Hamilton And Haugh Add More State Titles For LGR!
Winning one state championship in the scratch race wasn’t going to keep Grumpy’s/LGR rider Linsey Hamilton content for the remainder of the 2008 track season at the National Sports Center velodrome. Hamilton proved that she is the fastest on the track when it counts by taking the State Keirin title with a dominating performance this past Thursday night. Winning both prestigious events in the same year doesn’t happen very often as riders generally tend to focus on either endurance or sprinting. Hamilton has managed to successfully meld both style of riding this season and it shows with her title in the sprinter’s Keirin race.
The Keirin is a 8 lap race in which the competitors are paced behind a motorcycle for 5 laps before being left alone on the track at 28mph before contesting the final 3 laps. Hamilton managed to take the wins in both her heat and final by drawing the number 1 slot behind the motor. Often seen as a disadvantage by riders, Hamilton utilized brilliant tactics in order to execute the big win in the main event final.
Hamilton’s season is no where close to over as she has the Match Spints, and 500m State Championships fast approaching. After which the rest of the season will be geared at getting ready for the National Championships in Los Angeles, CA. This will be Linsey’s first time at the National Championships, and with all her recent victories she is ready to see how she ranks on the National level.
The team added another state title to it’s palarmes with Spencer Haugh’s recent victory in the Masters State Track Omnium Championships. Pushed all the way to the end by teammate Peter Schweich, the Grumpy’s/LGR team once again proved that they are a force on the boards at Blaine. This is Haugh’s first state championship at the track, but he isn’t a stranger to success in the northern suburbs as he has qualified for Nationals on several occasions and recently just got back from racing at the 7-11 Olympic Velodrome in Colorado Springs, CO where he enjoyed some success. In addition to Haugh’s recent success, Schweich has become the teams top rider in the Track Rider Of the Year standings with his rapid rise from the Category 3 ranks.
Catch the Grumpy’s/LGR team at the velodrome every Thursday night in August and the first half of September at 7pm at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minnesota.
Photo Credit Linda Sone
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