BMX Trials
Official USA Cycling News Release
Dominant Performance Yields Automatic Nomination to 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
Chula Vista, Calif. (June 14, 2008)-Mike Day (San Clemente, Calif.) won the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Cycling (BMX) on Saturday and will earn the second automatic men's nomination to the squad that will represent the United States later this summer in Beijing.
Day won the multi-heat competition in convincing fashion by winning three of four heats and placing second in the other - a performance so dominating that Day was officially declared the winner before the finals. After four heats, Day's advantage in the overall classification had rendered the remaining six competitors mathematically out of contention, negating the need to contest the finals.
In the third moto, Day again crossed the line in first to secure 10 points while Robinson's fourth-place effort only yielded an additional 3. Mathematically, Day was untouchable and the finals were cancelled with Day holding a 32-21 advantage over Robinson.
Day joins automatic qualifiers Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) who ended the 2008 season as the top-ranked athletes in USA Cycling's men's and women's BMX Rankings respectively.