CHRISTINA BRISENO
  • CHRISTINA BRISENO

  • Race Age:            40
  • Category:             3 Road, 2 Cyclocross 
  • Years racing:       3 
  • Avg/miles yr:        I go by hours. So, 500 hours a year.  A lot of miles. 
  • 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.
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  • 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


  • JEN CHENG
  • JENNIFER CHENG

  • Race Age:            28
  • Category:             3 Road
  • Years racing:       3 
  • Avg/miles yr:       
  • Hometown:           Arlington, VA
  • When not riding:  EpidemiologistInc.
  • Strengths:    Long sprints, chasing down and covering breaks.
  • Weaknesses:   
  • Proudest Cycling Moment: 
  • 1st Ride Sally Ride Criterium 2008, 1st Cat 3 Bike Jam/Kelly Cup 2007,
  • 2nd Giro di Coppi Cat 3 Mid-Atlantic Road Race Championsips 2008.
  • Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: 
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  • Favorite Quote:    







  • SONJA EVERS
  • SONJA EVERS

  • Race Age:            42
  • Category:             2 Road, 1 Cyclocross, Pro Mountain Bike
  • Years racing:       13 yrs mountain bike, 3 years road 
  • Avg/miles yr:        600
  • 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.
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  • Favorite Quote:    Never eat more than you can lift. ~ Miss Piggy

  • MICHELLE HART

    MICHELLE HART

  • Race Age:              27
  • Category:              2 Road
  • Years racing:        4
  • Avg/miles yr:       I have no clue.
  • 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:  a Flashdance  








    LESLIE JENNINGS

    LESLIE JENNINGS

    • Race Age:             36
    • Category:             1 Road
    • Years racing:       8 
    • Avg/miles yr:     
    • 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.

     


    DIANE MILLER
  • DIANE MILLER

  • Race Age:            32
  • Category:             2 Road
  • Years racing:       4 
  • Avg/miles yr:       
  • Hometown:           Washington, DC
  • When not riding:  Social WorkerInc.
  • Strengths:    All arounder, team tactics.
  • Weaknesses:   
  • Proudest Cycling Moment: 
  • 1st Mid-Atlantic Elite Women's Road Race Championships 2006,
  • finishing the Women's Pro 1/2 Fitchburg Stage Race in my second year of racing.
  • Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment: 
  • Winning a race only to put my bike on the top of my car and then smash it to pieces as
  • I drove out of a garage underpass.  The crowd all heard the noise and the announcer
  • (Joe Jefferson) didn't miss a beat in informing the spectators of my 'incident'....
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  • Melanie Swartz

    MELANIE SWARTZ

    MELANIE SWARTZ

    • Racing Age:          31
    • Category:              Road 3, Cyclocross 1, XC Expert
    • Years racing:        10 (started racing collegiate)
    • Avg/miles yr:        ~5,000
    • Hometown:            Northern VA
    • When not riding:   
    • Strengths:          Still discovering.
    • Weaknesses:    Stubborness and patience.
    • Proudest Cycling Moment:
    • Looking back at all of the races I've done, the wonderful friendships and acquaintances I've met over
    • the years - all of it brings a smile to my face.
    • Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:
    • As a kid, telling my friend I'd never ride a ten speed because the tires are too skinny and dangerous. And
    • getting my picture taken by the local newspaper at the 4th of July parade when I was 8.
    • Motto:  Draw inspiration from others, but be your own role model.
    • Favorite Quote:  I think I can, I think I can. - The lil' Engine that Could.

    WENDY ULMER
    • WENDY ULMER

    • Race Age:            32
    • Category:             2 Road
    • Years racing:       5 
    • Avg/miles yr:        More than her car or Vespa
    • 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     

     



    WENDY ULMER




    SARA ZEIGLER

    SARA ZEIGLER

    • Racing Age:          26
    • Category:              Road 3
    • Years racing:        4
    • Avg/miles yr:        Too many
    • Hometown:           Washington, DC 
    • When not riding:  Finishing my PhD in conservation biology/geography

    Strengths:  Time trialing, chasing breaks, policing the front

    Weaknesses:  Cadbury eggs, guys with shaved legs

    Proudest Cycling Moment: Having a solid road season while training for and competing in Ironman Wisconsin (2007), 1st Overall in 2008 Pennsylvania Time Trial Series. 

    Most Embarrassing (Cycling) Moment:  Fortunately, none yet. Wow, I definitely just jinxed myself.

    Favorite Quote:  There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. - Mother Teresa


    ROBIN ZIMMERLY
  • ROBIN ZIMMERLY

  • Race Age:            32
  • Category:             3 Road
  • Years racing:       3 
  • Avg/miles yr:        More than the last year
  • 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:    Ice-cream consumption, dumb riding in the pack and missing
  • breakaways, bad habit of training little and thinking I'll always be competitive.
  • 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.  
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  • 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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