Sara Painter
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David Quiros
Sponsorship & Web
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Erica Chau Klein
Treasurer
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Maria Dziembowska
Race Director
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Cinthya Bernabe
Membership
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Luis Aguilar
Outreach Coordinator
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Michelle Kelly
Social Director
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Heather Whitney
Webmaster
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Luis Aguilar
Undergraduate

Hometown: Van Nuys, CA
Age: 19

Goals: Learn to swim.
Interests: Boiling chicken breast, cereal, subway sandwiches, going "down to the valley"


Amanda Allen

Cynthia Bernabe
Eric Bryant
Alex Castaneda

Brittany Day
Undergraduate

Hometown: Ventura, CA
Age: 19

Goals: Win!
Interests: If there were a yam/sweet potato flavored PowerBar, I would probably be eat it.

Maria Dziembowska
Graduate

Hometown: Birthtown: Warsaw, Poland. USA: Philadelphia
Age: 30

Goals: Ironman and an endurance race and to finish my PhD. Right now I'm focused on swimming - sub-8 400m.
Interests: Favorite powerbar flavor: cappucino gel

Ashley Erickson
Graduate

Hometown: Chico, CA
Age: 23

Goals: Compete in various Olympic & Tri events.
Interests: Triathlon!

Laura Garnet
Pedro Gomez
Rachel Hill

Michelle Kelly
Community Member

Hometown: Detroit, MI
Age: 24

Goals: Compete in 3 or more olympic distance triathlons, commit to Gareth's training plan
Interests: Art, digital photography, family, friends, scuba diving, triathlon (of course)

Erika Klein
Staff

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 31

Goals: Surf City Half Marathon in Feb 08 sub 2 hours, LA Tri Championship Series #2 or #3 in sub 3 hours.
Interests: Triathlon!

Steven Kontz
Undergraduate

Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA
Age: 19

Goals: IronBruin in 66 minutes with a 23:30 run, USAT Collegiate Nationals in 2:25, and improve throughout the season.
Interests: "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

Ellie Kugler

Josh Lamden
Undergraduate

Hometown: Mill Valley, CA
Age: 19

Goals: Finish in the top half of all the races.
Interests: Black belt in taekwondo. "If you think you can or can't, you're right." - High school cross country coach Eric Saibel

Mike Lee
Staff

Hometown: Diamond Bar, CA
Age: 30

Goals: Los Angeles Triathlon in 2:45, Malibu Triathlon in 1:45
Interests: Basketball, Reading, Triathlon sicafu - Did the run course wearing a helmet!

Aleks Lipetsky
Su-yang Liu

Sam Luckenbill
Graduate

Hometown: El Cerrito / Berkeley, CA
Age: 27

Goals: Develop swimming technique, sub 7-minute mile runs.
Interests: Cooking, old motorcycles, photography, travels, peanut butter PowerBars.

Gina Marek
Law Student

Hometown: Menlo Park, CA
Age: 23

Goals: To compete in more than one collegiate race! And to stay healthy.
Interests: Swimming, and I live in oatmeal and diet coke (but not together). "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"

Christina Minami
Bob Mohr

Pardis Niknejadi
Undergraduate

Hometown: Tarzana, CA
Age: 22

Goals: To finish any 3 triathlons, not sure which ones yet.
Interests: Peanut butter chocolate PowerBars

Brady O'Bryan
Aviva Olsavsky
Ha Young Park

Marc Philibert
Graduate

Hometown: Earth
Age: 25

Goals: Compete in Aquathlons (5K run / 1K swim)
Interests: Swimming

Matthew Prior
Undergraduate

Hometown: Earth
Age: 20

Goals: Get a sense of triathlons, learna lot, do my best, and have fun!
Interests: "Working harder doesn't mean you're swimming faster" (my inspiration for swimming smart as well as hard...)

David Quiros
Undergraduate

Hometown: Orange, CA
Age: 21

Goals: 3mi run in 19min, 500m swim in 10min, 10mi bike in 40min
Interests: Music, Ceramics, Photography, Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, PowerBars, Clear Crisp Clean Air Sunny Days

Alex Revchuk
Graduate

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 25

Goals: 3 collegiate events, and an additional 1-2 non-collegiate events.
Interests: Biking, "the harder you work, the harder it is to surrender"

Maddie Saran

Tristan Sharp
Graduate

Hometown: Earth
Age: 23

Goals: Run 3 miles in 19:00, swim 500m in 10:00, and bike 10 miles in 35:00
Interests: Triathlon!

Stuart Sievers
Kendall Starkman

DeAnna Steiger
Graduate Student

Hometown: Long Beach, CA
Age: 28

Goals: Improve my ability in all 3 sports and complete some sprint distance triathlons. Maybe an Olympic too. I want to be strong and fit for life.
Interests: I study heart failure. I love Bruin football! My husband is my favorite exercise buddy!

Abraham Taylor
Bryan Ventura

Heather Whitney

Hometown: Los Gatos, CA