Drew Dillman Rides to an Easy Win in the Men’s Collegiate D1 National Championship—Updated: Photo Gallery, Full Results and Video

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by Celeste Taylor

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina—Andrew Dillman (Marian University) earned his second Division 1 national title during Friday’s overcast race. After a drizzly morning, the course had only just begun to dry out by the start of the race but the slippery terrain didn’t seem to pose much of a challenge for Dillman, who claimed a handy victory over his competition.

The first half lap was a tight race between Dillman and Maxx Chance (University of Colorado Boulder) with Dillman choosing to ride Heckle Hill while Chance opted to run. Soon after, Dillman began to pull away from his competition and established a ten second gap to second place Ian McPherson (Fort Lewis College) who had made contact with Chance by the end of the first lap.

McPherson and Chance began the second lap neck and neck, with McPherson leading by only a second. Cody Cupp (Fort Lewis College) sat a mere ten seconds back from the second and third place riders but Kyle Trudeau (University of Arizona), Kacey Campbell (Colorado State University) and Ian McShane (Marian University) were locked in battle and hot on his trail.

Dillman continued to widen his lead on the rest of the field as McPherson and Chance traded attacks behind him. In fourth place, Cupp managed to maintain his lead but Campbell and Trudeau were steadily reeling him in. Halfway through the second lap Campbell had dropped Trudeau and was making significant progress towards catching Cupp.

On the second to last lap, Chance left McPherson with an attack that would stick for the remainder of the race. McPherson sat solidly in third as behind him and Campbell finally caught Cupp. Those two racers spent the remainder of the race battling for the final podium positions as Trudeau fought to regain his position and fend off any attacks from the strong field behind him.

Campbell was finally able to break away from Cupp and create a ten second lead that Cupp wasn’t able to bridge for the remainder of the race. Dillman stayed steady in the front, looking relaxed while passing lapped riders.

Dillman crossed the line in 50:09, 40 seconds up on second place Chance. McPherson maintained his third place position by nearly a minute while Campbell managed to fend off Cupp to finish fourth.

Watch Drew Dillman discuss his victory and view full results and photos, below.

2016 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Men's Collegiate D1 Full Results

Pl	Name	School	Time
1	Andrew DILLMAN	Marian University	50:09.
2	Maxx CHANCE	University of Colorado Boulder	50:51.
3	Ian MCPHERSON	Fort Lewis College	51:15.
4	Kacey CAMPBELL	Colorado State University	52:05.
5	Cody CUPP	Fort Lewis College	52:12.
6	Kyle TRUDEAU	University of Arizona	52:49.
7	Kolby PREBLE	Fort Lewis College	53:06.
8	Byron RICE	Appalachian State University	53:11.
9	Garrett GERCHAR	University of Colorado Boulder	53:27.
10	Alex MEUCCI	University of Florida	54:04.
11	Payson MCELVEEN	Fort Lewis College	54:07.
12	Walker SHAW	Brevard College	54:19.
13	Matthew CLEMENTS	Lees-McRae College	54:29.
14	Alex JEROME	Appalachian State University	54:38.
15	Lewis GAFFNEY	North Carolina State University	54:52.
16	Gunnar BERGEY	Lees-McRae College	54:54.
17	Clayton OTTO	Lindenwood University	55:01.
18	John FRANCISCO	University of Louisville	55:33.
19	Richard Cypress GORRY	Brevard College	55:39.
20	Jonathan ANDERSON	Fort Lewis College	55:39.
21	Ian MCSHANE	Marian University	55:55.
22	Alec HOOVER	Lees-McRae College	56:01.
23	Spencer LOWDEN	Brevard College	56:16.
24	Ryan STANDISH	Fort Lewis College	56:21.
25	George GARVICK	Appalachian State University	57:13.
26	Cory SMALL	University of Vermont	57:35.
27	Vance FLETCHER	Marian University	57:39.
28	Samuel DOBROZSI	Lees-McRae College	58:01.
29	Peter STRIEGEL	University of Vermont	48:19.
30	Cormac MCGEOUGH	Fort Lewis College	48:42.
31	Justin MILLER	Purdue University	48:45.
32	Joshua COLE	Brevard College	48:50.
33	Luke WOODARD	Virginia Polytechnic University	48:50.
34	David GREIF	University of Arizona	48:51.
35	Nolan VANDERZWAAG	Lees-McRae College	49:07.
36	Anders NYSTROM	Marian University	49:20.
37	Lane JOHNSON	Lindenwood University	49:32.
38	Zachary VALDEZ	Brevard College	49:35.
39	Trever KINGSBURY	Brevard College	49:36.
40	Jack PERRY	Lees-McRae College	49:39.
41	Nicholas LANDO	University of Vermont	49:41.
42	Douglas TORRES	University of New Mexico	49:45.
43	Benjamin KING	University of Louisville	49:45.
44	Sam WINTERS	Marian University	49:58.
45	Cormac DUNN	University of California Berkel	50:01.
46	Zachary NEHR	Marian University	50:13.
47	Andrew DIETZ	University of North Carolina at	50:26.
48	Rhys LOUIS	Arizona State University	50:27.
49	Matthew EARMAN	Virginia Commonwealth Universit	51:00.
50	Colin MEYER	Harvard University	51:16.
51	Blake STEPHENSON	Brevard College	51:35.
52	Ben ROTHSCHILD	Georgia Institute of Technology	51:36.
53	Jonathan CRIPE	Louisiana State University	52:26.
54	Derrick BUTLER	University of Vermont	41:42.
55	Adrian ORTIZ	Purdue University	41:42.
56	John HOFFMAN JR.	Marian University	31:44.
57	Kevin HAYS	George Washington University	31:50.
58	Reece OLESON	Lindenwood University	32:00.
59	Justin EVANS	Appalachian State University	32:01.
60	Preston GLACE	The University of Texas at Aust	32:07.
61	Blake NORMAN	University of Florida	32:57.
62	Derek COTE	Lindenwood University	33:19.
63	Ethan LEY	North Carolina State University	33:27.
64	Andrew HODGES	Georgia Institute of Technology	33:34.
65	Matthew ADAMS	West Virginia University	34:02.
66	Richard OBRIANT	North Carolina State University	34:22.
67	Dylan LAWSON	North Carolina State University	34:33.
68	Christopher OSBORNE	University of Wisconsin-Milwauk	23:27.
69	Jonah MEADVANCORT	Lindenwood University	23:52.
70	Sam GROSS	University of Arizona	23:57.
71	Gavin KLINE	Virginia Polytechnic University	24:30.
72	Sebastian STURGES	Colorado State University	24:38.
73	Brian GAINES	Lindenwood University	25:07.
74	Dustin MORRIS	Oklahoma State University	25:07.
75	Ian SEIBERT	Lindenwood University	27:36.
76	Larry GIBSON	University of North Carolina at	16:09.

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