The Cycling Federation has announced the national team for the 2014 Elite Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico from September 10-14.
This event which starts the 2016 Rio Olympics qualification process for Track Cycling will see T&T represented by one of its biggest contingents in recent times with eight cyclists.
The team will be focused on both capturing podium finishes and collecting valuable UCI points in the events of sprint, keirin, team sprint and omnium in order to set a firm foundation for T&T's bid for Olympic spots.
The sprint team will be led by 2012 Olympian and national record holder, Njisane Phillip and 2012 Pan Am Champion, Quincy Alexander, while Varun Maharajh will lead the charge for the endurance team. Additionally, Christiane Farah will become the first female T&T cyclist to ever represent this country at an Elite Continental event when she lines up in the 3km Individual Pursuit.
The Pan Ams will be held at the Bicentenary Velodrome in Aguascalientes, situated 1800m above sea level and is home to an astonishing eight (8) world records.
As a testament to the speedy nature of the high altitude track, five of T&T's records in the flying 200m, 1km time trial, 750m team sprint, flying 250m and 4km individual pursuit have been set there and it is expected that some of these records will be re-written in just over a week's time in Mexico.
TEAM
SPRINT � Men
Njisane Phillip
Quincy Alexander
Kwesi Browne
Justin Roberts
Jude Codrington
ENDURANCE � Men
Varun Maharajh
Jovian Gomez
ENDURANCE � Women
Christiane Farah
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Team Manager
Gregory D'Andrade
Team Coach
Joseph Roberts
Team Mechanic
Gabriel Thomas
Team Mechanic
Elisha Greene
Physiotherapist
Ian Sharpe?