App St leading Cycling National Championships

[T-Dog]

Rebecca Tomaszewski of App St won the women's cross country event on Day 1 at the Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championship. Tomaszewski becomes the first cyclist to ever win an individual national championship for Appalachian and the second female athlete ever at App St to win a National Championship (Mary Jane Harrelson won the first, the 1500m at the NCAA outdoor track and field championship in 1999).

Appalachian is currently leading the D-2 classification by 23 points.

The event is being held in Banner Elk, NC, which is only a short drive from App St. Lees-McRae college is hosting the event and they are leading the D-1 classification.

Here's the schedule of events. http://www.ncca.lmc.edu/ScheduleOfEvents.htm

And here's the results so far. http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3911

[wkuhillhound]

Interesting article. Congratulations. xthumbsupx

[T-Dog]

Lees-McRae is a small college of 882 students about 15 minutes west of App in Banner Elk, which is known for its ski resorts. They're a powerhouse in cycling (defending D1 national champs), partially due to being 3720 feet above sea level, the highest college or university east of the Mississippi (App St is the highest university at 3333 ft). They compete in NCAA D2 and got to the D2 elite eight in men's soccer last year.

It's a very beautiful area up there. xnodx

And before anyone asks, the difference between D1 and D2 in cycling is that D1 school have 15,000 full time enrolled students and D2 are less. Of course, if a D2 school wants to compete in D1, they can.

[Appstate29]

Lees-McRae is a small college of 882 students about 15 minutes west of App in Banner Elk, which is known for its ski resorts. They're a powerhouse in cycling (defending D1 national champs), partially due to being 3720 feet above sea level, the highest college or university east of the Mississippi (App St is the highest university at 3333 ft). They compete in NCAA D2 and got to the D2 elite eight in men's soccer last year.

It's a very beautiful area up there. xnodx

And before anyone asks, the difference between D1 and D2 in cycling is that D1 school have 15,000 full time enrolled students and D2 are less. Of course, if a D2 school wants to compete in D1, they can.

I'm pretty sure we have over 15k students now...?

[wkuhillhound]

WKU is fast approaching 20K, including part-time and commuting students. It is the fastest growing university in the state of Kentucky.

[T-Dog]

Michael Thomas of App St won the Men's Downhill today, marking the 2nd National Championship won so far by App St. His team mate Steve Trottier came in second and Andrew Mueller finished 6th.

Rebecca Tomaszewski (who won Cross Country yesterday) finished 2nd in the Short Track and 5th in the Downhill.

Team standings haven't been updated yet.

[T-Dog]

Team Standings after Day 2 have App St still on top with 448 points, ahead of Warren Wilson (417) and Colorado School of Mines (408).

Lees-McRae is leading the D-1 classification with 512 points, just ahead of Fort Lewis who has 510 points in what is now a two team race.

[SeattleGriz]

Collegiate cycling has come a long way since when I was in school. I used to race as a Cat 2 in Montana and had no hope of racing for The U of Montana, as they didn't get a team until after I graduated.

Congratulations and good luck App!

[T-Dog]

We won!

Won by 10 points over Colorado School of Mines (585-575).

Lees-McRae lost the lead and finished second to Fort Lewis in the D1 competition.

Congrats to the App St cyclers!

[T-Dog]

And I'm not sure, but Rebecca Tomaszewski of App St tied for the top individual spot, but by the pdf standings, it has her in second for some reason. No idea what the tiebreaker is or was.