Road Cycling Season Ends With Nationals

The course was rough, the day hot, and the pace fast for cyclists at this year's Road Nationals in Lawrence, KS. The men's time trial team of Mark Smelser, Brad Sullivan, Rich Shurtz and Chad Clark kicked events off on Friday as they competed against the best collegiate teams across the nation. The Wildcats placed 16th among the 23 Division I teams participating. For Saturday's road race around Perry Lake, things would not get better for many teams. Due to flooding on the original route, officals decided to reroute the course over a 2 mile stretch of gravel road which caused more flat tires than the support vehicles could handle. [more]

KSU Cycling Gains New Sponsor

Kansas State University Cycling has gained another important sponsor in Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The sponsorship deal was entirely the work of team member Chad Clark, a Lieutenant Colonol in the U.S. Army and PhD candidate at the Leavenworth Campus of Kansas State University. Through his work in the military, Chad has forged a great working relationship with SAIC. The company also works closely with Kansas State on many projects through the Leavenworth Campus which further increased interest in becoming a major sponsor of the team. With this sponsorship the team will be able to offset costs of jerseys and traveling expenses to future races in the mountain bike and cyclocross seasons.

Five Wildcats Headed To Nationals

The 2007 NCCA National Championship will invite four members of the Kansas State University Cycling Team this year as individual qualifiers. Mark Smelser will defend his criterium title and be joined by teammates Brad Sullivan, Rich Schurtz, Chad Clark and Lisa Gerber in Lawrence May 11th, 12th, and 13th. Clark will compete as the 4th member of the men's time trial team. Conference champion University of Minnesota and runner up University of Kansas will also send men's and women's teams to the competition along with Division II champ St. Olaf College. Other conference individual male qualifiers include Bryan Moritz of Iowa State, Tommy Ralston from the University of Nebraska, and in Division II, Sean Noonen of Carleton College. In addition to KSU's Gerber, other Division I individual women qualifiers are Kim Topp and Rebecca Finley of Iowa State, with Tanya Siltanen representing North Dakota State University in Division II.

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