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AA Pro/Elite Men:
1 Kyle Bennett 2 Jared Graves 3 Donny Robinson 4 Sam Willoughby 5 Bubba Harris 6 Joey Bradford 7 Cristian Becerine 8 Arturs Matisons

Elite Women:
1 Alise Post 2 Ashley Verhagen 3 Amanda Geving 4 Courtney Tomei 5 Samantha Bertheim 6 Kim Hayashi 7 Brittany Bates 8 Afton Schrimpf

Jr. Men:
1 Corben Sharrah 2 Paul Wassenaar 3 Elliot McGrath 4 Bryce Hocking 5 Stephen Creighton 6 Blake Foxx 7 Connor Fields 8 Tory Nyhaug

Jr. Women:
1 Dominique Daniels 2 Brooke Crain 3 Taylor Wolcott 4 Victoria Johnson 5 Meghan Matthews 6 Tiva Feltman 7 Kaitlyn Larson 8 Abigail Graalman

July 23rd, 1993 - Bike Stolen in Holland @ the World Championships
Actual Journal Entry: I went to the Valkensward track in the morning. When we got there, I found out that the bag that Dave Clymer & I had left with the guy from Switzerland had been stolen. The guy was supposed to bring it here to Holland, but he said that it was stolen in Switzerland. Shit! All of Clymer’s clothes & all of the stuff that I brought to sell (5 sets of GT cranks, 4 gears, 15 pairs of grips) is gone! Then we picked up our bikes & at night Dave Clymer, Neal Wood, & I rode into Eindhoven. There are a bunch of bars down there. We went in to some & drank and when we walked back by our bikes, they were gone! Somebody cut the lock & stole them. Got a ride back to the track with some BMXers & slept in a shady tent.

Looking Back Now: Oh man, what a bad day! It started out with the bad news in the morning and continued on after the bars closed.

Elite Men:
1 Bubba Harris 2 Donny Robinson 3 Jared Graves 4 Sam Willoughby 5 Randy Stumpfhauser 6 Cristian Becerine 7 Kyle Bennett 8 Arturs Matisons

Elite Women:
1 Alise Post 2 Ashley Verhagen 3 Amanda Geving 4 Afton Schrimpf 5 Courtney Tomei 6 Kim Hayashi 7 Brittany Bates 8 Samantha Bretheim

Junior Men:
1 Connor Fields 2 Tory Nyhaug 3 Corben Sharrah 4 Bryce Hocking 5 Paul Wassenaar 6 Jared Garcia 7 Elliot McGrath 8 Nick Bennetti

Vet Pro: 

Felt Bicycles has partnered with the International Cycling Union (UCI), the world governing body of cycling, to supply a full stable of BMX, time trial, track, mountain and road frames to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The architecturally renowned World Cycling Centre opened in 2002 and houses the offices of the UCI staff as well as elite training facilities for Olympic cycling 

The National Bicycle League has been approved to be a partner in Disney’s Give A Day, Get A Day program. As a result, persons who wish to volunteer one day at a pre-approved NBL National or Regional event can receive a free day’s admission to a Disney theme park. Disney wants to inspire one million people to volunteer a day of service to a participating organization in their communities. Disney is celebrating these volunteers' good works by giving each of them a 1-day, 1-theme park ticket to the Disneyland® Resort

Jared Graves has started off his new year with another bang by winning the fourth BMX National Tour on the Gold Coast today. The Beijing Olympian also claimed the previous round held last night. Today Graves got an early lead and managed to hold off a mid field challenge by World Cup series winner, Sam Willoughby. Graves was chased home by Willoughby and fellow Adelaide rider, Brian Kirkham from Adelaide who finished in second and third respectively. For Graves to finish ahead of his protégée, Willoughby, was a relief.. “I’ve had a bit to do with Sam. He has all the talent in the world,’” said Graves. “My plan for the weekend was to beat Sam!”

Western Australian rider, Lauren Reynolds finally achieved her first win as an elite rider today. The win served as a confidence

After crashing in the Beijing Olympic final, Jared Graves has returned to the BMX track with success on his mind and taken out the National Series round on the Gold Coast overnight. The 27 year old from Toowoomba in Queensland dominated a star studded final which included USA's Daniel Caluag and Japan's Tatsumi Matsushita. It was the defending national series winner, Brian Kirkham from Adelaide, who lay down the challenge to Graves but Kirkham had to be content with second place. The pressure was too much for fellow Adelaide rider and current world cup series winner, Sam Willoughby, who dominated the heats to finish in fifth place in the final just behind Joshua Callan from Victoria. Caluag placed a respectable third. 

Following the stated goals of the strategic plan to grow local membership, the NBL is launching two programs aimed at giving all member tracks better tools for track promotions and increasing membership. Effective January 1st, the NBL is introducing its Track Cash Back program which will last throughout 2010. The program will match a track’s promotional expenditures by paying $25 back for every full new member they sign up as the result of a promotional campaign. Each track must show that the funds were spent

National Bicycle League Founder, Bob Tedesco, is retiring from his position as NBL Director of Competition effective immediately. The NBL Board of Directors will leave the position vacant until after Competition Congress in early February when a new Board of Directors will be elected. On his retirement, Bob said, “The time has come for me to step down and retire as the Director of Competition of the National Bicycle League. This position I have held for many years has been both challenging and rewarding. It has been my sincere pleasure to serve the National Bicycle League in this capacity, and I truly appreciate all the support that I have always received from the Board of Directors.

I am extremely pleased with Gary Aragon’s approach and vision for the future of the NBL and my retirement will help him and the Board members prepare and review candidates for their selection after Congress. I have immense confidence and am certain that Gary will succeed in making the NBL once again “The Best in BMX”. 

The NBL Christmas Classic & President’s Cup, held at Broadbent Arena inside the Kentucky Exposition Center, brought over 1000 BMX racers to Louisville to take part in action-packed National racing. The race was the season opener for the NBL Elite Series which brought fast Pros and top amateur riders from across the country to race on the tight and fast indoor track. With visions of sugar plums still dancing in their heads, the fastest amateurs from each state unveiled their custom jerseys during the President’s