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Day three of the\u00a02025 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships<\/a> at the\u00a0Colorado Springs Velodrome<\/a>\u00a0was all about strategy, speed, and endurance with eight national titles awarded in Women\u2019s Team Sprint, Women\u2019s Team Pursuit, Men\u2019s Kilo Time Trial, Men\u2019s Points Race, and Women\u2019s Elimination Race events.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Team Sprint<\/p>\n Five teams took the track in the afternoon session to race against the clock for their spot in the Women\u2019s Team Sprint final. In a thrilling battle for the Stars and Stripes, Hankins\/Hayes\/Yoslov\u00a0outperformed the competition, securing the win and breaking a national record with their time of 1:04.485.\u00a0Beitzel\/Fedewa\/McKee\u00a0put up a strong fight and secured silver with a time of 1:06.597. Martucci\/Mattson\/Wagner rounded out the podium with bronze.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Kayla Hankins (Scottsdale, Ariz.; American Sprint Cycling Program), Emily Hayes (York, S.C.), Hayley Yoslov\u00a0(Corte Madera, Calif.)<\/p>\n 2. Felice Beitzel\u00a0(Redondo Beach, Calif.), Rita Fedewa\u00a0(Fort Collins, Colo.; Star Track),\u00a0McKenna McKee (Vancouver, Wash.; Tesseract)<\/p>\n 3. Melissa Martucci\u00a0(San Pedro, Calif.), Megan Mattson\u00a0(Carlsbad, Calif.), Jennifer Wagner\u00a0(Santa Fe, N.M.; Atomic)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Kilo Time Trial\u00a0<\/p>\n Dalton Walters\u00a0(Richardson, Texas) set the bar in heat 10 with a time of 59.571, claiming the Stars and Stripes. David Domonoske\u00a0(Palo Alto, Calif.; Alto Velo) secured silver with a time of 1:00.976, and Wyatt Paul\u00a0(Seattle, Wash.; Water Line Racing) rounded out the podium with a time of 1:01.279. Dakota Stein\u00a0(Breinigsville, Pa.; Edge Cycling) earned the national title for the U23 category.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Dalton Walters\u00a0(Richardson, Texas)<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0David Domonoske\u00a0(Palo Alto, Calif.; Alto Velo)<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Wyatt Paul\u00a0(Seattle, Wash.; Water Line Racing)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Team Pursuit<\/p>\n Qualifying in the top spot with a time of 4:26.292, Cummins\/Hicks\/Ingram\/Lawrence would go up against Bates\/James\/Pattishall\/Rutecki\u00a0in the Women\u2019s Team Pursuit Final. After a well-fought seven laps, Cummins\/Hicks\/Ingram\/Lawrence made the catch and claimed the Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results:<\/p>\n 1. Olivia Cummins (Fort Collins, Colo.; UCI CTW: Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28), Anna Hicks (Boulder, Colo.; UCI CTW: Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28), Bethany Ingram\u00a0(Columbia, S.C.; UCI CTW: Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28), Stephanie Lawrence (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Star Track)<\/p>\n 2. Hayley Bates\u00a0(Berkeley, Calif.; Team Mike’s Bike p\/b Equator Coffee), Morgan James\u00a0(Costa Mesa, Calif.; Velo Club La Grange), Reagen Pattishall (Breinigsville, Pa.; Turbo Velo Pickle Juice),\u00a0Julianna Rutecki\u00a0(West Chester, Pa.; Bike Works p\/b Fred Beans)<\/p>\n 3. Stephanie Halamek\u00a0(Brooklyn, N.Y.; United Cycling p.b. Cadence Cyclery), Victoria Park\u00a0(Seattle, Wash.; Liquid Velo), Ellexi Snover\u00a0(Issaquah, Wash.; Fount Cycling Guild), Candice Votava\u00a0(Philadelphia, Pa.)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Men\u2019s Points Race\u00a0<\/p>\n Following the afternoon session\u2019s qualifiers, 23 riders made it through to the final for their chance to compete for the national title.\u00a0A true mixture of endurance, strategy, and power, the evening session\u2019s Points Race final had spectators on the edges of their seats. Grant Koontz (Nederland, Colo.; Star Track UCI) established an early lead and rode that momentum to the top podium spot, winning the Stars and Stripes with a total of 98 points. Luke Fetzer\u00a0(Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Turbo Velo Pickle Juice) rode an impressively consistent and strong race, securing bronze with a total of 66 points. On the fifteenth sprint, Anders Johnson\u00a0(Huntsville, Utah; Ventum\/Voler) began to strategically bridge the gap, tallying points on every sprint, until ultimately winning the final sprint and securing silver with a total of 72 points. Fetzer\u2019s performance also earned him the Stars and Stripes jersey for the U23 category.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Grant Koontz (Nederland, Colo.; Star Track UCI)<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Anders Johnson\u00a0(Huntsville, Utah; Ventum\/Voler)<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Luke Fetzer\u00a0(Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Turbo Velo Pickle Juice)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Elimination Race<\/p>\n The Women\u2019s Elimination Race concluded the day\u2019s events, where 16 riders battled it out for gold. Stephanie Lawrence (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Star Track)\u00a0powered through to victory, claiming the national title. Bethany Ingram\u00a0(Columbia, S.C.; UCI CTW: Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28) earned silver, and Morgan James\u00a0(Costa Mesa, Calif.; Velo Club La Grange) rounded out the podium with bronze. Kat Kendall\u00a0(Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Ironfly\/iCademy Junior Development) earned the Stars and Stripes jersey for the U23 category.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Results:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Stephanie Lawrence (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Star Track)<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Bethany Ingram\u00a0(Columbia, S.C.; UCI CTW: Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28)<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Morgan James\u00a0(Costa Mesa, Calif.; Velo Club La Grange)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Day three of the\u00a02025 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships at the\u00a0Colorado Springs Velodrome\u00a0was all about strategy,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[1163,417,1167,1169,1165,49,48,1172,1173,1171,1175,1179,635,1174,1166,1180,1048,1181,1168,1178,1182,1170,1164,582,1176,82,1177,1184,1183],"class_list":["post-92871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-bicycle","tag-bike","tag-bike-event","tag-bike-mechanic","tag-bike-race","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-commissaire","tag-criterium","tag-cross-country","tag-cycling","tag-cycling-coach","tag-cycling-event","tag-downhill","tag-events","tag-gravity","tag-mechanic","tag-mountain-bike","tag-national-championship","tag-official","tag-race","tag-racing","tag-road-race","tag-sports","tag-time-trial","tag-us-cycling","tag-usac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}