Katie Aman, a master’s student at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, was first overall — winning what’s called the omnium — in women’s racing in New Mexico on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Two UNC-Chapel Hill students won collegiate national championships in cycling this past weekend in New Mexico.
Katie Aman, a master’s student at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, was first overall — winning what’s called the omnium — in women’s racing, with the best combined scores in three events.
Aman, a New Hampshire native, had competed twice before at the collegiate championships and not done well. Going into the event this time, she felt better-prepared. In fact, she wanted to win one of the races, but tried to be realistic by aiming for the omnium.
“I feel like it’s really hard to set that as a goal because anything can happen in a race. So, my goal was to top five, basically in every race, and kind of use my strengths, so going into I was just kind of focused more on the process," Aman said. "But I knew I had a really good shot because my fitness was really good coming in.”
That showed in her results from the beginning. Aman placed second Friday in the time trial — a solo race against the clock — then had another second-place finish Saturday in the road race.
Aman feared she would end up second yet again Sunday in the third type of race, a hectic event called the criterium […]
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