Gopher Cycling Blog

Track nationals finally continued Saturday evening, after torrential rains
ceased as Ivan passed along. First, two qualifying heats for the men's
points race were held, which were just short (30 laps, 10km) points races
from which the top 12 riders would advance into the final points race. The U
of M fielded Andrew T, Michael S, and Ben R in the first heat, and Eric S
and Satoshi I in the second heat. Ben and Eric got enough points to qualify
for the final, Ben by taking second in the first sprint and Eric by taking
third in the last sprint, after heroically bridging to a breakaway of two
riders with three laps to go.

The next event was the team pursuit, followed by the final points race, the
last race and highlight of the weekend.