MARK GUERIN
Mark Guerin and Matt King win the Kilometer at the 2000 Paralympic Track Trials in Frisco, Texas.
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Name: Mark Guerin |
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Sport:
Tandem Captain for Matt King since
2000 (USCF Category: Track 1 (elite) Road 1 (elite) |
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Team:
ICG Communications |
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Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. |
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Hometown: Morgan Hill, Calif. |
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Height:
6'1" |
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Weight: 185
lbs. |
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DOB:
03/05/69, San Francisco, Calif. |
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Education: B.S., Arts/Psychology, University of
California
State of Colorado Teaching Certificate - Elementary Education Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado |
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Occupation: Elementary School Teacher |
About Mark: Since a young child Mark was always impressed
by his uncle’s racing bikes and Mark’s uncle encouraged him to ride. At fifteen
years old, Mark became interested in
bike racing competitively, he and a friend started a bike club at Live Oak High
School in Morgan Hill, Calif. In 1992, Mark began track racing and won the
Southern California District Championships in the Match Sprints. In 1997, racing for Fort Lewis College, he was
named an All-American and won National Championships in the Kilometer and the
Olympic Sprint. Mark has placed in the
last five Elite National Championships, earned a total of four National
Championships in Collegiate and Master’s competition. In between racing and
training, Mark teaches fourth grade at Pikes Peak
Elementary, Colorado Springs,
Colo. Mark is married to his wife Gena and has a daughter, Caitlin.
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Competition
Highlights: 2000 Elite Track Championships, Frisco, Tex., placed first in the men’s USABA kilometer..made the 2000 Paralympic Cycling Team which will be going to Sydney, Australia, in October of 2000
1999 Elite Track Championships, Trexlertown, Pa.,
placed third in the Kilometer, placed third in the Pursuit, placed sixth in the
Olympic Sprints Masters Track Nationals, Frisco, Tex., Best All
Around Rider, placed first in the Kilometer, placed second in the Pursuit Colorado State Championships, Colorado Springs,
Colo., placed first in the Kilometer, 1:06.4, placed second in the Team Pursuit Colorado Velodrome Association, Colorado
Springs, Colo., Season Omnium placed third Karl Hummel Criterium, placed third *top amateur
1998 EDS Track Cup #4, placed first in the Olympic
Sprint, 1:03.6...Colorado State Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo., placed
second in the Kilometer Friday Night Racing Series, Colorado Velodrome
Association, Colorado Springs, Colo., placed first in the Keirin Colorado Velodrome Association, Colorado Springs, Colo., season standing placed sixth
1997
Collegiate National Championships, San Diego,
Calif., placed first in the Kilometer,
placed first in the Olympic Sprint, placed fifth in the Omnium Mountain Music Bike Classic, Durango,
Colo., placed first Elite National Championships, Colorado
Springs, Colo., placed twelfth Police Academy Criterium, Albuquerque, New Mex., placed sixth
1995 Chuck Pontius Memorial Criterium, Los Angeles,
Calif., placed first Orangeville Circuit Race, Pa., placed first
Trexlertown Cat 2 Racing Night Omnium,
Trexlertown, Pa., placed first Elite National Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana, placed fourth in the Team Pursuit
1994
Elite
National Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Sprint Qualifying 12th Redlands Stage Race finisher, Elite Track Nationals qualified first in the Kilometer with a 1:08:3 - Flatted in Final
1993 Elite National Championships, Indianapolis, Indiana, Kilometer 5th and Scratch Race 4th Elite Track Nationals Elimination 8th Collegiate Track Championships, Northbrook, Illinois, placed fourth in the Kilometer, placed seventh in the Match Sprints, placed sixth in the Omnium Southern
California District Championships, Dominguez Hills, Calif., placed second in the
Kilometer, placed third in the Pursuit, placed second in the Match Sprints
1992 Olympic Trials. Blaine, Minnesota, 200 meter
qualifying 15th Southern California District Championships, Dominguez Hills, Calif., placed first in the Sprints
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