Anita Dilles

Steve,
At most universities, cycling is a club sport. In Oregon, the universities
that have active teams are University of Oregon, Oregon State University,
and Portland State. Portland Community College also has a few members on a
team.

The Oregon Collegiate teams are part of the Northwest Collegiate Cycling
Conference (NWCCC), which includes Washington, Idaho, and Montana. The
biggest season for us is the road season, which lasts for six weekends
during Spring Term. Each weekend, a different school, or pairing of
schools, hosts a race weekend that includes a road race, team time trial,
and crit. Each weekend, the teams in the conference travel and stay in host
housing (when they can find it) at these different locations. The NWCCC is
a USAC affiliated body.

Some students choose to race only for their collegiate team, and thus race
in OBRA races with their collegiate kit. Other racers, such as myself, have
two teams - the collegiate team as well as a local (non-collegiate) racing
team.

Collegiate racers may also compete at the national level in at least road,
track, and cyclocross, and I believe also in mountain.

Hope this helps demystify collegiate racing!

Anita
PSU Cycling
VP of Finance 2008-'09
anita.dilles@gmail.com
503-863-8377

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Steve Brown
wrote:

> I need a primer on College cycling. Even though I see posts about
> OSU and PSU, is it a varsity sport or club level, who all has teams,
> is there a league or do teams race as teams in OBRA stuff?
>
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> Steve Brown
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