First, I am a father and a husband. My wife and daughter keep me motivated to stay healthy and work hard on accomplishing my goals. They inspire me as much as I hope I inspire them to tackle challenges. Second, I am an amateur athlete who has competed in a few different cycling disciplines over the years. Having raced BMX in my youth, I started my career in sales in the cycling industry, which really solidified my love for bikes. From there I got into casual MTB racing, CX, and started a small team with some friends that raced for three years before disbanding when people moved away. After some time off, I decided to give triathlons a shot and was hooked. So, a friend (and current team member) Clayton Northgraves, threw out a challenge I couldn’t refuse; let’s do a half-iron! 2020 was the year I was planning for, but COVID had a different opinion on the matter. So, all attention went to this year and, as luck would have it, this team was born. I couldn’t be more excited to get to racing, enjoying some friendly competition, and working on setting some personal best times with a group of like-minded competitors.

Watch out world, the Stella and Chewy’s “Bite Me!” squad is ready for action!