Meet the Team

Meet Rose City Track Club – a group of talented runners who value the spirit of competition, camaraderie, hard work, and, most importantly, a shared love for the sport. Scroll for our team roster.

Teammates Karl and Adam crunched some numbers and put together a top 10 all-time list for the club; check it out below.

  • Abby Dalke

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Salmon Conservation

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: To run happy and healthy! Bucket list race would have to be Western States

  • Adam Edgerton (RCTC Board member)

    Hometown: Fairbanks, AK

    Occupation: Tech Program Management

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Set new PRs at all distances from the mile to the marathon!

  • Amy Monaghan

    Hometown: Tabernacle, NJ

    Occupation: Physical Therapist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Challenge myself to see how fast I can get! (And maybe BQ)

  • Andrew Wilson

    Hometown: Arlington, VA

    Occupation: Urban Planner

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Sub-15 minute 5k, run my first half and full marathon

  • Arjun Viray

    Arjun Viray

    Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

    Occupation: Communications Coordinator

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: NYC Marathon would be SICK!

  • Art Avitia

    Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

    Occupation: Corporate Banker

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: World Marathon Majors, sub 2:40 marathon

  • Ashley Althaus

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: physical therapist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: sub-2:45 marathon and complete all the world majors (one more to go after Tokyo 2024!)

  • Ben Hodgdon

    Hometown: Tillamook, Oregon

    Occupation: Apparel Product Development at Nike

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: To complete all 6 (soon to be 7?) World Major Marathons!

  • Bradley Parks

    Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

    Occupation: Journalist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run for life! Faster and farther until I can't anymore.

  • Brandt Bergeron

    Hometown: Portland OR

    Occupation: Finance at Nike

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: In no particular order: sub-2:40 marathon, Mount Marathon, park 5k in London, road race in Denmark

  • Brooks Barth

    Brooks Barth

    Hometown: Simsbury, CT

    Occupation: Data & Analytics Consulting

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Re-qualify for Boston Marathon to restart the streak.  Also own all house PRs against Lauren Ross.

  • Bryce Doehne

    Hometown: Kalama, WA

    Occupation: Clinical Psychologist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: My penultimate goal is to run a qualifying time to then race one of the majors in the next few years. I’d also like to run the Peachtree race, the Honolulu Marathon, and the Vienna City Marathon.

  • Cameron Peshon

    Hometown: Rochester, MN

    Occupation: Residential Assistant Administrator

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run Boston Marathon, Grandma's Marathon and eventually CIM

  • Carlie Penning

    Carlie Penning

    Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

    Occupation: Designer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Push my limits in road races (sub 18:00 5k, sub 1:25 half), and run the Ultra Paine 50k in Patagonia!

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    Cate Maxson

    Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

    Occupation: Physical Therapist (Pediatrics)

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I'd love to run the Timberline Trail, Backcountry Rise, and keep trying out new trail runs in beautiful places

  • Chris Smith

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Teacher/Coach

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Boston Marathon and Western States Endurance Run

  • David Clark

    David Clark

    Hometown: Emmett, ID

    Occupation: Scientist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Tokyo, London, NYC marathons. Explore my potential on the track, trail, and road.

  • David Jacobson

    David Jacobson

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Geologist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Qualify for Berlin, and magically get into London via the lottery

  • Elizabeth Earle

    Elizabeth Earle

    Description Hometown: Concord, MA

    Occupation: Venture Capital Investor

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Near-term — currently chasing a sub-3 hour marathon; medium — 100-mile race, somewhere beautiful; long-term — join the Boston Marathon Quarter Century Club, only 21 more years to go!

  • Emily Gokita

    Hometown: Pembroke, MA

    Occupation: Content Strategist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Get a BQ, run Wildwood end-to-end, and (if all that goes well) all the world majors.

  • Emily Palmer

    Hometown: Olympia, WA

    Occupation: Environmental Engineer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: The rest of the marathon majors (Berlin/Tokyo/London), a sub 1:32 half/20 min 5k, and running the Wonderland Trail over 3 days!

  • Emma Huston

    Emma Huston

    Hometown: Des Moines, IA

    Occupation: Biologist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: PR in the half and full marathon and qualify for my third Olympic Marathon Trials when the time comes.

  • Emma Notario

    Hometown: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, UK

    Occupation: Executive Assistant

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Running the London and New York marathons.

  • Emma Wolcott

    Emma Wolcott

    Hometown: Leesburg, VA

    Occupation: PhD candidate at OHSU

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Boston marathon, ultramarathon, race in another country

  • Fiona Moriarty

    Fiona Moriarty

    DescriptioHometown: Weymouth, MA

    Occupation: Triathlete/ Content Designer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Immediate goals are hit low 80s for a half in a 70.3 and break 3 hours in the IM marathon

  • Gabby Lilly

    Gabby Lilly

    Hometown: Alameda, CA

    Occupation: Surgeon

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: My goal is to run all 6 world major marathons in my lifetime.

  • Grace Cho

    Hometown: Anchorage, AK

    Occupation: Urban Planner

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Running the six world marathon majors! Two down (Chicago, Boston) and trying to qualify for another (New York). And fingers crossed on getting in to London, Berlin, and Tokyo. I'd also like to run a marathon in Korea and then go visit the towns where my parents grew up. I like to use races as a way of seeing the world and vacationing.

  • Jack Tiggleman

    Jack Tiggleman

    Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

    Occupation: Software Engineer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: All 6 world majors, and win Phish's Runaway Jim 5K

  • Jake Lewis

    Jake Lewis

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Small Business owner at Van Dyke Seed Co.

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Race the world majors and a marathon in all 50 states

  • James Healey

    Hometown: Bellingham, WA

    Occupation: Digital Product Exec @ Nike

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Break 3hrs in marathon, finish all marathon majors, run Marathon Medoc, and break 35:00 in the 10k.

  • Jesse Otto

    Hometown: Portland/Eugene, OR

    Occupation: Shoe Salesperson/ Military Patient Records Admin

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Tokyo & London Marathons, Sub 2:30 by 40, run the most popular/hardest trails of Glencoe National Nature Reserve and Cairngorms National Park in Scottland

  • Jon Owen

  • Jonathon Tran

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Mechanical Engineer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: To qualify/run the Boston, New York, Berlin, and Tokyo Marathons. Also to complete a full Ironman, 100k, and a 100 miler.

  • Jordan Daugherty

    Hometown: Olmsted Falls, OH

    Occupation: Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Be healthy, complete the world majors (2 down 4 to go), try another trail race!

  • Jordan Steelman

    Hometown: Hanover, PA

    Occupation: Consultant

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Boston, Chicago, London, and Paris marathons; the full Loowit Trail loop

  • José Mendoza

    Hometown: Monterrey, Mexico

    Occupation: Food packaging, self-proclaimed lifestyle influencer

    Bucket list running goals, races, or destinations: Qualify for the Boston Marathon and finish an ultra!

  • Juliana DePietro

    Hometown: Davis, CA

    Occupation: Public Health and Harm Reduction Professional

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Running a marathon in every US state (5 down, 45 to go).

  • Julie Scherr

    Julie Scherr

    Hometown: Baltimore, MD

    Occupation: E-Commerce/Revenue Operations

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Sub 3:30 Marathon (goal), Great Wall Marathon in China (bucket-list)

  • Kaila Gibson

    Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA

    Occupation: MPH:HA candidate at PSU

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I would love to do some racing in Europe, get a PR in the 5k and do some longer distances like the half marathon.

  • Karl Dickman (RCTC Secretary)

    Hometown: Bend, OR

    Occupation: Software Developer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Bloomsday, Fifth Avenue Mile!

  • Kaylee Wessel

    Hometown: Saint Charles, IL

    Occupation: Sourcing Manager, Nike

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: OTQ & run all the world majors

  • Kendall Bergeron

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Finance

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Running more miles healthy with friends! And a 20 min 5k

  • Kevin Chin Shue

    Hometown: Miami, FL

    Occupation: Head of Marketplace Operations - Nike Strength

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run sub 2:32 in the marathon, and sub 4:10 in the mile. Run a marathon in every continent either spread out over the years, or the 7 day 7 continent marathon race, and run the 5th ave mile. Lastly finish all of the majors.

  • Kevin Ward

    Hometown: Philly, PA

    Occupation: Stay@Home Dad

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Boston '24, Copenhagen Half, Skye Trail Scotland, Iten Kenya

  • Krista Weaver (RCTC Treasurer)

    Hometown: Wausau, WI

    Occupation: Pediatric pharmacist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: OTQ! Then tackling the Majors

  • Kyla Becker

    Kyla Becker

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Preschool Teacher

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Enjoy training + competing and meet new people

  • Laura Tokarski

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Non-profit Executive Director

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run a 50K and qualify for and run the NYC and/or Boston marathons.

  • Lauren Ross

    Hometown: Wilbraham, MA

    Occupation: Registered Dietitian

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: OTQ marathon, baby! Missed it by 23 seconds in 2020 and the 2024 time is 8 min faster. Getting there!

  • Leah Koshiyama

    Hometown: Seattle, WA

    Occupation: Director of Responsible AI and Tech. @ Salesforce

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Complete all six Marathon Majors!

  • Lyndsey Abt

    Lyndsey Abt

    Hometown: Oakland, California

    Occupation: Commercial Enablement

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: To have fun, trust the process, and get more comfortable taking risks and building my confidence during races! My goals also include: sub-4:50 mile, sub 2:20 800, and to become open to running a marathon for the first time.

  • Meagan Wakefield

    Meagan Wakefield

    Hometown: Gilbert, AZ

    Occupation: Oncology Pharmacist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run far and fast forever! More specifically: A sub 20 5k and 3 hour marathon.

  • Michael McGehee

    Hometown: Denton, TX

    Occupation: Project Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Anywhere a tailwind takes me

  • Molly Christison (RCTC Events Lead)

    Hometown: Woodland, CA

    Occupation: Software Quality Analyst

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: So many! I love traveling for races, and I'm slowly chipping away at my bucket list.

  • Morgen Pack

    Hometown: Gualala, CA

    Occupation: Professional Employer Organization Compliance Lead

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: 50k trail race, continue to run injury free, continue to refine my why, trail race in another country.

  • Natalie Menard

    Hometown: Glide, OR

    Occupation: Project Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Training for my first full Portland Marathon! Would love to BQ one day! More importantly, I want to keep running for life.

  • Nicole Kiley (RCTC Marketing Lead)

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Public relations

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Explore my limits while meeting friends and exploring new places along the way!

  • Ozo Rojas

    Hometown: Whittier, CA

    Occupation: Data Analyst

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Set new PR's in the Oregon classics; Hood to Coast, Shamrock, Portland Marathon and enjoy racing!

  • Pat Liu

    Hometown: Madison, WI

    Occupation: Addiction Medicine Physician

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I would love to do a world marathon major, wildwood end to end and the wonderland trail! On the short list is a half marathon PR.

  • Patrick Hazelton

    Patrick Hazelton

    Hometown: Allentown, PA

    Occupation: Global Public Health Advisor

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Philadelphia Marathon, run a BQ, and keep running and competing for years to come!

  • Rachel Wysocki (RCTC Board member)

    Hometown: Saratoga Springs, NY

    Occupation: Chiropractor

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Nothing comes to mind. Just enjoying where I am as I go.

  • Rahul Marathe

    Hometown: Pune, India

    Occupation: Software Engineer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Boston Qualify, 5-minute mile

  • Rebecca Southerland

    Rebecca Southerland

    Hometown: Palo Alto, CA

    Occupation: Advertising

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run London someday and in general keep having fun while introducing my toddler into the sport!

  • Robin Selva

    Hometown: Columbia, MO

    Occupation: Biomechanics Researcher - Nike Sport Research Lab

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I want to run my first marathon by the end of 2023! I’d also love to run the Leadville 100 one day.

  • Rozalyna Barrera

    Hometown: Denver, CO

    Occupation: Store Manager of Road Runner Sports

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: To run New York, Boston and Chicago. To run a 50 miler and maybe 100 miler one day

  • Ryan Misjan

    Hometown: Gary, NC

    Occupation: Engineer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run as fast as I can in all six World Marathon Majors and have as much fun training as possible.

  • Ryan Yambra (RCTC President)

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Media Relations for Multnomah County

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I want to continuously explore the limits of my potential. I don’t know where that is. For me the journey is never over. I dream of running forever.

  • Sam Bruns

    Sam Bruns

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: NetSuite Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Getting as fast as I can at the 5k and the mile and then moving on to explore longer road racing!

  • Sam Nishi

    Sam Nishi

    Hometown: Waitsfield, VT

    Occupation: Nursing Student

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run the Timberline, Loowit, and Wonderland trails! And to run happy and healthy as long as my body lets me!

  • Samantha Bowen

    Hometown: Tigard, OR

    Occupation: Medical Scribe

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: This year I want to PR in the 800m, 1500m and cross country 5k. In the future I want to complete one of the trail races in Faial, Azores (where my family is from).

  • Samantha Rober

    Hometown: Bedford, MA

    Occupation: Marketing at On

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Run a half under 1:30 and a 5k under 20:00, nothing else specific. Be motivated by all these wonderful team members.

  • Sara Bea Myre

    Hometown: West Linn, Oregon

    Occupation: Supply Chain Specialist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I love exploring the wilderness through beautiful races. Some that have captured my imagination: High Lonesome, Crazy Mountain, Minotaur, Fatdog and (of course) Hardrock.

  • Sarah Ting (RCTC Gear Lead)

    Hometown: Palo Alto, CA

    Occupation: Graphics Manager for Pottery Barn Corporate

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Working on my half PR. 1:30 would be great but also running pain free sounds like a great goal right now!

  • Sediqa Nedam

    Hometown: Livonia, MI

    Occupation: Project Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Qualify for the Boston Marathon, complete a full Ironman race in Hawaii, successfully complete the big 5 (I want that cool medal! and no injuries!), and continue to love running.

  • Steve Tokarski

    Hometown: Billings, MT

    Occupation: High School Teacher

    Bucket-list running goals, race, or destinations: Would like to qualify for (and run) the New York Marathon, get a 50-miler under my belt, and run a sub-1:20 half marathon in the next couple of years.

  • Steven Hallstone

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Category Manager @ Tillamook Creamery

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Short term: Qualify for Boston, run CIM, and break my 1 mile record from when I was 14 years old (5:00)! Long term: race in every continent and complete an ultra.

  • Supreeth Mannava

    Hometown: Edmond, OK

    Occupation: Software Sales

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I just want to continue enjoying my running, run in a lot of cool places, and not put any limits on myself.

  • Thomas Fuchs

    Hometown: Spokane, WA

    Occupation: Custom woodworker & furniture maker

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I’d like to break a 3 hour marathon, and run as many overnight relays as I can.

  • Tobias Probst

    Hometown: Tampa, FL

    Occupation: Regional Operation Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Western States 100, Boston Marathon (qualified in Berlin ‘22), run the Wonderland Trail.

  • Todd Moore

    Hometown: Eugene, OR

    Occupation: Digital Marketing & Content Producer

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I’d love to run all the marathon majors – or at least all the American races.

  • Tyler Benson

    Tyler Benson

    Hometown: Newbury Park, CA

    Occupation: Accountant

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: My main goals are a little conflicting, but I want to complete a half Ironman, qualify for Boston, and get back to a sub 5 mile!

  • Valerie Weilert

    Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA

    Occupation: SR Footwear Designer at HOKA

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Race on the track as long as I can! Run a marathon or two - Boston & perhaps Valencia??

  • Will Baker-Robinson

    Will Baker-Robinson

    Hometown: Fairfax, CA

    Occupation: Biostatistician

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Stay healthy and work toward running sub 2:25 for the marathon.

  • Xander Viray

    Xander Viray

    Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

    Occupation: Research Associate/ Lab Manager

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Would love to use running as a way to explore new places, make friends, and ground myself. Bucket list running goal would be my hometown Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run.