Trebon and Gould wrap-up Cyclo-cross National Calendar titles

USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross National Calendar Standings The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships marked the final race on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar on December 14 in Kansas City. With his national title in the elite men's race Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore./Kona) also took the series title in commanding fashion. Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) finished second in the season-long standings with 479 points while his Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale teammate Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) was third. Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Spike) won her fifth consecutive elite women's title on Sunday, which moved her into fourth place in the domestic standings. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna), with her second-place-finish at the national championships, earned the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar overall crown with 289 total points. Laura Van Gilder (Cresco, Pa./C3-Sollay) came in second in the standings with 234 points, while Rachel Lloyd (Fairfax, Calif./Giant Berry Farms) was third. After all 40 contests on the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar, the final standings are as follows: Men's Standings 1. Ryan Trebon (Bend, Ore.) 620 2. Jeremy Powers (Hadley, Mass.) 479 3. Tim Johnson (Middleton, Mass.) 461 4. Jamey Driscoll (Jericho, Vt.) 460 5. Todd Wells (Durango. Colo.) 437 Women's Standings 1. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo.) 289 2. Laura Van Gilder (Cresco, Pa.) 234 3. Rachel Lloyd (Fairfax, Calif.) 206 4. Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.) 200 5. Maureen Bruno-Roy (Arlington, Mass.) 193   *For complete 2008 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar standings, visit the Cyclo-cross National Calendar page of the USA Cycling website or click here for men's standings and here for women's standings.

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