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Banner Elk, North Carolina, USA, October 24-26, 2008

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Race 5 - October 26: Dual Slalom - qualifying and finals

Fort Lewis and Appalachian State take home national titles

Division 2 Women's dual slalom podium
Photo ©: Went Knipe

The dual slalom, the final event of the competition, crowned four national champions on Lees-McRae's dual slalom course on Sunday morning.

Weston Pope (Lindsey Wilson College), Chole Jackson (Lees-McRae College), Deider Barrick (Colorado School of Mines) and Johanna Tuttle (Brevard College) were all donned in the stars-and-stripes after winning their respective division's head-to-head tournament. The spectator-friendly 0.4-mile course on the school's campus provided an exciting finish to an intense weekend of racing.

Fort Lewis College narrowly surpassed host Lees-McRae College to win the Division I team omnium competition while even fewer points separated Division II champions Appalachian State University and second-place Colorado School of Mines.

Fort Lewis College used a strong showing by its women in the final contest of the competition, the dual slalom, to leapfrog host Lees-McRae College and take home the Division 1 team overall championship by 20 points, 698 - 678. The University of Colorado-Boulder was within striking distance, but had to settle for third while Lindsey Wilson College and the University of Vermont rounded out the top five.

"We had a lot of great individual performances with some tragedies and some victories we didn't expect," said Lees-McRae head coach Brian Sheedy.

"I am very proud of the whole team. Not only was our overall performance better than we've ever had in the past against perhaps the strongest team Fort Lewis has ever had, but the team rooted, cheered and supported each other throughout the entire three-day event. Although the weather could have been better, it was workable. In fact, especially with the talented and skilled riders competing, the mud added some excitement to the short track races. On Sunday, the Dual Slalom course recovered well, allowing for a fantastic day of competition, capping off a successful three days of championship events."

Division 1 Team Podium
Photo ©: Went Knipe

The Division 2 team race was even closer with nearby Appalachian State University edging last year's champion, the Colorado School of Mines, 585 - 575. Evenly dispersed talent was on display in DII with the top five schools finishing within 100 points.

The individual omnium crowns are awarded to the top racers who competed in both an endurance and gravity event.

Eli Krahenbuhl of the University of Wyoming took home the men's individual omnium crown in Division 1 with top finishes in all four of the weekend's races. His 272 points narrowly edged Scott Stewart of Lees-McRae who finished second amongst the weekend's most hotly contested division.

Winning a pair of national titles on the weekend and finishing in the top five of three of the four events, Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College) racked up 494 points only to narrowly defeat a talented Division 1 women's field, which included Eszter Horanyi (University of Colorado-Boulder), Sage Wilderman (Fort Lewis College) and Jamie Dinkins (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga).

In Division 2, Zach Winn of Union College earned a commanding win in the men's omnium title after several national title near misses. The Division 2 women's race was the closest of the day with officials forced to exercise five tie-breakers before Johanna Tuttle (Brevard College) was awarded the title over Rebecca Tomaszewski (Appalachian State University).

Photography

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Images by Went Knipe

Division 1 Team Podium
Division 2 Women's dual slalom podium
Fort Lewis finds out they won the national championships.

Results

Division I Men
 
1 Weston Pope (Lindsey Wilson College)                    0.32
2 Erik Nelson (University of Northern Arizona)                
3 Arthur Daley (Fort Lewis College)                           
4 Ben Hulse (Lees-McRae College)                              
5 Chris Scannel (University of Vermont)                   0.01
6 Cody Wilderman (Fort Lewis College)                         
7 Jordan Rupe (Fort Lewis College)                            
8 Eli Krahenbuhl (University of Wyoming)                      
9 Brian Buell (University of Colorado-Boulder)                
10 Phillip Noto (Lees-McRae College)                          
11 Adam Morse (University of Vermont)                         
12 Tom Sampson (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)          
13 Cristopher Ries (University of Northern Arizona)       0.02
14 Samuel Mellen (Northeastern University)                    
15 Anthony Weiss (University of Missouri-Columbia)            
16 Joseph Roberson (University of California-Berkeley)        
17 Will Collins (Colorado State University)                   
18 Bryan A Alders (University of Colorado-Boulder)        0.03
19 Garson Fields (University of Vermont)                      
20 Miguel Ramos (Fort Lewis College)                          
21 Zachary Cutright (Clemson University)                      
22 Chris Peterson (University of Colorado-Boulder)            
23 Matthew Straka (University of Wyoming)                 0.04
24 Nick Caron (University of Colorado-Boulder)                
25 Steve Solt (Lees-McRae College)                            
26 William Mclamb (University of Colorado-Boulder)            
27 Jean-Nicolas Enjalbert (Colorado State University)         
28 Nic Magliocco (University of Vermont)                      
29 Will Marks (University of Vermont)                         
30 Aaron Bradford (Lees-McRae College)                    0.05
31 Al Ogdon (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)                
32 Joey Short (Clemson University)                            
33 Brandon Krick (University of Florida)                      
34 Eddie Mcdonald (University of Nevada-Reno)                 
35 Cody Smith (University of Nevada-Reno)                     
36 Jorge Arango (North Carolina State University)             
37 Clayton Omer (Lindsey Wilson College)                      
38 Joey Schusler (University of Colorado-Boulder)             
39 Scott Stewart (Lees-McRae College)                         
40 Jason Bricker (University of Missouri-Columbia)            
41 Miles Kreidler (University of Nevada-Reno)                 
42 Nitish Nag (University of California-Berkeley)         0.06
43 Patrick Saunders (Northeastern University)                 
44 Eric Thompson (Lees-McRae College)                         
45 Brent Davidson (University of Missouri-Columbia)       0.07
46 Ben Weatherly (Lindsey Wilson College)                     
47 Garrett Eggert (San Diego State University)                
48 Ian Knabe (University of Florida)                      0.09

Division 1 Women
 
1 Chloe Jackson (Lees-McRae College)                      0.40
2 Emma Millar (Fort Lewis College)                            
3 Sage Wilderman (Fort Lewis College)                     0.01
4 Neven Steinmetz (University of Colorado-Boulder)            
5 Alisha Gibson (Fort Lewis College)                      0.01
6 Hannah Trimble (Lees-McRae College)                     0.01
7 Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College)                        0.01
8 Ashley Grubb (Fort Lewis College)                       0.01
9 Olivia Maurey (Lees-McRae College)                      0.02
10 Sarah Lukas (Lindsey Wilson College)                       
11 Eszter Horanyi (University of Colorado-Boulder)            
12 Sabina Kraushaar (Fort Lewis College)                  0.03
13 Kristi Henne (Lees-McRae College)                          
14 Jamie Dinkins (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)    0.04
15 Heather Mcfadden (Chico State)                         0.05
16 Ally Stacher (Lees-McRae College)                      0.06
17 Brittany Engleking (University of Colorado-Boulder)    0.07
18 Soraya Khalje (University of Colorado-Boulder)             
19 Andrea Kelchlin (Northeastern University)              0.09
20 Emily Benson (Lindsey Wilson College)                  0.10
21 Margaret Sullivan (Northeastern University)                
22 Abigail Carroll (University of Colorado-Boulder)       0.22
  
Division 2 Men 
 
1 Deider Barrick (Colorado School of Mines)               0.33
2 Geoff Fryer (East Tennessee State University)               
3 Daniel Ennis (Brevard College)                          0.01
4 Andrew Mueller (Appalachian State University)           0.04
5 Michael Thomas (Appalachian State University)           0.01
6 Brian Piper (Wentworth Institute of Technology)             
7 Steve Trottier (Appalachian State University)               
8 Brad Nelson (Union College)                                 
9 Danny Cesare (Brevard College)                              
10 Zach Winn (Union College)                              0.02
11 Scott Phillips (Appalachian State University)              
12 Brandon Turman (Colorado School of Mines)                  
13 Marshall Roach (Mesa State College)                        
14 Thomas Wilkinson (East Tennessee State University)         
15 Matthew Williams (Warren Wilson College)               0.03
16 Bryan Caviness (East Tennessee State University)       0.04
17 Joel Burnette (Butler University)                          
18 Linden Blaisus (Warren Wilson College)                     
19 Alejandro Padilla (Cumberland University)                  
20 Alex Ohman (East Tennessee State University)               
21 Jonathan Turner (Union College)                            
22 Peter Schulz (Mesa State College)                      0.05
23 Greg Gibson (Union College)                                
24 Jason Lindenberg (Michigan Technological University)       
25 Andrew Kienitz (Michigan Technological University)     0.06
26 Griffin Lewis (Mesa State College)                     0.07
27 Alex Hannah (Appalachian State University)                 
28 Thomas Jarratt (East Tennessee State University)           
29 Phillip Martin (Warren Wilson College)                 0.09
30 Quinn Maxwell (Mesa State College)                         
49 Logan Collins (Lindsey Wilson College)                 0.10

Division 2 Women
 
1 Johanna Tuttle (Brevard College)                        0.38
2 Robyn Embrey (Sierra Nevada College)                    0.05
3 Jamie Bourgo (Michigan Technological University)        0.02
4 Christen Boyer (Colorado School of Mines)               0.03
5 Rachel Millsop (Union College)                          0.02
6 Hanna Waldman (Warren Wilson College)                   0.05
7 Rebecca Tomaszewski (Appalachian State University)          
8 Courtney Steen (Colorado School of Mines)               0.07
9 Julia Tellman (Brevard College)                             
10 Vanessa Emery (Warren Wilson College)                  0.08
11 Lauren Parker (Warren Wilson College)                      
12 Nina Otter (Warren Wilson College)                         
13 Melissa Marts (Colorado School of Mines)               0.09
14 Ileana Anderson (Warren Wilson College)                    
15 Sarah Seitz (Union College)                                
16 Naticia Slusher (Mesa State College)                   0.10
17 Tallulah Winquist (Warren Wilson College)                  
18 Amy Russell (Union College)                            0.15
19 Sarah Roberts (Colorado School of Mines)               0.17
20 Amanda Gilbert (Appalachian State University)          0.22

Final standings

Teams

Division 1

1 Fort Lewis College                                     698 pts
2 Lees-McRae College                                     678
3 University of Colorado-Boulder                         572
4 Lindsey Wilson College                                 371
5 University of Vermont                                  336
6 Colorado State University                              293
7 Northeastern University                                234
8 University of Tennessee-Chattanooga                    186
9 North Carolina State University                        157
10 University of Wyoming                                 154
11 California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo                137
12 University of Arizona                                 128
13 Pennsylvania State University                         124
14 University of Northern Arizona                        113
15 University of Missouri-Columbia                       105
16 Virginia Polytechnic University                       102
17 University of California-Berkeley                     102
18 Chico State                                            92
19 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor                       91
20 University of Nevada-Reno                              90
21 University of Massachusetts-Amherst                    79
22 Clemson University                                     78
23 University of New Hampshire                            72
24 University of Florida                                  68
25 Florida State University                               68
26 Stanford University                                    65
27 Purdue University                                      57
28 Texas A&M University                                   55
29 Texas State University                                 54
30 San Diego State University                             44
31 Northern Arizona University                            31
32 Ohio State University                                  26
33 Portland State University                              24
34 West Virginia University                               22
35 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill                5

Division 2

1 Appalachian State University                           585 pts
2 Colorado School of Mines                               575
3 Warren Wilson College                                  533
4 Brevard College                                        532
5 Union College                                          490
6 Mesa State College                                     407
7 Michigan Technological University                      209
8 Western Washington University                          194
9 Colorado College                                       179
10 Cumberland University                                 176
11 East Tennessee State University                       139
12 Sierra Nevada College                                 112
13 Wentworth Institute of Technology                     111
14 US Air Force Academy                                   86
15 Massachusetts Institute of Technology                  81
16 West Virginia Wesleyan College                         69
17 Butler University                                      58
18 US Naval Academy                                       48
19 Murray State University                                42
20 Pfeiffer University                                    34
21 Colby College Cycling                                  34
22 University of Wisconsin College-Sheboygan              31
23 Wake Forest University                                 27
24 University of Maine                                    27
25 St Mary's College-Maryland                             25
 
Division 1 Men

1 Eli Krahenbuhl (University of Wyoming)                 272 pts
2 Scott Stewart (Lees-McRae College)                     262
3 Aaron Bradford (Lees-McRae College)                    216
4 Jean-Nicolas Enjalbert (Colorado State University)     205
5 Bryan A Alders (University of Colorado-Boulder)        174
6 Tom Sampson (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)      135
7 Eric Thompson (Lees-McRae College)                     125
8 Chris Peterson (University of Colorado-Boulder)        106
9 Clayton Omer (Lindsey Wilson College)                   91
10 Nic Magliocco (University of Vermont)                  73
11 Ben Weatherly (Lindsey Wilson College)                 37
12 Nitish Nag (University of California-Berkeley)         33

Division 1 Women

1 Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College)                       494 pts
2 Eszter Horanyi (University of Colorado-Boulder)        422
3 Sage Wilderman (Fort Lewis College)                    380
4 Jamie Dinkins (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)    374
5 Sabina Kraushaar (Fort Lewis College)                  275
6 Ally Stacher (Lees-McRae College)                      257
7 Kristi Henne (Lees-McRae College)                      215
8 Sarah Lukas (Lindsey Wilson College)                   199
9 Abigail Carroll (University of Colorado-Boulder)       142
10 Emily Benson (Lindsey Wilson College)                 140
11 Sara Hanson (Virginia Polytechnic University)         130
12 Margaret Sullivan (Northeastern University)           126

Division 2 Men

1 Zach Winn (Union College)                              392 pts
2 Matthew Williams (Warren Wilson College)               301
3 Greg Gibson (Union College)                            292
4 Daniel Ennis (Brevard College)                         239
5 Alex Hannah (Appalachian State University)             207
6 Linden Blaisus (Warren Wilson College)                 159
7 Alejandro Padilla (Cumberland University)              159
8 Brad Nelson (Union College)                            158
9 German Bermudez (Union College)                        154
10 Jonathan Turner (Union College)                       143
11 Ben West (Warren Wilson College)                       56

Division 2 Women

1 Johanna Tuttle (Brevard College)                       500 pts
2 Rebecca Tomaszewski (Appalachian State University)     500
3 Melissa Marts (Colorado School of Mines)               389
4 Rachel Millsop (Union College)                         347
5 Julia Tellman (Brevard College)                        330
6 Naticia Slusher (Mesa State College)                   308
7 Tallulah Winquist (Warren Wilson College)              271
8 Lauren Parker (Warren Wilson College)                  263
9 Courtney Steen (Colorado School of Mines)              245
10 Vanessa Emery (Warren Wilson College)                 204
11 Sarah Sietz (Union College)                           197
12 Nina Otter (Warren Wilson College)                    183
13 Ileana Andersen (Warren Wilson College)               162
14 Sarah Roberts (Colorado School of Mines)              162
15 Amanda Gilbert (Appalachian State University)         156
16 Amy Russell (Union College)                           149