Emily Gilbert, Andrew Carr, Ella Sabo, and Preston Eye earn Individual Omnium Titles.
For a second year, Trek Bicycles welcomed student-athletes from across the country to their headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin, for the 2026 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships p/b Trek. Riders competed across the Team Time Trial, Road Race, and Criterium to determine the top Varsity and Club schools.
Team Time Trial
Riders raced into the weekend with a rolling 36.8-kilometer Team Time Trial on Friday. The Club Women were first to roll out, with the reigning champions, University of Colorado Boulder, once again posting the fastest time at 57:18.31 to earn gold. Colorado State University and the University of Arizona rounded out the podium with times of 57:45.15 and 59:02.78, respectively. In the Varsity Women’s race, Marian University clocked a 52:49.58 to win the Stars and Stripes, with Colorado Mesa University stopping the clock at 53:37.76 to earn silver. Savannah College of Art and Design secured bronze with a strong time of 54:02.24.
In the Club Men’s event, University of Carolina at Chapel Hill blitzed the course by clocking the fastest time of the day with a 46:43.55 to take home the National Title. California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo earned silver with a 47:48.27, and Dartmouth College rode in 13 seconds back to take bronze. In the Varsity Men’s race, the top five teams were all within a minute of each other. Reigning champions, Milligan University dominated the course, stopping the clock at 46:59.90 to take the National Championship title. Colorado Mesa University was close behind with a 47:10.33 to claim second. Marian University put in a strong ride to secure third.
Road Race
On Saturday, riders met at Trek’s headquarters in Waterloo for the road race. The first race of the day was the Varsity Women, who completed four laps of the 14.5-mile rolling course. A five-person breakaway formed and stayed together for most of the race. On lap four, reigning champion Jette Aelken (Savannah, Ga.; SCAD Savannah), Stephanie Lawrence (Redlands, Calif.; Marian University), and Ella Sabo (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Colorado Mesa University) went clear and arrived at the finish together for a three-person sprint with Sabo grabbing the win. Lawrence secured silver, and Aelken rode in for bronze…