Wil Matthews gallery: 2012 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships

Legendary racer Don Myrah pulls his latest national championship jersey on over his UCI world championship jersey. Myrah won the 45-49 masters category on Friday. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

The Verona Library serves as a dramatic venue for the awards podium as spectators crowd in to watch Emma White recieve her national xhampionship jersey. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Curtis White and Logan Owen lead out the start of the junior 17-18 race. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Mid-day temperatures were warm enough to create vast puddles throughout any flat section of the course. By late day it was thick, semi-frozen mud. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Logan Owen dominated the junior 17-18 field and couldn't see his competition by halfway through the race. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Emmanuel Goguen claimed the hole shot in the U23 race but his race was cut short by a mechanical. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Yannick Eckmann claims the USA Cycling Cyclocross U23 national championship, just days after becoming eligible for the event. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Yannick Eckmann following his national championship win. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Justin Robinson rode a dramatic race in the masters 35-39 event, working his way through the field to finish just seconds shy of victory. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Cyclocrossworld.com rider Chandler Delinks rode determinedly in pursuit of a top-10 placement. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

The masters 30-34 field gets under way in the last race of the day as temperatures dropped into the low 30s. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Fans of strange genetic makeup started to emerge as the temperatures began to drop. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Matt Shriver takes a clean bike en route to his national championship in the masters 30-34 race. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Matt Shriver came back from a first-lap mechanical to the front of the field in the masters 30-34 race. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Matt Shriver, Trek pro team liaison and a Madison local, was surrounded following his win in the masters 30-34 event. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Logan Owen warms up before his race in the shelter of a box van while getting his race numbers pinned on. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Anders Nystrom is elated to claim fifth and the final podium spot in the junior 17-18 national championship. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Tobin Ortenblad watches as Cody Kaiser thaws out his feet in front of a propane heater in the Specialized tent. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Overnight winds wrought havoc on the team tents in the expo area. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com

Rock Lobster founder Paul Sadoff spent another long day working the pits for his riders. Sadoff started making his cyclocross frames in Santa Cruz in 1979, and was one of the first proponents of the sport now enjoying unprecedented popularity in this country. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com