CHRISTINA BRISENO
CHRISTINA BRISENO
Race Age: 40
Category: 3 Road, 2 Cyclocross WINNER of the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Best Cat 3 Rider Bar Competition!
Years racing: 3
Hometown: Washington, DC
When not riding: AccountantInc.
Strengths: Time trialing, team work.
Weaknesses: Sprinting.
Proudest Cycling Moment:
After the 2007 Giro di Coppi I had no idea I'd won because there were 4 gals in front
of me but I wound up being the first Cat 4 across the line. I immediately burst into
tears upon finding out.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:
Going to collect a prime after a crit and finding out there wasn't one. What the heck did I
sprint for? I wondered why I was the only one going for it.
Favorite Quote:
Eat before you are hungry.
Drink before you are thirsty.
Rest before you are tired.
Cover up before you are cold.
Peel off before you are hot.
Don't drink or smoke on tour.
Never ride just to prove yourself.
~ Paul de Vivie, aka Velocio
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JEN CHENG
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JENNIFER CHENG
Race Age: 29
Category: 2 Road
Years racing: 4
Hometown: Arlington, VA
When not riding: EpidemiologistInc.
Strengths: "Long ass sprints"
Weaknesses: Climbing
Proudest Cycling Moment:
Winning the 2009 540 Cycling Development Series Omnium with big help from teammates and cyclists from other teams.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:
Passing out during a collegiate race and smashing my face into the pavement.
Favorite Quote:
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. ~ Confucius
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SONJA EVERS
SONJA EVERS
Race Age: 43
Category: 1 Road, 1 Cyclocross, Pro Mountain Bike
Years racing: 13 yrs mountain bike, 3 years road
Hometown: Washington, DC
When not riding: Physical TherapistInc.
Strengths: All arounder.
Weaknesses: Too aggressive and impatient, timing.
Proudest Cycling Moment:
7th in Stage 4 Fitchburg (NRC - Cat 1/2) 2008, 1st GC Tour of Washington County
Stage Race 2008, 1st Mid-Atlantic Elite Road Race Championships 2008,
1st Mid-Atlantic Elite Time Trial Championships 2008.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: Passing out from the heat at the finish of
the 2007 Wilmington Grand Prix.
Favorite Quote: Never eat more than you can lift. ~ Miss Piggy
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Alaina Gurski
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ALAINA GURSKIRace Age: 39 Category: Road 2, Cyclocross 3 Years racing: 2 Hometown: Philadelphia, PA When not riding: Financial Planner, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Strengths: Time Trialing
Weaknesses: Patience Grasshopper!!!
Proudest Cycling Moment: 2009 PA Cat 3 Best All-Around Rider, 2009 PA State TT Champion, 2009 Philly Amateur TT - 1st
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: Telling my future teammate Robin as I came by her "get on my wheel" and then proceeding to almost ride us both off course.
Favorite Quote: Know yourself. For a man to conquer himself is the first & noblest of all victories.
Nicknames: Gursk, The Flying Gurski, A-Train, Grizzly
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MICHELLE HART
MICHELLE HART
Race Age: 28
Category: 2 Road
Years racing: 5
Hometown: Fair Oaks, VA
When not riding: Consultant in Global Security, Booz Allen Hamilton
Strengths: Sprinting, going downhill
Weaknesses: Going uphill
Proudest Cycling Moment: Podium spot for the DI National Collegiate Cycling Championship Crit.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: Trying to spit during a race but having it land on one of my competitors! Sorry Sue.
Favorite Quote: AFH!
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SARAH IEPSON
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SARAH IEPSONAge: 32
Race Age: 32
Category: 2 Road
Years racing: 4
Hometown: Oaklyn, New Jersey
When not riding: College Professor
Strengths: Making breakaways, chasing breakaways, catching breakaways.
Weaknesses: Sushi; flat, 4-corner crits
Proudest Cycling Moment: Riding in my first Liberty Classic and hearing my friends and teammates hollering for me from all corners of my hometown! Coming up Lemon Hill and seeing my husband yelling from the lawn nearly brought me to tears!
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: Hammer Creek road race. Everyone starts arguing about pulling at the front and working to catch the rider off the front. I get very confused and say, “There’s a rider off the front?!?? How did I miss THAT?!” Oops. I started paying a LOT more attention after that!
Favorite Quote: Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling. ~James E. Starrs
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LESLIE JENNINGS
LESLIE JENNINGS
- Race Age: 36
- Category: 1 Road
- Years racing: 8
- Hometown: Washington, DC
- When not riding: Running Reproductive Healthcare Company
Strengths: All-arounder
Weaknesses: Cookies
Proudest Cycling Moment: New England Crit Champion 2005, Overall MABRA Best Rider 2007, MABRA Crit Champion 2007 & 2008, MABRA Masters' Crit Champion 2008, MABRA TT Champion 2007, and helping build this powerhouse of a team.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: Seeing a picture of myself at Fitchburg in my early racing years with electric tape holding my shoes on, and a shower cap over my helmet cause someone told me it would make my helmet more aero for the TT!It didn't.
Favorite Quote: The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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ROBIN MEIDHOF
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ROBIN (Zimmerly) MEIDHOF
Race Age: 33
Category: 2 Road
Years racing: 4
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
When not riding: Attorney .
Strengths: Ice-cream consumption, smart riding in the pack to conserve
energy, ability to train little and still be competitive.
Weaknesses: Descents with the pack.
Proudest Cycling Moment:
Podiums in the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Nationals Championship Time Trial
and Criterium, winning 2007 Cat 3 Mid-Atlantic Time Trial Championship,
helping build this awesome team of women.
Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:
Coming in second in the Giro de Cielo circuit race only to ride my bike right
into a flower patch of pansies and mulch 20 yards past the finish line because
I tried to look back over my shoulder for a teammate. The peloton rode by
shaking their heads wondering how the girl crashed out in the flowerbed pulled
2nd and a 3rd GC for the weekend.
Favorite Quote:
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou
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WENDY ULMER
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WENDY ULMER
- Race Age: 32
- Category: 2 Road
- Years racing: 6
- Hometown: Baltimore, MD
- When not riding: Controller, Canusa Corporation,,Inc Inc.
- Strengths: Time Trialing, driving the pace, attacking for no apparent reason, covering everything that moves.
- Weaknesses: Patience!
- Proudest Cycling Moment:
- Bridging the break to take the Bronze at Master's Natz; winning Amateur and Cat 3 Mid-Atlantic Best All-Around Rider back to back; helping to build this awesome team.
- Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:
- Rolling up to Leslie after she won Quiksilver--I had new cleats and couldn't clip out at the last second. I fell over like a side of beef right in front of my new teammates and several others who were talking with her. Awesome!
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- Favorite Quote:
- Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
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WENDY ULMER
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