This, the fourth and final USA Cycling Collegiate National Championship completed the 2009-10 collegiate cycling season and secured Fort Lewis College’s place atop the national collegiate team Division I rankings and Mesa State College’s spot ahead of all other Division II schools. Both of those teams finished in the top five of their respective divisions at Road Nationals to seal the overall season victory.
Mesa College competed in a cold and wet National Championships competition and in the end came up second to Whitman college in the Division II field and Fort Lewis Skyhawks picked up 4th in the Division 1 field. Other Colorado victories are below
- 1st DII Crit Richard Geng (Grand Junction, Colo./Mesa State College)
- 3rd DII Crit Joe Lewis (Denver, Colo./University of Denver)
- 1st DII TTT Mesa State College
- 3rd DI TTT Fort Lewis College
- 2nd DII RR Richard Geng (Grand Junction, Colo./Mesa State College)
- 2nd DI RR Adam Wisseman CSU
Thanks once again to Addie Levinsky for providing use with the race report!
This weekend was Grand Junction’s Mesa State College’s race weekend. The weekend included an individual time trial hill climb and a criterium on Saturday, and a road race on Sunday. Aside from being stuck on top of Vail Pass on Friday afternoon, all the teams managed to make it up to Grand Junction in time for the ITT Saturday morning.
The ITT was organized (for lack of a better word) by first come first serve registration. Not that in an individual time trial the categories necessarily have to be split up, but it makes the average collegiate rider feel overly pressured when the pros are passing them in minutes up the hill. The climb was a 3.7 mile climb with 1,017 feet of elevation gain up Colorado National Monument. The climb was very similar to Lookout Mountain in Golden, though a little tougher with less corners, and the scenery was absolutely beautiful. There is no doubt it was a painful climb, especially without adequate warm-ups. Though, it was a good way to warm-up the legs for the afternoon/evening criterium.
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