Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX) won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for BMX on Saturday and will earn the second automatic nomination to the men’s BMX squad that will represent the United States later this summer in London. As discretionary nominees named at the National BMX Hall of Fame induction ceremony following the event,
Alise Post (Saint Cloud, Minn./Redline) and
Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes) will also join the 2012 U.S. Olympic BMX team.
Fields crossed the line victorious Saturday afternoon in the winner-take-all final on the London-replica track at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. After accruing the second-most points in the multi-heat competition to qualify for the main, Fields defeated
Mike Day (San Diego, Calif./GT Bicycles),
Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles) and
Barry Nobles (Menifee, Calif./DK Bicycles) in the final.
"All that matters is the final and that one moment of getting