US National Collegiate Championships - NE

USA, May 13-15, 2005

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Stage 1 - May 13: Criterium

Champs kick off with a bit of rain and plenty of sprints

Day one of the 2005 Collegiate Road Cycling National Championships saw the best student athletes in the sport square off in the weekend's opening event. Hosted by the University of Kansas, the three-day event kicked off with the Outdoor and Bike Criterium in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, where four institutions got a jump on their overall pursuit of a national title.

Stephanie Hannos (Cumberland University) began the day with a win in the women's division II criterium before Amber Rais (Stanford University) captured the women's division I crown.

Later, Todd Yezefski (University of Chicago) rode to a win in the men's division II race and Ken Hanson (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo) closed out Friday's competition with a win in the men's division I race.

Greeted by rain showers in the morning, the 17-team, 33-rider division II women's field cautiously took to the one-mile L-shaped course in the heart of Lawrence for a 60-minute timed event. Throughout the course of the race, a natural selection left a final group of four riders in contention for the win as Hannos outsprinted Laura Valaas (Whitman College), and Clara Beard (Lees-McRae) to the line despite the presence of a second Whitman College rider in the final four. Although Whitman had the numerical advantage, Hannos' finishing kicked proved to be too strong.

As the rains continued, the women's division I field took to the streets as 78 riders from 42 schools also contested a 60-minute timed event. Together, the wet weather and flat terrain of the course kept the peloton intact as few significant breaks materialised. Destined for a mass field sprint, the otherwise timid pace intensified in the final few laps as Rais fought for position in the closing miles. In the ensuing sprint, Rais bested runner-up Rebecca Larson (University of Florida) and third place finisher Sarah Uhl (Penn State University).

Afterwards, Rais credited the recent wet California weather with preparing her for today's conditions. "We've actually had a lot of rain this year, so we've been doing a lot of training in the rain and a few of our collegiate races have been in good downpours."

Next, the men took the stage as 69 riders from 42 division II collegiate cycling programs competed in a 70-minute criterium. Like the women's division I race, it ended in a field sprint but not because of a lack of attacks. Several riders attempted to escape the main group, but each effort was eventually foiled as the collective pace of the peloton prevented any successful breaks. On the bell lap, two separate pileups claimed the hopes of several riders but, Yezefski emerged unscathed, taking the sprint ahead of Colorado College teammates Joshua Gewirtz and Cody Powell in a photo finish.

Tactically, Yezefski recognised the talent around him and used it to his advantage on the final lap. "I was just trying to stay at the front and I knew Josh and Cody were great riders so I just sat on Cody's wheel, I knew that Josh would take him right to the finish so I just cued off them," Yezefski explained.

With the undercards in the books, a field of 124 men lined up for the men's division I race to close out the afternoon. The rain subsided and the course dried, a speedy and aggressive event followed in front of a hefty crowd that lined the main thoroughfare of Lawrence. The pace was too high in the 70-minute race for any attacks to succeed as another field sprint unfolded. At the line, Hanson edged Bobby Lea (Penn State University) by half a bike length to claim the win.

"Our first objective was to stay out of trouble and stay at the front," explained Hanson afterwards. "I think we did a lot more work than we should of, but it paid off in the end. Coming down to the final straightaway on the backside, I told (teammate) Dirk (Copeland) 'I'm on, let's do it' and he just put his head down and took me through the corners and I was lucky enough to finish it off well.

Dramatically, hometown favorite Brian Jensen (University of Kansas) launched a penultimate-lap attack that nearly stuck but was eventually swallowed up by the bunch behind. "We were all worried about that move," commented Hanson. "It gets chaotic in the last couple of laps. We just tried to say focused and wait for the right moment to do our thing and that's what we did."

The 2005 Collegiate Road Cycling National Championships continue on Saturday with road races in the neighbouring town of Perry, Kan. On tap is 56 miles for both division I and II women and 84 miles for division I and II men.

Results

Division 1 Men
 
1 Ken Hanson (Cal PolySan Luis Obispo)                1.19.30
2 Bobby Lea (Penn State)                                     
3 Troy Heithecker (University of Washington)                 
4 Clayton Barrows (University of Wyoming)                    
5 Michael Cody (UVM Cycling)                                 
6 Malachi Peacock (University of Georgia)                0.01
7 Dirk Copeland (Cal PolySan Luis Obispo)                    
8 Daniel Holt (Florida State University)                     
9 Benjamin Haldeman (UC Berkeley)                            
10 Jake Rytlewski (Marin College)                            
11 David Pierce (Stanford University Cycling)                
12 Owen Nielsen (Virginia Tech Cycling)                  0.02
13 Galen Erickson (University of Washington)                 
14 Brian Jensen (KU Cycling Club)                            
15 Dan Bowman (Ft Lewis College)                             
16 David Guttenplan (University of Florida)                  
17 Robby Ketchell (CSU - Rams Cycling)                       
18 Christoph Herby (University of Virginia)              0.03
19 Michael House (Miami University Cycling)                  
20 Tony Scott (Tortillas La Guadalupana)                     
21 John Eisinger (CU Cycling)                                
22 Steve Scholzen (UW Madison)                               
23 Aaron Pool (UNL Cycling)                                  
24 Brandon Groff (Ohio State University)                 0.04
25 Troy Wells (Ft Lewis College)                             
26 Ryan Ramos (UC-Berkeley)                                  
27 Tim Swain (Ohio State University)                         
28 Brent Davis (Columbia University)                         
29 Allen Krughoff (CU Cycling)                               
30 Stefan Rothe (Midwestern State University)                
31 Adrian Gerrits (Penn Cycling)                         0.05
32 Nicholas Bennette (Boston U Cycling)                      
33 Peter Hufnagel (University of Virginia)                   
34 Androw Wiedrich (WVC)                                 0.06
35 Chris Kuhl (Ft Lewis College)                             
36 Tom Hanley (Marin College)                                
37 Keith Jennings (UVM Cycling)                              
38 Brian Wyrick (Midwestern State University)                
39 Chris Montague-Breakwell (Stanford University Cycling)    
40 Dominic Van Nielen (Midwestern State University)          
41 Dave Galvin (University of Virginia)                      
42 Garrett White (CSU - Rams Cycling)                        
43 James Duncan (NC State College)                           
44 Cameron Mckenzie (UC Berkeley)                            
45 Alan Jacobsen (University of Southern Californ)           
46 Jonathan Swain (Marin College)                        0.07
47 Travis Brown (University of Idaho)                        
48 Bradley Davis (Team Florida)                              
49 Mitchell Trux (Univeristy of California, Davis)           
50 Mark Lovewell (UCSC)                                      
51 Luke Krisch (UVM Cycling)                                 
52 David Glick (Univerisity of Arizona)                      
53 Jay Ku (Harvard University)                               
54 Christopher Case (University of Texas)                0.08
55 Adam Mik (Univeristy of California, Davis)                
56 Clifton Chamberlin (Maryland Collegiate Cycling Tea)      
57 Joshua Tarrant (Western Michigan University)              
58 Joshua Bartlett (University of New Hampshire)             
59 Geoffrey Rosebrock (North Carolina State University)      
60 Scott Veggeberg (Plano Cycling/Cannondale/GSTz)       0.09
61 Andrew Lawrence (US Naval Academy)                        
62 Mitchell Clement (US Naval Academy)                       
63 Jason Stoner (Florida State University)                   
64 Vasanth Coorg (Cornell University)                        
65 Andrew Inglis (Boston U Cycling)                          
66 Brian Duff (USC)                                      0.10
67 Joshua Tack (University of Montana)                       
68 Zachary Hartwig (Boston U Cycling)                        
69 Greg Ulrich (University of Washington)                    
70 George Howard-Heretakis (University of Texas)             
71 John Delong (Virginia Tech Cycling)                   0.11
72 Matthew Davis (Indiana University)                        
73 Shawn Rosenthal (Univeristy of California, Davis)         
74 Osvaldo Olmos (Cal PolySan Luis Obispo)                   
75 Louis Devlin (Penn State)                                 
76 Kyle Colavito (University of Arizona)                     
77 Dallas Burnum (KSUKU Cycling Club)                        
78 Joel Kuhn (UW Madison)                                    
79 Kieran Sikdar (Ohio State University)                 0.12
80 Tim Farnham (UNL Cycling)                                 
81 Ian Robertson (UNL Cycling)                               
82 Steve Broglio (University of Georgia)                     
83 Benjamin Carbonetti (University of New Hampshire)     0.13
84 MIchael Dietrich (University of Arizona)                  
85 Joe Eldridge (Auburn Flyers)                          0.14
86 Adam Mills (KU Cycling Club)                          0.15
87 Alvin Nordell (University of Mass)                        
88 Adam Fung (Maryland Collegiate Cycling Tea)               
89 Benjamin Stafford (UCSC)                                  
90 Matthew Janeway (Virginia Tech Cycling)               0.18
91 Stephen Schneller (KU Cycling Club)                   0.21
92 Daniel Larson (University of Florida)                 0.22
93 Michael Kehrberg (Indiana University)                 0.26
94 Devin Flaherty (Stanford University Cycling)          0.52
95 Jason Woods (Purdue University)                       0.53
96 Steven Perry (UCSC)                                   1.36
97 Matthew Ewing (Indiana University)                    1.57
98 Orion Berryman (University of Oregon)                 1.58
99 Mark Smelser (KSU Cycling)                            1.59
 
Division 1 Women
 
1 Amber Rais (Stanford University Cycling)            1.07.15
2 Rebecca Larson (University of Florida)                     
3 Sarah Uhl (Penn State)                                 0.01
4 Jessica Lindemann (Indiana University)                     
5 Jennifer Purcell (Midwestern State University)             
6 Amy Mackey (Univeristy of California, Davis)               
7 Molly Hummel (CU Cycling)                                  
8 Martina Patella (Cal Cycling)                              
9 Brooke Miller (UCSC)                                   0.02
10 Krisitn Wentworth (UW Madison)                            
11 Laura Whittle (Midwestern State University)               
12 Abigail (Abby) Brearton (Marin College)                   
13 Erica Allar (Penn State)                                  
14 Nicole Novembre (CU Cycling)                              
15 Audrey Peterman (US Naval Academy)                    0.03
16 Nicole Vincent (Indiana University)                       
17 Janet Lorang (Harvard University)                         
18 Diana Spring (University of Washington)                   
19 Thea Rusthoven (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)                 
20 Stephanie Graeter (UC Berkeley)                       0.04
21 Jenna Shoemaker (Harvard University)                      
22 Natalie Stoll (University of New Hampshire)               
23 Maria Stewart (University of Minnesota)                   
24 Rebecca Much (Ft Lewis College)                           
25 Sarah Bickerstaff (Penn State)                            
26 Heather Holmes (University of Utah)                   0.05
27 Margot Herman (Cornell Cycling)                           
28 Jean Hyde (US Naval Academy)                              
29 Andrea Dvorak (University of Virginia)                    
30 Michelle Hart (Maryland Collegiate Cycling Tea)       0.06
31 Lia Winfield (UCSC)                                       
32 Teresa Vermillion (University of Washington)              
33 Alane Ballweg (Florida State University)                  
34 Natalie Mik (Univeristy of California, Davis)             
35 Sarah Levy (CU Cycling)                               0.07
36 Laura Danley (Ft Lewis Colllege)                          
37 Catherine Dudley (University of New Hampshire)            
38 Susannah Pratt (University of New Hampshire)              
39 Carmen Babcock (Ohio State University)                0.13
40 Christine Huber (University of Washington)            0.43
41 Marcela Smid (UC Berkeley)                            0.54
42 Lila Hickey (CSU Rams Cycling)                        7.16
43 Sarah Swanson (USC)                                       
44 Michelle Koger (Marin College)                        7.17
45 Hannah Whitaker (North Carolina State University)         
46 Marisa Mcadler (Univeristy of California, Davis)          
47 Liz Milne (Indiana University)                            
48 Lori Kohls (Purdue University)                            
49 Bess Arendall (Boston U)                                  
 
Division 2 Men
 
1 Todd Yezefski (University of Chicago)               1.20.34
2 Joshua Gewirtz (Colorado College)                          
3 Cody Powell (Colorado College)                             
4 Brent Bookwalter (Lees-McRae Cycling Team)                 
5 Michael Chauner (Bucknell University)                  0.02
6 Taylor Tolleson (Lees-McRae Cycling Team)              0.03
7 Luke Winger (Lees-McRae Cycling Team)                  0.05
8 John Turbeville (USMA Cycling Team)                    0.07
9 Chris Decker (American University)                     0.08
10 Erik Gullikson (Northwestern University)              0.09
11 Ian Gallaher (Whitman College)                            
12 Lang Reynolds (Swarthmore College)                        
13 Christopher Dubois (Claremont)                        0.10
14 Sam Johnson (Whitman College)                             
15 Kyle Jacobson (University Wisconsin - Stevens )       0.18
16 Casey Mccauley (UWSP)                                 0.19
17 Benjamin Scherrer (WWU Cycling)                           
18 Linden Klein (Dartmouth College)                      0.20
19 Gregory Christian (Georgia Tech)                          
20 Bjoern Ossenbrink (Cumberland)                            
21 Ari De Wilde (Bates College)                              
22 Alistair Sponsel (Princeton University)               0.21
23 Joseph Stukes (Georgia Tech)                              
24 Todd Nordblom (Colorado College)                          
25 Mark Blackwelder (Claremont Colleges Cycling)         0.22
26 Eric Diamond (Yale Bulldog Cycling)                   0.23
27 Ariel Herrmann (MIT)                                  0.29
28 Jonathan Craig (American University)                  0.31
29 Greg Abbott (American University)                         
30 Adam Winck (Yale Bulldog Cycling)                     0.45
31 Ben Moran (USAF Academy)                              0.55
32 Phil Mooney (DePauw U Cycling)                        0.59
33 Zach Garrett (US Air Force Academy Cycling Cl)            
34 Jonathan Knight (Dartmouth College)                   1.14
35 John Hanson (University of Conn)                      1.15
36 Zachary Grabowski (Colorado School of Mines)          1.22
37 Jason Sears (MIT)                                     1.24
38 Jason Chatham (Cumberland)                            1.33
39 Ryan Rickerts (WWU Cycling)                           2.03
40 Dye-Zone Chen (MIT)                                   2.16
41 Mac Keliher (George Washington University)            2.39
42 Timothy Clement (Dartmouth College)                   2.56
43 Chase Ochoa (USMA Cycllng Team)                       5.25
44 Bennet Van Der Genugten (Cumberland)                  5.27
 
Division 2 Women
 
1 Stephanie Hannos (Cumberland)                       1.14.14
2 Laura Valaas (Whitman College)                         0.01
3 Clara Beard (Lees-McRae Cycling Team)                      
4 Mara Abbott (Whitman College)                          0.03
5 Jenna Boyd (DePauw U Cycling)                          0.07
6 Laura Stark (Princeton University)                         
7 Jessica Tomazic (USMA Cycllng Team)                        
8 Amy Wallace (Dartmouth College)                            
9 Anna Drakulich (Skidmore College)                      0.08
10 Monique Hein (Lees-McRae Cycling Team)                    
11 Carol Hutton (DePauw U Cycling)                           
12 Jenna Farleigh (Dartmouth College)                    1.54
13 Caitlin Bever (MIT)                                   5.44
14 Rebecca Jensen (Whitman College)                      1.46
15 Catherine Humblet (MIT)                               5.44
16 Alie Kenzer (Mount Holyoke Cycling)                       
17 Olivia Jaras (Tufts University)                       1.46
18 Karla Kingsley (Dartmouth College)                    5.44
19 Bria Schurke (St. Olaf College)                       2.47
20 Sonya Cates (MIT)                                         
21 Katherine Ross (Johns Hopkins University)             2.48
22 Ellen England (Colorado College)                          
23 Jillian Gierke (DePauw U Cycling)                         
24 Sarah Anderson (St. Olaf College)                         
25 Sarah Gross (Appalachian State University)            2.49
26 Alexis Marbach (Colorado College)                         
27 Erin King (USMA Cycllng Team)                         5.44
28 Michelle Arnold (USMA Cycllng Team)                     

Division 1 Team Standings after day 1
 
1 Penn State                         155 pts
2 Stanford University Cycling        122
3 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo           116
4 University of Washington           111
5 University of Florida              106
6 UC Berkeley                         92
7 Midwestern State University         90
8 CU Cycling                          88
9 Indiana University                  82
10 Marian College                     81
11 University of Wyoming              66
12 UW Madison                         62
13 Ft Lewis Colllege                  60
14 UVM Cycling                        58
15 Univeristy of California, Davis    54
16 University of Georgia              54
17 Cal Cycling                        51
18 University of Virginia             51
19 Florida State University           51
20 Harvard University                 48
21 UCSC                               45
22 KU Cycling Club                    39
23 US Naval Academy                   36
24 Virginia Tech Cycling              34
25 Miami University Cycling           30
26 University of New Hampshire        28
27 CSU - Rams Cycling                 28
28 University of Minnesota            26
29 Ohio State University              24
30 University of Utah                 22
31 Georgia State                      22
32 Cornell Cycling                    20
33 Maryland Collegiate Cycling Tea    18
34 UNL Cycling                        18
35 Columbia University                17
 
Division 2 Team Standings
 
1 Lees-McRae Cycling Team            155 pts
2 Whitman College                    150
3 Colorado College                   113
4 Cumberland                         113
5 USMA Cycllng Team                  108
6 Dartmouth College                  100
7 DePauw U Cycling                    97
8 MIT                                 80
9 Princeton University                77
10 University of Chicago              71
11 Bucknell University                62
12 American University                58
13 Claremont                          48
14 Skidmore College                   48
15 St. Olaf College                   45
16 Northwestern University            45
17 Mount Holyoke Cycling              42
18 WWU Cycling                        42
19 Tufts University                   39
20 Georgia Tech                       39
21 Swarthmore College                 36
22 Johns Hopkins University           34
23 Appalachian State University       32
24 University Wisconsin - Stevens     32
25 UWSP                               30
26 Bates College                      28
27 Yale                               24
28 USAF Academy                       19