Teter senior repeats as Miss-N-Out champion

Teter senior Sarah Rieke could not have dreamt of a better scenario for Saturday’s Miss-N-Out. Not only did she win her second consecutive Miss-N-Out title, but she did so with three teammates by her side in the final heat.\n“To have four girls in the final – I won’t lie, I got back and had some tears,” Rieke said after the race at Bill Armstrong Stadium. “I am just really living the dream right now, having four wonderful girls going into race day. There is absolutely nothing more I can ask for going into race day.”\nRieke sprinted past senior teammate Erin Hetzel in the final lap to the finish. \n“Once we got to the point where I knew it was me and Erin – my favorite spot to sprint out of is turn two – I just let loose and got enough gap to finish it off,” Rieke said.\nRiders were paired into groups based on their Individual Time Trial performances. After each lap the groups finished, a rider was eliminated from competition. The top riders of each heat moved on to the next round until a champion was named. \nHetzel finished in second place, while Delta Gamma senior Jessica Lander took \nthird place. \n“Anything after getting to the finals was just icing on the cake,” Hetzel said of her second-place finish. “I’m a rookie and I just came out here and listened to Sarah.”\nTeter junior Jackie Moeller and senior Sydney Hatten joined Rieke and Hetzel in the final heat of six riders. Kappa Delta sophomore Jenna Cerone was the other finalist.\nOn the men’s side, Black Key Bulls junior Isaac Neff won his second consecutive spring series event after winning the Individual Time Trials on Wednesday. Neff said he felt sick throughout most of the day, but he was still able to outlast the field. \n“I kind of rode like I felt strong, but I was really hurting,” he said. “I didn’t feel too bad on the bike, but between heats I was really hurting.”\nNeff led the final sprint the whole way and was able to hold off Cutters junior Clayton Feldman, who finished second, and Phi Delta Theta sophomore Nick Sovinski, who placed third.\n“There was a tailwind on the backside today, which is kind of unusual,” Neff said. “With that tailwind, it made it a lot easier to sprint. That helped me a lot because I’m not super good at acceleration, so I could just keep it real fast.”\nThe event lasted most of the day and was a true test of endurance for the riders.\n“It makes for a long day because as soon as you’re off, you have to jump on another bike and keep spinning to get your legs warm all day,” Delta Sigma Pi senior Tyler George said. “At some point it kind of wears down on you and makes it a little tiring.” \nGeorge joined the top three finishers in the final heat, along with Phi Delta Theta junior Matt Kain and Sigma Alpha Mu sophomore Stephen Quay. \nSovinski turned in an impressive third-place performance after finishing second in the ITTs in the first spring series event. \n“It felt great,” Sovinski said. “Last year I was out real early and this year I just had a strategy the whole time and it worked for me until the end. It felt really good to be in that final three because those other guys are great riders.”