On Tuesday, September 9, the Marian College cycling team headed to Colorado Springs for the 2008 collegiate track cycling national championship.

The Knights are currently the defending national champions; in 2007, they won the title in San Diego, California, marking their 10th national championship since 1995. In October 2007, the Indianapolis City-County Council awarded the team and their sponsors with a special resolution for their record-breaking accomplishment.

The following Marian College students will be competing this year:

Taylor Brown: sprints, pursuit, points race, team pursuit
Rob Bush: sprints, team pursuit, Italian pursuit
Jeff Carl: kilo
Rebecca (Becca) Finley: 500 M, pursuit, points race, team pursuit
Matt Jones: sprints
Zach McBride: pursuit
Sinead Miller: pursuit, sprints, points race, team pursuit, Italian pursuit
Elizabeth (Betsy) Reilly: 500 m, sprints
Sierra Siebenlist: sprints, 500 m, pursuit, team pursuit, Italian pursuit
Anna Sklorenko: 500 m, sprints, points race
Megan Somerville: 500 m, pursuit, points race, team pursuit
Bennet van der Genugten: kilo, pursuit, points race, Italian pursuit, team pursuit
Alex Weiseler: sprints, kilo, points race, Italian pursuit
David Williams: kilo, pursuit, points race, Italian pursuit, team pursuit

For more information about Marian College cycling, contact head coach Dean Peterson at 317.955.6340 or dpeterson@marian.edu.