Rio Olympic hopefuls Max Cairns and Lauren Reynolds have taken out the elite Oceania titles as torrential rain forced officials to cut short competition at the Subaru BMX National Championships at the Sleeman Sports Complex in Brisbane tonight. Racing under lights and tumbling rain on a soaked track, former prolific junior Cairns and 2012 Olympian Reynolds were declared the continental title winners, following the decision to abandon racing after the second of three motos and before any finals action.
Cairns clocked the quickest men’s elite time in the second moto to snare the biggest win of his senior career, edging out fellow Rio aspirants Bodi Turner and Josh Callan. Reynolds grabbed the women’s victory ahead of world number one Caroline Buchanan and rising star Rachel Jones.
Earlier in the night, with an eye on the future, world men’s elite champion Sam Willoughby, out of contention for the national series crown, withdrew from competition without starting a race,
Dixieland National Day #2
Collegiate Women
1 FELICIA STANCIL, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, LAKE VILLA, IL
2 KRISTEN BOB, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, PLANO, TX
3 MADISON PITTS, LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, LAKE WORTH, FL
4 ADRIAN SANDERS, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, LEAWOOD, KS
5 SABRINA BICE, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ
6 SHAYONA GLYNN, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, NORCO, CA
7 HEATHER COLLMAN, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, ROCKTON, IL
8 ASHTON RAUM, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, HAGERSTOWN, MD
Collegiate Men
1 JUSTIN POSEY, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
2 BRYCE HOCKING, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, CARLSBAD, CA
3 LUKE ROARTY, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, CLARKSVILLE, MD
4 JACOB SHERBNO, LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, ST PETERS, MO
5 JAKE SMITH, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Marian University claimed the division I team omnium for the third year in a row at the 2015 USA Cycling Collegiate BMX National Championships on Sunday after its riders Justin Posey and Felicia Stancil repeated their wins from a year ago for this year's men's and women's individual titles. Mars Hill University was the team omnium champion in division II thanks to strong efforts from Alan Hudson who was sixth in the men's competition, and Josie Ritchey who was ninth in the women's contest.
Held in conjunction with the Dixieland Nationals at the Cobb County BMX track in Powder Springs, Ga., the collegiate event debuted its new two-day format this year. Coeds raced on both Saturday and Sunday with the national champions determined from
Collegiate Women
1 FELICIA STANCIL, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, LAKE VILLA, IL
2 KRISTEN BOB, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, PLANO, TX
3 MADISON PITTS, LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, LAKE WORTH, FL
4 ADRIAN SANDERS, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, LEAWOOD, KS
5 SABRINA BICE, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ
6 HEATHER COLLMAN, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, ROCKTON, IL
7 JAMIE REED, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, OH
8 ASHTON RAUM, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, HAGERSTOWN, MD
Collegiate Men
1 JUSTIN POSEY, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
2 BRYCE HOCKING, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, CARLSBAD, CA
3 TYLER WHITFIELD, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, ROCKFORD, IL
4 LUKE ROARTY, MARIAN UNIVERSITY, CLARKSVILLE, MD
5 JACOB SHERBNO, LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, ST PETERS, MO
6 ALAN HUDSON, MARS HILL UNIVERSITY, PHOENIX, AZ
7 DAKOTAH NORTON, LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE, ATLAS, MI
The Queen of BMX Caroline Buchanan has started off the international season with a statement of intent after a stunning victory in the first round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series in Manchester. Buchanan continued her love affair with the tight indoor track, having also won the race last year, as she started the defence or her world cup series crown in the most ideal way. Edging out America’s National Champion Alise Post to win with Stefany Hernandez (VEN) in third. Post finished in second with current world champion and Olympic gold medallist, Mariana Pajon (COL) in fourth place.
The enthralled and vocal Manchester crowd was treated to spectacular racing throughout the day as the riders battled not
The 2015 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup kick started with the opening round of the season at the home of British Cycling in Manchester, United Kingdom. With focus on qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics it was a full house of over 200 riders ready to get the season underway. Liam Phillips, GBR, undefeated at his home track over the past 2 seasons got the proceedings started with a win in the Time Trial Super Final over second placed Connor Fields, USA and 3rd placed Twan van Gendt, NED. 2014 UCI BMX World Champion
The Queen of BMX Caroline Buchanan has started off the international season with a statement of intent after a stunning victory in the first round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series in Manchester. Buchanan continued her love affair with the tight indoor track, having also won the race last year, as she started the defence or her world cup series crown in the most ideal way.
The enthralled and vocal Manchester crowd was treated to