Bios

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

JEN CHENG

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

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

Alaina Gurski

ALAINA GURSKI

Race 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

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!

SARAH IEPSON

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 

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.

ROBIN MEIDHOF

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

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!

Favorite Quote:

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

WENDY ULMER