AST ANNOUNCES PRE-QUALIFIED ATHLETES FOR 2008 AST DEW TOUR

Jun 10, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced the roster of athletes that are pre-qualified for the 2008 AST Dew Tour. The Panasonic Open kicks off in Baltimore, June 19-22 at Camden Yards Sports Complex. Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2007 AST Dew Tour season. Additionally 3-4 wild cards per discipline have been selected. Athletes who are not pre-qualified may compete as Open Qualifiers at the Panasonic Open to earn a spot in the preliminary rounds. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows:

BMX Park
Daniel Dhers
Mike Spinner
Scotty Cranmer

Ryan Nyquist
Dave Mirra
Dennis Enarson
Allan Cooke
Steven McCann
Garrett Reynolds
Josh Harrington
Diogo Canina
Rob Darden
Kevin Kiraly
Alistair Whitton
Marcus Tooker
Craig Mast
Colin Mackay
Ryan Guettler
Gary Young
*Mike Laird
*Ben Wallace
*Dan Sieg
*Austin Coleman

BMX Vert
Jamie Bestwick
Simon Tabron
Steven McCann
Chad Kagy
Jimmy Walker
Kevin Robinson
Jay Eggleston
Dennis McCoy
John Parker
Zack Warden
*Francisco Zurita
*Koji Kraft
*Austin Coleman

BMX Dirt
Ryan Nyquist
Cameron White
Dennis Enarson
Luke Parslow
James Foster
Corey Bohan
Anthony Napolitan
Diogo Canina
TJ Ellis
Chris Doyle
Ryan Guettler
Colin Mackay
Allan Cooke
Joey Marks
*Steven McCann
*Morgan Wade
*Rob Darden
*Chris Gerber

*Indicates wild cards
**All 2008 AST Dew Tour pre-qualified athletes are not guaranteed to compete at all five stops of the ’08 season

The complete 2008 AST Dew Tour schedule is as follows:
Panasonic Open June 19-22 Baltimore, Md.—Camden Yards Sports Complex
Right Guard Open July 17-20 Cleveland, OH—North Coast Harbor
Wendy’s Invitational Aug. 21-24 Portland, Ore.—Rose Quarter
Toyota Challenge Sept. 11-14 Salt Lake City, UT—EnergySolutions Arena
PlayStation® Pro Oct. 16-19 Orlando, Fla.—Amway Arena