Blatchford on top in men's sprint

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Women's pursuit team sets track record

On the third day of racing at the Home Depot Center, the Olympic hopefuls on the women's OUCH Pro Cycling team set a new track record for the team pursuit.

Sarah Hammer, Jennie Reed and Dotsie Bausch beat the previous record of 3:27.5, set by the Ukrainian team during the 2008 World Cup, completing the three kilometer event in 3:27.448.

"It's awesome. This is our homebase," Hammer said. "Being American, we obviously want to have the fastest time for women ever ridden here. That's something we had to put in the books."

Returning from two years off the track, Michael Blatchford (Project London 2012) came out on top in the men's sprint, topping Giddeon Massie (Bike Religion) in the finals. Kevin Mansker (Project London 2012) took the bronze over Jimmy Watkins (Project London 2012), with Matt Baranoski (Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) in fifth.

"Coming to nationals is a stepping stone," Blatchford said. "It's great to be in front of a home crowd again. It's been years since I've done that. I've been racing all summer and nothing has been here. It's good to come back to the boards and know that it's still in the tank. To have the jersey is pretty sweet."

22-year-old Dana Feiss (CPT-Home Depot Center) topped the women's field in the keirin, narrowly edging Shelby Reynolds (Sugar Cycles), who earned the silver medal.

Fresh off representing the United States of America at the Junior Track World Championships in Moscow, Russia in August, Mathew Lipscomb (Greenville Spinners), Paul Lynch (Hot Tubes Development Team) and Gregory Daniel (Chipotle Junior Development Team) teamed up with Ian Moir (Yahoo Cycling Team) to top the men's team pursuit podium Friday night. The quartet posted a 4:24.420 to better the Broadmark Capital team of Zack Noonan, Roman Kilun, Daniel Harm and Phillip Gaimon by more than five seconds.

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