US Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships 2012: Omnium Results

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Fort Lewis College topped the team omnium podium at 2012 Collegiate MTB Nationals. University of Colorado-Boulder and Lees McRae College rounded out the top three.(Image credit: Jon Devich)

After earning the maximum 94 points in six of the eight categories, Fort Lewis College won the Division I team omnium by 76 points over the University of Colorado-Boulder. The Skyhawks earned the maximum points in all but the men's and women's dual slalom contests. Marian University surged up the rankings with four individual podium appearances on Sunday to finish third with 445 points. Lees-McRae College finished only six points behind Marian with 439 points to place fourth, while the University of Wyoming placed fifth with 434 points.

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Joey Schusler (University of Colorado-Boulder) used the same bike in all four events this weekend. He accured 364 points to top the Division I men's individual omnium, beating silver medalist Rotem Ishay (Fort Lewis College) by only 18 points. Kerry Werner (Lees-McRae College) finished third with 230 points. Erik Nelson (Northern Arizona University) placed fourth with 209 points while Casey Coffman (University of Nevada-Reno) rounds out the top five with 142 points.

Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming) reached the podium in each of the four events this weekend to claim the top spot of the Division I women's individual omnium. Behlen earned a bronze medal in Sunday's dual slalom after placing fourth in each of the first three contests of the weekend. In all, Behlen amassed 478 points toward the individual omnium. Behlen's teammate Linnea Dixson finished second with 292 points, only 23 points ahead of Eva Wilson (Colorado State University), who placed third. Kaila Hart (Fort Lewis College) finished with 237 points to place fourth while Emily Paxson (University of Vermont) was fifth with 231 points.

Wesley Lamberson (Union College-Ky.) finished in top-10 three times, including a bronze medal in the short track race, to total 375 points and win the Division II men's individual omnium. Bobby Zidek (California State University-Chico) placed second to Lamberson with 288 points while Timothy Jenkinson (Mars Hill College) earned the bronze medal with 277 points. Justin Graves (Humboldt State University) finished only one point ahead of Daniel Ennis (Brevard College) to place fourth and fifth, respectively.

Similar to Behlen, Essence Barton (California Lutheran University) reached the podium in each of the four events this weekend. Barton won the dual slalom, placed second in the downhill and finished fourth in the two endurance races, the cross country and the short track to secure the top spot of the Division II women's individual omnium with 542 points. Zaveta earned three bronze medals before placing eighth in the dual slalom to record 470 points to finish second to Barton. Elisa Otter (Union College-Ky.) totaled 444 points to earn the bronze medal while Allison Jones (Warren Wilson College) placed fourth with 323 points. Kara Uhl (Union College-Ky.) amassed 295 points to place fifth.

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Division I team omninum
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Fort Lewis College	701	pts
2	University of Colorado-Boulder	625	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Marian University	445	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lees-McRae College	439	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	University of Wyoming	434	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Lindsey Wilson College	412	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Colorado State University	350	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Northern Arizona University	333	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	University of Nevada-Reno	280	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Lindenwood University	198	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	University of Vermont	196	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Cumberland University	184	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Stanford University	146	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo	110	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	University of California-Berkeley	94	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Texas State University-San Marcos	78	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	76	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	University of New Mexico	68	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	University of Florida	68	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	University of Connecticut	63	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Northern Illinois University	53	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Utah State University	51	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	University of California-Santa Barbara	50	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	University of Southern California	46	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Virginia Polytechnic University	46	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Florida State University	44	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	University of Arizona	38	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Clemson University	34	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Cornell University	31	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Texas A & M University	25	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Appalachian State University	22	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Georgia Southern University	17	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Georgia Institute of Technology	13	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	University of New Hampshire	10	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	University of North Texas	10	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	North Carolina State University-Raleigh	Row 35 - Cell 2	Row 35 - Cell 3

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Division I men individual omnium
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Joey Schusler (University of Colorado-Boulder)	364	pts
2	Rotem Ishay (Fort Lewis College)	346	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Kerry Werner (Lees-Mcrae College)	230	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Erik Nelson (Northern Arizona University)	209	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Casey Coffman (University of Nevada-Reno)	142	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Jason Blodgett (Marian University)	125	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Scott Countryman (Northern Arizona University)	111	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Adam Looney (University of Wyoming)	89	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Taylor Ladd (Lindsey Wilson College)	85	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Tanner Hurst (Cumberland University)	50	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Carter Luck (Lees-Mcrae College)	37	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Logan Luker (Cumberland University)	5	Row 11 - Cell 3

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Division I women individual omnium
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Jill Behlen (University of Wyoming)	478	pts
2	Linnea Dixson (University of Wyoming)	292	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Eva Wilson (Colorado State University)	269	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Kaila Hart (Fort Lewis College)	237	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Emily Paxson (University of Vermont)	231	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Brittany Engleking (University of Colorado-Boulder)	217	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Ellie Atkins (University of Colorado-Boulder)	208	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Hailey Sarausky (Lees-Mcrae College)	206	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Ashlee Wilson (University of Colorado-Boulder)	198	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Sarah Hill (Lees-Mcrae College)	170	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Brooke Crum (Lindsey Wilson College)	163	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Joanna Bechtel (University of California-Berkeley)	162	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Kyrstin Bluhm (Cumberland University)	137	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Kristy Peck (University of Nevada-Reno)	132	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Morganne Endicott (Cumberland University)	111	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Mackenzie Filippi (Lees-Mcrae College)	109	Row 15 - Cell 3

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Division II team omninum
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Brevard College	629	pts
2	Union College-Ky	588	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Western State Colorado University	421	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Warren Wilson College	380	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Mars Hill College	359	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Colorado Mesa University	352	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Us Air Force Academy	336	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	California State University-Chico	263	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	University of Denver	238	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Ripon College	207	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	California Lutheran University	201	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Michigan Technological University	198	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Colorado School of Mines	177	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Humboldt State University	118	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	104	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Wake Forest University	88	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	East Tennessee State University	76	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Duke University	74	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	59	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Montana State University-Bozeman	59	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Wentworth Institute of Technology	56	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Abilene Christian University	52	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Saint Edwards University	50	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Milligan College	38	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Colorado College	27	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Baylor University	25	Row 25 - Cell 3

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Division II men individual omnium
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Wesley Lamberson (Union College-Ky)	375	pts
2	Bobby Zidek (California State University-Chico)	288	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Timothy Jenkinson (Mars Hill College)	277	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Justin Graves (Humboldt State University)	213	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Daniel Ennis (Brevard College)	212	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Peter Haile (Union College-Ky)	174	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Corey Davis (Mars Hill College)	144	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Mitchell Collins (Wake Forest University)	122	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Michael Flynn (Warren Wilson College)	93	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Kody Adams (Brevard College)	89	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Tyler Hutchinson (Mars Hill College)	49	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Ray Dangelmaier (Union College-Ky)	43	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Mike Baird (Union College-Ky)	34	Row 12 - Cell 3

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Division II women individual omnium
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Essence Barton (California Lutheran University)	542	pts
2	Erica Zaveta (Brevard College)	470	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Elisa Otter (Union College-Ky)	444	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Allison Jones (Warren Wilson College)	323	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Kara Uhl (Union College-Ky)	295	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Sarah Godish (US Air Force Academy)	286	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Catherine Harnden (Mars Hill College)	284	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Nicole Miranda (Brevard College)	261	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Laura Rice (Mars Hill College)	228	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Alessia Faverio (Warren Wilson College)	207	Row 9 - Cell 3

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