Women's Team

Rose Baunach |
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Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Year in School: Freshman
Years Racing: This will be my first!
Favorite Cycling Quotes: "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live" --Mark Twain and
"I thought of that while riding my bicycle." -- Albert Einstein on the Theory of Relativity
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Molly Blust |
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Hometown: Sisters, OR
Year in School: Senior
Years Racing: 3 (this will be the 4th)
Why I am Cycling: To race, stay in shape, the team is awesome, and to enjoy the beautiful Walla Walla scenery. It also means that I get to spend a lot of quality time with Little Tommy (my bike)
Favorite Cyclist (and Future Husband): Andy Schleck
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Katie Chapman |
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Hometown: Redmond, WA
Year in School: Senior
Years Racing: 3rd
Why I am Cycling: It is the closest I'll ever come to flying
Favorite Race Food: Oreos with a mountain of peanut butter on top
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Rachel Geiter |
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Hometown: Milwaukie, Oregon
Year in School: Junior
Years Racing: This will be my third!!
Favorite Race Food:An entree of highly concentrated female adrenaline and a side of pure competitiveness drizzled with blood (okay really it's a just a Hammer Huckleberry Gel).
Why You Are Cycling: To explore the outdoors and go really, really, really, fast.
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McKenzie Momany |
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Hometown: Spokane, WA
Year in School: Junior
Years Racing: 1
Why I Am Cycling:I've heard that the team is a ton of fun, and I want to get better at cycling!
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Laura Neff |
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Hometown: Elk Grove, CA
Year in School: Sophomore
Years Racing: This will be my first!!
Why I Am Cycling: I wanted to find something at Whitman I'd never done before. I love taking spin classes and figured cycling on the road would be even more fun (it is!).
Favorite Cycling Memory: Getting my own road bike in September and learning how to use it. I definitely wiped out a few times.
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Kristin Nesbit |
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Hometown: West Linn, OR
Year in School: Freshman
Years Racing: This will be my first!!
Why I Am Cycling: To be on an awesome team and to be able to beat my brothers.
Favorite Race Food: Bagels!
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Talia Rudee |
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Hometown: Seattle, WA
Year in School: Junior
Years Racing: 2
Favorite Race Food:Cool Mint Cliff Bar
Why I Am Cycling:For the gorgeous scenery and the awesome team.
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Mackinzie Stanley |
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Hometown: Fairfax, CA
Year in School: Freshwoman
Years Racing: 4 mountain biking
Favorite Race Food:Chocolate Raspberry Roctane
Why I Ride: To breathe in the fresh air and admire the beautiful outdoors...and also to feel that adrenaline rush when you're screaming down a curvy back road at like 45 and there's no cars to slow you down or when you hit a perfect section of single track and everything just flows.
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Zephyr Zylvester |
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Hometown: Norwich, VT
Year in School: Senior
Years Racing: 4 'cross, 1 road
Why I Bike: TO GO FAST!
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Arika Wieneke |
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Hometown: Seattle, WA
Year in School: Sophomore
Years Racing: This will be my first!
Favorite Cycling Memory: Watching the 20th stage of the 2005 Tour de France in the middle-of-nowhere with my family and tons of screaming french farmers
Why I Bike: 1. To go fast and 2. The outfits are pretty snazzy
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