2016 Olympian Bobby Lea leads the omnium at the USA Track Nationals after the first day by virtue of winning both the scratch race and the individual pursuit. Lea took the scratch race over Zachary Kovalcik and Zachary Carlson while finishing five seconds ahead of Cahrles Cassin in the individual pursuit with Carlson in third. On the women’s side returning runner-up Tela Crane won the scratch race ahead of Danielle Mullis and Clarice Sayle while she came second in the individual pursuit eight seconds behind Catherine Moore as Sayle was again third.

The individual pursuit in the omnium was also used with a few additional competitors to do qualifying for the stand alone individual pursuit event where the top two will compete in the gold medal final and the next two in the bronze medal final on Tuesday. The men’s gold medal final is Lea vs. Dean Phillips who just edged Cassin while Cassin will face Timothy Rugg in the bronze final. On the women’s side it’s Christina Birch vs Jasmine Zamora in the gold medal final while Esther Walker will face Laurel Green in the bronze final.

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