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US Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships 2011

Date range:
October 28-30, 2011

October 30, Teams:

Fort Lewis tops Division I standings at collegiate nationals

By:
Cycling News
Published:
November 1, 2011, 22:33,
Updated:
November 1, 2011, 22:41

Union College-Kentucky best among Division II teams

In the team omnium competitions, Fort Lewis College topped Division I with 644 points. The University of Colorado-Boulder surged in the gravity events on Saturday and Sunday, but fell only eight points short. Union College-Kentucky topped the Division II team omnium after collecting 677 points throughout the competition. Warren Wilson College finished in second place, 316 points behind.

"The kids work so hard on it, all year," Fort Lewis College Team Director Dave Hagen said. "I have to hand it to them because they ride their hearts out all conference season long. Then they come here and there's a lot of pressure. There's a lot of work for a lot of the kids. I have to hand it to them. They give it everything they have."

Kerry Werner (Lees-McRae College), who competed in each of the four events, topped the men's individual omnium competition with 291 points. His teammate Bradford Perley finished 37 points behind in third place.

"It feels pretty good," Werner said. "It was definitely one of my goals when I came here was to take the omnium. I wasn't too sure about the cross-country and the endurance events. I knew I wasn't the fastest at the gravity events. I figured I had a good shot at an all-around. It feels good for sure."

Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming) topped the women's individual omnium after earning a spot on the podium in three of four competitions, including two third-place finishes and a fourth-place result in the downhill. Two riders from the University of Colorado-Boulder, Deidre York (Indio, Calif.) and Claire Bensard (Denver, Colo.) placed second and third, respectively.

Matt Schiff (Humboldt State University), who won Friday's cross country race and placed second in the short track race, earned the men's individual Division II omnium with 370 points. The second-place finisher in the downhill race Saturday, Owen Tulip (Western State College of Colorado) finished second in the omnium with 255 points.

Eva Wilson (Warren Wilson College) earned a pair of bronze medals and found the podium three times to collect 458 points and win the women's individual Division II omnium. Essence Barton, who paired a bronze medal in the cross country race Friday with her dual slalom win Sunday, placed second 48 points behind Wilson.

Results

Team Omnium Division I
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Fort Lewis College 644  pts
2 University of Colorado-Boulder 636  
3 Lindsey Wilson College 449  
4 Lees-McRae College 442  
5 California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo 439  
Team Omnium Division II
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Union College-Kentucky 667  pts
2 Warren Wilson College 461  
3 Humboldt State University 381  
4 Western State College of Colorado 358  
5 Mars Hill College 358  
Individual Omnium - Division I Men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Kerry Werner (Lees-McRae College) 291  pts
2 Bradford Perley (Lees-McRae College) 254  
3 Dylan Stucki (Fort Lewis College) 222  
4 Victor Alber (University of Florida) 173  
5 Clayton Omer (Appalachian State University) 151  
Individual Omnium - Division I Women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming) 462  pts
2 Deidre York (University of Colorado-Boulder) 400  
3 Claire Bensard (University of Colorado-Boulder) 380  
4 Brittany Clawson (Fort Lewis College) 373  
5 Erica Zaveta (Lees-McRae College) 303  
Individual Omnium - Division II Men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Matt Schiff (Humboldt State University) 370  pts
2 Owen Tulip (Western State College of Colorado) 255  
3 Wesley Lamberson (Union College-Kentucky) 254  
4 Eric Smith (Ripon College) 254  
5 Timothy Jenkinson (Mars Hill College) 223  
Individual Omnium - Division II Women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Eva Wilson (Warren Wilson College) 458  pts
2 Essence Barton (California Lutheran University) 410  
3 Elisa Otter (Union College-Kentucky) 371  
4 Kara Uhl (Union College-Kentucky) 325  
5 Klara Rossouw (Mars Hill College) 322