WEST MONROE, La. -- Belmont Abbey took third place in the Omnium and Rita Fedewa earned a silver media, highlighting the Crusader cycling team and the USA Cycling BMX Collegiate National Championship, held this weekend.

Saturday, March 21

• Rita Fedewa had a dominant day, winning every qualifying round and the main event to hold the the lead at the halfway point.
• Kaylyn Miller improved her qualifying round place in all three races. She just missed the final, falling ninth for eight spots.
• Zack Drinkard had consistent finishes until the third qualifying round, when some unlucky positioning left him in 12th place for the day

Sunday, March 22

• Miller had a solid first and third qualifying round, but missed the final, finishing the day in 13th place.
• Fedewa started the day as she had on day 1. She won all 3 of her qualifying rounds and set the fastest lap time from qualifying. In the final, she led from the start but a strong end-of-lap push from Marian's Breanna Winter saw Rita lose the race lead by 0.023 second, She finished second on Day 2.
• Zack Drinkard started the day with some strong and consistent results but a crash in his third qualifying round kept him from the final.
• The final medalists were determined by combined points from Day 1 and Day 2 -- and tiebreakers, leaving Fedewa in the silver spot on the podium.
• Miller and Drinkard had their best results at the National Championships, taking 12th and 13th place, respectively.

UP NEXT

• The BMX team looks to continue its strong riding next weekend at the Carolina Nationals at The Abbey's home track, the Rock Hill BMX Supercross Track!