The 2010 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships concluded on Sunday with Fort Lewis College and Brevard College successfully defending their 2009 overall team omniums.
Fort Lewis won the Division I prize with 663 points compared to the 579 and 535 accumulated by second- and third-ranked University of Colorado and Lees-McRae College. In Division II, Brevard took the win with 630 points over Union College with 608 and Warren Wilson College with 498.
In addition to the team omniums that were awarded on Sunday, the close of competition also determined individual omnium champions in both divisions.
With wins in the short track cross country and the downhill contests, Sage Wilderman (Fort Lewis College) won the top prize among women in Division I. Her win came after going head-to-head pretty much all weekend with Lees-McRae rider Erica Zaveta. Wilderman beat Zaveta in the end, 539 points to 416. Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming) was third in the overall rankings with 400 points while Deidre York (University of Colorado) and Kaila Hart (Fort Lewis College) rounded out the top five in the omnium.
In the Division I men's omnium, Nicholas Enjalbert (Colorado State University) won the overall prize with his top result of the weekend being second-place in the cross country competition. Enjalbert gained 265 points over the three days to beat out second-ranked Menso De Jong (California Polytechnic) who acquired 251 points. Third in the omnium was Nate Byrom (Fort Lewis College) while Nitish Nag (University of California) and Kerry Werner (Lees-McRae) were fourth and fifth.
Rachel Milsop (Union College), whose top result was a cross country silver medal, earned the individual omnium among Division II women. With 443 points, she beat second- and third-placed Christen Boyer (Colorado School of Mines) and Caroline Decosimo (Brevard College). Elisa Otter (Warren Wilson College) and Eva Wilson (Warren Wilson College) were fourth and fifth in the omnium.
With a silver medal in the cross country contest and a bronze in the short track, Tristan Cowie (Brevard College) was the top ranked male in Division II at the end of the weekend. He won the omnium over Wesley Lamberson (Union College), Joe Schneider (Colorado School of Mines), Zach Winn (Union College), and Brad Nelson (Union College).
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Full Ominum Results
Swipe to scroll horizontally
Division I Teams
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Fort Lewis College
663
pts
2
University of Colorado-Boulder
579
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Lees-Mcrae College
535
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo
461
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Lindsey Wilson College
411
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Colorado State University
305
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
University of Nevada-Reno
298
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
University of Vermont
260
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
University of Wyoming
259
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
University of California-Berkeley
219
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
University of California-Davis
181
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
San Diego State University
163
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Marian University
139
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Northern Arizona University
102
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
University of California-Santa Cruz
98
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
University of California-Santa Barbara
88
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Stanford University
78
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
University of New Mexico
77
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Lindenwood University
74
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Pennsylvania State University
65
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
Texas A & M University
63
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
University of Connecticut
50
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Utah State University
50
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
California State University-Chico
48
Row 23 - Cell 3
25
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
44
Row 24 - Cell 3
26
West Virginia University
36
Row 25 - Cell 3
27
University of Missouri-Columbia
34
Row 26 - Cell 3
28
University of Arizona
34
Row 27 - Cell 3
29
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
34
Row 28 - Cell 3
30
Northeastern University
29
Row 29 - Cell 3
31
University of Southern California
27
Row 30 - Cell 3
32
Georgia State University
19
Row 31 - Cell 3
33
Texas State University-San Marcos
Row 32 - Cell 2
Row 32 - Cell 3
Swipe to scroll horizontally
Division II Teams
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Brevard College
630
pts
2
Union College-Ky
608
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Warren Wilson College
498
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Colorado School of Mines
431
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Montana State University-Bozeman
314
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Mesa State College
294
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Western State College of Colorado
260
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
California Lutheran University
221
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Clarkson University
206
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
US Air Force Academy
183
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Mars Hill College
183
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Appalachian State University
175
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Humboldt State University
161
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Cumberland University
140
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
East Tennessee State University
128
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Ripon College
112
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Middlebury College
107
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Michigan Technological University
62
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Vermont Technical College
59
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
University of Denver
53
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
University of Massachusetts-Lowell
42
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
Murray State University
38
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Baylor University
26
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
Saint Michaels College
23
Row 23 - Cell 3
Swipe to scroll horizontally
Division I Women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Sage Wilderman (Fort Lewis College)
539
pts
2
Erica Zaveta (Lees-Mcrae College)
416
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming)
400
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Deidre York (University of Colorado-Boulder)
382
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Kaila Hart (Fort Lewis College)
276
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Brooke Crum (Lindsey Wilson College)
229
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Danielle Griffo (University of Nevada-Reno)
216
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Sally Hermansen (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo)
184
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Catherine Cresalia (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo)
155
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Sara Hanson (San Diego State University)
153
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Ashley Nichols (University of Vermont)
150
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Erica Mckenzie (University of California-Davis)
120
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Allie Dragoo (Marian University)
115
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Karla Kingsley (University of California-Berkeley)
83
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Vi Rapp (University of California-Berkeley)
71
Row 14 - Cell 3
Swipe to scroll horizontally
Division I Men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Nicolas Enjalbert (Colorado State University)
265
pts
2
Menso De Jong (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo)
'Looking at last year's programme and this year's programme doesn't give us any insight for this moment, but we will do it, of course, afterwards' says team manager Rutger Thijssen
