her two break-away companions.

1	Hanan	Alves-Hyde
2	Julia	Manley
3	Tela	Crane
4	Laura	McCaughey
5	Shelley	Olds
6	Jennifer	Triplett
7	Cari	Higgins
8	Andrea	Fisk
9	Jen	Featheringill
10	Emily	Charbonneau

 

startcycling.com Master Points Race

This was a classic battle between sprinters and enduros. While 8 riders took points in the first two sprints, local pursuiter Michael Hutchison took off winning the other two sprints and cementing first place.

1	Michael	Hutchinson
2	Pekka	Jaske
3	Daryl	Hemenway
4	James	Keiser
5	Aaron	Hunter
6	John	Simmons
7	Michael	Hernandez
8	Brandon	Correia
9	Andrew	Nevitt

 

John Peckham Memorial Men's Points Race

Before the night’s last race was started, NCVA President Brian Peterson remembered friend and team member John Peckham.

James Stangeland won the first sprint and he would score 3 more times which was enough for a decisive win. Dan Holloway and Jame Carney battled it out for silver and bronze respectively.

1	James	Stangeland
2	Dan	Holloway
3	Jame	Carney
4	Grant	Boursaw
5	Steve	Pelaez
6	Benjamin	Jacques-Maynes
7	Iggy	Silva
8	Giddeon	Massie
9	Jason	Allen
10	Karl	Erickson
11	Ryan	Luttrell