USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup finals in Frejus, France, Oct 9-10. The Frejus Supercross is the final of four UCI BMX Supercross events in 2009 and will also serve as the 3rd of 18 races that factor into the 2010 USA Cycling BMX Rankings. The last race that factors into the Power Rankings will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on July 31, 2010.
Four men – Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev.), and Corban Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz.), – received nominations to the funded team. Long and Herman were automatically selected as the top two U23 riders in the current 2009 UCI Supercross World Cup Rankings. Fields was selected to the funded team after his podium performance from the Chula Vista Supercross. Sharrah received coaches’ selection.
The women’s squad will include Arielle Martin (Spanaway, Wash.), Alise Post (San Diego, Calif.), Amanda Geving (Largo, Florida), and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.). Martin and Post were automatically selected as the top two women in the UCI Supercross World Cup Rankings. Martin currently sits fifth while Post is in seventh overall. Geving and Crain received coaches’ selections after qualifying for the finals in Chula Vista… Details