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US Collegiate Road National Championships - CN
Colorado, USA, May 8-10, 2009
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Stage 2 - May 9: Criteriums, 75/65mins
Criterium, individual omnium champions crowned
Saturday's criterium racing in Old Town Fort Collins provided for plenty of excitement with nearly every race coming down to a photo finish on day two of the 2009 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships. The University of Vermont continued its dominance of the Division I men's field, while a rising star emerged from Marian College in the DI women's event. In Division II a pair of iron men held off the field for just under half of the 75-minute affair while it all came down to the sprint for the DII women.
With one full day of racing still to be factored into the team omnium standings Lees-McRae College holds a 271-227 lead over the University of Vermont and the University of Arizona in DI. Traditional DII powerhouses are poised to fight it out in tomorrow's DII team time trial as Whitman College (333) is leading the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (247) and Western Washington University (215) in the team overall.
The DI men's criterium played out like a big time Pro Tour event with fine team tactics on display. In the early going no one was able to escape the powerful peloton with Fort Lewis and Lees-McRae College controlling the front and reeling back anyone who attempted to break. It wasn't until around 10 minutes left in the 75-minute affair that things really started to heat up. It looked as if the winners may be decided when a group of five riders, including Colorado State University's Chris Hall, the University of Florida's Bobby Sweeting and Fort Lewis College's Alister Ratcliff were able to escape off the front with just over five laps to go.
The powerful University of Vermont squad however quickly responded, timing the chase perfectly and swallowing up the leaders with just under one lap to go. In the mass sprint to the finish, yesterday's road race winners Jamey Driscoll and Will Dugan worked with Alex Cox to deliver their teammate into the final turn. Colin Jaskiewicz then turned on the afterburners to reel in the national title by a mere 10th of a second.
"Taking it with five to go wasn't the plan," explained Jaskiewicz. "Our original plan was to break with one to go, but those guys were just too strong to let go. It was pretty evident after yesterday that we are one of the strongest teams out there and my teammates were incredible today. This is the most prestigious win I've ever had and it was definitely a team effort."
After several aggressive moves early everything came back together and settled down halfway through 60-minute DI women's race. As the race progressed the collegiate powerhouse squads of Lees-McRae with Carla Swart and the University of Arizona with Chloe Forsman as well as Fort Lewis College controlled the pace, quickly squashing any breaks. The ladies appeared relaxed heading into the final laps when the pace suddenly began to accelerate, causing a race ending crash for many riders. The remaining riders strung out with one lap to go as yesterday's road race third-place finisher Jacquelyn Crowell established herself out front. Marian's outstanding freshman Sinead Miller tracked her down coming out of the final turn and sprinted to the women's DI criterium national title.
"With four or five to go I knew it was going to come down to a field sprint," stated Miller, a former USA Cycling Junior National Team program standout. "With two to go I knew I had to follow Jacque's wheel, then I was just able to outsprint her to the line."
Phil Elasser and Thacker Reeves put on a show in the DII men's race. The pair broke away from the 80-rider field a little over halfway through the 75-minute affair and never looked back. Although their lead was never over 30 seconds, the peloton couldn't mount an organized attack until it was too late. A powerful Furman squad attempted to pull in the leaders on the final laps but Elasser and Reeves stayed out front and finished one-two with Elasser earning the Stars-and-Stripes. Emory's Thomas Brown and Whitman's Ben Chaddock emerged from the peloton to grab third and fourth from a talented field.
The DII women's race got off to a fast and furious start and the team battle between Whitman and MIT was quickly apparent. Despite the quick pace, the first real move of the race was when DePauw University's Rita Klofta broke away, taking Whitman's Kendi Thomas with her. Kim Geist kept the field calm and eventually reeled the pair back in. It then came down to the final lap of the 60 minute event with MIT's Martha Buckley leading a group of 20 through the final turns. It was Whitman's Thomas however who was able to was able to take the sprint to the line less than a second ahead of Daisy Phillips of Western Washington and Dartmouth's Arielle Filberti who was riding without the help of any teammates.
With both the individual events already contested, this year's individual omnium winners will be crowned at Saturday evening's USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championship banquet. The University of Florida' Bobby Sweeting used a balanced approach to edge road race champion Jamey Driscoll (University of Vermont) in the DI men's omnium. For the DI women it was road race winner Carla Swart of Lees-McRae College (299) coming away with yet another Stars-and Stripes jersey, just ahead of Jacquelyn Crowell of the University of Florida (271). Joey Rosskopf (Pfeiffer University) earned the DII men's omnium crown with 247 points over Mesa State's Conor Mullvervy (216). For the DII women it was Rita Klofta of DePauw University holding off last year's second place finisher Kendi Thomas of Whitman College.
Results
Division I Men's Criterium 1 Colin Jaskiewicz (University Of Vermont) 1.15.19 2 Nicholas Martinez (University Of California-Santa Barbara) 3 Bobby Sweeting (University Of Florida) 4 Kiel Reijnen (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 5 Alister Ratcliff (Fort Lewis College) 6 Daniel Lionberg (Colorado State University) 7 Adrian Hegyvary (University Of Washington-Seattle) 8 Zack Allison (Colorado State University) 9 Chris Uberti (Purdue University) 10 Derek Laan (Purdue University) 11 Matthew Howe (North Carolina State University) 12 Cody Stephenson (Fort Lewis College) 13 James Driscoll (University Of Vermont) 14 Alex Cox (University Of Vermont) 15 Andrew Christian (US Naval Academy) 16 Adam Switters (University Of California-Davis) 17 John Doyle (Lees-McRae College) 18 Robert Scheffler (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) 19 John Crow (North Carolina State University) 20 Joseph Kukolla (Marian College) 21 William Dugan (University Of Vermont) 22 Daniel Estevez (Lindsey Wilson College) 23 Brian Percival (Stanford University) 24 Chad Haga (Texas A & M University) 25 Ross Berger (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 26 Jesse Dekrey (Fort Lewis College) 27 Dallas Fowler (University Of Wisconsin-Madison) 28 Philipp Sohn (University Of California-Irvine) 29 Christopher Hall (Colorado State University) 30 Alexander Gil (University Of Florida) 31 Alex Jarman (University Of California-San Diego) 32 Chris Aten (University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor) 33 Kyle Colavito (University Of Arizona) 34 Jonathan Scholnick (University Of Arizona) 35 Kevin Clegg (University Of Arizona) 36 Joseph Welsh (Lees-McRae College) 37 Eric Thompson (Lees-McRae College) 38 Timothy Norris (Lindenwood University) 39 Daniel Katz (University Of California-Santa Barbara) 40 Evan Pickett (Stanford University) 41 Nils Johnson (University Of California-Davis) 42 Mark Smelser (Kansas State University) 43 Joseph Collins (University Of Georgia) 44 Benjamin Zawacki (Clemson University) 45 Jason Karew (University Of Arizona) 46 Alexander Yeh (University Of California-Los Angeles) 47 Caley Fretz (Colorado State University) 48 Tyler Hawes (Clemson University) 49 David Kuhns (University Of Oregon) 50 Steven Ricchiazzi (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) 51 Miles Lamon (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) 52 Peter Chiu (Columbia University-NYC) 53 Paul Mach (University Of California-Davis) 54 Kip Spaude (Lindsey Wilson College) 55 Lucas Binder (University Of California-Berkeley) 56 Adam Leibovitz (Marian College) 57 James Pradun (University Of Wisconsin-Madison) 58 Cory Dubrish (University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor) 59 Josh Yeaton (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 60 Brian Crosby (University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities) 61 Joshua Nagode (Lindsey Wilson College) 62 Nicholas Chevalley (Lindenwood University) 63 Chet Henry (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln) 64 Gavin Melly (Stanford University) 65 Timothy Ciarkowski (Virginia Polytechnic University) 66 Scott Jackson (Lees-McRae College) 67 David Williams (Marian College) 68 Parker Smith (University Of Georgia) 69 Nathan Kupperstock (Boston University) 70 Todd Elenz (Midwestern State University) 71 John Zaccone (Virginia Polytechnic University) 72 Brian Roberts (Boston University) 73 Hunter Garrison (University Of Georgia) 74 Taylor Kneuven (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 75 Shawn Gravois (University Of Florida) 76 Collin Davis (Midwestern State University) 77 Christopher Ruhl (Pennsylvania State University) 78 Ian Burnett (Fort Lewis College) 79 Kyle Englund-Krieger (US Naval Academy) 80 Thom Coupe (University Of New Hampshire) 0.23 81 Jason Short (Midwestern State University) 0.59 82 Brendan Benson (University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor) 1.02 83 Alex Wieseler (Marian College) 84 Joseph Grimm (US Naval Academy) 9.17 85 Matthew Fox (Midwestern State University) 86 Michael Palmer (Portland State University) 87 Anthony Hall (Columbia University-NYC) 88 Will Niemann-Ross (University Of Oregon) 89 Ben Warren (Virginia Polytechnic University) 90 Owen Mcdonnell (Virginia Polytechnic University) 91 Sam Curlee (US Naval Academy) 92 John Grano (Metro State College-Denver) 93 Marshall Holmes (Metro State College-Denver) 94 Zach Dubas (Kansas State University) DNF Alexander Bremer (Columbia University-NYC) DNF Owen Belton (Lindenwood University) DNF Francis Hamre (Lindenwood University) DNF John-Matthew Hattaway (Texas A & M University) DNF Greg Hercules (Texas A & M University) DNF Brian Kappus (University Of California-Los Angeles) DNF Maksym Fatyga (University Of California-Santa Barbara) DNF John Moore (University Of Florida) DNF Robert Stumpf (University Of Pittsburgh) DNF Jonathan Cook (University Of Wisconsin-Madison) DNF Adam Winck (University Of Virginia) DNF Allen Stewart (University Of Oregon) DNS Will Stoughton (North Carolina State University) DNS Philip Mooney (University Of California-Davis) Division I Women's Criterium 1 Sinead Miller (Marian College) 57.59 2 Jacquelyn Crowell (University Of Florida) 3 Tammy Wildgoose (University Of California-San Diego) 4 Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College) 5 Lauren Liscinski (University Of California-Santa Barbara) 6 Chloe Forsman (University Of Arizona) 7 Erica Zaveta (University Of Arizona) 8 Natana Hotimsky (University Of Vermont) 9 Anna Mcloon (Harvard University) 10 Ally Stacher (Lees-McRae College) 11 Katy Keenan (Stanford University) 12 Amy Chandos (University Of California-Davis) 13 Kira Shoemaker (Lees-McRae College) 14 Melanie Meyers (University Of Arizona) 15 Julia Manley (Colorado State University) 16 Rae Brownsberger (Stanford University) 17 Jenna Kowalski (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) 18 Mallory Burrows (Marian College) 19 Jennifer Johansen (University Of California-Santa Barbara) 20 Allison Oliver (University Of California-Davis) 21 Tyera Eulberg (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 22 Danielle Haulman (University Of California-Davis) 23 Megan Cassidy (Colorado State University) 24 Kristi Henne (Lees-McRae College) 25 Sierra Siebenlist (Marian College) 26 Kim Trenbath (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 27 Dominique Bastine (US Naval Academy) 28 Kari Edvenson (University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities) 29 Marian Jamison (University Of Nevada-Reno) 30 Tina Dominic (Fort Lewis College) 31 Rachel Knott (Colorado State University) 32 Rebecca Finley (Marian College) 33 Tirrel Grovenstein (Colorado State University) 0.15 34 Kathryn Hicks (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) 0.20 35 Josephine Morgan (University Of California-Berkeley) 36 Natalie Koch (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 37 Yvonne Schumacher (University Of Wisconsin-Madison) 38 Allison Beall (Washington State University) 0.28 39 Flora Duffy (University Of Colorado-Boulder) 0.38 40 Loren Eggenschwiler (Midwestern State University) 0.43 41 Lisa Auchincloss (University Of California-Davis) 1.07 42 Melissa (Missy) Erickson (Fort Lewis College) 1.26 43 Erin Hetzel (Indiana U-Purdue U-Indianapolis) 2.53 44 Courtney O'donnell (University Of California-Los Angeles) 4.14 45 Cate Mclean (University Of Virginia) 46 Emma Millar (Fort Lewis College) 47 Judy Jenkins (University Of Arizona) 48 Rachelle Hobson (University Of Oregon) 49 Rose Long (University Of Vermont) 50 Tiffany Stewart (Midwestern State University) 51 Gillis Rowston (University Of Georgia) 52 Heather Davis (University Of Florida) 53 Sabina Kraushaar (Fort Lewis College) 54 Mindy Burns (Midwestern State University) 55 Laura Whittle (Midwestern State University) 56 Hannah Young (North Carolina State University) 57 Emily Fancher (University Of Georgia) DNF Margaret Shirley (Columbia University-NYC) DNF Ashley James (Lindsey Wilson College) DNF Kelley Hess (University Of Wisconsin-Madison) Division II Men's Criterium 1 Phil Elsasser (Western Washington University) 1.13.35 2 Thacker Reeves (Cumberland University) 3 Thomas Brown (Emory University) 4 Ben Chaddock (Whitman College) 5 Joey Rosskopf (Pfeiffer University) 6 Alejandro Padilla (Cumberland University) 7 Derek Merkler (US Military Academy) 8 Kevin Mullervy (Mesa State College) 9 Jason Sears (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 10 Conor Mullervy (Mesa State College) 11 Colin Don (University Of Denver) 12 John Shalekbriski (US Air Force Academy) 13 Alex Lewis (University Of Northern Colorado) 14 Ian Crane (Whatcom Community College) 15 Nikola Milanovic (Mars Hill College) 16 Jeffrey Salvitti (Bucknell University) 17 Nicholas Littman (Whitman College) 18 Michael Retzlaff (Johns Hopkins University) 19 Jonathan Tower (Colorado College) 20 Christopher Butler (Furman University) 21 Glenn Ferreria (Tufts University) 22 Erik Wilburn (US Military Academy) 23 Corey Meyer (Montana State University-Bozeman) 24 Duncan Mcgovern (Whitman College) 25 Steve Fisher (Western Washington University) 26 Jose Soltren (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 27 Elliot Dumont (Claremont Colleges Consortium) 28 Matthew Favoino (Saint Louis University) 29 Sean Barrie (Georgetown University) 30 Kyle Helder (Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania) 31 Adam Koble (University Of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) 32 Shaun Higgins (Colorado School Of Mines) 33 Michael Hamilton (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 34 William Gates (US Air Force Academy) 35 Chester Broshears (DePauw University) 36 Preston Moon (US Air Force Academy) 37 Tristin Bentzler (University Of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) 38 Ross White (University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater) 39 Craig Mckinney (Furman University) 40 Shannon Morgan (Colorado College) 41 Adam Cadez-Schmidt (Mesa State College) 42 Steve Schott (Pfeiffer University) 43 Grant Goerzen (University Of Denver) 44 Nick Bennette (Princeton University) 45 John Stallings (DePauw University) 46 Aaron Meyers (Bucknell University) 47 Tim Humpton (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 48 Alexander Krienke (US Military Academy) 49 Timothy Manzella (Drexel University) 50 Nick Frey (Princeton University) 51 Austin Roach (Princeton University) 52 Andrew Wheeler (US Military Academy) 53 Juan Torres (Cumberland University) 54 Ben Rathkamp (Western Washington University) 0.22 55 Andrew Baker (Furman University) 0.31 56 Colin Gibson (Whitman College) 9.41 57 Spencer Beamer (Furman University) 58 Matt St Marie (Brevard College) 59 Whitney Stanbrough (Cumberland University) 60 Justin Goodin (US Air Force Academy) 61 Danny Beissinger (Illinois Institute Of Technology) 62 Marshal Hartley (Brevard College) 63 Steven Hopengarten (Union College-NY) 64 Christoph Hurley (Colorado School Of Mines) 65 Curtis Grace (University Of Alabama-Huntsville) DNF Ben Quinn (University Of Denver) DNF Stefan Grecu (Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania) DNF Noah Zitzer (Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania) DNF Tim Woods (Western Washington University) DNS Brent Steinberg (Mesa State College) Division II Women's Criterium 1 Kendi Thomas (Whitman College) 1.00.55 2 Daisy Phillips (Western Washington University) 3 Arielle Filiberti (Dartmouth College) 4 Yuri Matsumoto (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 5 Rita Klofta (DePauw University) 6 Roxanne Pierson (Whitman College) 7 Anna Olivier (Yale University) 8 Martha Buckley (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 9 Kimberley Turner (Seattle Pacific University) 10 Laura Ralston (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 11 Elizabeth Lauer (University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater) 12 Lindsy Campbell (University Of Montana) 13 Kimberly Geist (DeSales University) 14 Lydia Tanner (Montana State University-Bozeman) 15 Christine Levy (Yale University) 16 Mia Huth (Whitman College) 17 Julia Tellman (Brevard College) 18 Alexis Skarda (Mesa State College) 19 Frances Morrison (Mount Holyoke College) 20 Jennifer Teerlink (Colorado School Of Mines) 21 Zuzana Trnovcova (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 22 Emma Bast (Mount Holyoke College) 0.22 23 Emily Rodriguez (Whitman College) 1.39 24 Priscilla Mok (Brown University) 1.51 25 Lydia Collins (Colorado School Of Mines) 1.57 26 Sarah Roberts (Colorado School Of Mines) 27 Nicole Hilaire (US Military Academy) 28 Kristen Stouder (Western Washington University) 29 Kelsey Hassin (US Military Academy) DNF Yolanda Colon (Mars Hill College) DNS Courtney Rehwoldt (US Military Academy) DNS Erin Whitmore (DePauw University) DI Team Omnium Standings 1 Lees-McRae College 271 pts 2 University of Vermont 227 3 University of Arizona 227 4 University of California-Davis 222 5 Colorado State University 215 DII Team Omnium Standings 1 Whitman College 333 pts 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 247 3 Western Washington University 215 4 Mesa State College 195 5 DePauw University 127 DI Men's Omnium Results 1 Bobby Sweeting (University of Florida) 236 pts 2 Jamey Driscoll (University of Vermont) 230 3 Will Dugan (University of Vermont) 200 4 Adrian Hegyvary (University of Washington-Seattle) 185 5 Adam Leibovitz (Marian College) 147 DI Women's Omnium Results 1 Carla Swart (Lees-McRae College) 299 pts 2 Jacquelyn Crowell (University of Florida) 271 3 Anna McLoon (Harvard University) 224 4 Chloe Forsman (University of Arizona) 434 5 Melanie Myers (University of Arizona) 175 DII Men's Omnium Results 1 Joey Rosskopf (Pfeiffer University) 247 pts 2 Conor Mullervy (Mesa State College) 216 3 Phil Elsasser (Western Washington University) 214 4 Thomas Brown (Emory University) 191 5 Thacker Reeves (Cumberland University) 188 DII Women's Omnium Results 1 Rita Klofta (DePauw University) 261 pts 2 Kendi Thomas (Whitman College) 259 3 Kim Geist (DeSales University) 207 4 Emma Bast (Mount Holyoke College) 204 5 Daisy Phillips (Western Washington University) 194
