2018 National Sports Center Velodrome All-Star Team

The 2018 racing season at the wooden track in Blaine, Minnesota has come to an end and it's time to mention the riders that have been the most impressive during this summer's Thursday Night Lights series.  

 
Woman's track rider of the year is Risa Hustad. In the last few seasons she's not only shown a development in form and bike handling skills, she's also become a savvy tactician who knows when to make the winning move. It's been a very good season for Risa.




Junior rider Peter Moore dominated the category 1-2 men's field on his way to male track rider of the year and earned a trip to the Junior World Championships in Aigle, Switzerland.

Category 3 competitor Mark Stewart gets first dibs on number 29 because he's been racing at the NSC Velodrome for every year of its 29 in existence.

Carolyn Stanley seldom misses a Thursday night race and won her first category 1 event this season after moving up in class.

Youthful rider Bogdan Rylski used his high rpm cadence to become a force in the Category 1-2 men's field.

Father-son duo Dan and Dave Schueller made competition a family affair.

Lazlo Alberti, already a force on the local road racing scene, took his riding skills to the velodrome and won a bunch of cat 1-2 races.

Veteran sprinter Linsey Hamilton has spent much of the season preparing for a big effort in the Master's Worlds competition being held this year Oct. 6-12 at the VELO Sports Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Satchell Mische-Richter used his explosive acceleration to become one of the leaders in the Cat 1-2 Division.

 Colette Meller was so successful at the Cat 4 level that she moved up during the season.

Peter Olejniczak, another road warrior, has had no trouble winning his share of Cat 1-2 men's races.

Regular rider Sara Bonneville wins the velodrome fashion award for 2018.

Kristy Crouse is the Cat 4 women's state scratch race champion.

If Cat 3 rider Nathan Li challenges you to a bike race on the street, turn him down.

Kadence Hampton steadily improved as the season went by and became a threat in every Cat 4 race.

Alex Terzich is usually near the front end when a Cat 3 race is decided.

The substructure of the NSC Velodrome, itself a star of track cycling. Sadly, the 2019 season will be its last. After 30 years of exposure to the elements of Minnesota it will no longer have the structural integrity for safe racing. If you've never witnessed the action on this gorgeous facility be sure and spend a Thursday evening here watching the world's fastest human-powered sport next summer.