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.

  • Aaron Leopold

    Hometown: Beaverton, OR

    Occupation: Retail

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: 5-minute mile and sub-sixteen-minute 5K

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A smiling woman holding two race medals. She wears a race number that says "Honolulu Mini Marathon 11035"

    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

  • Danny Burke

    Hometown: Rialto, CA

    Occupation: Product Marketing Management

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Running a sub 3 marathon. Planning out of country vacations around half and full marathon. Running in the Gay Games!

  • 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 Notario

    Hometown: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, UK

    Occupation: Executive Assistant

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jerry Carroll

  • Jess Ditto

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Owner of Cascade RV

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Finish all six stars. I have 3/6 done with Tokyo and London on deck for 2023, still waiting on the Chicago 2023 lottery (fingers crossed!). My dream race is Marathon des Sables.

  • João Costa

    Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, BR

    Occupation: Design Researcher

    Bucket-list running goals, races, destinations: Short term: CIM and Boston. Long term: All the majors!

  • 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

  • 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

  • Kevin Chin Shue

  • 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

  • Laura Thomas (RCTC Vice President)

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Real Estate Analyst & Cross Country Coach

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I'd love to race the Fifth Avenue Mile, Twin Cities 10 mile, and get to finally race Bloomsday in person. My dad raced the Cherry Blossom 10 miler a few times when he was younger, so that might be on my list someday too. I'd like to get a 6k XC PR and break 20' in the 5k.

  • 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!

  • Matt Maline

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • Paul Balmer

    Hometown: Portland, OR (Grant Generals, baby!)

    Occupation: Attorney

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: I'd love to run the Timberline Trail around Mt. Hood. Race-wise, I'd like to run New York and Marine Corp marathons, and the dream is to run CCC at the UTMB.

  • 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

  • Richie Lenne

    Hometown: Narberth, PA

    Occupation: Data Science

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Oh so many: all the major marathons, break 70min in the half, Pacific Crest Trail, Tour du Mount Blanc, Dipsea.

  • 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.

  • Sage Gerdes

    Hometown: Nampa, ID

    Occupation: Physical therapy admin assistant & XC coach

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: A 'lil of everything! Road and XC 5k PR, a triathlon or two, UTMB, and slowly cross off running in every state over the course of my life.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Teresa Wetherbee

    Hometown: Portland, OR

    Occupation: Neuroscientist

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: All the world major marathons and running the wonderland trail!

  • Thomas Fuchs

  • 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.

  • 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 Price

    Hometown: Denver, CO

    Occupation: Brand Marketing & Writer at Leggggs.com

    Bucket-list running goals, races, or destinations: Fuego Y Agua 100K (Nicaragua), Boston Marathon, TransRockies Run, Cocodona 250, The Speed Project, Anywhere in Japan and Switzerland, UTMB