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2009 USA Cycling National BMX Racing Champion

THURSDAY, 30 JULY 2009
Submitted By: Sherwin Mapanoo

Colorado Springs -- BMX Racing is the newest sport added to the 2009 State Games of America in Colorado Springs, July 30-August 2, and the addition got immediate big-time results when 2009 USA Cycling National Champion Cody Wilson of Apple Valley, California registered.

The 28-year-old, Wilson, won the national title in the Standard 20" Division at the Challenger Level showdown in March at DeSoto, Texas, riding for his Team Eliminator club in the championships. He finished seventh in 2008 and was ranked #4 in the World in the same season as highlights of a storied career in the exciting and popular sport. Wilson has entered three events on July 30, August 1-2 at the Games, where BMX racing is set for the superb new Pikes Peak BMX venue at Rampart Park.

The State Games of America Bowling competition at the King Pin Lanes in Colorado Springs now has 85 entries from across the nation registered.

2008 Iowa Games silver medalist Bob Heath, 53, of Grand Junction, Iowa, has already chalked up five 300 games this year and a high series of 821 which included back-to-back 300 games.

Jason Reese, 30, of Raytown, Missouri, was a varsity bowler at the University of Kansas and competed in the national championships twice. He bowled the second highest three-game team series in college history and rolled the highest team game and team series in the nation while winning the 2004 National Championship.

Willie Edwards, 51, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, won the Gold medal at the 2005 State Games of America in Colorado Springs and a bronze medal in the 2007 Games in Colorado Springs as well, along with a Silver in the Mixed Doubles. Robert Dillman, 47, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, rolled to an 8th place finish at the USBC Open Championship and has 29 coveted 300 games and six 800 series in his career.

Registration is open at www.stategames.org and kids and parents can get all the Games' information on sports, hotel and motel accommodations, venues, rules and all the rest.

The Opening Ceremony of the Games gets underway at the Colorado Springs World Arena on July 30. Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medalist Henry Cejudo will cap off a torch run that begins that afternoon at the U.S. Olympic Training Center when he lights the Games official flame at the arena. Tickets ($10.00/$5.00) at: www.ticketswest.com. Every kid who will compete gets to march in the Parade of Athletes by states, too.

Some 10,000 athletes of all ages and skill levels from 47 states are expected for the State Games of America, the third time that Colorado Springs has hosted the signature event of the National Congress of State Games and the nation's largest multi-sport event for these athletes. A record 10,803 athletes came to the city in 2007, breaking the old mark of 9,482 for the 2005 Games in Colorado Springs. The 2011 event is ticketed for San Diego, California.

The State Games concept, a property of the National Congress of State Games, was developed in New York in 1978 with the legendary Empire State Games. In 2008, more than 400,000 athletes competed in State Games nationwide. State Games feature various sports of the Olympic and Pan American Games as well as sports that have regional popularity within each state.

Prominent State Games Alumni include: Jeff Blatnick, Ryan Lochte, Ralph Boston, Mike Mussina, Tracy Caulkins, Billy Hardin, Calbert Cheaney, Curt Clausen, Hayes Jones, Diane Dixon, Tom Dolan, Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Dan Gable, Walter Dix, Rowdy Gaines, Harvey Glance, Nicole Haislett, Nancy Hogshead, Roy Jones, Adonis Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Nancy Kerrigan, Mike Richter, Spencer Haywood, Rusty LaRue, Danny Manning, Henry Marsh, Eric Montross, Rick Hamilton, Chris Mullin, Willye White, Tab Ramos, Vic Wunderle, Glenn Robinson, Alberto Salazar, Lusia Harris-Stewart, Doug Smith, Rex Walters, Lones Wigger, Jr. and Paul Wylie.

Source: www.thesportscorp.org

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