{"id":806441,"date":"2026-07-16T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806441\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:11:09","slug":"will-myers-26-earns-bronze-at-collegiate-road-cycling-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/806441\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Myers \u201926 Earns Bronze at Collegiate Road Cycling Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Myers \u201926 placed third at the 2026 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Championships in the Men\u2019s Club Criterium last month, taking home his first collegiate national medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting on the podium at nationals felt like the payoff for all the work I\u2019ve put in over these past four years at CC,\u201d says Myers, who majored in History. \u201cIt was a little disappointing being so close to winning, but it was great to bring home a medal and get some recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Myers finished the race with a time of <a href=\"https:\/\/my-us-1.raceresult.com\/393959\/results\/pdf?name=Results%7CResults&amp;contest=2&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1:18:32<\/a>, securing his place on the podium among a group of 96 competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Myers also competed in the Men\u2019s Club Road Race, finishing 10th out of 94 with a time of <a href=\"https:\/\/my-us-1.raceresult.com\/393955\/results\/pdf?name=Results%7CResults&amp;contest=4&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3:29:02<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Myers was proud to be the sole representative from CC and praised CC\u2019s Club Sports staff for their support\u2014especially Campus Recreation Athletic Trainer Christina Lorete and Chris Starr, Director of Recreation and Fitness Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Club Sports staff have been indispensable in helping me continue to progress over the years,\u201d Myers says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill has been a driving force behind the success of Colorado College\u2019s Club Cycling team as their captain,\u201d Lorete says. \u201cHis dedication and passion for the sport are shown in the way he has fostered student engagement, expanded the club\u2019s presence, and managed the administrative responsibilities required of our Club Sports organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was Myers\u2019 third time competing at the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, and his most successful by far.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepeak.coloradocollege.edu\/2025\/07\/07\/myers-26-competes-in-cycling-nationals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last year<\/a>, he finished 13th in the Men\u2019s Club Criterium and did not finish in the Men\u2019s Club Road Race following mechanical issues with his bike. In his sophomore year, he placed 29th in the Men\u2019s Club Criterium and 62nd in the Men\u2019s Club Road Race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hugely inspired and proud of Will, but it took an effort because he is so humble\u2014I really struggled to find out how his season was actually going,\u201d says Jim Sellars \u201926, who co-captained the CC Cycling Team with Myers for three years. \u201cIt has been amazing to watch him and his leadership over the past years, and so fun to run the team with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Myers recently moved home to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and plans to continue racing throughout this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Myers \u201926 placed third at the 2026 USA Cycling Collegiate Road Championships in the Men\u2019s Club Criterium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-806441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}