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Midwestern State University’s Cycling Team has become one of the strongest collegiate cycling programs in the nation since its establishment 1989. Midwestern State athletes have won 25 national collegiate cycling championships on the road and track.
The Mustangs compete in Division 1 at USA Cycling Collegiate events even though the team could compete in Division 2 due to its size. MSU is a 6,500-student, public university in Wichita Falls, Texas – roughly a two-hour drive from both the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Oklahoma City.
Midwestern State competes in regional collegiate events as part of the South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference (SCCCC). It has won the overall-season conference title in 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. The other active schools in the conference include the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Baylor University, Texas State University, the University of Houston, the University of North Texas, Louisiana State University, Stephen F. Austin University, St. Edwards University and the University of Texas at Arlington.
MSU received the Collegiate Club of the Year Award in 2004 from USA Cycling.
Most recently, the Mustangs finished second in the 2010 Division 1 USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships in Indianapolos, Indiana as part of the overall team competition. Jennifer Purcell won two national titles: the Sprints and the Individual Women's Omnium.
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