Congratulations to Julie Bellerose for winning the 2008 Women’s D1 Collegiate Nationals Criterium.

Congratulations to the rest of the team, who also did well out in Fort Collins, CO.

If you are interested in racing this season, please contact Kyle at kylelake at umich dot edu.

You can find the schedule for the season at  http://mwccc.org/sp08/.

Racing dues are $150 (unless you raced MTB season, then it is only $100).

If you are planning on racing more than two races this spring, you must buy a USA Cycling license (If you are only going to race two races, it is more economical to buy one-days).

To buy your license, go to usacycling.org. If you want to race higher than Cat. D, you will also have to submit an upgrade request, so you should do this soon.

If you have any questions, contact Kyle Lake at kylelake at umich(dot)edu

Last weekend, a team of 6 men and 1 woman from the club traveled to Banner Elk, NC for Collegiate MTB Nationals.

The whole race weekend turned out being some of the muddiest conditions any of us had ridden in, as it had rained for a week straight before the races.

Our team did well as Mike Bartlett, the 2007 Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference Champion, posted the best results for the team with 25th in the Cross Country and 13th in the Short Track.

Other finishers of the cross country were Mattison Brady in  52nd and Brendan Benson and Nick Boswell rode in together in 55th and 56th.  Lizzie Yarina finished 41st in the Women’s race.  In Short Track, Brendan Benson finished 34th, Sean Murphy finished 43rd, Nick Boswell finished 48th, and Lizzie finished 41st.

For gravity, Al Ogdon finished 51st in the downhill Event and 30th in the Dual Slalom event.

Overall, the team placed 15th out of 38 teams and Mike Bartlett 19th out of 127 men.

Congratulations to all and great job to the whole team for a great MTB season!

Collegiate cyclists from all over the Midwest competed in the University of Michigan mountain bike race on September 29th and 30th. Mike Bartlett of the University of Michigan won the Men’s overall for the weekend while Lisa Spreitzer of Michigan Tech took the Women’s field.

Saturday XC Results

Sunday Short Track Results

Sunday Time Trial Results