TIM THURMAN
President
Undergrad Board Member
Workout Director
Junior, Biology
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SUSAN MEREDITH HOWELL
Graduate Board Member
Webmaster
Graduate Student, Environmental Engineering
Athletic Goals: Domination & no more broken bones
Athletic Experiences: Sprints, Olympics, 1/2 Marathons
Upcoming Races: Half Ironman October 2008, 50K trail run October 2008, Marathon November 2008
LAURA BALLENGER
Undergrad Board Member
Treasurer & Orders
Junior, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Spanish
Athletic Goals: Finish Olympic triathlon under 2:40 and complete 1/2 Ironman
Athletic Experience: Highschool and collegiate swimmer, 2.5 yrs competing in triathlons
Best Race: Music City Triathlon with a PR for overall and run time
More about the athlete: Enjoys swimming, so contact er for help with strokes or workouts!
EUGENE BATSUK
Community Member, Management/Marketing
Athletic Goals: Finish Country Music Marathon April 2009, Finish Ironman 70. Augusta GA September 2009
Athletic Experience: 2 yrs running, 1 yr biking, new to swimming
Best race: DuRunRun 1:07:25
Goals for 2009: Raise $10 K for Vandy Tri Club
ELLIKA BARTLETT
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JACQUELINE BERGER
Junior, HOD
Athletic Goals: 1/2 IM next summer
Athletic Experiences: Sprint and Olympic distance triathlons, 1/2 County Music Marathon
CHRISTY BERTELSEN
Freshman
Athletic Experiences: Competitive XC/track & field/swimming in high school
Best Race: Mile PR 5:25
KJ BLAIR
Freshman, Biology
Athletic goals: Get through first triathlon
KATY BLAKEMORE
Graduate Student, Elementary Education
Athletic goals: Stay in shape & finish ironman
Athletic experience: College Swimming, High school XC , 2 marathons in 2007, lots of sports for fun
Best race(s): N/A did a triathlon 10 yrs ago
More about the athlete:: Love Disney, improve, playing, being outdoors
ANTHONY BRASWELL
Staff
Athletic Goals: Improve at triathlon andultimately complete an Ironman distance race
Athletic Experiences: high school football, soccer, karate, baseball. Began triathlons only last summer
Best Race: GJCC triathlon, 5th age group 53:33
MINDY CRAVEN
Staff, Belmont Univ Graduate Student, MBA
Athletic Goals: Ironman October 2008, 50K trail run October 2008, Marathon December 2008
Athletic Experiences: Volleyball in Undergrad
Best Race: Sprint – Mach Tenn, Olympic - Chattanooga
AIMEE CUTRER
Sophomore, Neuroscience & Psychology
Athletic Goals: Complete marathon and Ironman
Athletic Experiences: Highschool cross country and track. Racing triathlons since 2005 and Vandy tri for 2 yrs.
Best Race: Won southeast regional championship Age group (15 – 18),June 2007
More about the athlete: Black belt in karate, likes to rollerblade
JENNIFER DEBOER
Graduate Student, International Education Policy
Athletic Goals: Get back in shape; be competitive with triathlons
Athletic Experiences: 4 years college swimming/ cross country (D3)
Best Race: first Chicago marathon
CRAIG GARMENDIA
Alumni Member
MS, Chemistry
Athletic Goals: Age group competitive, 2:25 Olympic distance triathlon
Athletic Experiences: Over 20 multi sports events (2 collegiate nationals and 1 half ironman), former runner, swimmer, and soccer player
Best Race: 2008 Hammer Duathlon, 2007 Old Hickory Lake Triathlon, 2008 Ironman 70.3 Kansas
More about the athlete: Fencer, Classical Violinist, Former Ballet Dancer
"Puke is just ambition" -Bart Freeze
"It's never too late to be who you were meant to be" -George Eliot
"A smile may take a second, but it's affects can last a life time"- Anonymous
ALI HANSON
Graduate Student, MD/PhD
Athletic Goals: Survive
Athletic Experiences: College Basketball, high school sports, P90X (X stands for extreme)
Best Race: Collegiate Nationals 2008 (my only one-ha)
More about the athlete: "You can only sleep when you're dead"
MARK HARRIS
Graduate Student, Molecular Biology
Athletic Experience: 11 yrs running, 4 yrs climbing, 3 yrs cycling, 3 yrs adventure racing, 2 yrs ultra running, 1 yr triathlon
Best Race:
3rd Overall, Swamp Stomp (Feb 2008)
1st Auburn Team Time Trial (2007)
3rd SECCC Championship Crit (2006)
3rd UGA Road Race (2006)
5th River Gorge Mountain Challenge (2005)
More about the athlete: Loves pain and suffering!
INDRIATI HOOD
Graduate Student, Medicine/ Microbiology and Immunology
Athletic experience: Triathlons since summer 2007, college swim club
Best time (hrs/min/sec): Music City Triathlon, 2007
Best time (memorable/enjoyable): Cutting Edge Half Classic, 2008
ANDREW HUTCHINSON
(the Hutch)
Staff, M.Ed in Awesomeness
Athletic Goals: To race full Ironman within the next year
Athletic Experiences: yeas of swimming, mountain biking, running, lacrosse and weight lifting
Best Race: The next one!
WALTER JERMAKOWICZ
Graduate Student, MD/PhD
Athletic Goals: Wants to improve each race
Best Race: Collegiate Nationals 2008
MAC JOHNSON
Senior, Economics
Athletic goals: Become faster at olympic distance and do half Ironman
Athletic experience: high school soccer, 1 Olympic triathlon
Best race: 1 Olympic triathlon
CHETAN KULKARNI
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Website:
http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~chetan.kulkarni/
Athletic Goals: To complete at least 2 triathlons within the next year
Athletic Experiences: Long distance Swimmer, Marathons and Short Distance Cycling. Competitive swimming for 18 years.
Best Race: Pune Half Marathon Dec 2006, Mumbai Half Marathon Jan 2007.
MATT LONG
Senior, Anthropology & Corporate Strategy
Athletic Goals: Do better at collegiate nationals, make the U23 world team
Athletic Experiences: Been doing tri’s for 1 year, swimming since I was 2, XC and track for 8 years
Best Race: 3rd Undergrad 2008 College Nationals; 4th 20-24 Age Group 2008 World Champs
ALEX LOWE
Sophmore
Athletic Experience: Competitive swimming high school and 1 yr at Fordham University
CHAD LYKINS
Graduate Student, Leadership and Policy Studies & Philosophy
Athletic Goals:
(1) Complete an Ironman in late summer 2009
(2) Finish the swim leg of an Olympic in 35 m
(3) Finish Music City Olympic in 2:45
(4) Country Music Marathon in 3:30
Athletic Experiences: Soccer and Cross Country in high school
Best Race: 2008 Music City Tri in 3:03; 2008 Country Music Half Marathon in 1:44; 2008 Boulevard Bolt 5 mi in 35:36.
TERRY MARONEY
Faculty, Law
Website:
http://law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/faculty-detail/index.aspx?faculty_id=180_
Athletic Goals: Run a consistent under-9:00 mile; complete intermediate distance tri; build swim endurance and improve speed
Athletic Experience: 3 seasons of triathlon, all sprint distance; before that no experience whatsoever!
Best race: One I finish
More about the athlete: In addition to teaching law at Vandy I am a soprano (currently singing with the Vanderbilt Community Chorus at Blair)
NICK McGINN
Community Member
Athletic Goals: Swim is the weakest event, so would like to improve this area
Athletic Experience: 2 yrs active in the sport; every race gives me more experience and closer to podium
Best race: Hutchinson 1/2 Iron
More about the athlete: "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women."-- Conan the Barbarian
MARIA MENDIBURO
Graduate Student, Leadership & Policy Studies
Athletic goals: swim faster, finish half Ironman before 2009 and Ironman before 2012
Athletic experience: High school soccer and softball, outrigger canoe racing for Hawaiin Canoe Club, dedicated past five years and legitimate excuses to travel to coastal regions with decent waves to practice surfing.
Best race: Brett Robinson Alabama Coastal Triathlon, 1st beginner
JEREMY MILLER
Sophomore, Economics & Political Science
Athletic goals: Stay fit and have fun
Athletic experience: Football, swimming, track, small triathlons
SARAH NATION
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering
Website: r-non-s.blogspot.com
Athletic Goals: Lofty: finish a Olympic tri in under 2:30
Athletic Experiences: Swimming in HS, fencing in undergrad, triathlons for the last 4 years
Best Race: Any that I finish
SCOTT SIEMENS
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KRIS STENSLAND
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MARIA TAKAHASHI
Alumni Member
MS, Environmental Engineering
Athletic Goals: Semi-short term: to defend SECTC Point Champ; Long-term: make it to world championship in Half Ironman or just become damn good in Olympic distance (I like the latter better)
Athletic Experiences: 4 yrs highschool XCountry/ track, 1 yr Varsity Rowing at UVA, 1 yr Cycling UVA, 2 yrs llong distance & 2 yrs of Vandy Triathlon
Best Race:
1 mile @ 5:31 (2002)
2 mile race @ 11:58 (2002)
Richmond Marathon @ 3:40.37 (2004)
Music City Triathlon @ 2:21.53 (2007)
More about the athlete: Listens to J-pop and K-pop for workouts, love to sing, wants to help triathlon become more wide-spread phenomena in US
"Whether you think you can or can't, you're right" --Henry Ford
ALLY THOMPSON
Fresman, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Athletic goals: Improve cycling
Athletiic experience: 5yrs cross country and road races, 2yrs swimming
Best race: 5K pr 20:02
CSABA TOTH
Staff, Computer Science
Website: http://www.isis.vanderbilt.edu/user/36
Athletic Goals: Increase fitness level, advance in swimming, running, cycling, multi-sports, start real workout and attend to races
Athletic Experiences: 3 years water polo, 20 years flat-water kayaking, as a hobby: endurance multi-sport series including: running (sometimes trail running), cycling (sometimes off-road), swimming (open water), triathlon, off-road walk trips, kayaking, multi-sports. Triathlon: I completed around 6-7 sprint distances and some short distance-likes (off-road and multi-day triathlons) but I never did real short distances.
JANELLE WETTOUR
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BETH WEINMAN
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JILL WILMOTH
Graduate Student, Orthopedic Surgery
Athletic Goals: Have fun, stay in great shape, improve my bike leg, and complete an ironman
Athletic Experiences: Swimmer and cross country runner in high school, played water polo in college, started cycling and triathlons about 1.5 years ago
Best Race:
Half ironman: Taylorsville, KY 2007 – lots of fun, 1st in age group
4.5mi open water swim, Chattanooga 2008 – 1st overall
Music City Triathlon 2007– personal record Olympic distance time
More about the athlete: flute, alto saxophone, piano, reading, hiking/camping and most sports/outdoor activities
COACH STEPHEN TAYLOR
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