Elite track national championships Sept. 30-Oct. 4 in Carson, California

Carson, Calif. – (September 28, 2009) –The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships will take place September 30 – October 4 at the Home Depot Center Velodrome in Carson, Calif. on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills.   

The USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships are the National Championships for the sport and will feature more than 300 elite cyclists from across the United States – including rising stars, as well as 2012 Olympic hopefuls. The competition features both sprint events (match sprint, time trial (500m and 1km), Keirin and team sprint) and endurance races (individual pursuit, team pursuit, scratch race, points race and the Madison). Access to the five-day event featuring the USA’s best is free.

USA Cycling’s newest star, World Champion and 2008 Olympian Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) is scheduled to compete. Phinney will be defending his individual pursuit national title and will also apply his skills in both the timed events and endurance races. A member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, Phinney also set a new junior world record at the ADT Event Center last year.

Other riders scheduled to compete are Olympian Adam Duvendeck (Long Beach, Calif./Momentum), former Elite Criterium National Champion Daniel Holloway (Morgan Hill, Calif./Felt-Holowesko-Garmin) and Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell), many of whom began training on the track at the Home Depot Center. On the women’s side several heavy hitters are set to compete, including the recent winner of the Giro della Toscana’s sprint jersey Shelly Olds (Scotts Valley, Calif./Proman), Pan American medalist Cari Higgins (Boulder, Colo./Proman) and former pursuit world champion Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./American Track Foundation).

A complete event schedule and more information is available on the event's webpage, here.

The five-day USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships will run from Sept. 30 – Oct. 4. Events on Wednesday, Sept. 30 through Saturday, October 3 start at 4:00 p.m. The final day of competition on Sunday, October 4 will begin at Noon.

About USA Cycling   

Recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the Union Cycliste Internationale, USA Cycling is the official governing bod*y for all disciplines of competitive cycling in the United States, including road, track, mountain bike, BMX, and cyclo-cross. As a membership-based organization, USA Cycling consists of 64,000+ licensees including 1,500 coaches, 4,000 student-athletes, 2,200 officials, 1,800 clubs and teams, 350 professional cyclists, 200 certified mechanics, and 34 local associations. The national governing body sanctions 2,500 competitive and non-competitive events throughout the U.S. each year and is responsible for the identification, development, and support of American cyclists through various initiatives and programs. Additionally, USA Cycling conducts national championship events for all categories of amateur and professional cycling. To learn more about USA Cycling, visit www.usacycling.org.

About The Home Depot Center
The Home Depot Center is southern California’s home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. The $150 million, privately financed facility was developed and is operated by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. The Home Depot Center features an 8,000-seat tennis stadium, a 27,000-seat stadium for soccer, rugby and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts, a 10,000-seat facility for track & field and lacrosse, the ADT Event Center (a 2,450-seat indoor velodrome for cycling) and other facilities for softball, baseball, beach volleyball, basketball and other sports.  The Home Depot Center is home to three professional sports teams – Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA, and Major League Lacrosse’s (MLL) Los Angeles Riptide. Named an Official U.S. Olympic Training Site, The Home Depot Center is also home of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) High Performance Training Center and is the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). The David Beckham Academy for youth soccer, Andre Agassi’s Safe Passage All-Stars at-risk youth tennis program and Athletes’ Performance’s training center for elite and professional athletes are all based at The Home Depot Center. The Home Depot Center has additionally been designated official training sites for USA Cycling and USA Track & Field. For more information, please visit www.homedepotcenter.com. 

 

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