For the third year in a row, the Dartmouth cyclists returned to Hanover with the Ivy Cup in their grasp and the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference's Division II regular season crown.
The Big Green cycling team had strong performances across all categories to capture second overall on the streets surrounding Dartmouth College last weekend.
Led by co-captain Amy Wallace '04, the Dartmouth cycling team rode away from the 4-Race Army weekend third overall out of 30 teams.
The three-time defending Division II National Champion Dartmouth cycling team battled through crashes and mechanical failure to capture second place overall in the Boston Beanpot Classic last weekend. Co-captain Amy Wallace '04 was the only Dartmouth rider to win an individual race, while the squad took the victory in the team time trial. Big Green riders started the weekend in grand form, winning the overall team time trial on Saturday morning.
The Dartmouth cyclists picked up where they left off last year by winning the women's elite A race and placing three riders in the top 25 in the men's elite at the Rutgers invitational, their first race of the season. Staving off winds and driving rain, women's captain Amy Wallace '04 captured the top spot for the women, just edging out teammate Kristina Eaton '04, who placed fourth. "We each did our own race, but I happened to be riding Kristina's wheel coming into the last few hundred yards, so she inadvertently gave me a lead out for the sprint.
In a field of 16 coed pairs, Emily Chenel '04 and Andy Hunter '04 finished Sunday's Dartmouth Outing Club Challenge atop the podium.
The Dartmouth cyclists will be Division II omnium champions for another year after winning the national championships this past weekend in California.
Louden, N.H. -- Following the lead of men's captain Todd Yezefski '04, the Dartmouth Cycling team took home the Ivy Cup last weekend, marking the first time since 1981 that Dartmouth is the premier cycling team among its Ancient Eight competitors. The Big Green cyclists put themselves in prime position to repeat as the nation's Division II champion by augmenting the lead they brought into the Eastern Cycling Championships this past weekend in eastern New Hampshire. Entering the weekend, Dartmouth was third in the Ivy League, 14 points behind the Harvard Crimson and four behind Princeton -- deficits that set the stage for a dramatic finish to the Easter Collegiate Cycling Conference (ECCC) regular season. The rain and cool temperatures during the road race on Saturday didn't deter men's A rider Michael Barton '03 from breaking from the pack and out-working the field to take first place. Yezefski sprinted the legs off the chasing peleton to finish third, followed by Tim Clement '05 and Bing Knight '05, who finished 11th and 12th, respectively. The duo of Kristina Eaton '04 and Amy Wallace '04 also pulled out 11th- and 12th-place finishes, respectively, in the women's A field despite mechanical trouble and a shortened race due to the inclement weather. Breyton Osgood '03 couldn't fight off the lactic acid buildup in his legs to hold off the other riders in the final climb of the men's B field, finishing five seconds off the leader in sixth place.
The Dartmouth cycling team used strong finishes by team members in all categories in the last two weekends to gain momentum going into the final regular season race next week in New Hampshire. The weekend of April 11, the Big Green cyclists traveled to West Point, N.Y.