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Cyclocross season is here!

The first event for the 2012 NCCCC Cross season kicks off this weekend when KU hosts Manion’s Cross in Kansas City, KS. Collegiate racing is at 1:00 pm both Saturday (9/22) and Sunday (9/23).

Whether you’re a first-time racer or seasoned veteran, come out, have some fun, and support collegiate cross racing!

Coming off a strong showing at the MWCCC-hosted mountain bike races at Ripon College, Hayley Olson (UMTC) continued her winning ways with a victory at the University of Iowa’s Sugar Bottom Scramble in North Liberty. Olson had come out of the Red Hawks Romp event with an enormous amount of momentum with wins in both the Cross Country and Short Track Cross Country events. And the Scramble would be no different, with Olson winning once again – this time taking home not only the conference championship title, but also taking the D1 Women’s Individual Omnium title as well.

Not to be outdone, Andrew Sullivan (UMTC) joined Olson on the podium with a win in the Sugar Bottom Scramble’s Collegiate A/B Men race. “The race was such a blast and the trails were excellent!” commented Sullivan. “We had made the trip down for the original date [August 26th], but with the rain-out all we could do is sort of look at the trails without riding. This was well worth the trip back down!” The win at Sugar Buttom also gave Sullivan bragging rights as this year’s D1 Men’s Individual Omnium champion.

With their combined successes, Olson and Sullivan propelled UMTC into the D1 Team Omnium champion spot as well, which was presented by NCCCC Conference Director Mark Guthart.

The NCCCC will be holding a conference meeting this weekend in conjunction with the Conference Championships at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

The meeting is at 6:30 pm in the back room of the Republic (www.republicmn.com).

Everyone is invited and welcome to attend for dinner, the conference meeting, and awards. (Even if you don’t want to stay for dinner, please come, hang out, and have some fun!)

As a special treat, we will have Jeffrey Hansen, the High School and Collegiate Program Manager for USA Cycling in attendance, so it’s a great opportunity to show him first-hand why the NC is the best conference around.

At the meeting, we’ll cover the following topics, but will also open the discussion to any new topics as well. So bring your ideas and suggestions!

Meeting Topics

• Road Season Review and Awards
• Track Season Planning
• Mountain Bike Season Planning
• Cross Season Planning
• Club Elections for next year
• 2013 Road Season Event Bidding
• Conference Membership
• Budget discussion

Hope to see you all there!

After a fantastic dual-conference event at Lindenwood University last weekend, the NCCCC travels to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to duke it out at the Tour de Husker.

Check out the race preview by Austin Turner (Iowa) here!