Current Residence: Watsonville, CA.
Date of Birth: February 19, 1967
Profession: Aaron’s Team Director/Private Coach

Carmen returns to the Aaron’s Women’s Pro Cycling team after becoming Team Director in 2007. In only one year under her leadership, she has taken what was a regional women’s cycling program and turned it into a one of the strongest powerhouse teams in the country. Last year the Team put two riders into the top five overall in North America and finished an astounding third place finish in the North American rankings.

Carmen earned a Bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education form University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while competing on a four year Track and Field scholarship. She followed her running career with 14 years of competitive cycling, both on and off-road, earning four trips to the World Championships and a National Criterium Championship title. Carmen uses her vast wealth of knowledge and experience to help teach and empower women.

When she’s not involved with racing, Carmen likes to spend time back home in California with her husband Chris and golden retriever, Buddie. She also loves working in her garden and on various remodeling projects. In addition to her responsibilities as Team Director, Carmen also privately coaches several elite level athletes.

Carmen loves a good cup of coffee and a scone, as well as savory wood/brick oven pizzas. You’ll also find her tapping a toe to Blugrass, Blues and Celtic music.

Current Residence: Fogelsville, PA
Date of Birth: November 5, 1985
Profession: Senior at Penn State University World Campus

A senior at Penn State University, Erica looks forward to graduation so she can put all of her energy into being a professional bike racer. Erica moved with her family to Pennsylvania in 1998 and began racing in 2001 through a local velodrome program. In 2006, with the help of Pat Marzi and James Carney, Erica was finally able to achieve a significant breakthrough and show her considerable potential as a cyclist.

2007 saw Erica turn this potential into a reality as she finished 8th in the Liberty Classic and was named Best Young Rider for the year. She also won First Place in the Susan G. Komen Criterium and was the 2007 Under 23 National Criterium Champion. Erica also placed third in the Under 23 Road Nationals Time Trial, and finished second in the Nature Valley Grand Prix Cannon Falls Road Race.

Away from cycling, Erica has a cat named Pooker who likes to give high-fives. Some of her favorite things are hot chocolate with marshmallows, listening to music and telling ridiculously lame jokes.

Current Residence: Kitchener, Ontario-Calgary, Alberta
Date of Birth: June 30, 1988
Profession: Undergraduate Biological Sciences student

While completing her second year of college, Julie balances demanding schoolwork and an equally demanding cycling career. Julie took up competitive swimming at age 8 and eventually transitioned from the pool to the track and middle distance running. But five years later at age 17, injuries forced Julie to abandon running. Looking for a non-impact sport, she took up cycling and joined a program in 2006. Swimming and running’s loss was cycling’s gain as just six months later, Julie won the Canadian Junior National Time Trail Championship and fell completely in love with her new sport.

In just her first full year of competitive cycling in 2007, Julie also placed second in the Canadian Under 23 Road Race Championships, while placing fourth in the Canadian Championships Elite Women’s Time Trial.

Julie is looking forward to working with the Aaron’s Team, gaining more experience and growing under Program Director Carmen D’Aluisio’s guidance through 2008.

Current Residence: Sausalito, CA
Date of Birth: March 9, 1981
Profession: Cyclist, life coach, granola entrepreneur

Katharine finished college with a history degree and almost twenty years worth of playing soccer under her belt. It was while working at the family bike shop that she decided to hang up her cleats and take up cycling. A year later she felt confident enough to give racing a try and became hooked. After winning the Tennessee State Championships in just her first year, Katherine joined a regional development squad and soon found herself competing on the national circuit. 2007 proved to be her breakout year, as Katherine won the Athens Twilight Criterium. With the help of her team, she cruised to four other stage wins and one overall win during the following month.

Katharine is looking forward to being an integral part of Aaron’s continued success in 2008.

Current Residence: Fresno, CA
Date of Birth: January 26, 1970
Profession: Professor of Exercise Science

While this is just Felicia’s fifth year of competitive cycling, she comes to the sport from a long background of athletic competition. For eighteen years she was primarily a runner, but also engaged in duathlon’s (run/bike/run) for 4 years and went to the World Championships in 2000 and 2001.

During 2007, Felicia’s many achievements include 4th GC at the Redlands Cycling Classic, 2nd Stage 3 and 4th GC at the International Tour de Toona, 2nd GC, QOM Winner at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic and 3rd Stage 5 in the Nature Valley Grand Prix.

In 2000, Felicia received a PhD in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, and has been teaching as the university level for ten years. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Fresno State in the Department of Kinesiology where she teaches physiology and nutrition.

Off the bike and away from the class room, Felicia’s favorite things to do is spend time with her husband Gus and their two dogs Sadie and Calfee.

Current Residence: San Diego, CA
Date of Birth: July 7, 1978
Profession: Cyclist and Graduate Engineering Student

Before college, Anna found outlets for her athletic talent in soccer and volleyball. But it was as an undergrad at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo that she started racing. Right away Anna knew she had finally found the sport that was right for her and spent the next two years racing competitively. After graduation, Anna began a new job and didn’t train or race very much. But two years later, she headed back to graduate school for a PhD and a lifestyle more condusive to training. During this time Anna started training and racing on a track, and just three short months later fulfilled a goal she thought was gone with her undergraduate days of winning a National Collegiate Title. It took her only a year to add two more and an elite title, too.

In 2007, Anna stared racing on the road again with the intent of supplementing her track racing. But success followed Anna, and 2007 turned out to be a banner year for her. On the road, she placed first in the Cougar Mountain Classic, Barrio Logan Grand Prix/ California State Championships, 2007 bronze medal in the Criterium National Championship and Valley of the Sun Stage Race Criterium. Anna was impressive on the track, too, taking first place in the 2k pursuit, setting a track record in the 500m, Match Sprints, Team Sprint & Omnium at the Collegiate National Championships.

Current Residence: Athens, Ga.
Date of Birth:
Profession: PhD candidate and competitive cyclist

Rebecca grew up in athletic family in Boulder, Colorado. Her father was a cyclist and her mother was a runner. She started out following in her mother’s footsteps, but after attending a couple of her father’s races she traded her running shoes for a bike and fell in love with the sport. Ten years later, Rebecca is the reigning national collegiate cycling champion for the University of Florida.

After graduation from Florida, Rebecca and her husband moved to Bulldog country where she is pursuing a PhD in exercise physiology at the University of Georgia. She and her husband love living in Athens as it’s a great place to ride and home base for the team.

Some of Rebecca’s best cycling memories include the 2006 collegiate nationals criterium, where she began her attack on the backside of the course and soloed in for the win. Making the win even sweeter was seeing her husband Dan jumping up and down for joy at turn one as she crossed the finish line. Another fond memory is winning the sprinters jersey at the Nature Valley stage race this year. She credits the entire Aaron’s team for always placing her in the right places to go for sprint points.

Rebecca attributes her love for the sport to the difficulties she encounters and her competitive drive to overcome them. And like many other cyclist, one day she’d like to see that competitive spirit take her all the way to the Olympic Games.

Current Residence: Durango, Colorado
Date of Birth: April 20, 1980
Profession: Full time racer and math teacher

Carmen’s athletic journey to competitive cycling is anything but typical, with a background in competitive Nordic skiing and junior kayaking. While in college she played volleyball for two years before adding triathlons to her considerable resume of athletic pursuits. But her love of cycling won out, and she abandoned all her other sports to concentrate solely on competitive racing. During 2007, Carmen placed 8th overall in the Mt. Hood Stage Race and took 9th place in stage 5 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix. Her other accomplishments include 1st place in the 2005 Colorado State Time Trial Championships, 3rd place in the 2005 Colorado State Hill Climb Championships and 2nd place in the 2005 Alpine Classic Omnium.

Carmen will be racing with the Aaron’s Team again in 2008, as well as short stints racing with the US National Team in Europe.

Current Residence: Fort Collins, CO
Date of Birth: December 26, 1973
Profession: Full time cyclist, Whole Athlete cycling coach

All her life, Meredith has been a team player, both on and off the road. Nowhere is this more evident than in her style of racing. Over the years, Meredith has both diligently and selflessly fulfilled her role as super domestique, helping to lead STATS, Lipton and the National Team to many victories and countless podiums. As a selfless rider, her results may not speak loudly, but her teammates are well aware of her sacrifices and that they can always count on her one hundred percent.

While serving as a super domestique, Meredith has managed some noteworthy results. During 2007, she garnered both the stage 2 and overall win at the San Dimas Stage Race. She has also finished 3rd in the seventh stage of the 2003 Giro d’Italia, along with top ten finishes in the La Grand Boucle Feminine, Tour de l’Aude and the Santa Cruz Criterium.

Current Residence: Boulder, CO
Date of Birth: July 9, 1971
Profession: Competitive cyclist and bilingual 7th grade world geography teacher

A teacher and former social worker from New York City, Catherine graduated from Columbia University where she rowed on the crew team for a year. After teaching in an alternative high school in Brooklyn for several years, Catherine moved to Costa Rica in 1998 to work as a translator for a women’s organization. While in Cost Rica, she was exposed to cycling through her involvement with a triathlon club. Her experience with the club rekindled a desire to take up competitive sports again after an eight year layoff. When Catherine returned to New York City to pursue a Master’s degree in Social Work at Hunter College, she joined the Century Road Club Association. After several group rides, Catherine decided to give racing a try began competing in 2000. She enjoyed some regional success and even upgraded to Category 2 by the end of the season. Seeking a better work/life balance, Catherine moved to Boulder and turned more of her attention to cycling. She raced full time for Aaron’s in 2007, finishing 3rd at Lancaster and 1st at the Hammer Nutrition MGA Proving Grounds Road Race.

During 2008, Catherine will be with the Aaron’s Team in a part-time capacity while she teaches 7th grade social studies and Spanish at a bilingual middle school in Boulder.

Current Residence: West Palm Beach, Florida
Date of Birth:
Profession: Competitive cyclist and advertising account manager for Cox Radio Miami

Kristin’s life has been an evolution in sport. She grew up on a small horse farm just west of Indianapolis and showed horses nationally until she was 13. She took up swimming, and competed internationally before continuing to race throughout college. After school she began to run marathons and even found success as a triathlete. Her experience as a triathlete made the transition to cycling very easy, and finally she joined a local club. It was while she was with the club that she not only found her true sport, but her husband and coach Todd, as well.

During 2007, Kristin was the Masters National Champion, and placed 3rd overall GC at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic and 9th overall GC at the Tour de Toona. What makes this even more remarkable is that Kristin achieved these results after she had recovered from bacterial meningitis. The experience taught her to spend time with both the people and the sport that she loves.

When she’s not cycling or selling air time, Kristin drops in for a couple of swimming practices with her local Masters Team. She also likes to spend time with her husband and their 3 dogs Oakley, Gus and Nico.

Current Residence: Abbotsford, BC
Date of Birth: July 22, 1983
Profession: Competitive cyclist and student

Before she became a competitive cyclist, Alison was flying around the Olympic Oval in Calgary as a short track speed skater. During the summer months she participated in some mountain bike races and began to enter road races. Soon her love of the road beat out speed skating and she decided to turn her full attention to training for cycling. Her decision has paid off with a Tour de Toona sprint jersey and finishes as a stage 2 – 2nd place and stage 4 – 2nd place. She also placed 3rd in the Crit Nationals and 5th in the Road Race Nationals.

Alison enjoys living and training in British Columbia, and is as excited about competing with Aaron’s during 2008 as she is about having nearly completed her degree in Architectural Technologies. One day Alison hopes to use her degree to pursue a career in residential design and renovation.

Current Residence: Burlington, VT
Profession: Team Mechanic

Jonathan Husk is a USAC Certified Bicycle Mechanic with 12 years of experience who has worked for such professional teams as Webcor and Kodak/Sierra Nevada as well as Mavic Neutral Support. He also brings to his job the experience of a category 1 road cyclist and professional mountain biker. He has a degree from Lindsey Wilson College and spends his off-seasons in Vermont. Jonathan worked with Aaron’s at select events in 2007 and will be attending all of the big races with the 2008 A-Team.