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Hi all,
There's a lot of information in here. A few items stand out, however, as essential knowledge for collegiate riders: the Club of the Year Award in the Team News section, the 2010 Collegiate Rule Changes, National Rankings, and Changes to the MTB Omnium in National News, and How to Qualify for Cross Nats in the Explainer. Not to mention interviews with some very interesting folks, Kevin Long of the ACCC and Andrew Armstrong of the Board of Trustees. And don't forget to renew your club's license for 2010!
If you're on Twitter or Facebook, be sure to look us up, and be sure to send questions, comments, story ideas, or photos to collegiateupdate@usacycling.org.
-Jeffrey Hansen, USAC Collegiate Program Manager
Response to The Real Risks of a Real Good Time
The following is an anonymous reaction to the article The Real Risks of a Real Good Time, which appeared in last month's Collegiate Monthly Update.
I am concerned with the relatively narrow scope of the newsletter article "The Real Risks of a Good Time." The article portrays student athletes as having a higher duty than other students to their schools. While this might be true if a school writes policies and procedures to reflect a heightened standard, in most cases Sports Clubs programs do not--rightfully so. Universities are not parents and the relationship with students should be professional and mutually respectful. Universities have an interest, of course, in maintaining safe and healthy environments for students on campus, but their interest rapidly dissipates off property.
Additionally, when a public University decides to punish a team or an athlete, it still has commitments under state and federal law. First, student teams are afforded some level of protection under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Before a team can lose  recognition or a student punished, a University is supposed to provide a fair process which might include notice of the charges, presentation of evidence, a formal hearing, and an appeal process. The article's suggestion that Athletic Departments reserve a right to punish without this process is inaccurate -- Universities are not supposed to ignore the federal constitution. Additionally, in many places, students are protected for their lawful off-campus conduct by the same principles that protect employees for their lawful off-duty conduct. When a school decides to reach outside of its reasonable interests to hold students accountable for off campus actions, it does so at the expense of student athletes' privacy which is often protected under state tort law. Finally, if a University publishes policies and procedures that appear to apply to sports teams, those policies and procedures are sometimes binding under state contract law. The University is not in a position to unilaterally alter their policies and procedures without prior notice.
While the analysis in the article bothers me somewhat, what I find more troubling is the policy position implied in the article that Universities are free to do as they wish with no criticism or rebuke--even if they are running afoul of the law. It is simply incomprehensible to me that the University-student relationship is characterized as anything other than an arms-length business relationship at is very core. Universities do not take the place of parents and  do not fill some role of moral authority. They are made up of people with competing interests just like any other institution and should be recognized as such. Allowing Universities to overstep their boundaries and discipline students for essentially living life is not conscionable, even if they are wearing school-branded clothing which they bought for their own use. No one comments when students wearing football jerseys or other school gear show up in photos with alcohol.
Finally, rather than encouraging collegiate teams to live in fear of arbitrary and arrogant school administrations, it is probably more constructive to advise teams to communicate with their club programs to establish clear rules and procedures to avoid misunderstandings. When the rules and policies are clearly laid out, and the most absurd interpretations put aside, everyone wins and has a chance to compete.
Moving South
This past Fall, Union College in Kentucky was transferred from the Midwest conference to the Southeast conference for a number of reasons, including the school's location on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. Head coach Chuck Coffey reflects on his team's first season down south.
We had feedback from some riders in the Midwest that we were crazy for switching to the  SECCC, that we might not ever make it to Nationals. Moving to a conference that had three teams finish in the top ten, and even Appalachian State making its way over from the ACCC to attend a couple races, we knew we would have to be at the top of our game to make another trip to Nationals. I told the riders that no  matter what happened at the end, we had raced against the very best that collegiate cycling had to offer, and that anything we got we had to earn. To make it to National from the SECCC you are already a winner.
At first I did not know how the other teams would feel about us moving to their conference. But all the riders and coaches made both my team and me feel very welcome. My feeling was that we had a very strong team and adding us to an already powerhouse-packed conference ensured that the SECCC would, from top to bottom, be the strongest conference. There are very few places that you can go race any given weekend and line up with as many team and individual National Champions as we did, and to get to race some of the very best courses in the U.S. every week was great, as well. I think it really helped  us to prepare for Nationals.
Every week it was great to see some of the most talented young men and women pouring everything they had into every race. The class of riders we have is top notch. I watched as these kids rode their hearts out and crossed the finish line only to stop and shake the hand of the rider behind them that had pushed them to the very brink of exhaustion. I am very proud to be part of the SECCC and I think that Nathan does a great job of running the conference.
I have no regrets about switching conferences. We may not always win the conference or even make it to nationals because of how competitive this conference is, but win, lose or draw, we know that week in and week out we have ridden against the very best collegiate cycling has to offer.
Chuck Coffey
U.C. Cycling
Club of the Year Award
Every year USA Cycling awards the Collegiate Club of the Year distinction to an outstanding collegiate organization. 2008's winner was the US Air Force Academy, thanks in no small part to its incredible rider development program, frequent club activities, and extensive involvement in their local community. Their extensive and professional application didn't hurt, either.
So it's time for your club to apply for the honor. All the information you need can be found here, and last year's announcement is located here. Apply soon! The deadline is December 4.
This is a space to learn from each other and get a peek into the operations of teams you might not otherwise encounter. So start sharing. Submit stories to collegiateupdate@usacycling.org.
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Conference 'Cross Seasons Get Underway
CORRECTION: Last month's wrap-up of conference mountain bike championships named the wrong school as champion of the SECCC in Division 2. The actual champion team was Warren Wilson College. We apologize for the confusion.
As Fall rushes head-long into Winter, mountain bikers trade in their fat knobbies for skinnier ones, and roadies glue on their 'cross tubies. For cyclocross die-hards, the biggest holiday this winter is the opening of the racing season, and this year even more conferences are hopping onto the 'cross wagon and getting muddy.
In the past, Cyclocross has been the black sheep of the cycling world: a strange mix of mud, modified road bikes, barriers, run-ups, snow, sand, switchbacks, and a general feeling of torture for a sustained 45-60 minute effort. Yet the masochistic cycling universe has  embraced 'cross at an ever-increasing rate over the past several years, and collegiate cycling is no different. Everybody is quickly discovering that cyclocross is, in fact, the best thing invented by man since the bicycle itself*. This has also been spurred by the increased competition at the national level for team points, as winning the national rankings at the end of the year depends on a strong showing in each of the four disciplines of collegiate cycling.
So it is no surprise that a record number of conferences are holding 'cross races and seasons this year. The ACCC has already begun, having hosted 3 races already, while the ECCC has hosted 2, with 4 remaining before National Championships December 13th in Bend, Oregon. The ECCC was, of course, one of the first collegiate conferences to hold a 'cross season, given the immense historical popularity of cyclocross in the region, and yearly makes their presence known at Nationals. From a national perspective, competition will be diverse this year, given that in addition to the ACCC and ECCC, the IMCCC**, MWCCC, NCCCC, RMCCC, SCCCC, SECCC, and SWCCC will all be holding at least one cyclocross race this year.
So give it a shot! If your conference is holding a race, find out where it is on the National Calendar below. Then buy, borrow, or steal*** a 'cross bike and get your self on down there, bunnyhop some barriers, get muddy, and have fun!
Be sure to see below, also, for the rules on qualifying for nationals.
*Arguable, yes, but in the end we all know this to be true. ** Not yet confirmed. *** USAC does not condone theft.
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2010 Collegiate Rule Changes Posted
You'll want to read all the way to the bottom on this one:
https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4527
Mountain Bike Nationals a Big Hit
For those of you that missed it, you sure missed a good time. Be sure to come out to Truckee, CA next year for some more super-sick courses and the best competition that collegiate cycling has to offer. For any and all feedback that anyone has positive or negative, please send it to feedback@2009mtbnationals.com as well as collegiate@usacycling.org.
 This year, the venue was soaked in thunderstorms and downpours for four days straight before the competition, but fears of a mudfest were all for naught, as the moisture only dampened the dirt enough to keep the legendary Northstar dust down. Several athletes could be overheard praising the quality of the soil as "the best dirt possible" for mountain biking, and they were not kidding.
Courses were another huge success, as Kay Sherwood, D2 Women's National Short Track Champion of Colorado College proclaimed the Cross Country and Short Track courses "probably the best" she'd ever raced. Hellish climbing, technical descents, swooping downhill switchbacks, and that magnificent dirt combined for some world-class courses.
Most importantly, the racing was top-notch, as would be expected from some of America's best mountain bike racers, who then put down an extra 20% of effort in the name of their schools. The men's endurance races were DOMINATED by two names that will not go away any time soon: Rotem Ishay in D1, riding for Fort Lewis College, and Stephen Ettinger, of Montana State University in Bozeman, for D2. These young men claimed both STXC and XC titles in their respective divisions, and each with a margin that would be called "sizable" by anyone present. The women's races were a bit more nerve-wracking, however, in both divisions as Carla Swart of Lees-McRae College traded her third to rock-star Chloe Forsman of the University of Arizona in the D1 Cross Country for a first in the Short Track the next day, while Chloe chased hard lap after lap, claiming second in the D1 STXC at the end of it all. In D2, Kay Sherwood of Colorado College and Lydia Tanner of Montana State University, who are teammates outside of the collegiate circuit on the Tokyo Joe's mountain bike team, went through a similar back-and-forth, as Lydia took the XC ahead of second place Kay. The next day, however, fortunes were reversed, as Sherwood won the STXC ahead of a charging Tanner after leading the entire race.
The gravity events were no less thrilling, as the unique and narrow Mountain Cross course  made for several tense moments and some miraculous passes.* After all was said and done, host school the University of Nevada Reno came away with a win for the home team, as Jon Wilson took 1st in the D1 Four-Cross, and just missed victory in the Downhill to Joey Schulser of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Fort Lewis College continued their domination of the weekend with the women's gravity events in D1, with Emma Millar claiming victory in the 4X and Sage Wilderman taking the DH. In D2, 4 different schools claimed the 4 titles on the line: Brevard College's Johanne Tuttle took Women's 4X, while Blake Carney of California Lutheran University won the men's contest. The at-times very technical Downhill course was covered in the best time by Christen Boyer from the Colorado School of Mines and Michael Thomas of Appalachian State University.
In the end, the team omniums went to the usual suspects, which each have a long tradition of outstanding mountain biking teams: Brevard College in D2 and Fort Lewis College in D1. For complete results and stories from the events, as well as image galleries, check out the collegiate page at usacycling.org.
*The 4x course will be reviewed for next year and may be changed for 2010.
 Fort Lewis and Mesa State Top National Rankings
With two national championships done, the annual contest for National Team Rankings is starting to heat up. Currently, the Rocky Mountain Conference is home to the leaders in both divisions: Fort Lewis College in D1 and Mesa State College in D2. For a complete list of national rankings, click here for D1 and here for D2. To see how these scores are calculated, check out the rulebook here, and find the scoring table on page 190.
Future Changes to the MTB Individual Omnium?
In the years since mountain biking first came onto the national stage, and even since it became a major collegiate sport, the discipline has changed dramatically, as gravity and endurance events have become distinct disciplines. Fewer and fewer athletes compete in both events, and as courses adapt to these specialized athletes and their specialized equipment, it becomes more and more difficult for riders to compete in all events with a single bike. 
A relatively recent change to the collegiate rulebook requires that any individual competing for the omnium at Mountain Bike National Championships contest at least one endurance and one gravity event, to ensure that the best all-around rider wins the title, rather than a pure specialist in one or the other. While it is certainly a core value of collegiate cycling to reward diversity of talent, in recent years there have arisen several concerns with this aspect of the event:
1. Safety: In an effort to win omnium points, riders are competing in events that they are not comfortable tackling. Part of this solution lies in strict enforcement of upgrades, but nonetheless, while USA Cycling wants to encourage riders to try new events and diversify, it benefits no one to encourage riders to put themselves in dangerous situations which they are not comfortable handling (this especially applies to endurance specialists tackling treacherous gravity courses, who either injure themselves taking lines they shouldn't, or dismount to clear sections, only to hold up or hurt the riders barreling down the mountain behind them.
2. Expense: As mentioned above, endurance courses are growing steeper uphill, and gravity courses are getting steeper downhill. It is next to impossible, not to mention unwise, to tackle a cross country race on a big-hit huckster bike, or to try a downhill on a carbon hardtail. This adds significant expense to event travel for those that would otherwise choose to specialize in a single event or discipline, lends an advantage to teams that are better funded, and limits gravity racers that might want to bring one bike for DS/4X and one for DH, but are forced to leave one at home in favor of a Cross-Country machine. 
3. Quality of Competition: While some of the motivation behind the omnium requirements lies in preventing specialists from beating out quality all-arounders, the rule is not always successful in its aim: it is by no means impossible to place well in either the endurance or gravity events, and suffer through the others, earn a point or two, and place highly in the individual omnium, beating out a rider that places moderately in all four races. Which of these athletes is a truer champion? An argument can be made either way, but in the end it could also be argued that it is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
4. Participation: Another component to the rule is to increase participation in different events and, as stated above, encourage riders to try new things. Yet each year the number of individuals eligible for the omnium decreases, as riders become more specialized one way or the other. With fewer than 10 competitors eligible in some divisions and genders, it becomes easier for someone to perform relatively poorly and still place well.
There are, of course, extensive arguments to counter those made above. In some ways we are playing the devil's advocate here by listing out these issues, in an effort to arouse a discussion amongst collegiate athletes, and find out exactly what you want for your championships. We want to hear your thoughts! So express your opinion and fill out the survey here. Where should we go with this discussion? It's up to you.
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Coming Soon to a Collegiate Website Near You...
In the coming weeks, be sure to check out the Collegiate Cycling page at usacycling.org for a revamped look, making the basics of collegiate cycling clearer to those just getting started.
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How Do I Qualify for Cyclocross Nationals?
While Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships will be one of the most difficult races you've ever entered, we want to encourage as many qualified riders to participate as possible,  so getting qualifying is easy, assuming you've got some 'cross cred.
The only requirement is that you are either a Category 3 in USAC CX, or a Category A in Collegiate CX. You can automatically qualify to be a Cat 3 in CX, though, by being a Cat 2 in MTB or a Cat 3 in Road.
So submit for your upgrades now, if you haven't already. And never forget your National Eligibility form when you come to the event. For more information on the event, click here. And for some extra encouragement to attend, don't forget that there will be a Beer Garden if you're of age, and that part of the course goes through the Deschutes Brewery campus, maker of some of the finest microbrews around. See you there!
Don't Like It? Do Something: Change the Rules!
 The collegiate rulebook is constantly evolving. Every year changes are made as a result of athlete activism and well thought-out suggestions. Anything's up for grabs. You just have to make the case for it. You can submit rule change suggestions to collegiaterules@usacycling.org. Here's what the rules say about rule changes to the Collegiate Rule Book, according to 7B3(d):
(d) Changes to the Rules. The Board of Trustees considers changes to the Rules once per year. Each year: (i) To be considered, a proposed rule change must be submitted prior to July 1 to the Chairperson by a Conference Director, acting on his or her own behalf or on behalf of one or more Riders or other individuals. To be considered, each proposed rule change must include (A) the affected section of the Rules; (B) the language of the rule as then in effect; (C) the proposed revision to the rule; and (D) an explanation of and justification for the proposed rule change. (ii) The Board of Trustees will endeavor to publish to each Conference between September 1 and September 15 all proposals submitted prior to July 1. (iii) The Chairperson will accept feedback from Riders and other individuals up to and including the earlier of October 31 and the Collegiate Cycling Mountain Bike National Championship, and the Board of Trustees will debate and vote on all proposed rule changes thereafter. (iv) The Board of Trustees will deliver to the Collegiate Cycling Manager a revised rulebook not later than December 31 for internal review and publication by USA Cycling. (v) Rule changes proposed after July 1st but before the earlier of October 31 and the Collegiate Cycling Mountain Bike National Championship, may be considered at the discretion of the Board of Trustees which may, at its discretion, debate and vote on such proposed rule changes and include them in the revised rulebook pursuant to paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above.
Easy as pie! Now go read the rules!
Renewing Your Club's Membership License
As of November 1, all new USAC club memberships are valid through December 31 2010. That means it's time to renew your club membership! This is an often-forgotten step, but it's very important that your club is registered with USAC, otherwise you won't be earning any points for Nationals. An annual club license is $50 (the first year is free), but some club sports departments will pay for the fee. Until your club has renewed its license, you can't renew your individual license, either. 2010 individual license go on sale December 1.
 The difficulty that many run into, however, is that many of last year's team presidents and primary club contacts have graduated, and nobody has access to the renewal process online (the quickest and easiest way to renew). To be placed on the contact list, just call your region's USAC Membership Coordinator, a list of whom is found here, or call Jeffrey Hansen at 719-434-4215. Once your name is added to the club contact list, you can renew the club license through your MyUSAC page on usacycling.org.
Additionally, in response to the growing number of high school students that pick their colleges based on the cycling programs there, beginning this year, USA Cycling will track which schools offer scholarships, as well as which programs are Varsity and which are clubs, etc. Look for the revised Club renewal forms in the coming weeks (they're not online yet, but in the meantime, you can use the 2009 form here).
Submit any questions you have about the world of collegiate cycling to collegiateupdate@usacycling.org
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Montana State University Cycling Club
Essay by Nick Boswell, MSU Cycling
[Ed note: After transferring from Michigan Tech this past year, Nick learned that the Northwest conference didn't hold a steady mountain bike season, and so personally promoted a collegiate mountain bike race to ensure that his team would qualify for nationals. -JH]
The MSU Cycling Club is comprised of a variety of cyclists, both recreational and competitive, in a variety of disciplines including road, mountain, and cyclocross. Members also act as cycling advocates to the community, participating in volunteer opportunities ranging from youth involvement to trail building. 
The most active role for the team is racing. The team is funded largely by sponsorship, and the sponsorship money allows for the team to travel to races and provide lodging for the team with minimal dues for each racer. This is usually a large undertaking, since Montana State is near the border of the NWCCC, a very large conference geographically.
Since the road season is the most active in the NWCCC, that is the primary focus of the MSU Cycling Club, and the club boasts great riders with great results. Corey Meyer won two criteriums in the 2009 NWCCC road season and was the overall individual conference champion for 2009.
In addition to this, the MSU had a break-out year in the 2009 MTB season. The team put together a last-minute conference event in order to help in qualifying riders for Nationals in Truckee, California. Because of the late notice, only one other school was able to participate in the race, but the race proved to be a positive step for mountain biking in the NWCCC. Members of the MSU club are currently working with Jeffrey Hansen to create more interest and participation in mountain biking in the NWCCC.
 With MSU riders eligible for Nationals, the club sent three riders, Stephen Ettinger, Lydia Tanner, and Zach Guy to Truckee. Stephen Ettinger won both the endurance events, winning the cross country over Zach Winn of Union College and winning the short track cross country race over Tristan Cowie from Brevard College. Lydia Tanner continued the success of the team, winning the women’s cross country event and taking second in the short track race. Zach Guy contributed to the team’s effort, placing eighth in the cross country and eleventh in the short track race. Overall, the team effort left MSU in fifth place in the team omnium, despite the fact they only had three riders only competing in the endurance events of the weekend.
 The 2009 break-out season, with a conference champion on the road and three national championships between two riders on the mountain bike is a major step in a good direction and the club will likely keep moving in this direction. Next year’s road season will see the return of Corey Meyer, and hopefully a more complete MTB season will allow for Stephen and Lydia to compete for official conference champion titles as well as a return to collegiate nationals.
Want your team to be recognized here? Send an essay telling us why (500 words or so) and you could be featured in this space next month. Please submit by November 30.
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Kevin Long, ACCC Director
How did you first get involved with cycling? I became involved with USAC after working an AIDS charity event after I moved to Virginia - someone passed my name onto Jim Patton, and told him that I was “very good at herding cats”. Jim made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: “Want to get paid for riding your motorcycle?” 
What about collegiate cycling? My first exposure to collegiate cycling was as a motor-referee, probably my second or third year as an official; I pulled up to a rider and “asked” him to come to the back for a centerline violation. The rider immediately pulled over to the left side, into a driveway and stopped; as I went back to check on him, he turned around to head back to the start line. When I asked him why, he told me that he had been told that if you violate the centerline rule, you get DQ’ed automatically. I was stunned, and explained to him that all I wanted to do was to relegate him to the back of the field, and let him keep racing. I convinced him to get back into the race, and he was able to catch up to a rider off the back (that had lost his seat and was continuing on!), but neither ever got back to the field. I felt bad about what had transpired, and learned to be more specific in my instructions to riders, especially collegiate ones. I found that I enjoyed working with the” kids”, as they often presented “unique challenges” to me as a CR, and I like to think I was able to point them in the right direction.
How long have you been conference director? I can still count the days on my fingers and toes.
What inspired you to take on this mantle? Most would say that I suffered a blow to the head and didn’t know what I was saying; the reality is that I have really enjoyed working and learning at all kinds of bicycling events, and I wanted to give back to the sport. I felt that  mentoring might be a good way to do so and working with college kids seemed like the perfect opportunity to help.
What are your hopes for the Atlantic Conference under your lead? My first goal is to provide consistency in judging for our events; I’ve committed to being CR for all of the road races next year, and arranged for consistency in Chief Judges as well. I plan to work with each promoter to get/keep them on track to ensure we put on quality events, and I hope that this will eliminate some of the confusion and other issues experienced in the past. After that I would like to see consistency in conference rules among all conferences; this will make it easier for riders, promoters and officials, and eliminate confusion for those riders that compete in multiple conferences.
Things going well so far? Surprisingly so!
Do you ride very often? As much as I can. Race? Never – bad knees. Road or mountain? Road – they won’t let me take my motorcycle on mountain bike trails, but I’m working on it! What kind of bike(s) do you have? Honda and Suzuki; you did mean motorcycles, right?
What’s your favorite part of the position? Meeting the collegiate riders and helping them thru whatever issues or problems they may have – it’s a great learning experience for both of us. Least favorite? Haven’t found it yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had something to do with being CR for 9 weeks straight. Why do you keep doing it? I’ll let you know in a few years....
 What is special about collegiate cycling? Definitely the riders; the fact that they do this for nothing more than pride and bragging rights really impresses me.
Do you have any good stories (funny, heartwarming, dramatic) from being a conference director? Hmm... not yet, but I did get to go to the 2009 Collegiate Road Nationals this year in Fort Collins (as a motor-ref), and I had a ton of fun; seeing riders from all over the country and experiencing the camaraderie is what really convinced me to take this on.
What is your paying job? Physical Security Engineer under contract to DHS; I spend a lot of time working with Border Patrol, especially on the southern border.
Tell me three things about yourself that don’t involve cycling. 
1. I retired from the federal gov’t after spending 10 years in prison (I got to go home at night... usually) and 12 years in DC; I like to tell people that I had to spend 10 years in prison to get my job in DC – I get A LOT of nervous people stepping away!
2. I spent 8 years in the Navy onboard nuclear submarines. No, I don’t glow in the dark.
3. This is a tough one; it seems like cycling has taken over my life, and my wife and one daughter have become officials as well, and we seem to spend all of our weekends at races. The one good thing about this is that it lets me feed my addiction to gummi bears, Red Hot Dollars, Swedish Fish, Mexican Hats.... well, you get the idea!
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Andrew Armstrong
 How did you first get involved with cycling? I became involved I guess when riding my bike around the neighborhood as a kid and to/from elementary and middle school. I first became involved in organized cycling as a freshman in college when I saw the club at Boston College’s student activities fair in the campus green. A few months later, with the help of a senior I didn’t know, I bought a bike and a couple months later after only riding it a few times I competed in my first race; the Boston Beanpot crit. I was lapped 3 laps into the 1km race and then asked my teammates what “get on a wheel meant” and “why they were yelling that to me.” A couple months after that a sophomore (the one other non-freshman club member) told me I had to submit a club budget request for the following year to the school club  financing committee within a week. I was hooked on both the racing and the organizational side.
How long have you been on the Board? Since September 2009
What motivated you to run for the Board? I was motivated by a desire to still be involved in collegiate cycling as well as help be part of the discussion on the overall mission, direction, and philosophy of collegiate cycling.
Do you ride very often? Every day, I probably only have 20-30 days off the bike all year. Race? Yes. I just recently ended two years as a full time amateur racer. I race over 100 days per year. Road and Track.
What kind of bike(s) do you have? ’08 Trek Madone with SRAM and an ’08 Cervelo P3 Track
 What’s your favorite part of being on the board? I enjoy being part of collegiate cycling and helping direct its philosophy.
What do you hope to change and/or accomplish while on the board of trustees? Continued growth and improved services for collegiate cycling.
What is special about collegiate cycling? It is more fun, laid back, and team oriented than standard racing without being any less competitive. It is also unique in the large percentage (relative to USAC in general) that both beginners and women make up in relation to its whole.
What is your real job? I am a high school teacher. I also coach a high school cycling club and run the Texas High School Cycling League.
Tell me three things about yourself that don’t involve cycling. I played football and rugby in high school. I enjoy traveling. I enjoy trying new restaurants.
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Pink = Mountain, Purple = Cyclocross, Bold* = Conference championships
Conferences not listed here do not have events in this time period.
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