The 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Championships will return to Rock Hill, S.C., U.S.A. May 12-18. The upcoming event will mark the venue's second time hosting the UCI World Championships, following its successful debut in 2017. At the 2017 race, Americans Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Arizona; Daylight Cycle Co.) and Alise Willoughby (Saint Cloud, Minn.; Team Toyota/ Daylight Cycle Co.) celebrated victories clinching both the Elite Men’s and Elite Women’s World Titles. Both Sharrah and Willoughby are set to return to Team USA seven years later, and are aiming for another World Championship medal.
A total of 27 athletes have been selected for the Junior, Under-23, and Elite teams competing in the UCI categories. Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.; Factory SSquared/Answer) will be a rider to watch after winning her first Elite World title at the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Championships in Nantes, France. This season, Willoughby, Jeremy Smith (Seminole, Fla.; Hyper Bicycles), and Ava Corley (La Mirada, Calif.; Tangent/ Rift/ Rockstar Racing Team) have all rode to podium spots in their respective fields at the UCI World Cup rounds in Rotorua and Brisbane.
The Team USA Roster is as follows:
Elite Men
Kamren Larsen (Bakersfield, Calif.; Factory SSquared/Answer)
Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz.; Daylight Cycle Co.)
Jeremy Smith (Seminole, Fla.; Hyper Bicycles)
Cameron Wood (Peoria, Ariz.; Mongoose Bicycles)
EIite Women
Lexis Colby (Surprise, Ariz.; Supercross BMX)
Carly Kane (Guilford, Ind.; Huffy Bicycles)
Payton Ridenour (Pottstown; Penn.; Mongoose Bicycles)
Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill.; Factory SSquared/Answer)
Daleny Vaughn (Tucson, Ariz.; DK Bicycles)
Alise Willoughby (Saint Cloud, Minn.; Team Toyota/ Daylight Cycle Co.)
U23 Men
Weston Meurlot (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; 110% Nutrition BMX Race Team)
Patrick (PJ) O’Brien (Punta Gorda, Fla.; Davis Racewear)
Ethan Popovich (Valparaiso, Ind.; Haro Bikes)
James Cutter Williams (Potomac Falls, Va.; Tangent/ Rift/ Rockstar Racing Team)
U23 Women
McKenzie Gayheart (Fort White, Fla.; Factory Full Tilt/ Radio)
Jacy Moore (Port Orchard, Wash.; Impact BMX Racing)
Keiley Shea (La Habra, Calif.; 316 Racing)
Breanna Winter (Antelope, Calif.; Tangent/ Rift/ Rockstar Racing Team)
Junior Men
Bryton Bailey (Henderson, Nev.)
Deegan Brown (San Jose, Calif.; Supercross BMX)
Cedric Cade (Henderson, Nev.; Impact BMX Racing)
Sean Day (Tacoma, Wash.; Factory Full Tilt/ Radio)
Junior Women
Alexis Alden (Peachtree City, Ga.; Albe’s Bike Shop)
Ava Corley (La Mirada, Calif.; Tangent/ Rift/ Rockstar Racing Team)
Rita Fedewa (Fort Collins, Colo.; Impact BMX Racing)
Riley Jordan (Middleburg, Fla.)
Savanna Stokes (Las Vegas, Nev.; Mongoose Bikes)
The final two Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying events for BMX Racing are both taking place in the United States Prior to the World Championships, the last UCI World Cup of the season will be in Tulsa, Okla. April 27-28. Olympic selection procedures and Olympic Qualification Rankings can be found, here.
The qualified riders for the Challenge Classes can be found, here.
