Tomac Captures U. S. Criterium Title

John Tomac of Chatsworth finished first in a field of 95 cyclists to win the U. S. National Criterium cycling championship in White Plains, N. Y.

For Tomac, 20, the victory Sunday in the 50-mile race added to a string of recent successes.

In April, Tomac won the first event of the National Mountain Bike Championship in Auburn, Ala. The second event of the five-part series is May 29 in Durango, Colo. Tomac was second in the event last year.

In 1987, Tomac, originally from Michigan, placed eighth in the U. S. Road Nationals in Boulder, Colo. He also finished 14th in the Pan-Am Trials in Boulder, first in the 1987 Mountain Bike points series and first in the Mammoth Kamikaze Race last August.