Fort Lewis wins Division I collegiate mountain bike championships
Brevard College tops Division II standings
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.
Brevard College totaled 629 points to win the Division II team omnium, finishing 41 points ahead of second-place Union College-Kentucky. Powered by strong performances in the men's gravity events, Western State Colorado University totaled 421 points to place third, 41 points ahead of Warren Wilson College. Mars Hill College rounds out the top five with 359 points.
"I've been training and racing with these guys all season and I've seen how hard they've worked," Brevard College rider Erica Zaveta (Brevard College) said. "It's awesome to win this because it shows our program is going to be strong for years to come."
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.
"It's really fun to do all of the events because they are so different," Behlen said. "You get to compete with everybody and it's fun to podium at all four events."
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.
Full Results
# | 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 |
# | 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 |
# | 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 |
# | 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 |
# | 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 |
# | 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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