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Highlights from the 2022 USARA National Championship
It was a stunningly beautiful and difficult course this year, taking athletes from Mammoth Mountain to Bishop , CA. Watch the highlight reel for a glimpse of what was a truly epic adventure.
Extended Finish Line Interviews Part 3 - and signing off
Live extended Q+A at the finish line of the 2022 USARA National Championship. Interviews with these teams:
Extended Finish Line Interviews part 2
Live extended Q+A at the finish line of the 2022 USARA National Championship
Extended Finish Line Interviews part 1
Archived versions of the live interviews from teams at the finish line
First place all-male Team GearJunkie arrives!
First place team in the all-male division is Team GearJunkie
East Coast team NYARA slides into 7th place overall
A top ten finish that felt like, at least for a moment, a “spa day.
BRF Barf bagging style points all race
Perennial fan favorite adventure race team and podcast hosts, Team BRF Barf…
In under the cutoff without a single complaint
Fresh off the desert run back to Bishop, Team No Complaints cruised in under the final cutoff time
Steady pace for Bend leads to 2nd place finish
Hosts of Expedition Oregon: America’s Toughest Race, Team Bend Racing can be relied on to send a very strong team
And they loved it
San Francisco Bay Area natives and adventure racing veterans, Team And Lovin’ It!
Running to the Finish for Ibex after 30 hours
Nothing like a little sprint to the finish to cap off a giant adventure through the Eastern Sierra
First place All-Female Division is Rootstock Racing
East Coast power team, Rootstock Racing fielded their first all-female team at a USARA National Championship race this year. Setting a blistering pace…
Psyched to be finished, Onyx throws the final punch, and Cosmic Confusion steps through the arch
Three teams finished in rapid succession. The youngest average age team….
The Brothers Cherubini find the finish arch
Veteran all male (and all brother) squad of Team Cherubini Brothers AR …
Tower Racing and Lost Arrow finish together
Running in to the finish, all smiles, are Team Tower Racing and Lost Arrow Sports.
Kodiak Big Bear slides in under the wire
One of several teams who “got in trouble” by taking an off-limits road, Team Kodiak Big Bear didn’t let that slow them down
Bittersweet ending for Team Katana
Team Katana crossed the finish line in Bishop, CA today having completed a monster of an adventure racing course….
Tower Racing feeling strong to the finish
With what has been a very strong and quick performance, Tower Racing is now on to the final stage of the USARA National Championship.
Team Toyota Tundra are your 2022 USARA National champions!
Team Toyota Tundra are your 2022 USARA National champions
MEET THE TEAMS
ORIENTEERING UTAH
Orienteering Utah is an amateur athletic club based in the Salt Lake City Metro for those passionate about navigational sports. The team competing at USARA National is comprised of club officers Ian Hoag & Fletcher Hamel (both having substantial orienteering and adventure racing experience at the national & international level), and Leslie Howlett (better known for her dominant Ultra Running performances over the last decade).
Fletcher Hamel (he/him) (team captain)
Ian Hoag (he/him, navigator)
Leslie Howlett (she/her) (secret weapon)
WE DON’T QUIT
WDQ is an African American Adventure Racing Club with a mission to get more Black people outside through participation in the exciting sport of adventure racing.
Their team consists of a sister and brother and his wife. All originally from California. This family team has been racing for 3-6 years. Dana flies to the East Coast every year to race, and now that there's a race in California, it's Kofi and Safiya's turn to make the cross country trip. While they have not raced as a trio, Safiya has raced with both other members. And they hope that Dana and Kofi - being siblings - would count for something!
@wdqadventureracing
Kofi Borie (he/him, team captain & navigator)
Safiya Borie (she/her) @safiya.spiritandadventure team logistics
Dana Borie (she/her) @danadenise2 team mechanic
ROOTSTOCK RACING
This is their first time adventure racing as an all-female Rootstock team!
The members of the two-time national champion Rootstock Racing race team have been competing around the world for nearly twenty years. Serious amateur athletes, all with full-time jobs, they love adventure, travel, and the great outdoors. They balance busy professional and family lives with their passion for sports and competition, and value giving back to our local communities by fostering adventure sports and active-living in the outdoors.
Abby Perkiss (she/her) @abiperk team captain
Nicki Driscoll (she/her) @nicki_driscoll navigator
Karyn Dulaney (she/her) @kad.ventures team stoker
TEAM KODIAK BIG BEAR
The 3 members of Team Kodiak Big Bear organize the Kodiak Ultra Marathons in Big Bear Lake, CA. Our team captain is Harald (the German) Zundel who has many years of professional adventure racing experience including the most recent Eco Challenge in Fiji. His former team was Team Balance Bar among others. Susie Schmelzer is Harald's wife and just learned to mountain bike a couple months ago. Matt Smith has bike-packed from CA to Alaska and recently finished the Cocodona 250 mile trail run in 4th place. All 3 team members mainly focus on trail running, and the only race they've competed in all together was the annual 4 hours and 20 minutes of Joshua Tree trail run, which takes place on a 1 mile loop on April 20 each year.
TEAM GEAR JUNKIE
The team officially formed in 2021, a few months after Stephen, Kyle, and Ryan began meeting up every Wednesday night at 8pm to run/bike/canoe self-made 'Wednesday Night Adventure' courses around the Twin Cities. Affiliated with GearJunkie.com, the team also stress-tests some of the latest outdoor gear at Adventure Races around the U.S.
Stephen Regenold, the founder of GearJunkie.com (a leading outdoor-adventure publication) and a long-time adventure racer, is Team Captain of Team GearJunkie. Kyle Nossaman (Director of Sales at GearJunkie) and Ryan Braski (neighbor of Stephen Regenold) are team members.
TEAM VERT
The Vermont Endurance Racing Team was founded as the Virginia Endurance Racing Team in 2020 by Matt and Alyssa. After a couple races together, they realized they needed some moral support and gave Will a call. We have spent 2022 expanding our roster and are excited about some new talent we hope to continue to develop and race with in the coming years. This is our first nationals, but between the three of us, we have extensive endurance success including an FKT, a wildcat hat, and an Umeke bowl among many other long distance adventures.
Matt Cymanski (he/him) @mattcymanski team navigator
Alyssa Godesky (she/her) @alyssagodesky team snack packer
Will Luppino (he/him) @willluppino team glue guy
BRF BARF RACING
BRF Barf Racing is Laura Comtois, Lauren Kraft, and Anne Lang. Named for the podcast of the same name, BRF Barf was created in 2017 with the goal to inspire others through tales of adventure, and more often, misadventure. BRF stands for Best Running Friends and Barf stands for, well...vomit!
Anne's first introduction to endurance sports was through ultra running. As Anne ramped up her training to prepare for her first 100 miler, she met Lauren. Since their first run together, Anne has conned Lauren into doing all kinds of endurance events by promising her endless Starbucks and ice cream. Anne has finished 10+ 100 mile ultras, run a one mile loop for 72 hours, and is the female Fastest Known Time holder on the Sheltowee Trail.
Lauren was already an accomplished cyclist, having ridden her bike across the country, competing in cyclocross, road, and mountain bike events, when she was conned into becoming an ultra runner by Anne. Lauren has won the Ozark Trail 100, among other 100 wins, and has finished the Barkley Fall Classic 7x. These accomplishments are only shadowed by being a Beer Mile champion and holding steady at 1st place in the heart of her Australian Shepard, Boo.
Laura became interested in Adventure Racing in 2006. Her first 2 races were 3 and 6 hours, then she jumped in the deep end with a 36 hour race, why not? Since then she has won some races, arrived well past race cut offs, and learned she has spider monkey capabilities under pressure. Over the last 16 years, she's raced in Vermont, across the Midwest, and as far south as Florida doing races from 6 hours to 72hours, much of that with mixed gender team Only MOSTLY Lost. This will be Laura's 10th AR Nationals and first time racing out west.
Laura conned Anne and Lauren into trying an adventure race in 2019 (noticing a pattern here?) and they were sold after experiencing No Sleep's 2019 Sand Bar on a sandbar. In the best turn of events and decisions ever, Laura joined Anne and Lauren on team BRF Barf Racing in 2021. This will be their second time racing Nationals together, and they are pushing for their most outstanding showing yet.
TEAM ONYX / TIKEE
This team is comprised of adventure racers from across the US from both Team Onyx and Team Tikee. Wilo Nater and Andrea Johnson are from team Onyx, the first All-Black team in expedition racing and Tim Clinton is a member of Team Tikee, a team devoted to combatting the effects of structural racism on Black maternal health.
Wilo and Andrea have raced together, but this will be the first time racing with Tim who they have shared a few courses with this past year, most recently at the Shenandoah Epic. Andrea is an educator, trainer, and youth running coach for the Oakland Cubs in Oakland, CA., and has been a competitive athlete for over 25 years. Wilo is a retired military veteran and current mentor/educator to underprivileged youth out of Rock Hill, SC. Tim is a Washington DC Lawyer and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor. The love and draw to challenges inspire this team to take on Nationals and the experiences it offers.
Wilo Nater (he/him) @wilo_nater team captain
Andrea Johnson (she/her)
Tim Clinton (he/his) @abugriffin team navigator
TEAM PSYCHED
Their goal for the USARA National Championship is to show the world what kids and families can do! This team has been racing together since birth (literally)!
Their journey started in 1999 when Colleen joined Shane and his brothers on a race and they fell in love. 22 years and 6 children later, they're still racing as a family. This years nationals team will be Shane (dad), Sara (16) and Taylor (15).
This team shares all the roles on the team, but here is where each takes lead.
Shane Sykes (he/him) team captain & navigator
Sara Sykes (she/her) pushing through hard times
Taylor Sykes (he/him) telling jokes! particularly at 2 am
AND LOVING IT!
Team "And Loving It!" is "Experienced". Kathy, Nick and Scott participated in their first race together in 2006. With teammate Tom Proulx, "And Loving It!" finished 5th in the Master's Division of the USARA Nationals in Missouri in 2007. We have been racing together regularly for over 15 years and are aiming to cross the finish line again this year.
IBEX
Just some guys dominating outdoors adventures, cooking, fatherhood, and manliness!
STRONG MACHINE AR
The Strong Machine Adventure Racing Team is comprised of top racers from New England. The team is based in Portland, Maine.
THISABILITY - CHOICE INSURANCE
Simply put, team thisABILITY is a group of like-minded friends who team up to Adventure Race and direct virtual adventure challenges!
TEAM TOYOTA TUNDRA
Justin Bakken - Minnesota
Mari Chandler - Michigan
Brian Mayer - Virginia
CHERUBINI BROTHERS AR
With 20 years of adventure racing experience, the Cherubini Brothers Adventure Racing team are very much looking forward to the challenge of racing Nationals in the Eastern Sierras! As per their name, the team consists of three brothers – identical twins Mike and Jeff (53) and ‘younger’ brother JJ (50).
The brothers started their outdoor adventure play together at a young age – camping and hiking in middle school, running cross country and track in high school, playing rugby in college, then road & mountain bike racing; before discovering, and quickly falling in love with, Adventure Racing in the early 2000s. Now all married with a combined 5 kids, they are thankful for the unconditional support they receive from their families. And with that support over the years, Team Cherubini has completed over 50 adventure races ranging from 6hr sprints to 30hr Nationals (2017, 2018, and 2019 editions).
With different mindsets, approaches to training, and skills in competition, the brothers continue to share their love of adventure racing and the community values the sport promotes. In terms of these values, strength of diversity (within and amongst teams) and respect (for each other and the environment) are at the top of their list. Notably, regardless of race outcome, the brothers most value their collaborative spirit and the time they get to spend together in the great outdoors!
LOST ARROW SPORTS
Brenda brings 25 yrs of AR experience to the team with a wealth of knowledge in all race distances and has raced in many countries around the world. Barbara has been racing in AR for 10 yrs with multiple expedition races under her belt, as well as a ton of shorter distances and filling many team roles. Angel is a race director and co-owner of Lost Arrow Sports and has been adventure racing and orienteering for 10 years, including one solo expedition race. We are excited to come together as a strong women’s team to represent women in adventure racing!
TAHOE ADVENTURE RACERS
They have raced together for many years doing day long, multi-day and expedition length races. One EcoChallenge and four PQ's between two of them... but not together.
Their goal for this year's National Championship is to finish strong despite their advanced, combined ages and double knee replacement for one member.
Mark Henderson sometimes mule & entertainment director
Jackie Wollman
David Noble (He/him) team navigator
BEND RACING
America's Toughest Team
Bend racing is known for Making Bold Choices, Having fun in the Harshest of conditions and inspiring new racers to enter the sport.
Jason Magness
Amanda Dohely
ONLY MOSTLY LOST
Three seasoned racers with many decades of experience among us. We aim to keep moving, minimize mistakes, race strategically, tackle the challenge of the course, and have fun out there doing some of the things we love!
COSMIC CONFUSION
We are a team of international adventurers who live in the San Francisco Bay Area. From Ireland, Germany and Canada, we have raced in lots of different adventure and endurance events. We love to race hard but keep it fun as much as possible!
FRAGILE FLOWERS
Olga Huber; Shea Coleman; Shari Hymes
LUCKY
Team Lucky is a team that used to race in the mid 2000s with Johnny Ryan and Mila Olsen as part of their core. Rolly Delfin has occasionally raced with Johnny and this time will be racing along with Mila.
Their goal for this year's national championship is to clear the course.
Mila Olsen (she/her) team captain
Rolly Delfin (him/he) @rolly_delfin team support & runner
Johnny Ryan (he/him) @easyfuel team navigator
LOS PADRES LOCOS
We don't have a bio. We have only met as a team 3 times. Competing in a 24 hour race has been a longterm goal for Jeff. With this race being in California, it became a must. One of Jeff's regular teammates was not interested in a 24 hour race. Al, Jeff's neighbor, became his replacement. With a late injury to Jeff's other teammate (Rusty), Jeff and Al picked up Travis, who neither of them had met, but was highly recommend from one of Jeff's coworkers. So far, so good.
In the real word, Travis is in construction, Jeff is a teacher, and Al is a fire fighter.
TOWER RACING
Tower Racing is on a mission to have the best time racing. You might find them in the woods laughing and singing along and cheering on all the other teams.
Jameson Henkle (he/him) team captain & navigator
Tom Grundy (he/him) @grundyman pure legend
Jenica Law (she/her) @jlawberry brings new ways of thinking
Their goals for this race are (in this order):
1. Have fun
2. Race Hard
3. Clear the course
KATANA ADVENTURE
Hiroki Nakata; Fukiko Nakata; Kazuhisa Sadazuka
BIG BEAR ADVENTURE RACING
Heather DeVito (she/her) @heatherdevito team captain
Ted DeVito (he/him) @teddevito navigator
Agustin Florido (he/him) @floridoagustin team negotiator
This is the first time this team will race at Nationals. While they are new to Nationals, they have raced together before. In addition they come with an advantage: all three members of this team live and work at altitude.
T-MINUS
Shaun Jewell
Greg Callas
Neil Murphy
We have a handful of races under our belts individually, but this is our first race together as a team. We hope to communicate well, be kind to one another, and provide opportunities for each other to achieve personal and team growth. We pledge to give it our all out on the race course.
TETON ADVENTURE RACERS
Going on three years of sleep deprivation training from raising a sleep-resistant child, Abby and Jason of Teton Adventure Racers are ready to party all night long in Bishop. Joining them will be Jason Blair of Steamboat, CO. This will be their first time racing all together, but with a good amount of combined experience, they are hopeful to find a few checkpoints and move fast in between them.
NO COMPLAINTS
Eric Olsen; Dan Ziegler; Sara Dallman
NATURAL STATE ADVENTURES
Rachel Furman; Robert Orr; Darin Anderson
KODIAK BIG BEAR
The 3 members of Team Kodiak Big Bear organize the Kodiak Ultra Marathons in Big Bear Lake, CA. Our team captain is Harald (the German) Zundel who has many years of professional adventure racing experience including the most recent Eco Challenge in Fiji. His former team was Team Balance Bar among others. Susie Schmelzer is Harald's wife and just learned to mountain bike a couple months ago. Matt Smith has bike-packed from CA to Alaska and recently finished the Cocodona 250 mile trail run in 4th place. All 3 team members mainly focus on trail running, and the only race they've competed in all together was the annual 4 hours and 20 minutes of Joshua Tree trail run, which takes place on a 1 mile loop on April 20 each year.
RECALCULATING…
Kyle Halliday; Ryan Zahner; Ivan Lopez
NYARA
Chris Rice; Jarrod Shoemaker; Lisa Roberts
TEAM KUAT
Jason Bettis; Danny Collins; Summer Johnson
BONES ADVENTURE
20+ years of racing around the world.