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2011 Collegiate Road National Championships Preview

photo courtesy of USA Cycling

ND Riders Jenn Perricone, Brian Boyle, Matt Prygoski, and Joe Magro will be racing in the 2011 Collegiate Road National Championships this weekend in Madison, WI.

“Wondering who to watch for at the 2011 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships? We’ve asked the experts, the Collegiate Conference Directors, to give us their picks for each category, based on what they’ve seen week in and week out during the regular racing season, which started all the way back in February and just wrapped up this past weekend. Here’s what they had to say…”read the full article here , with mentions of ND riders, courtesy of USA Cycling.

 

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2011 Conference Championships

Defiance, St Charles, MO –Located in historic St. Charles on the banks of the Missouri River, Lindenwood University played host to the 2011 MWCCC conference road championships. Notre Dame entered the event looking to defend leads in both the team rankings as well as the individual men’s and women’s categories. Saturday’s road race featured a 20 mile course through vineyards and river valleys with 3 major climbs per 20 mile lap. In Men’s A, Joe Magro, Brian Boyle, and Douglas Ansel, rode for the Irish in the 84 mile event. With the first climb only 3 miles into the race, the pace was fast from the gun as riders jocked to start the climb in front. Magro crested the summit in a small group of the conference elite who would ultimately decide the winner amongst themselves. 40 miles into the race, Magro’s group had shrunk to 15 and 60 miles in only 12 remained. After 4 hours of racing, Magro finished in 7th place, increasing his lead in the men’s individual standings. Only 23 of the 50 entrants finished the entire distance. Much like the men’s race, the women’s A field shattered on the first climb with Jenn Perricone from ND sitting comfortably in the lead group. As more and more women dropped back, Perricone held her ground and continued her streak of top 10’s with an 8th place on the day.

Sunday’s Criterium, held in downtown St. Charles, was the fastest Men’s A race of the year with an average speed of 29mph. A field of 45 was cut to under 30 in only 10 minutes as Boyle and Magro settled into the main field. Keeping the second place individually ranked rider in his sights, Magro rode to preserve the season title while Boyle moved up in the field following multiple attacks. With 3 laps to go Magro sprinted off the front but was soon reeled in by the group. Boyle finished 5th in the field sprint, good enough for 14th overall while Magro cruised in top 20 and claimed the 2011 Men’s Individual Conference Championship. Perricone was riding one of her strongest races of the season in Women’s A before running over a staple in the road with less than 5 laps to go. The tire ruined, she used a spare wheel to finish the race in 14th place which was enough to maintain her lead and take the Individual Women’s Conference Championship. Notre Dame also won the Team Conference Title for the 2011 season. This is the first time in the program’s history that both individual titles, and the team title, all belong to the Irish, Perricone, Magro, Boyle, and Ansel will all compete for the National Championship in Madison, WI the first weekend of May.

Road Race

Men’s A – Magro 7th

Women’s A – Perricone 8th

Criterium

Men’s A – Boyle 14th, Magro 20th

Women’s A- Perricone 14th

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MSU/ Michigan Recap

Okemos, MI- Clarkston, MI – Notre Dame traveled to Michigan State on Saturday for a morning road race and an afternoon time trial. Rob Piscatelli led the men’s D team with an 11th place finish. Men’s C put two in the top ten with Andrew O’Donnell in 6th and Brian Hurley crossing the line in 8th position. Freshman Josh Corcoran wasn’t far behind in 13th. Four ND riders started the 60 mile men’s A race and Continue reading “MSU/ Michigan Recap”
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Marian/ Purdue Report

Indianapolis/ West Lafayette – Five ND riders the trip to Indianapolis Saturday for a race hosted by Marian University. The criterium course wound through Marian’s campus starting in front of the main building. Josh Corcoran and Andrew O’Donnell raced in men’s C and both crashed out before the finish. O’Donnell was set to finish on the podium for the second week in a row before getting collected in an accident 50m from the line. Jenn Perricone had a strong race in Women’s A and finished 3rd. Brian Boyle and Joe Magro ended the afternoon for ND in Men’s A. Magro narrowly avoided crashing into a cone 200m from the finish and had to settle for 21st place.
On Sunday, injuries to a number of ND A riders forced the team to start Corcoran and O’Donnell in the team time trial where the ND managed a respectable 8th place result. In the C RR that afternoon O’Donnell continued his recent string of strong showings with a 6th place on Purdue’s challenging circuit. Corcoran also recorded a career best 13th. Perricone again impressed in women’s A riding the majority of the race in an elite breakaway and again finishing in 3rd position. Boyle flatted out of the Men’s A race while Magro battled 30mph sustained winds to finish with the main pack.
Although two race weekends remain on the conference schedule, ND has clinched a berth at the National Championships May 6-8 in Madison, WI.
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ND Classic Coverage

Races were a resounding success! Pictures, reports, and news articles all found here.

Race Report courtesy of Collegiate Cycling News

NPR segment on the Race and Parseghian Foundation here

Team was featured on  Fox 28 news at 10 in South Bend! Link here

Front page article in school paper (The Observer) here

In the South Bend Tribune here and here and NBC local sports here (with video)

Crit photos courtesy of Allan Blunt (Granger, IN)  here Thanks Allan!

Crit photos courtesy of  Greg Furry here, thanks Greg!

RR photos courtesy of Brian Pomeroy here, thanks Brian!

Crit photos courtesy of Cutters Midwest Collegiate Cycling here

Crit photos courtesy of Andy Jessop here