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Andy Glaser

Email: treasurer {at} rutgerscycling.com

Nickname: Farmer Andy

Year: Junior

About: I am a 3rd year at the college formerly known as Cook College studying agriculture and food policy. I race cyclocross, road, and xc mountain. Did you know I rode across America a few summers ago and am a NJ State Champ in cyclocross? I am also the club treasurer and I like vegetables, tofu, and kittens.

Mark Vareschi

Email: sponsorship {at} rutgerscycling.com

Nickname: AngryMark or Wolfie

Year: Grad. Student

Palmares: 2008 1st Collegiate Men Bear Creek Cyclocross | 2007 ECCC Cyclocross Series B Men's Champion | 4th Men's 3/4 Van Dessel Hole Shot Cyclocross | 3rd Cat 4/5 Freedom Tour Stirling, NJ | 4th Cat 4 NJ State Road Race Championship Bridgeton, NJ | 4th Cat 4 US Bicycling Hall of Fame Crit Somerville, NJ | 3rd Eastern Championships Criterium (Men's C) | 2nd Rutgers Collegiate Cycling Classic Criterium (Men's C) | 6th Rutgers Collegiate Cycling Classic Circuit Race (Men's C) | 2006 3rd Walstib Cyclocross (Men’s B) | 2nd Nittany Lion Cross (Collegiate Men) | 6th Whitmore's Super Cross Cup (Men's B) | 5th USBHOF Criterium (Cat 5)

About: I specialize in cyclocross and criterium racing. I like 18th-century British literature, long bike rides, and avocados.

Don Yungher

Email: ninjarelations {at} rutgerscycling.com

Website: http://theninjadon.blogspot.com

Nickname: NinjaDon

Year: Grad. Student

About: I have been known to race road and mountain bike (singlespeed!), but my one true love is cyclocross. I'm a 4th year Grad Student in the Biomedical Engineering Department, and I am proud to be a member of the Rutgers University Cycling/Karaoke Team.

Will Cukierski

Email: wcuk {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Website: http://wcuk.wordpress.com

Nickname: SpikyHair Will

Palmares: 6th, Army Criterium, Men's A, 2006 | 8th, Grant's Tomb Criterium, Men's A, 2006 | 4th, Le Tour DeSales Circuit Race, 2006 | 4th, Emerick Boulevard Criterium, 2006 | 4th, Freedom Tour Bike Race, 2006

About: I am a PhD student in the biomedical engineering department. I enjoy coffee and criteriums, but never hills.

Dave Kim

Email: davekim2 {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Nickname: DK

Year: Senior

Palmares: 2007 Philly Phlyer Intro Crit 1 | 2007 Philly Phyler Intro Road Race 2 | 2007 Bucknell D Crit 13 | 2007 Boston Beanpot D Road Race 11 | 2007 Easterns Vassar D Crit 3

About: My parents own a bike shop so I literally grew up in a bike shop. I started off riding freestyle/bmx, and now enjoy mountain and road racing. I hope to try cyclocross and downhill in the near future. I am a psychology major at Rutgers. When I'm not riding my bike I enjoy movies, golfing, snowboarding, going to the beach, and watching sports.

Charlie Florek

Email: cflorek12 {at} hotmail.com

Nickname: CaptainChaz

Palmares: 2006 MTB season: Mid-Atlantic Super Series Sport Singlespeed open - 1st place at Granogue - 1st place at Iron Hill | Running of the Dogs 3hr Endurance Race Singlespeed open - 4th place after finishing 5 laps in Rain/Snow/Sleet | 2006 cyclocross season: - 2nd overall in ECCC mens B individual standings, 1st of the division 1 schools. | 2007 MTB season: Mid-Atlantic Super Series Expert Senior - 14th / 43 at French Creek | - 10th at Granogue

About: I am a graduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering that dabbles in guitar, cycling, photography, and cooking. Look for good results from me in MTB and cyclocross races where my off-road bike-handling skills can be leveraged.

Amy Ehrlich

Year: Junior

About: I am majoring in cell biology and neuroscience and nutritional sciences. Primarily, I ride road. Also, I row for Rutgers W. Crew team.

Ray Dodd

Email: raydodd527 {at} gmail.com

Year: Senior

Palmares: 7th in the cat 5 Rahway Crit

About: I am an Ecology major. I enjoy doing outdoor activities including bike riding, backpacking, and camping. The thing I enjoy most about riding is being in a field sprint and fighting for position. My main goal in life is to work in the conservation of large predators in North America.

Charlie Thompson

Email: ckthomp {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Nickname: C$

Year: Junior

Palmares: 2nd Cat 4 Tour de Colts Neck | 3rd Collegiate Cross at Bear Creek

About: I'm a meteorology major in my junior year. Ride cross but mainly road and dab a little in mountain when I'm getting bored with everything else.

Anthony Esposito

Email: espotoaster {at} gmail.com

Nickname: Espo

Year: Sophomore

About: I am a 2nd year BioMed Engineering student. So far I have only done road cycling and this will be my second year riding with the team. I'm also looking to win my first C race this coming spring.

Joe Gilch

Email: jgilch {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Nickname: FroJoe

Year: Sophomore

Kyle Carrol

Email: kcarr011 {at} yahoo.com

Nickname: Crick

Year: Junior

About: I'm a junior majoring in Economics and a member of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. My hometown is in south Jersey and my hobbies include fishing, wake boarding, dirt biking and snowboarding. I'm looking forward to a successful year in cyclocross and road racing for the the Rutgers Cycling team.

Matt Bathe

Year: Sophomore

About: Im a theatre lighting design major, its amazing I have time to do anything besides it.

Eric Rundstrom

Email: erund9 {at} gmail.com

Nickname: Dad

Year: Grad. Student

Palmares: 4th Place Overall ECCC CX, Men’s C

About: I'm a recent graduate in Civil Engineering and new to cycling. I caught the bug in March '08 and have enjoyed riding since. I'm continuing grad school as I work full time for the University and plan to stay with the team and try a couple races this season. My favorite discipline is cyclocross racing then distance road riding and maybe one day road racing. I enjoy photography, cars, and heckling Rich Kassan as much as possible.

Pat Bradley

Email: patbrad {at} rutgers.edu

Website: http://www.catchmeifyoucan9.blogspot.com

Year: Freshman

Palmares: 2008 1st Place Pinecone Road Race, Cat 3/4 | 1st Place Memorial Hall Criterium, Cat 3/4 | 3rd Place Wilmington Grand Prix, Cat 3/4 | 1st Place Watermelon Criterium, Junior 17-18 | 6th Place New Jersey State Road Race, Pro/1/2/3 | 2nd Place Bear Creek Cyclocross, Elite Men | 10th Place Charm City Cross, Elite Men | 4th Place Westwood Velo Cross, Elite Men | 7th Place HillBilly Hustle, Elite Men | 8th Place Beacon Cyclocross, Elite Men | 1st Place Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series Overall, U23 | 1st Place ECCC Cyclocross Series, Men's A

About: I got my first road bike for Christmas 2003. I toyed around with it for a year before starting with Cape Atlantic Racing/Team Beacon's Junior Development program. The program helped me immensely over the winter of 2004-2005 and I started my first road race on my 15th Birthday. I was hooked. Over the next few years, with the help of my team, my coach Wade Hess of Hightidetrainingsystems.com, and my parents support I was able to achieve many of my cycling goals. I decided to come to Rutgers after the 2007 Cyclocross season, and it has since been one of the best decisions of my life. I look forward to continuing my cycling career with the Rutgers Cycling team.

Thomas Moroney

Email: thomasmo13 {at} yahoo.com

Year: Senior

About: Hello y'all! I transfered into ol'Rut so for anyone who has never, or knows no transfers, my year does reflect when I will graduate. I’m a exercise science major at Cook. I went to Cook and got SEBS... terrible. Anyway, this is my first road season, and i plan on racing cross in the upcoming season. I also ride mountain too. I xcountry and ride downhill. I live 10 minutes from Mountain Creek up in northern Jersey. I’m very excited about racing and can’t want to bump elbows!

Yifan Lin

Year: Senior

About: Physics Major -- started road discipline 6 months ago. Loving it.

Karina DeMair

Email: kdemair {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Year: Sophomore

About: I have a road bike. I like hills and I wanna go fast.

Zenon Halatyn

Email: zhalatyn {at} eden.rutgers.edu

Nickname: Zen

Year: Sophomore

About: I'm a planning and public policy major from Westford, MA. I'm president of the Ukrainian students club, and I'm very proud of my heritage. I started riding road last year and try to ride as often as possible. I love climbing long steep hills and then coming down them.

Molly Hurford

Website: http://deathbeforednf.blogspot.com

Email: mhurford@rutgers.edu

Year: Senior

About: Triathlon is my life, but the bike is my favorite part. When I'm not biking, swimming, running, weight-lifting, or yoga-ing, then I'm probably reading, writing, or cooking muffins.

George Ghanim

Website: http://web.mac.com/gghanim

Year: Freshman

About: My name is George and I'm a molecular biology major. I haven't ridden much in the past (although I did enjoy it) but have become more interested when I got a bike as a gift. I think it can really really grow on me and might be something I continue after college.

Nick Apostolopoulos

Year: Sophomore

About: I am a Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major at Rutgers. My brother originally got me into mountain biking, but after discovering that Rutgers had a cycling team, I've been converted to road every since. I work for Rutgers EMS, sing a capella with the OrphanSporks, and love to bike when I can! I'm still new to the group, so I'm more than happy to take an easy ride anytime.

Timothy Oringer

Email: writetim {at} gmail.com

Year: Grad. Student

About: I'm a first year PA student at UMDNJ and am finding myself lacking free time these days. I'm thinking riding will keep me sane. Bring it on!

Kip Wanser

Email: shawing66 {at} gmail.com

Year: Senior

Christopher Jackson

Email: cejackson {at} gmail.com

Nickname: Jax

About: I am a doctoral student in the Sociology Department. In short, I'm interested in conceptions of identity and the symbolic interaction. I've spent most of my time in Boston and have been a fairly active participant in the fixed gear community there. I've competed in numerous sprint triathlons (on both single speed and fixies) but generally prefer to bomb around the city. I also enjoy motorcycles, old cars and the rock and roll. I've been in many bands but have since pushed all those yearnings to the side to concentrate on my PhD.



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