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Stage 2 - May 10: Road race, 51 / 70 mi

Action heats up in Omnium

Stellar performances by the University of California-Davis and Fort Lewis College in the road races led to a tie in the division I omnium standings on day two of competition at the USA Cycling Collegiate road national championships. Massachusetts Institute of Technology was able to hold their lead in the division II standings after a day of windy road racing in the foothills west of Fort Collins.

The division 1 women's race started things off early with a brutal climb right out of Hughes Stadium on the campus of Colorado State University on a blustery morning. The race immediately broke apart on the three demanding climbs over to the Masonville circuits with seven of collegiate cycling's elites jumping out to the lead. After completing the two mostly flat loops on the 51-mile lollipop course, the women tackled the steep power climbs of the Horsetooth Reservoir before descending back into town. A serious chase was never formed and the strong front seven found themselves together all the way up to the finish. It wasn't until the group made the turn into Hughes Stadium that the sprint was on and Lee's McRae rider Carla Swart was able to overpower Chole Forsman of the University of Arizona and take the national championship.

"I got really scared on the climbs and didn't want to get dropped," said Swart. "Since there were two pairs represented in the break I just tried to follow their lead."

The division 2 women's race played out in similar fashion with things breaking up on the first climb and five riders holding out front for the duration. This time however, heading over the rolling hills back into Fort Collins, last year's third-place road race finisher Devon Haskell, broke away for the solo win only 24 seconds ahead of Whitman's Kendi Thomas.

"I went after Devon, but just couldn't catch her," explained Thomas, last year's fifth-place omnium finisher.

Later in the afternoon, the early climbs split the more than 100-rider division 1 men's field into three distinct groups heading into the circuits. The two front groups however, quickly came together after the first feed. Andrew Talansky (Lees-McRae College) and Bobby Sweeting (University of Florida) soon broke off the front and were joined by Josha Lipka (University of New Hampshire) with a chase group forming close behind. On lap three the leaders were caught by the chase, making a front group of seven including: Talansky, Sweeting, Lipka, Ryan Parnes (Stanford), Jesse Dekrey (Fort Lewis), Taylor Kneuven (University of Colorado - Boulder) and Paul Mach (University of California - Davis). Despite a surging field the leaders were able to hold the lead to the line with 19-year old Talansky sprinting to the victory.

"I didn't know I was going to win until the last 300-meters," said Talansky. "I was hoping to be able to stay with the Davis rider when he attacked on the final climb. Once I did, I knew I had a shot."

The division 2 men's race was action packed to the finish with Ben Showman of the United States Military Academy attacking solo with around 20 kilometers to go. A chase group including Chris Butler (Furman University), Craig Leukens (Yale University), Zak Grabowski (Colorado School of Mines) and Austin Roach (Princeton University) soon pursued with force. Grabowski hammered it on a descent and the group quickly closed in on Showman who once had a 1:30 gap. The leader was caught in the final kilometers and it was Furman's Butler winning the sprint to the finish over Leukens of Yale. Grabowski came in only seconds later in third with Showman not far behind.

"We were just trying to work together to close it in on the Army guy," explained Butler. "He had 15 seconds on me but I knew I had to close it on that last climb. I was able to do so because my teammate, Spencer Beamer, was selfless today, protecting me both physically and mentally throughout the race."

Sunday's criterium in Old Town Fort Collins will provide the final opportunity for teams to move up in their respective divisions in order to claim overall team titles. UC-Davis and Fort Lewis College remain deadlocked at 295 in the DI team omnium with Lees-McRae threatening at 285. In DII MIT has a commanding lead with 272 points over Western Washington University and the Colorado School of Mines with 239 and 233 points respectively. Also on the line Sunday will be individual overall titles as competitors will score points in the criterium to add to their road race points earned on Saturday. Criterium points and road race points will be combined to name four individual overall champions.

Photography

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Images by Jason O. Watson/www.jasonowatson.com

The Division 1 women line up for the start of the road race
The winner's breakaway in the women's D1 race.
Martha Buckley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) leads the division 2 women up the day's first climb.
Arielle Filiberti (Dartmouth College) climbs the first hill of the race.
The D1 women's lead group.
The D2 women's lead group.
The D2 women's lead group.
The division 1 men's race peloton at the base of the day's first climb.
The D1 men climbing the first hill of the day.
The devil awaits D1 men's riders at the top of a climb.
The men's D1 leaders up the day's final climb.
The division 2 men's peloton at the base of the day's first climb.
Fans line the route of the road race in Masonville.
Spencer Beamer (Furman University) battles Ben Showman (United States Military Academy) up the day's final climb in the men's D2 road race.
Spencer Beamer (Furman University) en route to winning the men's D2 road race.
Ben Showman (United States Military Academy) up the final climb in the men's D2 race.
Ben Quinn (University of Denver) up the final climb in the men's D2 race
Eric Schildge (Dartmouth College) up the final climb in the men's D2 race.

Results

Division 1
 
Men
 
1 Andrew Talansky (Lees-McRae College)                         2.31.42
2 Paul Mach (University of California-Davis)                      0.02
3 Ryan Parnes (Stanford University)                               0.18
4 Taylor Kneuven (University of Colorado-Boulder)                 0.19
5 Jesse Dekrey (Fort Lewis College)                               0.22
6 Joshua Lipka (University of New Hampshire)                      1.00
7 Steve Scholzen (University of Wisconsin - Madis)                1.34
8 Phillip Mann (Colorado State University)                            
9 Nicholas Martinez (University of California-Santa)                  
10 Alex Boyd (Midwestern State University)                        1.35
11 Shawn Rosenthal (University of California-Davis)                   
12 Tyler Dibble (University of California-Davis)                      
13 Max Jenkins (University of California-Berkel)                      
14 Chris Uberti (Purdue University)                               1.36
15 Ben Sonntag (Fort Lewis College)                                   
16 Scott Jackson (Lees-McRae College)                                 
17 Isaac Howe (University of Vermont)                                 
18 Joey Thompson (Fort Lewis College)                                 
19 Derek Laan (Purdue University)                                     
20 Robert Scheffler (California Polytechnic-San Luis)             1.37
21 Bennet Van Der Genugten (Marian College)                           
22 Kiel Reijnen (University of Colorado-Boulder)                      
23 Brad Bingham (University of Colorado-Boulder)                      
24 John Meyers (University of Illinois at Urba)                       
25 Alexander Bremer (Columbia University)                             
26 Mitchell Peterson (University of Utah)                         1.38
27 David Glick (University of Arizona)                                
28 Ben King (Virginia Polytechnic University)                     1.39
29 Kyle Colavito (University of Arizona)                              
30 Lee Rosenthal (Fort Lewis College)                                 
31 Bobby Sweeting (University of Florida)                             
32 Ira Tibbitts (Utah State University)                           1.40
33 Eric Bean (University of Wisconsin - Madis)                    1.41
34 Max Haines-Stiles (Stanford University)                            
35 Chris Ruhl (Pennsylvania State University)                         
36 Evan Pickett (Stanford University)                             1.42
37 Reid Beloni (Virginia Polytechnic University)                  1.43
38 Charles Pendry (North Carolina State University)               1.44
39 Shawn Gravois (University of Florida)                          1.45
40 Yarden Gazit (Fort Lewis College)                              1.47
41 Daniel Workman (Colorado State University)                     1.49
42 Chris Hall (Colorado State University)                         1.50
43 Alister Ratcliff (Fort Lewis College)                          1.58
44 Steven Gordon (Virginia Polytechnic University)                2.00
45 David Kuhns (University of Oregon)                             2.10
46 Jason King (San Diego State University)                        2.16
47 Mike Anderson (Lees-McRae College)                             2.26
48 Adam Bickett (University of California-San Di)                 2.27
49 Jordan Smothermon (University of Texas - Austin)                   
50 Thom Coupe (University of New Hampshire)                       2.31
51 Patrick Mcglynn (Colorado State University)                    2.34
52 Ryan Mcfeely (US Naval Academy)                                2.57
53 John Doyle (Lees-McRae College)                                3.02
54 Philip Mooney (University of California-Davis)                 3.23
55 Alex Gilliam (University of Texas - Austin)                    4.18
56 Chad Haga (Texas A & M University)                             4.28
57 Lucas Binder (University of California-Berkel)                 4.35
58 Kennett Peterson (University of Oregon)                            
59 Dallas Fowler (University of Wisconsin - Madis)                4.36
60 Gavin Melly (Stanford University)                              4.37
61 Caley Fretz (Colorado State University)                            
62 Justin Brown (Pennsylvania State University)                   4.38
63 Rob Dahl (University of California-Berkel)                     4.40
64 Ren-Jay Shei (Indiana University-Bloomington)                      
65 Chris Hamlin (University of Vermont)                           4.47
66 Chris Keane (University of Florida)                            4.49
67 Devin Carroll (Texas A & M University)                             
68 Frank Palmieri (University of Texas - Austin)                  4.51
69 Kennard Trant (Midwestern State University)                    5.05
70 Anthony Hall (Columbia University)                             5.10
71 Robert Meyer (Stanford University)                             5.15
72 Brendan Benson (University of Michigan)                        5.31
73 Matthew Howe (North Carolina State University)                 5.36
74 Kyle Lake (University of Michigan)                             5.37
75 Andrew Christian (US Naval Academy)                            5.38
76 Kip Spaude (Lindsey Wilson College)                            5.39
77 Vinnie Scalia (University of Vermont)                          5.48
78 Sean Condron (Lees-McRae College)                              6.25
79 Patrick Healy (University of California-Santa)                 6.34
80 Frederick Stamm (California Polytechnic-San Luis)                  
81 Mark Smelser (Kansas State University)                         7.05
82 Sam Keesler (Lees-McRae College)                               7.06
83 Scott Veggeberg (University of Texas - Austin)                 7.24
84 Brian Meyer (University of Arizona)                            7.46
85 Mattison Brady (University of Michigan)                        9.30
86 William Nowak (Northwestern University)                        9.58
87 Jason Short (Midwestern State University)                     13.09
88 Anthony Astrab (University of South Florida)                  19.29
89 John Hatlelid (University of Texas - Austin)                  23.32
90 Gerald Hart (Kansas State University)                         23.39
91 Steven Davis (San Diego State University)                          
92 Michael Carey (University of Texas - Austin)                  23.40
93 Daniel Katz (University of California-Santa)                       
94 John Crow (North Carolina State University)                   23.41
95 Tomas Simonson (US Naval Academy)                             23.42
96 Collin Davis (Midwestern State University)                    23.59
97 Pete Emerson (University of Vermont)                          24.01
98 Luke Amer (University of Colorado-Boulder)                    24.15
99 Ryan Gamm (Miami University-Oxford)                           25.04
100 Cody Hardley (Purdue University)                                  
101 Richard Distad (University of Maryland)                      26.30
102 Michael Lalla (Midwestern State University)                       
103 Jeff Carl (Marian College)                                        
104 Francis Hamre (Midwestern State University)                  26.56
105 Kyle Englund-Krieger (US Naval Academy)                      27.21
106 Anthony Rienzi (Ohio State University)                       28.51
107 Jon Cook (University of Wisconsin - Madison)                 31.35
108 Allan Wallace (University of Maryland)                       32.57
109 William Vazquez (Purdue University)                          33.39
110 Robert Carr (University of California-San Diego)             36.45
111 Alexander Pratt (Pennsylvania State University)              36.46
112 Takuya Hagiwara (University of Oregon)                       37.22
DNF Orion Berryman (University of Oregon)                             
DNF Peter Baker (University of Oregon)                                
DNF Tom Reynolds (University of California-Berkeley)                  
DNF Daniel Katz (University of California-Santa Barbara)              
DNF Alex Jarman (University of California-San Diego)                  
DNF Seth Guthrie (Clemson University)                                 
DNF Richard Shurtz (Kansas State University)                          
 
Women
 
1 Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College)                             2.31.44
2 Chloe Forsman (University of Arizona)                           0.01
3 Amy Dombroski (Fort Lewis College)                              0.02
4 Melanie Meyers (University of Arizona)                              
5 Amanda Miller (Colorado State University)                           
6 Arwen Bradley (Stanford University)                             0.03
7 Kristin Mcgrath (Fort Lewis College)                            0.04
8 Carol Hutton (Colorado State University)                        0.55
9 Anna Mcloon (Harvard University)                                0.58
10 Jacquelyn Crowell (University of Florida)                      2.13
11 Louise Turner (Indiana University-Bloomington)                 2.14
12 Lisa Turnbull (University of Oregon)                           2.15
13 Amy Chandos (University of California-Davis)                       
14 Ally Stacher (Lees-McRae College)                                  
15 Kimberly Fong (University of California-Berkel)                2.16
16 Rae Brownsberger (Stanford University)                             
17 Sarah Rieke (Indiana University-Bloomington)                   2.17
18 Julie Bellerose (University of Michigan)                       2.18
19 Kim Trenbath (University of Colorado-Boulder)                  2.20
20 Stephanie Swan (Fort Lewis College)                            2.21
21 Kathy Rakel (University of Arizona)                                
22 Kelly Woznicki (University of Michigan)                            
23 Larissa Fitchett (University of California-Davis)              2.22
24 Amanda Felder (University of California-San Di)                    
25 Marlijne Cook (University of New Hampshire)                    5.15
26 Kacey Manderfield (Lees-McRae College)                        10.03
27 Tyera Eulberg (University of Colorado-Boulder)                     
28 Jennifer Johansen (University of California-Santa)            10.04
29 Whitney Schultz (University of Texas - Austin)                10.05
30 Amy Encalada (University of California-Davis)                      
31 Rose Long (University of Vermont)                                  
32 Rachel Sutton (Pennsylvania State University)                      
33 Lauren Liscinski (University of California-Santa)                  
34 Julia Manley (Colorado State University)                      10.07
35 Katy Keenan (Stanford University)                                  
36 Kari Edvenson (University of Minnesota-Twin Ci)                    
37 Anita Dilles (Portland State University)                      10.11
38 Natalie Klemko (Midwestern State University)                       
39 Emily Foxman (University of California-Davis)                 10.12
40 Rachel Knott (Colorado State University)                      10.13
41 Audrey Brown (Stanford University)                            10.15
42 Lesley Golenor (Virginia Polytechnic University)                   
43 K. Jo Markham (Lees-McRae College)                            10.20
44 Heidi Buehler (University of California-Santa)                10.23
45 Megan Cassidy (Colorado State University)                     12.00
46 Brianna Hand (University of California-Berkel)                12.05
47 Kirsten Dreier (Indiana University-Bloomington)               13.13
48 Tirrel Groventein (Colorado State University)                 13.15
49 Sara Hanson (Virginia Polytechnic University)                 13.16
50 Julie Panzica (Indiana University-Bloomington)                13.17
51 Heather Davis (University of Florida)                         13.26
52 Hadley Trotter (University of North Carolina)                 14.07
53 Tiffany Stewart (Midwestern State University)                      
54 Monica Foley (University of North Carolina)                   14.45
55 Heather Ross (University of Maryland)                              
56 Claire Twark (Harvard University)                             14.48
57 Steph Thompson (University of Minnesota-Twin Ci)              14.49
58 Judy Jenkins (University of Arizona)                          17.36
59 Sabina Kraushaar (Fort Lewis College)                         17.45
60 Erin Moss (US Naval Academy)                                  19.25
61 Sasha Richey (Stanford University)                            19.37
62 Josephine Morgan (University of California-Berkel)            19.52
63 Dominique Bastine (US Naval Academy)                          20.26
64 Jean Schneider (Lindsey Wilson College)                       22.27
65 Emily Flynn (Michigan State University)                            
66 Emma Millar (Fort Lewis College)                                   
67 Brenna Wozniak (University of Texas - Austin)                      
68 Phoebe Erdman (University of Colorado-Boulder)                     
69 Kristi Henne (Lees-McRae College)                                  
70 Sarah Lukas (Lindsey Wilson College)                               
71 Yvonne Schumacher (University of Wisconsin - Madison)              
72 Laura Steele (Auburn University)                                   
73 Catherine Newsom (University of Texas - Austin)                    
74 Jessie Duppler (University of Wisconsin - Madison)                 
75 Sarah Milton (University of South Florida)                         
76 Caitlin Baker (Clemson University)                                 
DNF Netana Hotimsky (University of Vermont)                           
DNF Margaret Shirley (Columbia University)                            
DNS Megan Somerville (Marian College)                                 
DNS Tammy Wildgoose (University of California-San Diego)              
 
Overall standing after day 2
 
1 University of California-Davis                                   295 pts
2 Fort Lewis College                                               295
3 Lees-McRae College                                               285
4 Stanford University                                              244
5 University of Arizona                                            221
6 Colorado State University                                        215
7 University of Colorado-Boulder                                   214
8 Indiana University-Bloomington                                   121
9 University of California-Santa                                   105
10 University of California-Berke                                  104
11 University of Wisconsin - Madi                                   98
12 University of Florida                                            87
13 University of Texas - Austin                                     76
14 Marian College                                                   69
15 Midwestern State University                                      61
16 University of New Hampshire                                      53
17 University Of Michigan - Ann A                                   49
18 Purdue University                                                43
19 University of Vermont                                            40
20 Pennsylvania State University                                    40
21 US Naval Academy                                                 34
22 Harvard University                                               34
23 University of Oregon                                             33
24 Virginia Polytechnic Universit                                   29
25 University of California-San D                                   25
26 North Carolina State Universit                                   22
27 California Polytechnic-San Lui                                   19
28 University of Illinois at Urba                                   15
29 Kansas State University                                          13
30 University of Minnesota-Twin C                                   11
31 Columbia University                                              11
32 University of Utah                                               10
33 University of Maryland - Colle                                   10
34 Portland State University                                        10
35 Utah State University                                             9
36 San Diego State University                                        5
 
Division 2
 
Men
 
1 Chris Butler (Furman University)                             2.35.52
2 Craig Luekens (Yale University)                                 0.02
3 Zak Grabowski (Colorado School of Mines)                        0.12
4 Ben Showman (United States Military Academy)                    0.18
5 Austin Roach (Princeton University)                             1.00
6 David Fleischhauer (Western Washington University)              1.01
7 Conor Mullervy (Mesa State College)                                 
8 Eric Schildge (Dartmouth College)                               1.02
9 Nicholas Bennette (Princeton University)                            
10 Kevin Mullervy (Mesa State College)                                
11 Spencer Beamer (Furman University)                                 
12 Ryan Bodge (American University)                                   
13 Eric Edlund (Massachusetts Institute of Tech)                      
14 Geoffrey Calkins (Yale University)                             1.04
15 Jeffrey Salvitti (Bucknell University)                         1.05
16 Steven Pingree (United States Military Academy)                    
17 Christopher Parrish (Western Washington University)            1.06
18 Alex Lewis (University of Northern Colorado)                   1.07
19 Nate Keck (Mesa State College)                                 1.08
20 Jonathan Tower (Colorado College)                              1.10
21 Trevor Johnson (US Air Force Academy)                          1.16
22 Jake Boyce (St. Olaf College)                                  1.24
23 David Shackelton (Yale University)                             1.25
24 Toby Marzot (Dartmouth College)                                1.44
25 Matthew Jones (New Mexico State University)                    1.45
26 Brady Kappius (Colorado School of Mines)                       2.29
27 Jon Awerbuch (Dartmouth College)                               2.38
28 Ben Quinn (University of Denver)                               3.43
29 Shaun Higgins (Colorado School of Mines)                       4.30
30 Kevin Wolfson (Dartmouth College)                              8.11
31 Stefan Grecu (Kutztown University of Pennsylv)                10.23
32 Thomas Brown (Emory University)                               11.15
33 Joshua Nagode (University of Wisconsin College)                    
34 Craig Mckinney (Furman University)                            11.16
35 Derek Merkler (United States Military Academy)                     
36 Neal Broshears (DePauw University)                            11.17
37 Alexander Krienke (United States Military Academy)                 
38 Ryan Bloom (Johns Hopkins University)                              
39 Brett Kielick (Drexel University)                                  
40 Patrick Means (Western Washington University)                      
41 Tim Campbell (University of Notre Dame)                            
42 Peter Fairbanks (Cumberland University)                            
43 Grant Goerzen (University of Denver)                               
44 Draye Redfern (Saint Edward's University)                          
45 Erik Wilburn (United States Military Academy)                 11.18
46 Eric Moore (University of Denver)                             11.19
47 Zac Strode (Whitman College)                                  11.22
48 Toby Weatherall (Johns Hopkins University)                    11.24
49 Michael Retzlaff (Johns Hopkins University)                   11.27
50 Michael Githens (Georgetown University)                       11.28
51 Jay Shalekbriski (US Air Force Academy)                       11.34
52 Colin Don (University of Denver)                              12.01
53 Ben Mccormick (DePauw University)                             13.43
54 Steve Forbes (University of Denver)                           14.31
55 Aaron Heun (Colorado School of Mines)                         15.54
56 Colin Gibson (Whitman College)                                18.41
57 Guilherme Issao Fujiwara (Massachusetts Institute of Tech)    18.54
58 Mark Fraser (US Air Force Academy)                            20.51
59 Preston Moon (US Air Force Academy)                                
 
Women
 
1 Devon Haskell (University of Chicago)                        2.32.53
2 Kendi Thomas (Whitman College)                                  0.24
3 Martha Buckley (Massachusetts Institute of Tech)                0.57
4 Melissa Marts (Colorado School of Mines)                        0.59
5 Kay Sherwood (Colorado College)                                 5.47
6 Jen Stebbins (Dartmouth College)                               10.46
7 Kasey Rumrill (Colorado College)                               10.51
8 Meagan Mcphee (Western Washington University)                  10.52
9 Katie Ronsse (University of Denver)                            10.53
10 Yuri Matsumoto (Massachusetts Institute of Tech)                   
11 Devon Spika (Whitman College)                                 10.58
12 Eve Mcneill (Dartmouth College)                               13.09
12 Kristen Stouder (Western Washington University)                    
12 Tela Crane (Western Washington University)                         
12 Courtney Rehwoldt (United States Military Academy)                 
12 Metzi Anderson (Mount Holyoke College)                             
17 Emma Bast (Mount Holyoke College)                             17.10
17 Mia Huth (Whitman College)                                         
19 Sonya Cates (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)           17.16
20 Daisy Phillips (Western Washington University)                     
21 Amy Krull (Colorado College)                                       
22 Michelle Couch (DePauw University)                                 
23 Frances Morrison (Mount Holyoke College)                           
24 Pan Pan Fan (Yale University)                                      
25 Dana Perkins (University of Denver)                                
26 Caroline Schuster (University of Chicago)                          
27 Judy Wexler (Tufts University)                                     
28 Morgan Robinson (Yale University)                                  
29 Jenn Perricone (University of Notre Dame)                          
30 Jennifer Teerlink (Colorado School of Mines)                       
31 Katrina Finley (University of Idaho)                               
32 Kimberley Turner (Seattle Pacific University)                      
33 Kelsey Hassin (United States Military Academy)                     
34 Rita Klofta (DePauw University)                                    
DSQ Aston Armstrong (United States Military Academy)                  
DNS Meghan Johnson (University of Notre Dame)                         
 
Overall standings after day 2
 
1 Massachusetts Institute of Tec                                   272 pts
2 Western Washington University                                    239
3 Colorado School of Mines                                         233
4 Dartmouth College                                                198
5 Furman University                                                188
6 Whitman College                                                  185
7 University of Denver                                             171
8 United States Military Academy                                   158
9 Colorado College                                                 147
10 Yale University                                                 146
11 Mount Holyoke College                                            81
12 Princeton University                                             80
13 US Air Force Academy                                             79
14 Mesa State College                                               73
15 DePauw University                                                61
16 University of Chicago                                            56
17 Johns Hopkins University                                         53
18 American University                                              34
19 Cumberland University                                            33
20 University of Notre Dame                                         30
21 Bucknell University                                              29
22 University of Northern Colorad                                   27
23 Tufts University                                                 25
24 University of Idaho                                              21
25 St. Olaf College                                                 19
26 Seattle Pacific University                                       19
27 New Mexico State University                                      17
28 Kutztown University of Pennsyl                                   15
29 Emory University                                                 13
30 University of Wisconsin Colleg                                   11
31 Drexel University                                                 8
32 Saint Edward's University                                         5
33 Georgetown University                                             3