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USA, May 11-13, 2007
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Stage 1 - May 11: Team time trial
Fort Lewis College dominates TTT
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The 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships kicked off Friday as Fort Lewis College won both the Men's and Women's Division I Team Time Trial to capture two national titles and claim the early lead in the overall Division I standings.
The men's Fort Lewis College squad of Chris Kuhl, Joey Thompson, Ian Burnett and Noah Singer turned in a winning time of 23 minutes, 16.6 seconds over the 20-kilometer course to beat runner-up University of Colorado by 13 seconds. The Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference swept the top three spots as Colorado State University placed third, 14 seconds off the pace of Fort Lewis College.
Earlier in the day, the women's Fort Lewis College team of Sabina Kraushaar, Christy Roberts, Kristin McGrath and Molly Hummel clocked a winning time of 27:21.2 over the same course to edge University of California-Davis by eight seconds. Stanford University was third, 18 seconds back.
The collective wins by Fort Lewis College on the opening day of competition gave the Durango, Colo.-based institution a solid lead in the overall standings with Saturday's road race and Sunday's criterium left to contest. Fort Lewis currently has a 25-point lead over defending champion UC-Davis, 168-143. Stanford is currently third in the Division I overall standings with 129 points.
"We will definitely have a target on our backs, commented Thompson after his team's victory on Friday. "There's some luck involved in the other events, so we'll not only have to be smart about our tactics, but also have a little luck. We all have a lot of experience racing, so hopefully that will factory in as well. There are a lot of people that are hungry to win and anything that goes up the road is dangerous."
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In Division II competition, Western Washington University moved into the early overall lead by winning the men's team time trial and placing second to Whitman College in the women's event. The men's contingent of Chris Daifuku, Nick Clayville, Phil Elsasser, and Logan Wetzel rode a 23:46.0 to beat Princeton University by 13 seconds, while the University of Denver placed third, 34 seconds off the pace.
In the women's Division II race, the Whitman College foursome of Mara Abbott, Mia Huth, Rebecca Jensen and Kendi Thomas posted a winning time of 28:14.8 to beat Western Washington by just five seconds. MIT placed third, 38 seconds back.
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After riding to five stars-and-stripes jerseys at the 2006 championships, Abbott looks to lead her collegiate team to another national title after a successful spring that saw her win the Tour of the Gila and place second overall the Redlands Bicycle Classic - two high-level National Racing Calendar events - with her Webcor Builder's pro squad.
"It was fun out there," said Abbott after the race. "I haven't been able to do as many collegiate races this year, so to be able to come back and be with the girls was just awesome. It's pretty exciting to come back here, especially because two years ago, this was one of my first-ever experiences at a big race. It seemed so huge. It's really interesting to see the little differences in the things that people do between the collegiate events and the professional races and it's pretty fun to be a part of both."
After the team time trial, Western Washington holds a 161-132 lead over Whitman College while Dartmouth is in third with 124 points.
With 18 total national titles up for grabs throughout the weekend, none are more important than the two overall team titles that will be determined on Sunday. Points scored by the men's and women's squads in each division will result in an overall Division I and Division II champion. The University of California-Davis is the defending Division I champion, while Whitman College captured the Division II crown in 2006.
On Saturday, the first of 12 individual titles will be contested as four individual road race champions will be crowned. The Division I and II men will compete in the 85-mile road race, while the Division I and II women will race 56 miles. Points scored on Saturday will also factor into both individual and team overall standings.
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- Western Washington University finished second in the Division 2 Women's Team Time Trial
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology finished third in the Division 2 Women's Team Time Trial
- Whitman College won the Division 2 Women's Team Time Trial
- Stanford University placed third in the Division 1 Women's Team Time Trial
- University of California-Davis finished second in the Division 1 Women's Team Time Trial
- Princeton University placed second in the Division 2 Men's Team Time Trial
- Western Washington University won the Division 2 Men's Team Time Trial
- Colorado State University finished third in the Division 1 Men's Team Time Trial
- Colorado University placed second in the Division 1 Men's Team Time Trial
- Fort Lewis College won the Division 1 Men's Team Time Trial
Images by John Wickstrom
- Fort Lewis College finishes the men's race
- Colorado University
- Colorado State University
Results
Men Division I 1 Fort Lewis College 23.17 Chris Kuhl Joey Thompson Ian Burnett Noah Singer 2 CU At Boulder 23.30 Blake Harlan Braden Bingham Taylor Kneuven Kiel Reijnen 3 CSU Rams Cycling 23.31 Patrick Mcglynn Dan Workman Brett Tack Evan Ruzanski 4 UC Davis 23.41 Stephen Dey Tyler Dibble Zach Kimsey Shawn Rosenthal 5 U of Wisconsin-Madison 23.49 Ryan Baumann Eric Bean Dallas Fowler Richard Hatch 6 Stanford U Cycling 24.05 Rand Miller Ryan Parnes Evan Pickett Gavin Melly 7 Univ Of Florida Cycling 24.14 Bobby Sweeting Phil Gaimon David Guttenplan Chris Keane 8 US Naval Academy 24.19 Andrew Lawrence Jon Mason Ryan Mcfeely Sean Sullivan 9 NC State Cycling 24.34 Matthew Howe Chris Dirito JP Long Joey Dantoni 10 Indiana University 24.41 Erik Hamilton Ryan Knapp Isaac Neff Mike Sherer 11 Univ Of Texas Cycling 24.49 Tommy Rushing Scott Walker Peter Carey Norman Meyer 12 Midwestern State 24.50 Adam Biwan Mitch Comardo Kip Spaude Jarred Gilker 13 Lees-McRae Cycling 24.50 Ed Burress Will Hoffarth Preston Anderson Sam Keesler 14 Santa Barbara Cycling 24.58 Nick Hight-Huf Nick Martinez Mark Scaife Josh Furman 15 Cal Poly Wheelmen 25.17 William Allender Jared Barrilleaux Alex Scott Fred Stamm 16 KSU Cycling 25.51 Richard Shurtz Chad Clark Mark Smelser Bradley Sullivan 17 Penn State Cycling 25.55 Matt Spohn Justin Brown Andy Munas Jeff Schutt 18 Univ Of Minnesota 26.02 Andrew Cook Brian Crosby Jameson Ribbens Eric Stewart 19 Univ Of Arizona 26.04 Matt Novak David Glick Kyle Colavito Pablo Sanchez Soria 20 University Of Utah 26.04 Brad Duncan Brian Reilly Justin Grisham Taylor Hansen 21 KU Cycling 26.12 Jason Knight Jeff Schroeder Christian Beer David Mcleod 22 Univ Of New Hampshire 27.02 Ryan Carney Thom Coupe Ryan Kelly Joshua Lipka Women's Division I 1 Fort Lewis College 27.21 Sabina Kraushaar Christy Roberts Kristin Mcgrath Molly Hummel 2 UC Davis 27.30 Amanda Seigle Amy Encalada Jamima Iley Marisa Mcadler 3 Stanford U Cycling 27.39 Arwen Bradley Rae Brownsberger Caitlyn Mccullough Sasha Richey 4 Midwestern State 27.47 Ivana Miucic Sheri Jordan Natalie Klemko Laura Whittle 5 Univ Of Florida Cycling 28.11 Jacquelyn Crowell Rebecca Larson Heather O'moore 6 CSU Rams Cycling 28.37 Lila Hickey Julia Manley Anna Harper Tirrel Grovenstein 7 Lees-McRae Cycling 29.21 Monique Hein Kacey Manderfield Kristi Henne Carla Swart 8 UC-Santa Barbara 29.25 Alicia Mitchell Heidi Buehler Jennifer Johansen Lauren Liscinski 9 Univ Of New Hampshire 29.46 Jessica Kukla Julianne Stemp Susannah Pratt 10 Univ Of Texas Cycling 29.55 Whitney Schultz Tammy Thompson Brenna Wozniak Catherine Newsom 11 Univ Of Minnesota 30.17 Kari Edvenson Stephanie Thompson Megan Lennon Maria Stewart 12 UNC-Chapel Hill 30.40 Hadley Trotter Monica Foley Heidi Scronce 13 U Of Wisconsin-Madison 32.50 Mary Coats Jessie Duppler Yvonne Schumacher Ashley Simon 14 Indiana University Katherine Haft Pam Loebig Ali Mccormick Julie Panzica Men's Division II 1 WWU Cycling 23.46 Chris Daifuku Nick Clayville Phil Elsasser Logan Wetzel 2 Princeton 24.00 Nick Frey Nicholas Bennette Austin Roach Alistair Sponsel 3 Univ Of Denver Cyc 24.21 Grant Goerzen Steve Forbes Eric Moore Taylor Shelden 4 Colorado College 24.32 Jared Faciszewski Mitchell Hoke Todd Nordblom Jonathan Tower 5 Cumberland Univ 24.43 Ben Bevans Peter Fairbanks Shawn Mullican Whitney Stanbrough 6 Dartmouth College 24.48 Toby Marzot Eric Schildge Kevin Wolfson Jon Awerbuch 7 Furman University 24.57 Spencer Beamer Chistopher Butler William Cunningham Thomas Hunter 8 Appalachian State 24.57 Michael Wilson Ross Bowden David Forkner Jerid Gooding 9 Whitman College Cycling 25.00 Ian Delaney Nick Littman Duncan Mcgovern Jamie Wendel 10 MIT Cycling 25.03 Eric Edlund Christopher Tracy Jason Sears Anthony Schrauth 11 Mesa State 25.09 Mitchell Hamilton Kevin Mullervy Chris Stuart Conor Mullervy 12 Bucknell Cycling 25.14 Charles Alexander Adam Kahler Todd Dowling Mike Chauner 13 Notre Dame Cycling 25.19 Tim Campbell Niel Griggs Mike Lavery Matt Prygoski 14 De Pauw U Cycling 25.27 Ross Mcentarfer Phil Mooney John Stallings Kraig Kirchner 15 Johns Hopkins U Cycling 25.28 Clifton Smoot Ryan Bloom Nathan Coleman Thomas Weatherall 16 Yale University 25.54 Craig Luekens Stephen Kriss Peter Chiu Jonathan Chodroff 17 US Air Force Academy 26.07 Mark Fraser Zach Garrett Trevor Johnson Preston Moon 18 St. Olaf 26.39 Jake Boyce Finn Kolsrud Brandon Krawczyk Kyle Chezik 19 USMA Cycling Team 27.08 Mike Campbell Steve Pingree Ben Showman Erik Wilburn Women's Division II 1 Whitman College Cycling 28.15 Mara Abbott Mia Huth Rebecca Jensen Kendi Thomas 2 Wwu Cycling 29.20 Heidi Hoff Meagan Mcphee Kristen Stouder 3 Mit Cycling 29.53 Martha Buckley Kristen Naegle Ilana Brito Caitlin Bever 4 Dartmouth College 29.59 Jenna Farleigh Jen Stebbins Emily Stonehouse 5 De Pauw U Cycling 30.57 Michelle Couch Abby Currens Ali Davis Lauren Guggina 6 Mesa State 31.11 Netana Hotimsky Christina Moon Naticia Slusher 7 Usma Cycling Team 33.31 Aston Armstrong 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