Little 500 Race Guide

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KEY Qualifying position Teams are ranked from 1 to 33 based on their qual time. Qualifications take place several weeks before the race.

Qualifying time The time it took teams to complete a four-lap qualifications attempt.

MEET THE TEAMS

ROW

1

1 ROW

BETA THETA PI

RIDERS

RIDERS

Tyler Hird, Ryan Wilkins, “I read a lot of Matt Bahr, Jake Yager scripture.”

Dan Kinn, Steve Mis, Brant Powell, Rex Rafferty

RIDERS Steve Sharp, Sven Gartner, Jake Rowland, Matt Habel

Rob Lee (non-riding)

1

8 CUTTERS

2:25.76

“The night before RIDERS the race I fall asleep Adam Fish, Drew Morrow, Brian Arfmann, wearing my I-Pod and visualizing the race.” Joe Greenlee

1

10 DELTA TAU DELTA

4 ROW

RIDERS

RIDERS

RJ Stuart, Luke Momper, Phil Sojka, Nick Lenard “I really focus on what I want to accomplish.”

Tommy Bolling, Brendan Long, Devin O’Leary, Dustin Hall

1

13 SIGMA PHI EPSILON RIDERS Nick Torrance, Thomas Wimmer, Drew Coelho, Paul Gillette

ROW

“I’m a huge Shania Twain fan. I honestly wouldn’t want to listen to anything else.”

1

POSITION

16 AIR FORCE CYCLING

6 ROW

RIDERS Cameron Johns, Robert Langer, Aaron Stanley, Brett Frommer

ROW

POSITION

8

22 PI KAPPA PHI

ROW

1

RIDERS

RIDERS Diego Rodriguez, Jacob Smith, Jacob Read, Wally Kasprzycki

“Shots.”

1

RIDERS

10

RIDERS

“Eat a lot of carbs and watch the ‘Thumbs up for rock and roll’ video from You Tube.”

1

31 AMALGAM RIDERS

2:32.34 “The feeling of wanting to maintain the tradition of Little 500 motivates us.”

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RIDERS Greg Bortz, Brian Howaniec, John Ferry, Josh Minnick

2

RIDERS

“Hang out with the team and listen to music, stay calm and mentally prepare.”

Patrick Morris, Bryan Medema, Alex Pappas, Jacques Poirier

2

“I think of the people I don’t want to disappoint.”

3

2:28.06 “We get together, talk through the race, and reminisce.”

3

2:29.49

“We listen to country music.”

3

2:30.28 “I visualize my team in the lead pack on lap 199 because anything can happen then.”

3

2:30.89 “We’re having dinner with the frat the night before.”

3

POSITION

27 ZETA BETA TAU

2:31.40

2:31.46

RIDERS

“I like to picture myself at the race during the last lap or two.”

Mitchell Alterman, Michael “I listen to music and Kroin, Willie Goldberg, get in the zone.” Jason Masurovsky

2

POSITION

2:27.57

POSITION

24 PHI KAPPA TAU

2:30.66

29 SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

2:31.50

POSITION

Lucas McGowan, Ted Tarricone, Adam O’Bryan, Kendell Frazier

RJ Half, Ethan Page, Joseph Dempsey, John Glennon

1

28 PHI KAPPA SIGMA Robert Frangi, Allan Brener, Ryan Sparks, Tyler Ray

RIDERS

“I sleep a lot. Mostly our fans get us pumped up.”

POSITION

“Knowing we’re an underdog and a strong competitor is a big motivator.”

POSITION

3

POSITION

21 ACACIA

2:29.78

26 GRAY GOAT

2:30.91

Jason Clark, Dan Westergaard, Miles Breese, Andrew Byers

2

23 DODDS HOUSE

2:30.61

“Each weekend we go out to dinner with each other. It’s simple but good bonding.”

RIDERS

“I try to focus myself and listen to intense music.”

POSITION

Eric Hulse, Mike Jank, Casey Crist, Chris Hotwagner

Eric Peters, Brandon Leviton, Chris Hauger, Drew Manix

ROW

Robert Henderson, Austin Portolese, Neal Ward, John Silverthorn

2:26.23

POSITION

18 EVANS SCHOLARS

2:28.76

POSITION

RIDERS

“We get into a quiet room at first, then our coach walks in and the house cheers us on.”

25 DELTA CHI

2

20 FOREST

2:29.54

POSITION

9

Jake Bidner, Joe Eskew, Kristopher Zee, Austin Nielsen

RIDERS

19 ALPHA EPSILON PI

7

RIDERS

Alex Ray, Sean Ziemba, Sean Huber, Michael Brown

1

15 CRU CYCLING

“‘Call Me Maybe.’”

3

POSITION

RIDERS

RIDERS

POSITION

Mark Juretschke, Tom O’Bryan, Will O’Bryan, Toby Kemp

Turner Duncan, John Becker, Kevin Newkirk, Ryan Granholm

Drew Stroshine, Tom Yoder, Brian O’Hart, Zach Stine

“Visualization is a big thing.”

RIDERS

2:27.66

POSITION

2:24.99

POSITION

12 DELTA SIGMA PI

2:26.77

2

17 ALPHA TAU OMEGA

2:28.10

Aaron Starkston, Austin Venhuizen, Chris Passolano, Rob Martin

“I think of all the competition that there is.”

14 THETA CHI

2:27.57

RIDERS

2

POSITION

3

POSITION

9 DELTA UPSILON

“I think about the sweet taste of watermelon and Sammi.”

POSITION

“We try to stay relaxed and focus on the race.”

Brice Brookshire, John Newman, Steve Ferrah, “I listen to some house music and run around.” Erik Bisson

2:26.07

11 LAMBDA CHI ALPHA

2:26.60

POSITION

5

RIDERS Kevin Depasse, Timothy Nixon, Sam Harbison, Thomas Walsh

2:23.21

RIDERS

2

POSITION

3

POSITION

6 SIGMA NU

2:24.85

“I listen to ‘Chasing RIDERS Pavements’ through Matt Andress, Charlie McClary, Michael Khamis, headphones and punch with boxing gloves.” John Hunzicker

“Listen to music. The Black Keys.”

POSITION

2

POSITION

5 FIJI

2:23.92

7 SIGMA CHI

ROW

11

1

POSITION

3

3 BLACK KEY BULLS

2:22.38

RIDERS “We like to listen to electronic music.”

Teams are placed in 11 rows of three riders each to start the race.

POSITION

Eric Anderson, Tom Laser, Matthew Green, William Kragie

4 PHI DELTA THETA

ROW

2

POSITION

2 CSF CYCLING

2:21.05

POSITION

2

ROW

1

POSITION

The pictured & quoted rider Row

30 WRIGHT CYCLING

2:32.12

3

POSITION 2:32.24

RIDERS

RIDERS

Jacob Elliott, Jake Philips, Travis Verhoff, Nathan “I listen to Afrojack.” Brown

Jack McMahon, Brent Nowinski, Rodney Richardson, Elliot Layden “We do chest bumps.”

2

POSITION

32 KAPPA SIGMA RIDERS

2:32.61

“I turn on either house Matt Minnette, Scott Moyer, Lucas Miller, Greg or hard rap music and turn it up loud.” Nowak

3

POSITION

33 PHI KAPPA PSI

2:32.84

RIDERS Tyler Lucas, William Cohen, Sean Gelson, Ian Shoup

“I focus on my goals for the day.”


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