Jamie Alvord

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James Alvord
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Personal information
Full nameJames Alvord III
NicknameJamie
Born (1990-02-17) February 17, 1990 (age 35)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Team information
Current teamEdge Cycling Team
Discipline Track cycling
Rider typeSprinter

James (Jamie) Alvord III (born February 17, 1990) is an American male sprint track cyclist, representing Edge Cycling Team. Alvord is a Pan American Continental Championship bronze medalist and a 10-time American National Champion. He holds USA Cycling National Champion titles in the sprint, [1] Time Trial [2] and Team sprint. [3]

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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 2023 Pan American Games, in Santiago, Chile. He finished 4th in the Men's Team Sprint. [5]

He competed at the 2023 Track Pan American Continental Championships, in San Juan, Argentina. He finished 5th in the Men's Team Sprint [6] and 8th in the Men's 1km Time Trial. [6] In 2024, Alvord represented the United States at the 2024 Track Pan American Continental Championships. Alvord, part of the Men's Team Sprint, secured a bronze medal [7] .

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. [8]

In 2010, Alvord finished third in the Men's Tandem Road Race, Blind/Visually Impaired at the USA Cycling 2010 Paralympic Road Nationals [9] in Bend, Oregon. He was the captain for stoker Steve Baskis. [10] In 2013, a month after breaking his scapula and three ribs, Alvord and teammate Leandro Bottasso of Argentina won Tandemonium. [11]

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. [12] 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, [13] 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. [14]

Major results

Sources: [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

;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 MaillotUSA.PNG 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 MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 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 MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 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 MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 1 km Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 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. ↑ "Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ Jackie Tyson (August 8, 2022). "US track champions to celebrate matrimony at Pan Am Championships". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "USA Cycling Announces Team for Santiago 2023 Pan…". USA Cycling. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Campeonato Panamericano Elite 2023". UCI. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Day One at the 2024 Pan American Track Cycling…". USA Cycling. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  8. ↑ Savidge, Mariella (July 29, 1996). "Marty's Silver lining". The Morning Call. p. 9. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Paralympics Road Cycling National Championships | Bicycling Blind". bicyclingblind.org. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Steve Baskis: Blind Tandem Cyclist and now a Himalayan Mountain Climber | Bicycling Blind". bicyclingblind.org. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  11. ↑ Blockus, Gary R (August 3, 2013). "Alvord and Bottasso take Tandemonium Title". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Results for 2016 USA Cycling Elite & Juniors Track Nationals – USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Smiles All Around as More Riders Earn Titles on Day 4…". USA Cycling. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Results for 2022 USA Cycling Junior & Elite Track National Championships – USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  15. ↑ "The Official Website – USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Milton International Challenge p/b Lexus". racetiming.ca. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Easter International Cycling Grand Prix I". UCI. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  18. ↑ Cycling News (August 15, 2014). "USA Track National Championships 2014: Day 3 Results". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Campeonato Panamericano de Pista 2022". UCI. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Campeonato Panamericano de ciclismo en pista 2023, San Juan Argentina". panam2023.veloresults.com. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Event Schedule". tracktiming.live. Retrieved July 11, 2023.

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