McDonald wins Division 1 men's collegiate title
Western Washington University riders go one-two with Fisher, Wetzel in Division 2
Zach McDonald (University of Washington-Seattle) placed second in the previous day's Under 23 men's category but got his redemption with a victory during the Collegiate Division 1 men's race. He used his superb technical skills to float over the soupy mud eight-seconds head of Chris Hurst (University of Colorado-Boulder) in second place. Bradford Perley (Lees-McRae College) finished in third five seconds later.
"It's nice to win this jersey after a disappointing ride yesterday," said McDonald who contested most of the race along side Eric Thompson (Lees-McRae College) until he broke his derailleur. "I wanted to show up and stay calm and ride my own race. I set a tempo and tried to motor it out.
"It worked out but unfortunately Eric snapped his derailleur off and no one wants to win that way. I feel really bad for him because he was riding great and sticking to my wheel the whole time. I thought it was going to be a really fun last couple of laps but unfortunately he had bad luck."
Steve Fisher (Western Washington University) concluded the Collegiate category racing with a victory in the men's Division 2 event. He out-sprinted his all-day race companion and teammate Logan Wetzel, who placed second. Ryan Leech (Savannah College of Art & Design) rounded out the podium in third place.
"This is awesome because it's my third year as a collegiate racer and I've gotten third, second and now first, it's a great feeling," Fisher said. "I've had a rough season and it's awesome to put one good ride together and make it happen. Logan and I have been racing together for a long time and I think we teach each other things. I just got to the last corner first."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Zach McDonald (University Of Washington-Seattle) | 0:41:30 |
2 | Chris Hurst (University Of Colorado-Boulder) | 0:00:08 |
3 | Bradford Perley (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:00:13 |
4 | Braden Kappius (University Of Colorado-Boulder) | 0:00:44 |
5 | Eric Thompson (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:00:49 |
6 | Colton Andersen (Fort Lewis College) | 0:01:06 |
7 | Eric Emsky (Fort Lewis College) | 0:01:41 |
8 | Brian Sheedy (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:01:50 |
9 | Rotem Ishay (Fort Lewis College) | 0:02:09 |
10 | Jack Hinkens (Fort Lewis College) | 0:02:42 |
11 | Clayton Omer (Appalachian State University) | 0:03:08 |
12 | Lucas Perez (Fort Lewis College) | 0:03:32 |
13 | Brendan Shafer (Fort Lewis College) | 0:03:38 |
14 | Chris Jackson (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) | 0:03:47 |
15 | Adam Leibovitz (Marian University) | 0:03:52 |
16 | Alder Martz (Marian University) | 0:03:58 |
17 | Christopher Hamlin (University Of Vermont) | 0:04:04 |
18 | Patrick Bradley (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) | 0:04:32 |
19 | Kerry Werner (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:04:33 |
20 | Gregory Carpenter (Fort Lewis College) | 0:04:41 |
21 | Alex Ryan (Appalachian State University) | 0:04:59 |
22 | Weston Luzadder (Marian University) | 0:05:12 |
23 | Jordan Gillespie (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:05:21 |
24 | Christopher Bogedin (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:05:47 |
25 | Robert Dahl (University Of California-Berkeley) | 0:05:56 |
26 | Stefan Swecker (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:06:02 |
27 | Joseph Welsh (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:06:24 |
28 | Kip Spaude (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:06:54 |
29 | Reid Beloni (Appalachian State University) | 0:07:01 |
30 | Christopher Dale (Lees-Mcrae College) | 0:07:03 |
31 | Charles Thompson (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) | 0:07:16 |
32 | Zeb King (Appalachian State University) | 0:07:22 |
33 | Ryan Cleveland (Fort Lewis College) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Joshua Nagode (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:07:23 |
35 | John Herrick (University Of Vermont) | 0:07:29 |
36 | Johnathan Freter (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:07:59 |
37 | Matthew Dooley (Lindsey Wilson College) | 0:08:00 |
38 | Kyle Shour (University Of New Mexico) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Matthew Mainer (University Of Vermont) | 0:08:33 |
40 | Joseph Kukolla (Marian University) | 0:08:54 |
41 | David Stroot (Lindenwood University) | 0:08:55 |
42 | Blair Bronson (Oregon State University) | 0:08:58 |
43 | Matthew Bathe (Rutgers University-New Brunswick) | 0:09:22 |
44 | Sean Sevilla (University Of California-Berkeley) | 0:09:24 |
45 | Evan Schmitt (University Of Washington-Seattle) | 0:09:45 |
-1lap | Daniel Williams (Lindenwood University) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Justin Evans (Appalachian State University) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Peter Deucher (Marian University) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Russell Williford (Oregon State University) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Pat Terry (Utah Valley University) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Kendal Johnson (California Polytechnic-San Luis Obispo) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Brendan Lehman (University Of California-Santa Cruz) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Joseph Johnson (Utah Valley University) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Jake Zimmerman (Lindsey Wilson College) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Brandon Feehery (Lindenwood University) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Adam Looney (University Of Wyoming) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Kent Newman (University Of California-Berkeley) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | David Yohe (Marian University) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Benjamin Grier (Clemson University) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Taylor Ladd (Lindsey Wilson College) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Matthew Wilson (Utah Valley University) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | James Stout (University Of California-San Diego) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Sean-Ross McCoy (Lees-Mcrae College) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Colin Smith (Clemson University) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Travis Finan (Lindenwood University) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Isaiah Newkirk (Marian University) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Justin Burstein (Stanford University) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Steve Fisher (Western Washington University) | 0:42:56 |
2 | Logan Wetzel (Western Washington University) | 0:00:02 |
3 | Ryan Leech (Savannah College Of Art & Design) | 0:00:59 |
4 | Conor Mullervy (Mesa State College) | 0:01:30 |
5 | Kevin Mullervy (Mesa State College) | 0:01:48 |
6 | Matthew Obregon (California State University-Sacramento) | 0:02:59 |
7 | Richard Geng (Mesa State College) | 0:03:13 |
8 | Ian Crane (Western Washington University) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Brent Poole (Central Oregon Community College) | 0:03:21 |
10 | Matthew Willing (Mars Hill College) | 0:03:43 |
11 | Patric Rostel (Mesa State College) | 0:04:09 |
12 | Adam Miller (Colorado College) | 0:04:18 |
13 | Benjamin Dodge | 0:04:34 |
14 | Kyle Knott (Mars Hill College) | 0:04:39 |
15 | Brian Jorgensen (Central Oregon Community College) | 0:04:40 |
16 | Benjamin Rathkamp (Western Washington University) | 0:04:57 |
17 | Alejandro Padilla (Cumberland University) | 0:04:59 |
18 | Tim Janson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | 0:05:00 |
19 | Cimarron Wortham (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) | 0:05:06 |
20 | Timothy Jenkinson (Mars Hill College) | 0:05:08 |
21 | Logan Luker (Cumberland University) | 0:05:17 |
22 | Paul Webb (Mars Hill College) | 0:05:47 |
23 | Benjamin Salibra (Cumberland University) | 0:05:57 |
24 | Christopher Mondiek (Rochester Institute Of Technology) | 0:06:40 |
25 | Connor McCutcheon (Central Oregon Community College) | 0:06:59 |
26 | William Palm (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) | 0:07:03 |
27 | Jeremy Chambers (Cumberland University) | 0:07:58 |
28 | Dan Ipp (Rochester Institute Of Technology) | 0:08:34 |
29 | James McCabe (Wake Forest University) | 0:08:48 |
30 | Andrew Lysaght (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) | 0:09:11 |
31 | Austin Jones (Wake Forest University) | 0:09:54 |
-1lap | Samuel Phillips (Mesa State College) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Zachary LaBry (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Patrick Dunn (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | Kyle Curtin (Pacific Lutheran University) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
-1lap | John Wofford (Wake Forest University) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Chris Lowe (Wake Forest University) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Matthew Warbrick (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
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