Jamie Alvord Explained

James Alvord
Fullname:James Alvord III
Nickname:Jamie
Birth Date:17 February 1990
Birth Place:Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Height:5 ft 10 in
Currentteam:Edge Cycling Team
Discipline:Track cycling
Ridertype:Sprinter
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James (Jamie) Alvord III (born 17 February 1990) is an American male sprint track cyclist, representing Edge Cycling Team. Alvord is a 10-time American National Champion. He is the reigning American National Champion in sprint,[1] Time Trial[2] and Team sprint.[3]

Alvord is married to 27-time National Champion Mandy Marquardt. The pair met in 2010 and started dating in 2012 when they both raced for Edge Cycling Team[4]

Alvord competed in the 2021–22 UCI Track Cycling season and 2022–23 UCI Track Cycling season.

Alvord represented the United States at the Track Pan American Continental Championships, in San Juan, Argentina. He finished 5th in the Men's Team Sprint[5] and 8th in the Men's 1 km Time Trial.

Career

Alvord took up cycling at a young age, following in the path of his father Jim, who was a competitive cyclist during the 1980s.[6]

In 2010, Alvord finished third in the Men's Tandem Road Race, Blind/Visually Impaired at the USA Cycling 2010 Paralympic Road Nationals[7] in Bend, Oregon. He was the captain for stoker Steve Baskis.[8] In 2013, a month after breaking his scapula and three ribs, Alvord and teammate Leandro Bottasso of Argentina won Tandemonium.[9]

Alvord won his first national title, in the Team Sprint, along with David Espinoza and James Mellen, at the 2016 United States National Track Championships.[10] That same year, he competed at the Milton International Challenge p/b Lexus, a UCI CL1 event in Milton, Ontario, Canada.

In 2021, Alvord won the Sprint, Time Trial and Team Sprint titles at his home track,[11] the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania. He added a UCI victory in the class 1 event, the T-Town Summer Games – Festival of Speed in the summer of 2021.

Alvord successfully defended his titles in the Sprint, Time Trial and Team Sprint events at the 2022 United States National Track Championships.[12]

Major results

Sources:[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

2014
  • 3rd Scratch Race, United States National Track Championships
  • 3rd Team Sprint with Andrew Carlberg and Jonathan Fraley, United States National Track Championships
  • 4th Miss and Out, United States National Track Championships
    2016
  • 1st Team Sprint with David Espinoza and James Mellen, United States National Track Championships
  • 3rd Keirin, United States National Track Championships
  • 4th Sprint, United States National Track Championships
  • 5th, Keirin, UCI CL1 – Milton International Challenge p/b Lexus
  • 6th, Sprint, UCI CL1 – Milton International Challenge p/b Lexus
    2017
  • 2nd Team Sprint with James Mellen and Tommy Quinn, United States National Track Championships
  • 2nd 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
  • 4th Sprint, United States National Track Championships
  • 5th Sprint, UCI CL1 – Easter International Cycling Grand Prix II
    2018
  • 2nd Team Sprint with James Mellen and Zachariah McClendon, United States National Track Championships
  • 4th Sprint, United States National Track Championships
    2021
  • 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st Team Sprint with Tommy Quinn, Geneway Tang and Andrew Chu, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st Sprint, UCI CL1 – T-Town Summer Games – Festival of Speed
    2022
  • 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st Team Sprint with Andrew Chu, Barak Pipkins, and Nicholas Roberts, United States National Track Championships
  • 7th, 1 km Time Trial, Pan American Track Cycling Championships, Lima, Peru
    2023
  • 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
  • 1st Team Sprint with Evan Boone, Dalton Walters, and Jashua Hartman, United States National Track Championships
  • 5th, Team Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships, San Juan, Argentina
  • 8th, 1 km Time Trial, Pan American Track Cycling Championships, San Juan, Argentina

    References

    1. Web site: Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling . 2023-07-11 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    2. Web site: Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling . 2023-07-11 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    3. Web site: Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling . 2023-07-11 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    4. Web site: Jackie Tyson . August 8, 2022 . US track champions to celebrate matrimony at Pan Am Championships . 2022-08-08 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    5. Web site: Campeonato Panamericano Elite 2023 . 2023-07-11 . UCI . en-GB.
    6. News: Savidge . Mariella . July 29, 1996 . Marty's Silver lining . 9 . The Morning Call . 2022-08-02.
    7. Web site: U.S. Paralympics Road Cycling National Championships Bicycling Blind . 2022-07-20 . bicyclingblind.org.
    8. Web site: Steve Baskis: Blind Tandem Cyclist and now a Himalayan Mountain Climber Bicycling Blind . 2022-07-20 . bicyclingblind.org.
    9. News: Blockus . Gary R . Alvord and Bottasso take Tandemonium Title . August 19, 2022 . The Morning Call . August 3, 2013.
    10. Web site: Results for 2016 USA Cycling Elite & Juniors Track Nationals – USA Cycling . 2022-07-20 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    11. Web site: Smiles All Around as More Riders Earn Titles on Day 4… . 2022-07-20 . USA Cycling . en-US.
    12. Web site: Results for 2022 USA Cycling Junior & Elite Track National Championships – USA Cycling . 2022-08-03 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    13. Web site: The Official Website – USA Cycling . 2022-08-21 . legacy.usacycling.org.
    14. Web site: Milton International Challenge p/b Lexus . 2022-07-20 . racetiming.ca.
    15. Web site: Easter International Cycling Grand Prix I . 2022-07-20 . UCI . en-GB.
    16. Web site: Cycling News . August 15, 2014 . USA Track National Championships 2014: Day 3 Results . 2022-07-20 . cyclingnews.com . en.
    17. Web site: Campeonato Panamericano de Pista 2022 . 2022-08-21 . UCI . en-GB.
    18. Web site: Campeonato Panamericano de ciclismo en pista 2023, San Juan Argentina . 2023-07-11 . panam2023.veloresults.com.
    19. Web site: Event Schedule . 2023-07-11 . tracktiming.live.

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