NSC Velodrome Fixed Gear Classic

The season's feature event at the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, MN, the Fixed Gear Classic, brought track stars from the rest of the country who raced in some events that aren't the standard fare of the weekly Thursday Night Lights races. Matched sprints and the season's first Madison competition were a welcome addition to schedule. Thirty-three men and 24 women circled the track during the two day affair.





Winner of the men's sprint omnium was local hero Brandon Krawczyk, who has dominated the region in both track and road racing.



The winner of the men's endurance omnium was Junior National Track gold medalist Peter Moore of St. Paul, winner of the men's elimination race.

Linsey Hamilton, a force on the international women's master scene, clinched the women's sprint omnium in the last race of the competition, a match sprint against St. Louis rider Rachelle Wilson.

Women's endurance omnium winner Pennsylvanian Mary Costelloe.


Big Apple rider Christine D'Ercole finished in the third place in both the endurance and sprint omniums.
Mary Costelloe at the rail for the women's 60 lap scratch race.
Rachelle Wilson and Linsey Hamilton at the line for the match sprint gold medal.
The field lines up for an elimination heat in the women's keirin.

NSC Velodrome women's track rider of the year in 2016 and national junior medalist of 2017 Anya Malarski waiting for the durney to arrive in a keirin heat.

Final omnium standings:

Men's sprint:
1. Brandon Krawczyk, St.Paul, MN
2. Ethan Boyes, San Francisco, CA
3. Jacob Okamoto, Menlo Park, CA

Men's endurance:
1. Peter Moore, St.Paul, MN
2. Innokenty Zavyalov, Tustin, CA
3. Peter Olejniczak, Minneapolis, MN

Women's sprint:
1. Linsey Hamilton, Minneapolis, MN
2. Camie Kornely, Fort Lee, NJ
3. Christine D'Ercole, New York, NY

Women's endurance:
1. Mary Costelloe, Emmaus, PA
2. Elspeth Huyett, Emmaus, PA
3. Christine D'Ercole, New York, NY

Krawczyk and world masters gold medalist Dan Casper teamed up to win the 80 lap Madison.