US Collegiate Road National Championships - CN

Colorado, USA, May 8-10, 2009

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Stage 3 - May 10: Team time trials,

UC-Davis, Whitman emerge atop collegiate road cycling

The University of California - Davis pulled off wins in both the men's and women's team time trial to earn the Division I overall team title on the final day of competition at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships. In Division II Whitman College also used a pair of stellar team time trial performances, including a win by their women, to hold off last year's champion, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and win the team omnium crown. Furman University proved tops in the DII men's team time trial, repeating their victory from a year ago.

The final day of the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships featured team time trial races on an 18-mile loop course in northern Larmier County. In the DI men's competition, the University of California-Davis's determination to earn the team omnium title was apparent as the men's squad of Paul Mach, Phillip Mooney, Will Riffelmacher and Adam Switters posted what would be the fastest time of the day at 35:17:41. The host Colorado State University Rams grabbed the silver in the men's team time trial 1:25 off the winning pace with the foursome of Zack Allison, Erick Carlson, Daniel Lionberg and Daniel Workman. The nearby Buffs of the University of Colorado-Boulder came in third only three seconds behind their Ram rivals.

The UC-Davis women carried on the momentum of their male counterparts, winning the DI women's contest and boosting their squad into the top spot in the team overall. Lisa Auchincloss, Amy Chandos, Larissa Fitchett and Danielle Haulman posted the fastest female time of the day, 1:20 ahead of the Stanford University trio of Arwen Bradley, Rae Brownsberger and Katy Keenan who earned second place. The Buffs of the University of Colorado also grabbed the bronze in the women's event with a time of 42:56:3.

Furman University's squad of Chris Butler, Spencer Beamer, Kit Hunter and Craig McKinney repeated their performance from a year ago, winning the DII men's event by only 11 seconds over Princeton's Nicholas Bennette, Nick Frey and Austin Roach. Whitman College's men's squad used their time of 37:22:9 to help boost their team overall standing.

The winners were apparent in the women's DII team time trial as Whitman, MIT and Yale University posted times more than three minutes ahead of their closest competition. The Whitman squad of Kendi Thomas, Mia Huth, Roxanne Pierson and Emily Rodriguez locked up the team overall with their time of 45:33:9, just ahead of arch rival MIT (Martha Buckley, Yuri Matsumoto, Laura Ralston and Zuzana Trnovcova). Yale's foursome came in at just over 47:00 to round out the top three for the DII women.

In the weekend's team overall, the University of California-Davis jumped from fourth to first in the DI team omnium standings with their wins in the team time trial event, earning the overall team road title for the fourth time in school history (1994, 2001, 2006). Last year's champion Lees-McRae College finished second in the 2009 standings despite another road race national title earned by 15-time national champion Carla Swart. The host Rams of Colorado State University used a balanced attack to finish third in the overall.

Whitman College used a stellar finish in the team time trial and a win by Kendi Thomas in the criterium to earn the DII team omnium crown and return the small Washington school to prominence. 2008 champion MIT had to settle for second despite a strong performance by its women's squad. Western Washington University held steady, repeating its third-place performance from a year ago.

In addition to the Stars-and Stripes national championship jerseys and the medals presented to all podium finishers, the USA Cycling Development Foundation will contribute a total of $5,000 to the top three programs in the final Division I and Division II team standings. As part the USA Cycling Collegiate Performance Awards program, the University of California-Davis and Whitman College will each receive $1,200, while runner-ups Lees-McRae and MIT will each receive $800 and Colorado State University and Western Washington University will each receive $500. Awards are provided to the collegiate club budget to be used for operational and developmental purposes.

Results

Division I Men's Team Time Trial
 
1 University Of California-Davis            35.17
2 Colorado State University                  1.26
3 University Of Colorado-Boulder             1.29
4 Fort Lewis College                         1.32
5 Lees-Mcrae College                         1.36
6 Marian College                             2.01
7 University Of Arizona                      2.18
8 University Of Florida                          
9 Stanford University                        2.52
10 University Of Vermont                     3.12
11 Midwestern State University               4.09
12 University Of California                  4.45
13 Us Naval Academy                          4.56
14 Lindsey Wilson College                    5.16
15 North Carolina State University           5.48
16 University Of Oregon                      5.50
17 California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo    8.21
18 Kansas State University                   9.08
DNS  University Of Georgia                       
 
Division I Women's Team Time Trial
 
1 University Of California-Berkley          41.30
2 Stanford University                        1.20
3 University Of Colorado - Boulder           1.26
4 University Of Arizon                       1.34
5 Lees-Mcrae College                         1.46
6 Marian College                             1.47
7 Fort Lewis College                         2.08
8 Colorado State University                  3.09
9 University Of Florida                      7.28
10 Midwestern State University               9.05
 
Division II Men's Team Time Trial
 
1 Furman University                         37.03
2 Princeton University                       0.11
3 Whitman College                            0.20
4 University Of Denver                       1.45
5 Colorado School Of Mines                   2.26
6 Western Washington University              2.47
7 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology      3.08
8 United States Military Academy             3.37
9 Cumberland University                      3.47
10 Us Air Force Academy                      5.09
11 Depauw University                         5.17
12 Mesa State College                        5.40
 
Division II Women's Team Time Trial
 
1 Whitman College                           45.33
2 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology      0.55
3 Yale University                            1.27
4 United States Military Academy             4.40
5 Depauw University                          4.51
6 Colorado School Of Mines                   5.42
 
Division I Overall Standings
 
1 University Of California-Davis              410 pts
2 Lees-McRae College                          383
3 Colorado State University                   336
4 University Of Arizona                       334
5 Fort Lewis College                          305
6 University Of Colorado-Boulder              301
7 Marian College                              277
8 University Of Florida                       260
9 University Of Vermont                       258
10 Stanford University                        249
11 University Of California-Santa Barbara     196
12 Midwestern State University                117
13 Us Naval Academy                            94
14 Harvard University                          91
15 California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo      90
16 University Of California-San Diego          65
17 Purdue University                           64
18 University Of California-Los Angeles        62
19 University Of Washington-Seattle            60
20 North Carolina State University             59
21 Lindsey Wilson College                      58
22 University Of Oregon                        55
23 Columbia University-NYC                     50
24 University Of Minnesota-Twin Cities         48
25 University Of Wisconsin-Madison             46
26 Texas A & M University                      40
27 University Of Nevada-Reno                   38
28 University Of California-Irvine             34
29 University Of Virginia                      25
30 University Of California-Berkeley           24
31 Indiana U-Purdue U-Indianapolis             23
32 Kansas State University                     22
33 Washington State University                 15
34 University Of Georgia                       13
35 University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor             9
36 Lindenwood University                        8
37 Clemson University                           6
38 University Of New Hampshire                  2
 
Division II Overalll Standings
 
1 Whitman College                             500 pts
2 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology       373
3 Western Washington University               269
4 Us Military Academy                         227
5 Mesa State College                          222
6 DePauw University                           212
7 Colorado School Of Mines                    204
8 Princeton University                        180
9 Furman University                           158
10 Cumberland University                      151
11 Yale University                            137
12 Us Air Force Academy                       129
13 University Of Denver                       129
14 Mount Holyoke College                      111
15 Pfeiffer University                         94
16 DeSales University                          87
17 Dartmouth College                           87
18 Montana State University-Bozeman            74
19 University Of Montana                       68
20 Emory University                            68
21 University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater          58
22 Colorado College                            54
23 Seattle Pacific University                  52
24 University Of Colorado-Colorado Springs     49
25 University Of Northern Colorado             48
26 Brevard College                             48
27 Georgetown University                       46
28 Brown University                            38
29 Bucknell University                         31
30 University Of Wisconsin-Eau Claire          30
31 Mars Hill College                           28
32 Johns Hopkins University                    28
33 Whatcom Community College                   25
34 University Of Montana-Bozeman               21
35 Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania         21
36 Tufts University                            15
37 Saint Louis University                      15
38 Claremont Colleges Consortium               10
39 Drexel University                            7