A weekend at Collegiate Nationals: A Casey Gibson Gallery

    by VeloNews.com

    • May 13, 2007
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    By Casey B. Gibson

    Mara Abbott, truly the hitman of Whitman.
    Mara Abbott, truly the hitman of Whitman.

    Photo: Casey B. Gibson

    It was weekend devoted to road racing at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships in Perry, Kansas, Saturday and Sunday. In addition to hundreds of riders, our guy, Casey Gibson, was there to record it all for posterity.

    Photo Gallery

    • Mara Abbott, truly the hitman of Whitman.
    • Abbott scored her third-straight stars-and-stripes jersey, winning the women's Div. II road race
    • Boyd nails the men's Div. I title...
    • ... and Dad's there to share the moment.
    • The view from the back of the D1 race
    • The dirt road, 1.5 miles of crushed limestone, certainly made it interesting. Over 100 flats, by some counts.
    • That's got to hurt. The chase group in the D2 men's race piles it up on the gravel.
    • Larson wins the Division I women's race,
    • Marzot wins the sprint for D2 Men's Road champ.
    • ...and celebrates the moment in style.
    • Why so many flats? Crushed limestone and light tires don't mix.
    • Mara Abbott takes a corner in the D2 crit.
    • Mara Abbott leads the field through a corner, after being involved in the earlier crash.
    • Natalie Klemko of Midwestern State taking a corner...
    • ... and winning
    • Jennifer Bodine picks her wheel to ride with one lap to go.
    • Bodine celebrates her win in the D2 crit.
    • D1 men's omnium winner Mark Hardman of Virginia repeats.
    • Charles Gallegher of Virginia Tech shows the signs of an earlier dust up.
    • Phil Mann of CSU
    • D1 Men's winner Phil Mann of CSU.

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