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NCCA National Championships - NE
University of California - Berkeley, USA, May 9-11, 2003
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Men: Berkeley too strong for Fort Lewis College
By Kelly Walker, USA Cycling and Sam Nainoa
California blue skies and sunshine greeted racers this morning at day two of the NCCA Collegiate Road National Championships, hosted by the University of California at Berkeley. Today's event, a 20.6 mile team time trial, was highlighted by the 12-second win of Berkeley over Fort Lewis College in the men's Division I race in a time of 55:29.
A majority of the spectators, including many of the volunteers, were wearing gold t-shirts in support of the home-school Berkeley and erupted into a loud roar as their team sprinted toward the finish over the last part of the course, a slight downhill straightaway that allowed the riders to be clearly seen for the last 500 meters.
"Everyone had awesome legs today, everyone was pulling through every time," said Matt Dubberly of Berkeley. His teammate Roman Kilun added that they were not exactly sure of their time splits so they kept going hard, "We heard that we were 20 seconds ahead at the first turn around, but that's all we heard, we didn't know about the other teams. When we practiced out here the gust practically blew us off our bikes, but today wasn't that bad."
While Fort Lewis College took second behind Berkeley the team was still satisfied with the overall performance and placing according to Cody Peterson, one of the four riders on the team.
"We weren't here last year so we didn't know what to expect, we knew we had to ride as hard as we could," said Peterson. "We really are a bunch of mountain bikers learning to cross over [to the road], so I think we did pretty good."
Fort Lewis finished in 55:41, an excellent time considering they lost one of their riders to a crash early on and chose not to wait for him. This meant they raced the remainder of the race with three riders while Berkeley finished with all four members of their team together.
The University of California at Davis finished in third at 56:22 followed by Colorado University (56:27) and Midwestern State University (56:32) in fourth and fifth respectively.
In the men's Division II category, Johns Hopkins University won convincingly with only three riders in a time of 55:51, a minute and a half faster than second place Colorado College (57:22). Johns Hopkins time would have been competitive in the Division I race. Dartmouth College took third place in 58:17.
Women: MSU Texas by seven seconds
Midwestern State University of Texas once again showed they have some of the strongest athletes in the women's Division I peloton as they took their second win in as many days in the team time trial in a time of 1:04:24, only seven seconds ahead of second place, the University of California at Berkeley (1:04:31).
"We were scared because we were down on time the whole way. It helped us to encourage each other during the race and decided to each take shorter pulls because I didn't have the best legs today after yesterday," said Stephanie Hannos of Midwestern State - yesterday's criterium champion.
Although Berkeley was slightly disappointed to lose by such a narrow margin, they said they were still pleased with the outcome.
"We don't have all the equipment for time trials. We really are all climbers and did our best. We are really proud of how we did and still beat third place by almost two minutes," said Meredith Fowlie of Berkeley.
The two schools have set the stage for a final day of fierce competition in the 5 lap, 77 km road race that is suited to those who can climb well.
The University of Florida followed in third place in 1:06:17 with Colorado University finishing fourth in 1:06:22. The University of California at Davis took fifth place in 1:07:35.
Dartmouth College won the women's Division II event in a time of 1:09:42, 25 seconds ahead of second place Yale University who finished in 1:10:07. DePauw University finished third in 1:12:24.
"We are excited because Yale has beaten us the last two years in a row, they've been the best, so to win by 25 seconds is great," said Amy Wallace of Dartmouth. She added that part of the women's team stays fit during winter by cross-country skiing and racing. She also added they are especially enjoying the beautiful weather during their visit to California.
The team time trial event adds a unique component to the NCCA Collegiate National Championships in that it is included in the overall points scoring towards the Team Omnium and truly exemplifies the team concept that is an integral part of collegiate cycling.
Tomorrow's final event, the road race, will start in Crockett and travel through the hills east of Berkeley. The women's road race will begin at 8:00 with the men's race to start at 11:30.
Results
Men Divison I
1 Univ Of Ca-Berkeley Paul Reichardt 55.30
Benjamin Haldeman
Matt Dubberley
Roman Kilun
2 Fort Lewis Coll Lee Rosenthal 0.12
Cody Peterson
Andy Guptill
Anthony Colby
3 Univ Of Ca-Davis Daniel Sweet 0.53
David Lebauer
Marc Collard
Leif Johnson
4 Colorado Univ Collin Becker 0.58
Joshua Bezecny
Ryan Lynch
Aaron Brown
5 Midwestern State Bjoern Ossenbrink 1.03
Stefan Rothe
Josh Holder
Jeff Via
6 Univ Of Wisconsin Scott Grosz 1.25
Russell Cree
Bryan Smith
Nicholas Reistad
7 Univ Of Vermont David Sachs 1.50
Dan Cassidy
Kevin Bouchard-Hall
Michael Cody
8 Stanford Univ David Pierce 1.51
Tyler Ofstad
Daniel Denning
Michael Cleary
9 Miami Univ Of Ohio Ryan Gamm 2.02
Michael House
Drew Vankat
Scott Walters
10 Indiana Univ-Bloom Kevin Vanes 2.14
Chris Vargo
Jason Mount
Michael Kehrberg
11 Arizona State Ernesto Ramirez 2.48
Jeffrey Austin
Joshua Ryan
Ian Stuart
12 Penn State Bobby Lea 3.00
Michael Friedman
Ryan Leech
Joe Whitman
13 Cal Poly Slo Noah Temple 3.18
John-Paul Ballou
Keith Donica
Curtis Beavers
14 Univ Of New Hamp Zachary Soucy 3.37
Kirt Fitzpatrick
Justen Peters
Nicholas Hight-Huf
15 Univ Of Floridia Bernd Liesenfeld 3.41
Daniel Larson
Marco Verwijs
Steven Heal
16 Univ Of Texas Jackson Salling 4.05
David James
Stephen Mcmillan
Thomas Hallock
17 Univ Of Nebraska Geoffrey Bergmark 4.07
Ian Robertson
Andrew Hammond
Jeremiah Grell
18 Univ Of Ca-San Diego Eric Mellers 4.29
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl
Geoff Rapoport
Michael Hannon
19 Univ Of Wyoming Mark Milliken 4.30
John Peterson
Clayton Barrows
Scott Vogelmann
20 Univ Of Georgia Malachi Peacock 4.41
Nicholas Dale
Chad Arnholt
Nathan Piekielek
21 Univ Of Maryland Eric Fetterman 6.55
Sean Conroy
Neal Bambha
22 Marion Jake Rytlewski 9.14
Allan Smith
Brian Vaughan
Jake Rytlewski
DNS Virginia Tech David Allen
Darroch Whitaker
Dan Peairs
DNS Univ Of Virginia Ian Ayers
Christof Herby
Andrea Dvorak
DNS Us Naval Academy Ryan Tuttle
Rondo Bauer
Matthew Becker
DNS Harvard University Christopher Akana
Jay Ku
Stuart Gillespie
DNS Univ Of Ca-Sc Andrew Touchstone
Ben Jacques-Mayngs
Men Division II
1 Johns Hopkins Kris Hedges 55.51
Reid Mumford
Edward Brignole
2 Colorado College Cody Powell 1.31
Josh Gewirtz
Robbie King
Matthew Merrill
3 Dartmouth College Tim Clement 2.26
Michael Barton
Tom Temple
Todd Yezefski
4 Univ Of Idaho Ben Memmott 3.07
Brian Martin
Benjamin Zmuda
Matthew Frost
5 Us Air Force Academy Bjoern Ossenbrink 3.14
Ryan Young
Mason Jones
Benjamin Moran
6 Kansas State Univ Scott Hammack 3.33
Brad Patton
Michael Koons
Dallas Burnum
7 American Univ Jonathan Craig 4.29
Gregory Abbott
Chris Decker
Matt Cooke
8 Lees Mcrae Coll George Howard-Heretakis 5.06
Weston Shirey
Stuart Lamp
J. Carl Grant Williams
9 Bates College Eric Knackmuhs 5.38
Nate Rogers
Ari Dowilde
10 Bucknell Univ Kyle Lobisser 6.13
Brad Schaeffer
Benjamin Turits
Michael Hannon
11 Depauw Univ Aaron Vogel 8.09
Mark Labedz
Matthew Allen
Sean Barrie
12 Usma Cycling Joseph Quinn 8.12
John Turbeville
Mario Giberti
Brad Gates
Women Division I
1 Midwestern State Janna Jackson 1.04.25
Stephanie Hannos
Ivana Miucic
2 Univ Of Ca-Berkeley Stefanie Graeter 0.07
Kate Maher
Anya Hinkle
Meredith Fowlie
33 Univ Of Florida Lori Palmer 1.53
Amanda Hall
Rebecca Mccilntock
Valerie Parks
4 Colorado Univ Megan Melamed 1.58
Molly Hummel
Erin Huck
Sarah Poehlmann
5 Univ Of Ca-Davis Shannon Sobeck 3.11
Carina Bender
Natalie Mik
Diana Hassel
6 Univ Of Georgia Margaret Shirley 4.40
Anna Kelso
7 Stanford Univ Katie Behroozi 4.55
Melissa Gambol
Mary Haw
Ashley Fouts
8 Fort Lewis Coll Shelley Bower 5.01
Olena Whipple
Christina Ruiter
Darian Harvey
9 Univ Of Ca-San Diego Laura Resor 5.23
Megan Wemmer
Ramlah Nehring
10 Cal Poly Slo Errin Benesh 5.25
Kathrin Weidemann
Harmony Larsen
Kristen Davis
11 Harvard University Kimberly Rothman 5.31
Amy Kerdok
Julia Oh
Ilana Brito
12 Univ Of Ca-Sc Brooke Miller 7.06
Erin Alders
Libby Porzig
Aileen Vandenberg
13 Univ Of Wisconsin Rachel Eichers 7.31
Megan Monroe
14 Marian College Abby Brerton 8.45
Sara Hickey
Kristin Siebenlist
Andrea Dvorak
15 Univ Of New Hamp Erin Olafsen 8.51
Emilie Weed
Sheila Vibert
16 Washington State Tamara Dowers 8.51
Naomi Keilwitz
17 Indiana Univ Emily Baltes 9.33
Jennifer Hawkins
Heather Woodhouse
18 University Of Oregon Erin Koenig 10.17
Amanda Studdard
19 Miami Univ Of Ohio Brianna Home 17.38
Courtney Bollman
Deanna Fuster
DNS Kansas Univ Jessica Drees
Jennifer Tilley
Women Division II
1 Dartmouth Coll Kristina Eaton 1.09.43
Amy Wallace
Christina May
2 Yale Univ Andrea Schettler 0.25
Marissa Kellogg
3 Depauw Univ Jenna Boyd 2.41
Carol Hutton
4 USMA Cycling Michelle Arnold 4.16
Lindsey Melki
Laura Harrington
Laura McGinnis
5 Colorado College Alalia Berry 4.34
Stephanie Simpkins
DNS Univ On Montana Kathleen Jones
Anne Hubbs
Overall After Day 2
Division I
1 University Of California - Berkeley 309 pts
2 Midwestern State University 288
3 University Of Florida 236
4 University Of California - Davis 229
5 Fort Lewis College 220
6 Colorado University Cycling 205
7 University Of Georgia 176
8 University Of Wisconsin - Madis 159
9 University Of New Hampshire 149
10 University Of Vermont 142
11 University Of California - San Diego 130
12 Stanford University 127
13 Harvard University Cycling Asso 126
14 Cal Poly Slo Wheelmen 123
15 Miami University Of Ohio 117
16 University Of California-Santa Cruz 116
17 Indiana University-Bloomington 112
18 Penn State 105
19 Oregon State University 84
20 Appalachian State 58
21 Marian College 53
22 Princeton University 51
23 Arizona State 42
24 University Of Virginia 36
25 Univ Of Texas 30
25 Washington State 30
27 Univ Of Nebraska 28
28 University Of Oregon 26
29 Florida State University 24
29 Univ Of Wyoming 24
31 Kansas Univ 22
32 Univ Of Maryland 20
33 UCLA 19
34 Virgina Tech 17
Division II
1 Dartmouth College 316 pts
2 Colorado College 255
3 University Of Idaho 191
4 Depauw University 177
5 Yale University 161
6 Johns Hopkins University 150
7 Usma Cycling 135
8 Lees Mcrae College 121
9 University Of Montana 120
10 Kansas State University 109
11 U.S. Air Force Academy- Cycling 106
12 Whitman College 105
13 American University 99
14 St. Louis University Cycling 84
15 Bucknell University 73
16 Vanderbiltuniversity 71
17 University Of Northern Colorado 66
18 Georgia Perimeter College 62
18 Us Air Force Academy 62
20 Wesleyan University 58
21 Bates College 48
21 Middlebury College 48
23 New Mexico State University 42
24 Brown University 36
24 Northwestern University 36
26 California Maritime Academy 34
27 Mills College 32
27 MIT 32
