DEVON NATIONAL CHAMPION

Devon won the Division II Road Race today at Fort Collins, Colorado!!!!!

Check out the full results here.

This is HUGE, guys. I don't know if you realize how incredible it is that a club as small as ours, that does not even have a team coach, that is not a varsity sport, in a place with a dearth of good roads to train on, wins a National Championship.

Big congratulations to Devon on her victory, and to Carly and Aspen for making it to Nationals.

All three must be pretty tired tonight, but I'm sure they'll be strong enough tomorrow to put on a great performance at the criterium!!!

We're cheering for you from Chicago!!

UPDATE: Devon placed fourth in the criterium on Sunday. After winning Saturday's road race, she secured a second place in the omnium, although tied in points with the winner her fourth place in the crit was enough to secure the victory in the omnium too (she has the same number of points as the second rider, but NCCA breaks ties using the number of victories). I spoke with Devon. She said that no break stuck in the crit and that it ended up in a mass sprint. With a few laps to go, Devon was far in the back of the pack but she pushed herself to the front to sprint for fourth.

Carly was placed 30th. Aspen finished with the pack. I was worried about him, after not seeing his name in the results of Saturday's road race. Don't worry, he didn't crash. He just had a hard time following the pack in the climb and decided to save himself for today's race.

Congratulations to all three.

UPDATE (5/12/08): We got some coverage on Chicago Bike Racing too.