USA Collegiate MTB National Championships - NE

Pennsylvania, USA, October 28-30, 2005

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Race 4 - October 30: Downhill

CU, Lees-Mcrae capture collegiate MTB titles

Bookwalter, Hein repeat to give Lees-McRae Sweep, Bezecny and Dominic take individual honours

Andy Lee, usacycling.org

Backed by wins in both the men's and women's downhill event on Sunday, the University of Colorado captured the division I national title as the 2005 USA Cycling Collegiate National Mountain Bike Championships concluded at Seven Springs resort. Tim Sharpe won the men's race and Jessica Vogt was victorious in the women's race as the duo helped contribute just enough points to surpass Fort Lewis College and unseat the defending champions in what turned out to be a tight two-school race for the championship.

CU edged Fort Lewis by just ten points, 695-685, after results from the weekend's four events - short track, mountain cross, cross country and downhill - were calculated. David Camp also chipped in for the Buffaloes on the final day of competition with a fourth-place finish in the men's downhill as did Lynn Bush who placed fifth in the women's race.

The University of Colorado also grabbed the top-two places in the individual overall standings as Joshua Bezecny and Chris Jung placed first and second respectively. For Bezecny, it was his second consecutive men's division I individual title. Despite the second-place ranking in the final team standings, Fort Lewis College managed an overall title as Tina Dominic earned the women's division I individual title with 450 points, ahead of Eastern Kentucky University's Amanda McKay who earned 412 points as the silver medalist.

In division II competition, Lees-McRae College was clearly the dominant team as it successfully defended its three overall titles across the board. With 702 points to Warren Wilson College's 612, Lees-McRae repeated as the overall team champion while Brent Bookwalter and Monique Hein also claimed individual overall honours for the second year in a row to give Lees-McRae its second consecutive sweep of the three overall classifications.

In the final day of competition, Lees-McRae kept the pressure on with two second place finishes in the downhill as David Flynn earned silver in the men's race and Hein descended to silver in the women's race. Brian Buell (Front Range Community College) and Ashley Robison (Warren Wilson College) posted wins in Sunday's downhill.

Results

Division I

Men

1 Tim Sharpe (University of Colorado)

Women

1 Jessica Vogt (University of Colorado)

Division II

Men

1 Brian Buell (Front Range Community College)
2 David Flynn (Lees-McRae COllege)

Women

1 Ashley Robison (Warren Wilson College)
2 Monique Hein (Lees-McRae College)

Final team standings
 
Division I
 
1 University of Colorado                         695 pts
2 Fort Lewis College                             685
3 Colorado State University                      499
4 Mesa State College                             472
5 Lindsey Wilson College                         452
 
Division II
 
1 Lees-McRae College                             702 pts
2 Warren Wilson College                          612
3 Union College                                  586
4 Murray State University                        578
5 Michigan Tech University                       565
 
Final individual standings
 
Men's Division I
 
1 Joshua Bezecny (University of Colorado)        330 pts
2 Chris Jung (University of Colorado)            296
3 Eric Ransom (Fort Lewis College)               278
4 Alex Hagman (Fort Lewis College)               272
5 Eric Roman (Penn State University)             242
 
Women's Division I
 
1 Tina Dominic (Fort Lewis College)              450 pts
2 Amanda McKay (Eastern Kentucky University)     412
3 Karen Walkerman (University of Vermont)        412
4 Caroline Jarohmek (University of Colorado)     366
5 Rana Schnell (Mesa State College)              350
 
Men's Division II 
 
1 Brent Bookwalter (Lees-McRae College)          463 pts
2 Travis Mullen (Union College)                  348
3 Travis Woodruf (Wisconsin-Eau Claire)          304
4 Ross Scathard (Allegheny College)              268
5 Brian Buell (Front Range Community College)    260
 
Women's Division II
 
1 Monique Hein (Lees-McRae College)              526 pts
2 Lianna Miller (Michigan Tech University)       500
3 Clara Beard (Lees-McRae College)               462
4 Chrissy Buerkel (Union College)                452
5 Kylie Krauss (Warren Wilson College)           430