Campbell siblings pedal to Elite National Omnium titles

In front of a boisterous crowd, Akil, representing PSL Cycling Club, rode an excellent final in the Points race, lapping the bunch with a lap remaining and gathered a total of 164 points to win the category. His teammate, Varun Maharajh, finished in the second position on 154 while Adam Alexander (Team Foundation) was third with 138.

Teniel (PSL) then followed in her brother’s footsteps when she rode a controlled event, also lapping the field on her own during the Points Race, to claim the Omnium on 178 points. Alexi Costa, representing Heatwave Cycling Club, dug deep to take second with just one sprint remaining, as she finished on 139, just ahead of Alexandra Bovell’s (Unattached) 136.

While preparing for his Flying 200M event, Quincy Alexander (Team DPS) had an unfortunate incident when his tyre blew out, seeing him crashing down the steepest point of the banking. Though he got back up and re-attempted the Flying 200m, his time of 10.64 seconds was way off his best at the NCC. Consequent to that, Alexander scratched himself from the remainder of the event.

Earlier in the morning, Nicholas Paul qualified with third fastest time of 10.39 seconds, following Kwesi Browne’s (AWCC) second fastest time of 10.36 in the Flying 200M event. Njisane Phillip took the poll position with 10.30, however, he too was scratched from the remainder of activities as he seemed to be suffering from a stomach bug.

In the semi-final, Paul rounded Browne in both rides to advance to the Final against the reigning Keirin champion, Keron Bramble (Sonics). The final was similar to Paul’s semi-final race where he easily rounded Bramble in two tactical rides to take the win. The young sprinter from Gasparillo punched to the sky with passion as he crossed the line and then acknowledged his supporters in the stand.

Kollyn St George of Breakaway qualified the fastest in the Women’s Flying 200M and made easy work of her teammate, Dominique Lovell, in the Sprint Finals. The tournament concludes today at the NCC and admission cost $20.