Kylie Krauss finished first in the women's overall competition and Patrick Hurley second in the men's, leading Warren Wilson College to its fifth consecutive second-place team finish in Division II of the 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in Banner Elk.

The Owls were a close second to Colorado School of Mines in the competition held Oct. 26-28 at Lees-McRae College and Sugar Mountain Resort. Fort Lewis College won the Division I team championship, ahead of host school Lees-McRae College.

Krauss, a senior from Bay Village, Ohio, also won a gold medal in the women's cross country and a bronze in the short track. Hurley, a junior from Arnold, Md., took fourth in the dual slalom to help him gain the men's omnium (overall) silver medal. The omnium standings are determined by combining points from four events: short track, dual slalom, cross country and downhill.

Ashlee Robison, a senior from Butte, Mont., contributed greatly to the Warren Wilson team silver medal with a gold in the downhill and a bronze in the dual slalom. And Lexy Lewis, a senior from Terrace Park, Ohio, took the silver medal in men's dual slalom.

RACE RESULTS:

USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships
Lees-McRae College
Banner Elk, NC
October 25-27

Division II
Team omnium
1. Colorado School of Mines, 636 points
2. Warren Wilson College, 626
3. Mesa State College, 535
4. Union College, 515
5. Western State College, 477

Men
Individual omnium
1. Colin Cares (Colorado College), 340 points
2. Patrick Hurley (Warren Wilson College) 302
3. Patrick Means (Western Washington University) 298
4. Gregy Gibson (Union College) 290
5. Robert Jameson (Appalachian State University) 278

Short track
1. Colin Cares (Colorado College)
2. Mitchell Hoke (Colorado College)
3. Kyle McGilvary (Western Washington University)
4. Greg Gibson (Union College)
5. Logan Wetzel (Western Washington University)

Downhill
1. Phil Ott (Northern Michigan University)
2. Chris Bateman (Western Washington University)
3. Brandon Turman (Colorado School of Mines)
4. Mike Howse (Mesa State University)
5. Michael Thomas (Appalachian State University)

Dual slalom
1. Geoff Fryer (East Tennessee State University)
2. Alexander Lewis (Warren Wilson College)
3. Michael Thomas (Appalachian State University)
4. Deider Barrick (Colorado School of Mines)
5. Zachary Winn (Union College)

Women
Individual omnium
1. Kylie Krauss (Warren Wilson College), 446 points
2. Kate Chapman (Western State College) 432
3. Naticia Slusher (Mesa State College) 430
4. Karen Amundson (Cumberland University) 392
5. Melissa Marts (Colorado School of Mines) 380

Short track
1. Kay Sherwood (Colorado College)
2. Melissa Marts (Colorado School of Mines)
3. Kylie Krauss (Warren Wilson College)
4. Kate Chapman (Western State College)
5. Karen Amundson (Cumberland University)

Downhill
1. Ashlee Robison (Warren Wilson College)
2. Leana Gerrard (Western Washington University)
3. Christen Boyer (Colorado School of Mines)
4. Robyn Embrey (Sierra Nevada College)
5. Jamie Bourgo (Michigan Tech Copper County)

Dual slalom
1. Leana Gerrard (Western Washington University)
2. Ashlee Robinson (Warren Wilson College)
3. Jamie Bourgo (Michigan Tech)
4. Christen Boyer (Colorado School of Mines)
5. Myra Dyer (Colorado School of Mines)

Division II Women's Cross Country
1. Kylie Krauss (Warren Wilson College)
2. Kate Chapman (Western State College)
3. Naticia Slusher (Mesa State University)
4. Karen Amundson (Cumberland University)
5. Kay Sherwood (Colorado College)