Penn State wins three more at NCCA Track
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sept.30, 2005) – Penn State claimed three more championships in the second day of competition at the National Collegiate Cycling Association Track National Championships in Northbrook, Ill.
Last year’s Italian Pursuit champions Penn State successfully defended their title with a time of 2:41.8.
Defending women’s omnium champion Sarah Uhl (Penn State) took first in the women’s 20k point race with 44 points, eight points ahead of runner-up and fellow Penn State team member Erica Allar who picked up 32 points. The pair of Allar and Uhl also won the women’s team sprint event in a time of 1:28.1.
Tom Hanley of Marian College won the men’s sprint title Friday. Hanley won the championship in the first and second rounds, so he didn’t have to compete in the third round to edge out Kevin Selker (University of Colorado).
At the conclusion of racing Friday, Penn State lead in team omnium points with 642. University of California San Diego was in second with 578 points. This year’s championship is the first time the university has sent a full team to compete.
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl of University of California San Diego leads the men’s omnium with 81 points, just one point ahead of Lea, who was last year’s champion. Allar leads the women’s omnium with 97 points. University of California San Diego’s Anna Lang is second with 80, and last year’s champion, Uhl, is third with 75.
Competition concludes Saturday. The schedule and complete results from the 2005 NCCA Collegiate Track National Championships can be found at http://www.usacycling.org/events/2005/ncca_track/.
NCCA Championship Notes
- Lea set a new track record Thursday at the Ed Rudolph Northbrook Velodrome with his time of 1:07.9 in the 1km time trial.
Last year’s Italian Pursuit champions Penn State successfully defended their title with a time of 2:41.8.
Defending women’s omnium champion Sarah Uhl (Penn State) took first in the women’s 20k point race with 44 points, eight points ahead of runner-up and fellow Penn State team member Erica Allar who picked up 32 points. The pair of Allar and Uhl also won the women’s team sprint event in a time of 1:28.1.
Tom Hanley of Marian College won the men’s sprint title Friday. Hanley won the championship in the first and second rounds, so he didn’t have to compete in the third round to edge out Kevin Selker (University of Colorado).
At the conclusion of racing Friday, Penn State lead in team omnium points with 642. University of California San Diego was in second with 578 points. This year’s championship is the first time the university has sent a full team to compete.
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl of University of California San Diego leads the men’s omnium with 81 points, just one point ahead of Lea, who was last year’s champion. Allar leads the women’s omnium with 97 points. University of California San Diego’s Anna Lang is second with 80, and last year’s champion, Uhl, is third with 75.
Competition concludes Saturday. The schedule and complete results from the 2005 NCCA Collegiate Track National Championships can be found at http://www.usacycling.org/events/2005/ncca_track/.
NCCA Championship Notes
- Lea set a new track record Thursday at the Ed Rudolph Northbrook Velodrome with his time of 1:07.9 in the 1km time trial.
- University of Colorado re-raced their final Italian Pursuit ride due to a problem with timing equipment. In the original race the team ended in fourth, but when the team redid their race, they still remained in fourth place.
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