Carson, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2009)—The 2009 USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships continued at the Home Depot Center velodrome on Friday with both Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) and Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./American Track Foundation) catching their opponents in their respective men’s and women’s individual pursuit final to add to their collection of national titles. Kristin Walker (Houston, Texas/Momentum Coaching) also grabbed her second Stars-and-Stripes of the competition in the women’s Kierin and Olympian Adam Duvendeck (Long Beach, Calif./Momentum Coaching) won his first elite sprint national title. Phinney clocked a time of 4 minutes, 30.855 seconds in the qualifying round of the 4,000-meter individual pursuit before catching Roman Kilun (Berkeley, Calif./OUCH p/b Maxxis) in the gold medal...
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