UPCOMING EVENTS

Elizabeth Forbes ('12)

It's always good to hear of VassarXCTF alum who haven't hung up the spikes just yet. The other week Cass Carpenter ('15) ran her first marathon at Big Sur, and long time Vassar Athletics supporter and Soccer/Squash/Tennis Alum Jim Citrin ('81) ran the London Marathon in 3:52 wearing a Vassar Jersey. Earlier in the winter, Aubree Peipmeier ('14) - currently a scholarship runner and grad student at the University of Nottingham - placed 4th at the British University Indoor Track Championships Indoor the 3K (9:53.78). Meanwhile, off the track James has been seeing lots of great photos of alumni congregating at Anthony Lucero's ('09) recent wedding! 

Congrats all of you!

09APR16 Inaugural Celebration of Athletics at Vassar Event in NYC

It was great to connect with you all for what was an unprecedented event for Athletics. This was the first time Vassar had an event of this kind and we hope you all make an effort to re-connect, join, celebrate, and interact with future events.

Please check out our what our SENIORS want to do after college and let Coach Justin (juharris@vassar.edu) know if you're interested in connecting with one of them!

Jenifer Veech (DC) ('88) Living in DC, married with 3 kids: 16, 14, & 12. Running, hiking, and now biking. The biggest kick? Watching my 16 and 14 year olds running high school XC! Tim Leshan (MA) ('88) Living in Lexington, MA with my wife and son. Every day I get to run is a good day. Joanna Clark (CO) ('91) My husband scolded me for running downhill a week ago since I ended up taking a tumble. After hiking up to the top 2miles; why wouldn't I run down? More exercise! Francesca Amann (Gutierrez) (CA) ('91) In SF still, happily married, 2 kids (15 and 12), still running and keeping busy in SF with various sales and philanthropy roles. Just ran Santa Rosa Marathon. Placed 9th in my age group and got a PR (3:46)! Hoping it gets me into Boston. #soicanbewithothercrazypeople Andrew Harrington(CO) ('93) Raising 2 kids, coaching my daughter's soccer team, trail running Charlie Stickney (LA) ('96) #onestepatatime Ron Garcia-Fogarty (NC) ('96) Enjoyed seeing Ron, James & others at VC reunion, live in NC, #stillrunning #nohair #who'sthatguywiththestick? Matt Zimmerman (DC) ('96) Married & working in DC for many years. Still running, lifting, swimming, & whatever else seems fun. Training w/ my kid for a 5K! Hoping to see Coach Ron at #reunion2016 Susan Mitchell (CA) ('97) Living in Venice Beach, 1 kid, trail running and practicing aerial silks. Christine (Beers) Weston ('97) Married, two boys, ran NYC Marathon '14 in under 4.5. #hipgotangryatme #startedrunningatVC Josh Weinstein (NYC) ('97) Happily married, living in NYC and LA and making documentaries (HBO's SOUTHERN RITES, Samuel Goldwyn Film's PRESCRIPTION THUGS). Incredibly proud to see the track team continue to grow and thrive. Linda Ohman (JERUSALEM) ('98) Living in Jerusalem, working in humanitarian aid, married to Vicente. Last road race: Bethlehem 1/2 Marathon. #righttomovement #theolderigetthebetterirun James McCowan (NY) ('99) I'm officially a grownup #hondafit #6speedstho Henry Hope (DC) ('00) Living in DC, with a wife and young daughter, still running. #keepingbusy #lovinglife #thingsdonechanged Maureen Brown (PA) ('00) Living the dream in Philly and even getting the occasional race in! Carl Johnson (VT) ('00) Teaching at world's smallest middle school. Year five of three year farmhouse renovations. Living the dream on a mountain in Vermont. #hashtag #gotmaple #couldabeenbernie James Benson (DC) ('01) Still tall, still slow, still love trails, but more walking than running. Working at Georgetown Med school teaching students how to not drop babies. Andrew Costigan (TX) ('02) Livin in TX. Jason Ostenson (TN) ('02) Living in Nashville, married, learning new tricks. Kendall Manlove (LA) ('02) Family and I relocated to NOLA in July #BigAppletoBigEasy, still running a few days a week #dadbodmaintenance Steve Money (DC) ('03) Living in DC, married, raising one lazy boxer named Dizzy. Still running for fun, slowly. Robbie Fair (NY) ('04) Lawyering in NYC, with wife Aileen and son Henry. Amy Turr Duncan (MD) ('04) Running around after two wonderful daughters and teaching 3rd grade. Schuyler Schister (WA) ('05) Getting out running, backpacking, and bouldering while still making time to get out to concerts, plays, and everything else Seattle has to offer. Erin Beresini ('05) ran first 100 in 2015 #zion100 & wrote a book on obstacle course racing, OFF COURSE #nbd Liz Hixson (MN) ('06) Just found a new running club, still doesn't own a car, and living in my first 1br apartment! Come visit and try some local craft beers! #toomanyhashtags, #butchloveshashtags Samir Halilovic ('06) Crushing capitalism and infidels. Lucy Cohen (OR) ('07) Kickin' it in Portland, working trails, madly in love. James Anderson (CA) ('08) Getting back into running after my mom kicked my ass on a 3 mile easy run in December. Did my first track workout in 8 years with Matt Hunter ('08) in August! #oldnotdead Chris Lewis (NY) ('08) #living in #brooklyn and #lawyering #endtransmission Colin Sanders-Estrada (OR) ('08) Fully converted west coaster, recently married, currently recruiting for Matt Hunter's relocation to Portland #hurricanehunter Katie Mae Unruhe (NC) ('08) living the slow life in Durham NC: teaching high school, coaching xc, working on the house with the hubby #guestroomwaiting Diana Whitney (CO) ('08) Too much adulting this year: graduated from med school, moved to Denver, bought a house, got a dog! Climbing mountains when I can, reliving the glory days of #vcxc Boulder summers! #D^2reunited #notrunningmuchthough #sorryron #residency:( Kirsten (Boreen) Leidl (MA) ('09) Newly married and newly a lawyer in a new city! Come visit Boston! #don'tunderstandhashtags #thisisnearly30 Alex Booth (DC) ('09) In DC working t-shirts at CustomInk. Running lots of trails, also some hiking and cycling. Vegetable intake is up, acorn stepping is down. Laura Coogan (NYC) ('09) Living in Brooklyn, starting midwifery school, running roads and trails. Andrew Utas (CA) ('09) Spotted in the dust by Lisl Esherick (08) the morning before running my 3rd Burning Man 50k. #vcxcdirtyburners Anna LeMahieu (MA) ('09) Living in Boston area, working as a nurse practitioner, member of Cambridge Running Club, and running with Alyssa and Dex whenever I can! Kathleen Dwyer (CA) ('10) Working on getting an MBA in Finance and working on opening a restaurant, basically working a lot. #turningintodannymcbee #sevenyearoldtwins Danny McBee (MA) ('10) Playing Pokemon Go while running. Wedding planning, finishing up at HBS. #stillgrumpy Alyssa Charney (DC) ('10) now a year out of grad school, working on agriculture policy in dc, escaping the city to the mountains whenever possible, still running! Britt Davis (NY) ('11) Still studying. Forever. And it is real life. But have two cats, Calvin and Hobbs. Calvin is a girl because #gendernorms are so overrated. And #vassar. Still running! Ironman next. Jenica Law (CA) ('11) Upgraded from shed life to tiny house life, still in beautiful Bishop, CA...still climbing as much as possible and psyched on skiing this winter...starting the interview process for PA schools and am so excited! #finallyalmostingradschool #tooklongenough Liz Jones (SC) ('11) Just graduated from law school and moved to Charleston, SC. #yallcome Carolyn Demougeot (DC) ('11) Living in DC, working in a criminal defense law firm, traveling every chance that i get and just got back from my watching my first olympic games! #notimetoworkoutanymore #fightingoffobesity #butstilllovinglife Elizabeth Forbes (CA) ('12) Working as an ecologist/grad student in Santa Barbara, CA, getting back to running and racing with some like-minded crazies (#radrabbit) in town, and traveling to Kenya to hang out with elephants in my spare time! #westcoasttransplant #brewerforevertho Justin Rupert (CT) ('12) Living in New Haven, CT attending Southern Connecticut State University for an M.S. In Applied Physics. I currently do astronomy research for the school. I also work for Aperutre Optical Sciences which is an up and coming optics manufacturing company. Zach Williams (NY) ('12) Assistant coach at Siena College. Graf student at UAlbany for a MSSE in Social Studies. Still running William Healy (NY) ('12) Hi! I'm living in NYC, currently getting my master's degree in music composition. Writing orchestra music and playing piano and conducting things! Still running, if you count one long run every two weeks that turns into an imaginary race with all the old guys in Central Park! #6thfloorwalkup Hannah Ziobrowski (RI) ('12) Back on the east coast, living in Providence, spending lots of time at the beach, and starting a doctoral program in Epidemiology #foreverstudent #tryingtobefriendallofthedogsintheneighborhood Evan Russek (NY) ('12) Living in brooklyn #Vassar 2.0, researching learning #inschoolforever, been into walking,biking,bouldering,eating,playing guitar, improv Johanna Spangler (MA) ('12) Hi! I live in Boston now! And I love it. I'm a student at MGH Institutes of Health Professions studying Physical Therapy and I'm learning how to give professional massages and continue to wear running clothes professionally. #nohashtags Samantha Creath (NYC) ('12) applying to MPA programs, running marathons, book clubbing, and adventuring #sleepruneatworkstudyrepeat Roni Teich (MA) ('13) Newly minted physics teacher; hanging on to college fitness by a thread #teacherlife #STEM #bikeguy #stillrunning Kristine Olson (CANADA) ('13) Working toward an MA in Curatorial Studies at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. And still running! #ohcanada #gradlife #artlife Charles Wise (MI) ('13) Getting paid to work with Linux in Lansing, MI, recently engaged and now planning a wedding! #lifehappensfast Kelly Holmes (NYC) ('13) Working as an asst. 2nd grade teacher at a Catholic school in NYC, soon to be helping with their track team, figuring out grad school plans. #MsHolmes Tiffany Marchell (IL) ('13) learning to be a scientist while training a puppy, running, and living life on the "3rd coast" #hydepark #whatisfreetime #foreverstudent Sam Ballard (NYC) ('13) Living in NYC, working full time, going to law school at night Mathue Duhaney (NYC) ('13) Working hard so I can travel the world as much as I possibly can! #travel #nyc Arial Shogren (IN) ('13) Still a grad student, though now officially a PhD candidate! Working my way through camping/canoeing/hiking/biking the state parks of IN/MI/WI/KY. Finally signed up my first marathon! #twomoreyears #stressedbutblessed Chris "Floyd" Lloyd (CO) ('13) Still playing ARMY. Training's over. Moving back to the great wide open west! Colorado Springs this fall for my first assignment. #G.I.Floyd Emily Suffrin (NYC) ('13) Living in Brooklyn, running around prospect park, training for Chicago and foam rolling my IT bands #missingtheATR #whereisDrNess #missingpoolruns #jk #butactually Megan Liu (IN) ('13) Wrapping up my third year in the midwest, running the dunes, returning to NY to start med school this fall #westcoastinfouryears #eternalstudent Carlisle Schaeffer  (CT) ('14) I've been moving my way up the ranks at Cottrell Brewing Company in Pawcatuck, CT, where I'm happy to report I'm now the Head Brewer. Still running, although doing manual labor doesn't make that easy. And making moves with Sam Wagner '13 and Jon Erickson '11 to open our own brewery within the next couple years. Alvin Chang (NY) ('14) Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, still on the medical school grind, trying to stay in shape, miss VCTF. Carrie Perkins (MD) ('14) Moved to Cross Keys Village, Baltimore MD with college sweetheart, managing a greenhouse and prepping labs, rock climbing and white water kayaking with Loyola adventure club. Harry Feigen (NY) ('14) Keeping the cops in check, serving the people, pursuing justice at any cost Chloe Williams (NY) ('14) Back in beautiful Saratoga Springs, NY working with an after school program for elementary students. Emily Garber (DC) ('14) Still loving DC, happily cohabitating, tryin to be an AM runner, incessantly referencing podcasts, about to explore Ireland w Aubree!! #plsmovetodc #houseofgarbs #noonecallsmegarberhere Aubree Piepmeier (ENGLAND) ('14) Having adventures traveling/studying/living abroad (mainly in England & Ireland) #lotsoffunnyaccents #imgoingtosoundlikecharles Justin Harris (NY) ('15) Full on apple cider donuts and excited for winter #skinnyfatguy Harris Gordon (NY) ('15) Engaged to my lovely VC alum fiance, still running my VR startup,<3 NYC Sean Majer (NY) ('15) Studying at Cornell, teaching outreach for incarcerated people, and TAing freshman lab #moldingminds Viviane Ford (CA) ('15) startup work, startup life, self driving cars by the year, just ran a marathon! Maria Rose (THAILAND) ('15) By day, an NGO worker in Chiang Mai, Thailand, by night an aspiring chef of amazing Thai food, and by the wee hours of early morning, a runner on Thailand's national track team. Taylor Quinn (IN) ('15) 2nd year grad student at ND, 1st year dog parent, and running in the largest half marathon in the world this May #GӧteborgsVarvet2017 Eliot Gearson (VA) ('15) Living in northern Virginia and working for a software company. The real world is pretty cool. Brian Deer (RI) ('15) Happily married with one handful of a dog, living with the in-laws, climbing on roofs all day, accidentally getting fatter, but loving it all. Cara Bennet (MD) ('15) My life is currently the devil wears prada but with cats. Navigating post grad life & learning new skills. Need to build a cat exercise wheel? Call me. Heather Ingraham (NJ) ('15) Living in Princeton and working for a company that does social policy research, volunteer coaching with the Princeton University women's track team, and still training with my sights on the 2016 olympic trials. Nicole Woodworth (FRANCE) ('15) Teaching english to french middle schoolers who all have better style than me. Running with a french track club, where I recently learned how to say snot-rocket in french. Harper Cleeves (CA) ('15) Helping run a youth program for Latino immigrants in the Bay Area and just starting to run again post injury! #westcoastbestcoast #whoneedswater? #desertlife Nina Andersen (WA) ('15) Living in Seattle and working in HIV research. Starting med school in August 2016. Running my first half marathon in November! #fourmoreyears Jonah Williams (CT) ('15) Recently moved to New Haven, CT. Working at a soup kitchen and living in #intentionalcommunity

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