USA Cycling Announces 2023 Track World Championship Teams

July 3, 2023

15 athletes have been selected to the Track team competing at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo./ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships will make history in Glasgow, Scotland, as the first World Championship where 13 events will be contested across seven disciplines. 15 athletes will compete in the Track events on August 3-9, 2023, at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.

The team’s focus this season is preparing for the World Championships and capturing crucial Olympic Qualifying points. The team is coming off of one of the best performances USA Cycling has seen at the Pan-American Continental Championships, capturing eight medals in San Juan, Argentina.

Reigning Olympic and World Champion in the Omnium, Jennifer Valente (San Diego; TWENTY24 Pro Cycling), will be one to watch as she looks to keep her rainbow stripes going into the Olympic year. Chloé Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing) will make her return to the Track World Championships for the first time since the event in 2020. At the last championship, Dygert joined the winning Team Pursuit team as well as set the Individual Pursuit World Record, riding to her ninth and tenth World Titles. They will be joined by 2020 Team Pursuit World Champion Lily Williams (Tallahassee, Fla.; Human Powered Health), and newcomer Olivia Cummins (Fort Collins, Colo.; DNA Cycling).

Team USA veteran and 2021 UCI Track Champions League Men’s Endurance winner Gavin Hoover (Manhattan Beach, Calif.; L39ion of Los Angeles) will be leading the Men’s Endurance squad. Hoover will take on the Team Pursuit, Omnium, Elimination Race, and Madison with partner Colby Lange (Edwards, Colo.; Chaney Windows and Doors). Grant Koontz (Nederland, Colo.; Star Track Cycling), Brendan Rhim (Norwich, Vt.), and Anders Johnson (Huntsville, Utah) will return to the Worlds team for 2023.

On the Sprint side, Pan American bronze medallists and National Record holders Keely Ainslie (Fullerton, Calif.), Kayla Hankins (Scottsdale, Ariz.), McKenna McKee (Vancouver, Wash.; Team Novo Nordisk), and Mandy Marquardt (Allentown, Pa.; Team Novo Nordisk) will be taking the boards. The men’s sprint team will skip the World Championships this year and shift their focus to the Pan American Games from October 20 – November 5, 2023.

The Team USA Roster is as follows:

Elite Women’s Endurance

Olivia Cummins (Fort Collins, Colo.; DNA Cycling) – Team Pursuit

Chloé Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing) – Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit

Colleen Gulick (Long Beach, Calif.; Team Skyline) – Team Pursuit

Shayna Powless (Roseville, Calif.; DNA Cycling) – Team Pursuit

Jennifer Valente (San Diego; TWENTY24 Pro Cycling) – Team Pursuit, Omnium, Madison, Scratch Race, Elimination Race, Points Race

Lily Williams (Tallahassee, Fla.; Human Powered Health) – Team Pursuit, Madison

Elite Men’s Endurance

Gavin Hoover (Manhattan Beach, Calif.; L39ion of Los Angeles) – Team Pursuit, Omnium, Madison, Elimination Race

Anders Johnson (Huntsville, Utah) – Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit

Grant Koontz (Nederland, Colo.; Star Track Cycling) – Team Pursuit, Scratch Race

Colby Lange (Edwards, Colo.; Chaney Windows and Doors) – Team Pursuit, Madison, Points Race

Brendan Rhim (Norwich, Vt.) – Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit

Elite Women’s Sprint

Keely Ainslie (Fullerton, Calif.) – Team Sprint

Kayla Hankins (Scottsdale, Ariz.) – Team Sprint

Mandy Marquardt (Allentown, Pa.; Team Novo Nordisk) – Team Sprint, Sprint, Keirin

McKenna McKee (Vancouver, Wash.; Team Novo Nordisk) – Team Sprint

For more information on Team USA at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, click here.

For more information on how to watch the Track events, click here.

Visit USACycling.org for more information on the athletes, events and membership programs, and follow @USACycling across all channels for the latest on Team USA.

For more information, contact Angelina Palermo at apalermo@usacycling.org.

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