Team Mascot
I love bike racing! I go to as many races as I can and cheer on my team and all the racers. I even raced last year in Bend! I love rainbows, skittles, ponies, hugs and making people smile. Come by our team tent and say hi! Instagram: @swiftcheer
Team Director
I've been involved in competitive cycling for the past 10 years. To me cycling has always been more than "just another sport", it is about: people, culture, science, panache, transportation, community and athletic talent. As the director of Swift Racing PDX, it is my privilege and honor to bring others to appreciate diverse attributes that competitive cycling has to offer.
As a kid, my bike was freedom and exploration, and the reason I got grounded at least once. As an adult, the bicycle continues to be a vehicle for adventure. I get to know my environment, my friends and myself through bicycle riding and racing. Lessons learned in racing translate into lessons for a life well lived: perseverance, intentional rest, attention to detail, being present in the moment, and so many more. Racing is hard, with an excellent return on investment, but the gains are not always what I expect. Every season holds excitement, anticipation and a little trepidation.
Volunteer Coordinator
I previously associated sports with standing in the outfield in uncomfortable clothing as a small child, eating sunflower seeds, and hoping the ball never came in my direction. Racing bikes is a preferred activity because usually things are not being thrown at me. Also, I enjoy the breeze. While riding bikes for the purposes of exploration and transportation has been a lifelong enjoyment, this is just my second year racing. I prefer dirt over pavement any day. I’ve been in the wondrous pacific NW for 10 years and try to spend my time experiencing all the outdoor places I have yet to see – on and off the bike.
Team Coordinator
I've been obsessed with movement for as long as I can remember. Running, biking, climbing, skiing, hiking, swimming, anything and everything. I try to stay focussed on CX and MTB'ing at this point, but still love road riding and a good gravel adventure. I feel super blessed to live in a state like Oregon that has an amazing riding community and such beauty that surrounds us!
Art Director
Name: Halley (pronounced like Halle Berry, not Haley Joel Osment)
I grew up in the isolated quirky little town of Arcata on the northern coast of California and moved to Portland for college in 2004 and it has been home base ever since. I started riding bikes in 2010 when I got a great deal on a used road bike while working at REI. Being able to ride that fast and easily was a revelation. Since then I've added mountain and cyclocross bikes to my collection. I don't race, but Swift lets me stay on the team since I do the graphic design of our kits, logos, and swag. I take any excuse to be outside and dabble in a lot of sports (cycling, paddle boarding, hiking, climbing, camping) - but skiing is my favorite, especially because I can Nordic and backcountry ski with my dogs Zoey, Jasper, and Sinka.
Instagram: @searchingfor75
Assistant Director
Disciplines: Road, cyclocross
I moved to Portland from upstate NY because it was so bike friendly and I was a bit bike obsessed. However, I never considered racing or even wearing Lycra until I learned what cyclocross was. Now, I can't get enough. I'm looking forward to cx this year and endless miles of gravel from now til then.
Native Oregonian that has been racing since 2005! You'll find that I finished 1st in the OBRA BAR for Singlespeed in 2011. More importantly, OBRA race announcer, Luciano, has labeled me the Energizer Bunny at the cross races. My relationship with road racing can be summarized as a quote from one of my favorite movies, Brokeback Mountain: "I wish I knew how to quit you." My relationship with cyclocross racing can be summarized through this quote from the movie, Welcome to the Dollhouse: "You think you're hot shit, but you're really just cold diarrhea." I am currently in an open relationship with my carbon road bike and a few other bicycles =)
Web Developer
Came from prior team "Go Bananas!" where I was the proud sole team member. I became enamored with the idea of racing bicycles in the mud after hearing about cyclocross for the first time in 2012. Within 3 weeks I had my first race and that was all it took to get addicted.
I’m NW native with a passion for all things outdoors! I like to ride bicycles when I have time- my favorite kinds are skinny tire bicycles, but I also really like knobby tire bicycles! Been with the Swifts since Fall of 2014, and am still figuring out this whole bike racing thing, so I will start off in the Easy “A” category this fall. Other hobbies include backpacking, backcountry snowboarding, and dropping Matt on climbs.
I’m the “elder statesman” on Team Swift and this is my fourth year to own that title. I find epic rides and road racing to be my preferred ways to spend time on the bike, although track riding is a “hoot.” As a high school science teacher I also enjoy getting new students into cycling and riding with them (even if they go to the “dark side” and race cx and/or mountain bikes). My spare time is spent reading, traveling, photographing the beautiful PNW, camping, and spending time in Redlands, California with three of the cutest cyclists on the planet! I look forward to staying in shape long enough to race with them when they graduate from their push bikes.
I watched my husband race cyclocross a few times back in 2011 and thought he was super crazy! I had hardly been on a bike and was very fearful. When I finally tried it, I found that it was the hardest workout I'd ever done and I LOVED it! (Even after finishing 37/50 in the beginners) I was inspired by those girls flying past as they lapped me...Within 2 seasons I was racing with those fast girls and training for nationals in Austin!!! Cyclocross has pushed me to overcome fears and encouraged me to do things I never thought I'd do. I love the atmosphere and community it entails. This is one of the most inclusive sports! Anyone can come out and have fun! I'm so grateful for all the great friends we've made along the way. I have since experienced road racing (including a stage race), competed in one full Ironman and two halfs, and learned (am learning) how to mountain bike. I am looking forward to racing more mountain bikes, road bikes, gravel bikes, and cross bikes with my friends.
Never in my wildest imagination did I think I'd do something like race bikes, but cx caught me in its alluring, muddy grip after sitting on the sidelines one too many weekends watching my husband have so much fun without me. Plus, the women seemed awesomely rowdy and supportive. Not to mention, Swift pretty much has the most wonderful people running the team and on its team. Fast forward a few seasons, and I am proud to be roughing it out in Cat 2/3. I also love mountain biking and offering mini core warm-ups. When I'm not on the bike, I like to run, yoga, hike, tai chi, snowboard, (maybe skate ski this year?), garden, cook, eat, read, be around dogs, and ponder this very strange universe.
Todd "the Bod" After 13 years in Portland, definitely calling it home, raised in Louisville, KY. Ride bikes for the fun and race for the camaraderie. Focus is enduro and cyclocross. Outside of cycling I enjoy camping & hiking with my wife & dog, fly-fishing and bourbon.
In 2018 I bought my first bike as an adult. I figured that I'd need one to ride around with my young kids and it would make my cyclist husband happy that we could do some short rides together. I didn't think I'd ever consider myself a 'cyclist'. A few months later I attended my first cyclocross event as an observer at Alpenrose. I was immediatly hooked and I hadn't even participated. Later in the season I worked up the courage to race at Cascade Locks. After being pulled from the course due to a huge thunder, lightning and hail storm I was determined to try again next year. 2019 was my first year competing in the full cyclocross season. Moving forward I am adding gravel races to the calendar in addition to cyclocross. When I'm not on a bike you'll find me cooking, crafting or downhill skiing.
A couple months before Cody turned 35 he bought his first adult bike, an unassuming used road bike with the primary intention of commuting to work and replacing his indoor cardio routine. Within weeks he was addicted and somewhere along the way he got the gravel bug, picked up a dirt worthy drop bar bike and kicked off his racing career with the 2019 Gorge Gravel Grinder and an inaugural CX season the following fall. You’ll find him doing laps through forest park or The Dalles, getting ready for his next gravel race
I'm Leo and 2019 was my first year racing junior cyclocross at seven years old. I raced bikes before my mom or dad. I like riding a bike because it's fun and exciting. I like doing bike stuff with my family. I love to go to Gateway Green. My bike goal right now to to learn how to bunny hop my 'cross bike. When I get old enough I want to race cross country mountain bikes.
I moved to Oregon in 1993 and that winter I tried my first bike race. It was cold and muddy. My sneakers kept slipping off my platform pedals and my long johns kept getting hooking on my saddle. I didn't try it again until 2011. Now I race Masters A cyclocross, with some Cat 3 road mixed in. This year I aim to do more mountain bike rides and races.
Other things I do: run a bit (mostly Hood to Coast), write Android apps, eat vegan food.
Disciplines: XC MTB, Cyclocross, Road I grew up mountain biking in Corvallis, OR. I didn't start racing until later in my life so I still have lots to learn. I like to keep things fun by riding in new places with the team, friends, my wife, or sometimes alone.