Team Roster 2010-2011

Joe Hooker – President

Hometown: Media, PA
Year: Sophomore
Major: Industrial Engineering & Economics
Racing: Cat B, racing 1 year
Favorite quote: “Pain is temporary…quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers

Nick Goossen – Treasurer

Hometown: Winnetka, IL
Year: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Racing: Cat B, second year racing
Favorite quote: “Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.” – Mark Twain.

Yannell Selman – Recruitment Chair

Hometown: Miami, FL
Year: Junior
Major: Communication Studies, Political Science, Philosophy
Racing: Cat B, second year racing
Favorite sports team: Real Madrid C.F.
Favorite pro rider: Chris Sutton

Emil Klosowiak – Co-Sponsorship Chair

Hometown: Glenview, IL
Year: Freshman
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Racing: Cat C, first year racing
Favorite quote: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
Favorite food: peanut butter
Email: EmilKlosowiak2014 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Aaron Jaffe – Co-Sponsorship Chair

Hometown: Traverse City, MI
Year: Junior
Major: Journalism
Racing: Cat C, first year racing
Favorite food: Whatever is in my jersey at the time

Christopher Sparace – Social Chair

Hometown: Pendleton, SC
Year: Sophomore
Major: Music Performance
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite quote: “I got a problem. I need you to look at my bike. I need to know if there’s a chain on this bike. Because I can’t feel it.”
Favorite pro rider: Lance Armstrong

Bryan Garfoot

Hometown: Mount Horeb, WI
Year: 2nd year grad student
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Racing: Cat C Road & Cat A Cyclocross, fifth year racing
Favorite quote: “Don’t buy upgrades, ride upgrades.” – Eddy Merckx
Favorite song: “Gone” – Montgomery Gentry
Twitter handle: @bgarfoot

Courtney O’neil

Hometown: N/A
Year: 2nd year grad student
Major: Stage Design
Racing: Cat A, racing 2 years
Favorite quote: “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.” – Susan B. Anthony

Emory Kuo

Hometown: Dunedin, New Zealand
Year: 1st year grad student
Major: Neuroscience
Racing: Cat D, third year racing
Favorite quote: “Winning is about heart, not just legs. It’s got to be in the right place.” – Lance Armstrong
Favorite pro rider: Erik Zabel

Changhyeok Lee

Hometown: South Korea
Year: 2nd year grad student
Major: Industrial Engineering
Racing: Cat D, first year racing

John Siegfried

Hometown: Houston, TX
Year: 5th year senior
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Racing: Cat D, first year racing

Andy Korinda

Hometown: Scranton, PA
Year: Grad student
Major: Chemical Engineering
Racing: Cat C, second year racing
Favorite quote: “They were like gods.” – Greg Lemond

Nate Bartlett

Hometown: Leyden, NY
Year: Junior
Major: RTVF
Racing: Cat C, third year racing
Most miles ridden in one day: 120 (pulling a trailer)
Top speed: 59.7 mph

Taylor Hartstein

Hometown: Medfield, Massachusetts
Year: Junior
Major: Social Policy & Legal Studies
Racing: Cat D, racing 1 year

Hannah Iezzoni

Hometown: White Haven, PA
Year: Junior
Major: Civil Engineering
Racing: Cat A, racing 2 years
Favorite quote: “It doesn’t get easier, you just go faster.” – Greg Lemond
Favorite pro rider: Andy Schleck

Matt Kingery

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Year: Junior
Major: Cognitive Neuroscience
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite quote: “You know what sucks more than training? Losing. You know what sucks more than losing? Nothing.” – Justin Tuck
Favorite pro rider: Fabian Cancellara

Axie Navas

Hometown: Vail, CO
Year: Junior
Major: Journalism
Racing: Cat A, racing 2 years
Favorite quote: “Huck it for Jesus.” – Anonymous
Favorite pro rider: Lance Armstrong
Favorite food: Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia

Tommy Peng

Hometown: Fayetteville, AR
Year: Junior
Major: Psychology
Racing: Cat C, second year racing
Personal quote: “When in doubt, go faster.”
Favorite pro rider: Graham Agassiz

Eric Anderson

Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
Year: Sophomore
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Racing: Cat C, second year racing
Favorite pro rider: Scott Rosenfield
Favorite quote: Maybe I led you to believe it was easy, when it wasn’t.
Maybe I made you think my highlight started at the starting line, and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think every shot I took, was a game winner. That my game was based on flash, and not fire. Maybe its my fault that you didn’t see that failure gave me strength, that my pain was my motivation. Maybe I led you to believe that cycling was a God given gift, and not something I worked for… every single day of my life. Maybe I destroyed the game… or maybe, you just making excuses.

Joe Gambino

Hometown: Mount Prospect, IL
Year: Sophomore
Major: Mechanical Engineering & Design Certificate
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite burger shop: Edzo’s burger shop
Favorite car: 1992 Volvo 940 Turbo

Twitter handle: @SecretAgentJoe2

Nate Harner

Hometown: Columbus, OH
Year: Sophomore
Major: Computer Science & Economics
Racing: Cat B, second year racing
Favorite pro rider: Fabian Cancellara

Ian Hendrickson

Hometown: Edina, MN
Year: Sophomore
Major: Oboe Performance & French
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite film: Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
Twitter handle: @lhautbois

Spencer Jackman

Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, MI
Year: Sophomore
Major: Economics & Spanish
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite sports team: the Detroit Lions

Brianne Knickel

Hometown: Houston, TX
Year: Sophomore
Major: Chemical Engineering
Racing: Cat B, first year racing
Favorite food: chocolate

Becca Portman

Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD
Year: Sophomore
Major: Social Policy
Racing: Cat B, first year racing
Favorite food: Panera: BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad
Favorite person: Joan DeGennaro

Scott Rosenfield

Hometown: Lake Forest, IL
Year: Sophomore
Major: Journalism
Racing: Cat A, racing 5 years
Favorite quote: “Stupid is what stupid does.”
Favorite pro rider: Marco Haller
Favorite food: Joe Stone Crab’s key lime pie

Tristan Sokol

Hometown: Huntsville, AR
Year: Sophomore
Major: Engineering
Racing: Cat D, racing 1 year
Favorite quote: “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

Maria Tkacz

Hometown: Chicago, IL
Year: Freshman
Major: Biology & Cognitive Science
Racing: Cat B, first year racing
Favorite bands: Metric & Phoenix & The xx

Brian Chen

Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Year: Sophomore
Major: Psychology (HPME)
Racing: Cat D, first year racing
Favorite quote: “The only good race pace is suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.” – Steve Prefontaine

Maria de los Angeles Valenzuela

Hometown: Santiago de Chile
Year: N/A
Major: Chemical Engineering
Racing: Cat B, first year racing
Favorite quote: “The sweet is never as sweet without the sour.”