Olds, Lea and Massie the stars of day two

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The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the Home Depot Center velodrome on Thursday with the women's team pursuit national record falling, young stars showing flashes of greatness in the men's team pursuit, an Olympian re-gaining his national title in the kilo and scratch race champions crowned.

As expected the women's team pursuit race turned out to be one of the highlights of the evening's competition as the trio of former pursuit world champion Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and former junior world championship pursuit medalist Kimberly Geist worked together to set a new national record with a time of 3:34.114.

Riding for the Empower Coaching Systems squad the trio virtually bested their own mark of 3:34.783 set at this event in 2007 when Hammer and Bausch teamed up with keirin world champion Jennie Reed. Another powerhouse women's team, the Proman Hit Squad of Higgins, Christen King and Shelley Olds earned the silver with a time of 3:41.165.

Coming in second with a time of 4:34.094 was the Black Dog Cycling squad of Daniel Lionberg, Ryan Luttrell, Ryan Sabga and Zach Watson.

In addition to her first elite national title, Walker also earned the U23 gold with her ride and third place finisher Colleen Hayduk grabbed silver in the espoir category.

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