Team Sport Beans™/NTTC

A fourth year pro, Kathryn will split her time and effort in 2008 between road cycling and triathlon. In 2007, Kathryn won the Danskin Triathlon in Orlando, FL and was 3rd at the Danskin stop in Austin, TX. She also placed 2nd at the MightyMan Half Iron and clocked 10:56:47 at Ironman Florida. In cycling, Kathryn was the Arizona Time Trial Champion and runner-up in the state road race championship. A former Senior Freestyle-level figure skater, Kathryn is also the author of All the Sundays Yet to Come (Little Brown & Co., 2003), a memoir of her days as a figure skater. She has also written freelance for ESPN, Triathlete Magazine, and Inside Triathlon and is currently writing a monthly column for ESPN.com entitled "So You Wanna Be an Olympian" chronicling her quest to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Kim will be a first year pro in 2008! A former member of the Timex Multisport Age Group Team for the past three seasons, Kim posted some impressive performances as an amateur. In 2007, she was 1st Female Elite at the Clemson Tri in South Carolina and 1st female at both the Peachtree Tri and Emerald Pointe Tri in Georgia. In 2006, she was 1st Female Elite at the Chicago Triathlon, 2nd at the St. Leo ITU Junior Development Tri in Florida, and 3rd American woman at the Age Group World Championships in Switzerland. In 2005, she was 1st Elite Female at the Spirit of Racine Tri and 1st female at the Delavan Lake Tri in Wisconsin. Kim has a collegiate cross country and track background.

Erin joins Team Sport Beans/NTTC as a 3rd year pro. An up-and-coming star on the circuit, she finished 3rd in the 2007 Tri-California Pro Series on the strength of a 5th (3rd American) at the USAT Long Course Nationals at Wildflower, a 6th at Escape from Alcatraz, and 5th at the Pacific Grove Triathlon. As a member of Team USA, Erin also placed 8th (2nd American) at the 2007 ITU Long Course World Championship in France. Erin comes from a swimming background and was an All-American swimmer in college.

A veteran pro who has won over 75 triathlons in her career, Lauren remains at the top of her game. She was the 2004 US Pro/Elite National Long Course Triathlon Champion, the 2003 US Pro/Elite National Duathlon Champion, and was 12th at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2000. In 2007, despite injuries, Lauren won seven triathlons and was 5th at Ironman Wisconsin, her fifth straight top-5 Ironman finish. (In 2006, she placed 3rd at IM Wisconsin. In 2005, she took 3rd at IM Brazil in 9:49:11 and 2nd at IM Wisconsin. She also was 2nd at IM Wisconsin in 2004.) Her 2007 victories included the PlayTri Festival Sprint and Half Iron triathlons in Texas, the Danskin Chicagoland Tri, and Pleasant Prairie Tri in Wisconsin.

Third year pro and third year with Team Sport Beans/NTTC. A 2005 Age-Group All American and Team USA member, Kirk turned pro in 2006. He is a promising long- and ultra-distance specialist who really began to come into his own in 2007. Not only did he win seven triathlons in 2007, but he also recorded some impressive finishes on the Ironman 70.3 circuit (7th at Lake Stevens IM 70.3 and 8th at Cancun IM 70.3). His 2007 victories included the Terre Haute Tri and all four races of the American Triple-T Challenge. Kirk's strength is the bike and run.

Like Kirk, Jeff is a third year pro and in his third year with Team Sport Beans/NTTC. He is a former NCAA All American swimmer and water polo player for the University of California, Davis. In 2007, Jeff qualified for Team USA and competed in the ITU Long Distance World Championship in France. He finished the season 5th in the prestigious Tri-California Pro Series. Jeff also took 3rd at the San Jose International Tri and 7th at the Clearlake Triathlon 101 in 2007. He also placed 14th at the California IM 70.3 and 16th at the USAT Long Course National Championship.

Sixth year pro and second year with Team Sport Beans/NTTC. Brad is a long- and ultra-distance specialist and one of the top runners in the sport. In 2006, he placed 5th pro at Ironman Wisconsin and took 3rd place at the USAT Long Course National Championships in Racine, WI, recording the fastest half-marathon split of the day - 1:14. His Ironman personal-best time is 8:56:26, recorded at IM Arizona in 2006. Injured for much of the 2007 season, Brad still managed to place 8th at the Buffalo Springs IM 70.3 and 9th at Vineman IM 70.3. He capped the season with a 9:21:07 clocking at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, HI.

Alexis completed her first triathlon at age 9. A pro since 2001, she races well at all distances. She placed 13th in the 2004 Olympic Trials and took 5th at the Ironman USA National Championship in Lake Placid, NY in 2005. In 2007, her first year with Team Sport Beans/NTTC, Alexis won the prestigious Tri-California Pro Series (she also won the series in 2004). Alexis scored 6,800 points (to Becky Lavelle's 6,200) on the strength of a 4th at the USAT Long Course National Championship at Wildflower, 3rd at Escape from Alcatraz, 2nd at Pacific Grove, 4th at Tinley's, and 6th at the ITU "Haul to the Great Wall" points race at Treasure Island. Alexis also placed 4th at the Vineman IM 70.3 and 3rd at the Clearlake Triathlon 101 in 2007.