American Velodrome Challenge - Sprint and Keirin results

Hellyer Velodrome. San Jose, CA, USA

June 26/27

US Champion Jimmy Watkins set a new track record at Hellyer Velodrome with 10.84 for the flying 200m on Saturday June 27.

Keirin

Men

Some very fast men lined up for the Men’s Keirin. US National Champion Jimmy Watkins, 2008 Ominum World Champion Hayden Godfrey, local power house Pete Billington qualified for the final. So did up-and-coming rider Daniel Walker, who sent Olympian Gideon Massie to the reps.

Massie made the decisive move in the final and won the $1000 purse, local fast man Steve Pelaez was holding off Hayden Godfrey.

1 Gideon Massie
2 Steve Pelaez
3 Hayden Godfrey
4 Jimmy Watkins
5 Daniel Walker
6 Jason Allen
7 Pete Billington
8 Stephen McLaughry

Keirin podium, photo by Kenneth Conley

Women Keirin

Proman teammates finished 1st and 2nd in the Women’s Keirin with US National Champion Cari Higgins taking the win and US enduro track star Shelley Olds taking second. Jen Featheringill completed the podium.

1 Cari Higgins
2 Shelley Olds
3 Jen Featheringill
4 Liz Williams
5 Christin Walker
6 Andreas Fisk
7 Laura McCaughey

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

Sprint

Women

In the absence of Cari Higgins (who was still hurt from her fall in Friday's scratch), Laura McCaughey dominated the match sprint events and took home the Sprint victory in two decisive wins against Liz Williams.

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

Men

US Champion Jimmy Watkins dominated the sprints fom setting a new track record in the qualification all the way to finals against Olympian and Friday night's Keirin winner Gideon Massie.

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

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