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 Kent Menzel, now has several road racing seasons under
his belt after having been a devoted triathelete.
In local cycling events you may have noticed him in his DePauw jersey
because he also serves as faculty advisor and coach of the DePauw
collegiate team. During the day Kent poses as a
Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Depauw University and is busy
coaching his three athletic daughters.
Terry Martin, resides
in South Bend, where he
teaches religious studies and philosophy at Saint Mary's College. Terry
received his B.A. and M.A. in religious studies from Indiana University, a PhL. in philosophy from Catholic University, and a PhD. in
theology from the University of Chicago. Terry spends
his spare time riding his bike (now a nice, new, shiny Roark). He has been
racing for five years, excelling in and enjoying the individual time trial
where he has garnered several district championships in his age group.
 Gregg Rokosh raced for 3
years on the Canadian provincial cycling team before getting too tied up in
classes and research. He generally competed in the
prairie provinces,
Alberta,
Saskatchewan, and
Manitoba. Generally he managed a top 10 finish, garnered a few
podium finishes and made it to nationals one year, his last year. He then
took an 18 year hiatus, which included some mountain bike racing, and
before finally seeing the light again in
Louisville and returning to road racing and training.
 Charlie Scott
is from Carmel, Indiana and has been
happily married for 25 years. He has two wonderful children. Their son is a
third generation college receiver playing for Saint Joseph College. Charlie
has worked for The Estridge Companies (homebuilders) for 18 years and is now
an Executive Vice President.
Football was his original
sporting passion. He played wide receiver at Carmel High School (with Mark
Herrmann as the quarterback) and at the University of Evansville from
1976-1980. U of E retired his number in 1998 (well, actually they dropped
the football program and retired all the numbers).
As a runner, he has competed
in several mini and full marathons (including Boston and Leadville). He
started bicycle racing four years ago to improve his duathlon performance
but came to enjoy the pure bike training and racing more than the duathlons.
The bicycle racing improved his overall duathlon enough for him to qualify
for Team USA in the 2003 Duathlon World Championships in Switzerland. He
plans to return to the Duathlon World Championships in 2007 as a “seasoned”
50 year old.
 Jamie Gray
(has still not sent in his Bio photo he he!)
is a mechanical designer for Material Handling Systems, a Louisville, KY
based Conveyor Manufacturing Company. It primarily designs systems for UPS,
Fed-Ex and DHL. He is a 10 year veteran of bike racing, putting in a solid
5 last five years.
He is an Army veteran of 5 years, combat
trained Ranger/82nd Airborne Division Grenada Veteran, although
by the time he got there, he says it was more like a Caribbean vacation.
Very unselfishly, Jamie describes himself
as a top ten kinda guy, hoping for a legitimate sprinter to work for. Jamie
is our kinda guy.
 Jeffrey
Chambers (also has not sent in
his Bio photo yet haha!) and his wife Gayla
have 2 wonderful teenage daughters. Jeff has been a Category 2 and Masters
racer, for the past 10 years. A 4 time District Road race and Criterium
medalist, including a Silver at the 2005 USCF Kentucky/Indiana District
road race 40+ category, along with a couple of Kentucky State Championships
on the Mountain Bike. Jeff is excited to be part of such a strong team. He looks forward to using his skills towards a great season for IMRT.
 Todd Lee, is originally from Richmond, Indiana and he now resides in Columbus,
Ohio where he’s employed with Sterling Commerce in Dublin, as a Software
Engineer. He has three adult children and one granddaughter. Todd has over
15 years of racing experience in Masters and category 1/2/3 races, with
several top ten finishes.
 Chris
Welch
started his athletic career as a competitive alpine ski racer and
marathon runner. He began riding a bike in the late 1980’s because, as he
explained, “all the running miles were just taking too much of a toll on my
body”. In 1992 he was the National Age Group Duathlon champion. In 2005,
after having both his knees surgically “rebuilt” (too many running miles,
too much time on the slopes and not enough stretching) he converted to
biking full time. Chris is the founder and co-owner or Driver Holdings,
one of the largest truck driver recruiting, financing and training companies
in the country. He is married with three young children and lives in
Noblesville, IN.
 Wayde Klein
New recruit
..originally
from San
Antonio, Texas, has worked in the cable
television industry for more than 25 years and moved to
Indianapolis in 2005 when he took a position with Brighthouse
Networks as their VP of Marketing and Customer Care. A "recovering" MTBiker,
he started road-riding the summer of 2005 after his move largely because of
the incredible popularity and support for the sport in the Indy area. He was
also lucky enough to make friends with people who raced and soon found
himself wanting be part of that craziness - even at the ripe age of 46. He
is married to wife, Cindy and has two high school aged kids, Jeff and Jen.
His son shares his love of biking although Jen has a rule about
participating in any activity where two or more family members are involved.
Cindy is on record saying that just listening to bike riding
stories actually burn calories and that she'll just stick to walking and
running. Other than his family, his job and riding bikes - not necessarily
in the order, Wayde has no other interests....nor is he interested in
finding any other interests! He's very happy with his current level of
obsession...
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 Skip Higgins, was introduced to bicycle
racing at
Indiana
University, participating in his fraternity's Little 500 team. Skip
has over 25 years of experience in the industrial real estate brokerage
business. Married, with two grown children, Skip enjoys cycling along with
several other hobbies.
 Adam
Beck, is a tall rider of
6'4". Married with three teenage children, he is an
Indianapolis native. Adam got his B.A. at I.U. Bloomington in 1984 and
MBA at the Finance Kelley School of Business in 2000. During his college
days in B-town Adam achieved what he considers his greatest cycling
accomplishment, being on the winning team of the 1984 Little 500. It was
the first year for the newly organized Cutters and was the first
independent team ever win the 500. He's been in
the floor covering industry for many years and is currently the Division
Manager for Louisville Tile Distributors in charge of their central
Indiana market.
John Kirchner, resides
in Indianapolis with his wife
Amy, and their 7-year old daughter, Mary Nell. He has been racing for 5
years and also participates in cyclocross,
mountain bike, and triathlon events when he is not peddling (pun intended)
his bicycle related products and travelling his
multi-state territory.
 Bran Boyer, is a long time bike racer. Beginning in his native Pittsburgh as a junior, he
matriculated into the senior ranks as a category 2. His early cycling included
racing as a high school student, and as a member of the Penn State team, serving as
their captain in 1985. Bran moved to Carmel in 1994, where
he currently lives with his lovely wife Joan and three daughters. He is
extremely enthusiastic about returning to bike racing, sharing his old
passion between family and piloting for Northwest Airlines. And we are
equally excited about having him join us.
 Frank La Rondie.
Frank hails from Edinburgh, Scotland and spent much
of his early years traveling the world with the British Army as an Aircraft
Engineer. A college pentathlete, Frank has
enjoyed competing in many sports from Kayak racing to Orienteering for the
Army. After a soccer injury to his knee in 1998 he took up cycling. In Britain, Time Trialing
is a major force so he was conditioned to the pain of "The Race of
Truth" from the onset. Frank, his wife and 3 children moved to Indiana in 2000 for the
quality of family life and better weather than Britain. He loves to
ride and compete on his bike.
 Darrin
Lay, is the newest addition to
the Team, having raced for the Louisville Bicycle Club for the last three
years. Darrin placed 2nd in the Indiana/Kentucky Cat 3/4 District road race
in 2001 from a field of 60+ riders and has several good results since. He
and his wife Debbi have two lovely daughters; Taylor, age 10 and Meghan,
age 5 who are the apple of their eyes and they hope will be future cycling
champions. Darrin spends his "work time" as the Customer Service
Manager for a Printing firm in Louisville, KY.
 Rich MacInnes, is a
former national class half-miler converted to a devout cyclist. He is new
to the bike racing community but has logged in 35+ races in 2004,
experiencing success at all levels. He is coached by the Carmichael
Training System (CTS) and seeks to
become a national class rider. Rich is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy
’80, is a degreed engineer with an MBA is Global Management. He is
President of Net Results Inc., an international business consulting firm.
He is an author of two industry books with number three in the works. It is
not uncommon to find Rich pedaling away in the sands of the Middle East,
the bushes of South Africa, and the winding roads of the English Countryside…but he pedals best in the good old U.S. of
A.
 Preston Conrad
a Texan by birth (now a Hoosier), lives in West Lafayette with
his wife Lyn. They are recent empty-nesters as their two children have
recently grown up and out. Preston has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from
Purdue University and is a researcher for Eli Lilly and Company. He has many
years of bike racing experience, yet he is an example of always working hard
to improve, and he is a great team player.
 Bruce Gordon
resides in South Bend IN with his wife Stephanie and 3
daughters. Bruce is a seasoned veteran riding for the U.S.A. in 2006 at the
U.C.I./ I.P.C. Disabled World Championships in Aigle Switzerland on the
track and road. also in 2000 at the Sydney Paralympics Games riding in the
kilo and pursuit for the U.S. with several U.S. Disabled Championships to
his credit on the track and criterium. He excels on the bike despite the
loss of a left hand in an industrial accident years ago.
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