As I was approaching my 50th birthday and being terribly out of shape, I set a goal to complete a triathlon. I accomplished that goal and continued to participate in several sprint triathlons and duathlons over the next few years, my best finish was 2nd place in my age group at the Tri for Life sprint triathlon. In 2012 I started focusing more on cycling, and set a goal to compete in the Michigan Senior Olympics and qualify for the National Senior games in 2013. I was fortunate enough to accomplish both of those goals and I discovered that I love bike racing. Shortly after participating in the 2013 National Senior Games I found out that I had 80 to 90 percent blockage in two main arteries (which explained my poor results, but I’m fortunate to be alive). Five stents were inserted into those two arteries and now I am as good as new, I continue to get faster on the bike each year, and I look forward to doing many more races.

I have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Astrophysics from Michigan State University. I work as a Senior Advanced Quality Planning Engineer for Molex, LLC in Auburn Hills, Michigan. I also enjoy kayak fishing. I coached youth soccer and coached teen Bible quizzing for several years. One of my Bible quizzing teams won a national championship in the Church of the Nazarene denomination.

Races:

1999-2012 Several triathlons and duathlons 2012

Michigan Senior Games 1500m run 2nd place. National Qualifier 5k time trial. 10k time trial 3rd place, 20k road race 3rd place – National Qualifier

2013

Michigan Senior Games 5k time trial 2nd place 20k road race and 40k road race 1st place Tour de Frankenmuth Road Race – Cat 5 National Senior Games 20k road race and 1500m run

2014

None – recovering from insertion of stents in arteries

2015

Michigan Senior Games 20k road race 2nd place 40k road race 1st place

2016

Michigan State Championship Road Race – Cat 5 Michigan Senior Games 20k road race 3rd place National Qualifier 5k time trial 3rd place National Qualifier

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