Mara Abbott This is Me

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1. 1. www.velonews.com

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   Published on: 12/13/2007   Last Visited: 12/15/2007

   Mara Abbott and Jason Sears have been named recipients of USA Cycling's annual John Stenner Collegiate Cycling Scholarships.
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   Abbott, of Boulder, Colorado, attends Whitman College.
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   Abbott, a 22-year-old senior economics major, carries a 3.70 GPA in the classroom.At the 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, she won three gold medals with an overall Division II championship, a victory in the road race and as part of the winning Whitman College team time trial squad.
   
   Racing throughout the season domestically for Webcor Builders and overseas with USA Cycling's women's national team program, Abbott began the 2007 season by winning the Oak Glen stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic in California, taking the mountains classification and finishing second overall.In May, Abbott won a stage and the overall classification of the Tour of the Gila before placing second at the UCI World Cup in Montreal.In July, she won three more national titles at the USA Cycling National Festival at Seven Springs.With a victory in the elite women's road race, Abbott was crowned both elite and U23 national champion.She also captured a U23 national time trial title.
   
   In August, Abbott was named to USA Cycling's women's national team program and competed in her first European races.In September, she was chosen to represent the United States at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and is considered an Olympic hopeful for the 2008 Beijing Games.She also signed a pro contract with Team High Road, formerly Team T-Mobile.
   
   Abbott is a member of the NCCA's Board of Trustees.

2. 2. www.usacycling.org -- USA Cycling awards two collegiate cycling scholarships

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   Published on: 12/13/2007   Last Visited: 6/8/2008

   Whitman College student Mara Abbott (Boulder, Colo.) and Jason Sears (Cambridge, Mass.) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were each granted $2,500 scholarships based on academic achievements, athletic accomplishments and service to the community with an emphasis on collegiate team involvement and leadership.
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   Abbott, a 22-year-old senior economics major, carries a 3.70 GPA in the classroom and is arguably the most successful collegiate cyclist in history.At the 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships, Abbott brought home three gold medals with an overall Division II championship, a victory in the road race and as part of the winning Whitman College team time trial squad. Racing throughout the season domestically for the Webcor Builders Cycling Team and overseas as a member of USA Cycling's Women's National Team program, Abbott further solidified her reputation as one of the nation's top up-and-coming competitive cyclists.Abbott began the 2007 racing season with a breakthrough performance at the Redlands Bicycle Classic in California where she won the event's signature stage atop Oak Glen, won the overall Mountains Classification and finished second in the overall General Classification.In May, Abbott won a stage and the overall classification of the Tour of the Gila before placing second at the UCI World Cup in Montreal.In July, Abbott capped off a brilliant first half of the racing season by winning three more national titles at the USA Cycling National Festival at Seven Springs.With a victory in the elite women's road race, Abbott was crowned both elite and U23 national champion.She also captured a U23 national time trial title. In August, Abbott was named to USA Cycling's Women's National Team program and competed in her first European-based races.Top-ten results were common for Abbott in Europe with some of her best performances a ninth-place overall finish at the Giro della Toscana in Italy and an eighth-place overall effort at the Route de France Feminine.In September, Abbott was tabbed to represent the United States at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and is currently considered an Olympic hopeful for the 2008 Beijing Games.Also in September, Abbott was signed to a pro contract with the German-based Team High Road, formerly Team T-Mobile.
   
   Abbott currently sits on the National Collegiate Cycling Association's Board of Trustees for the purpose of creating a quality experience for fellow student-athletes with a focus on rider education.

3. 3. www.usacycling.org -- Four road race titles awarded at collegiate road nationals

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   Published on: 5/12/2007   Last Visited: 6/8/2008

   In the Women's Division II Road Race, pre-race favorite and two-time defending champion Mara Abbott (Whitman College) rode away from her 53 challengers to claim her third consecutive road race title.Abbott finished 39 seconds ahead of runner-up Megan Guarnier (Middlebury College) and four other chasers in the 56-mile race.
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   After claiming five gold medals in 2006 (road race, criterium, team time trial, individual omnium, team overall), Abbott is on her way to repeating that feat this year with a Whitman College win in Friday's Team Time Trial.
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   1. Mara Abbott (Whitman College) 2:57.15