SECCC: Collegiate Cyclocross Nationals

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Collegiate Cyclocross Nationals

The SECCC was represented well at Collegiate Nationals this past weekend in Madison. Mars Hill took the D2 Omnium championship again, with Cumberland finishing a strong second. Other D2 schools placing were UTC (9th) and ETSU (20th). In D1, Lees McRae took 3rd, while the University of Tennessee finished just off of the podium in 6th.
The SECCC also brought home 2 individual National Championship jerseys. Kerry Werner from LMC won the D1 men's race, and Mariske Strauss from MHC won the D2 women's race.
Congrats to everyone that made the trip!

The Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference was established to support collegiate cycling in the Southeast United States. The conference is made up of schools from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a few schools in North Carolina. The SECCC is one of 11 conferences in the United States that make up the National Collegiate Cycling Association (NCCA). The NCCA administers, develops, promotes, and governs collegiate cycling across the country. The NCCA is a standing committee of USA Cycling.

Eash school can become an NCCA club or team, regardless of size, and regardless of whether the school intends to compete in collegiate events or not. Today, there are over 200 registered collegiate cycling clubs that are registered with the NCCA, representing over 2,500 athletes.