Team UofL pedals more than ever in Cycle September 2025

Cycle SeptemberTeam UofL had a blast and made an impact in Cycle September 2025, locally co-sponsored by Get Healthy Now, and UofL's Sustainability Council. Together, from September 1-30, we blew past all our milestones from last year and pedaled a record total of 6,380 miles on 625 rides, with 1,282 miles of bike commuting preventing 824 pounds of carbon pollution!

Congratulations to everyone who participated and especially to our top riders in Team UofL:

  • The best performance of any current UofL student, faculty, or staff was logged by our May 2025 Bike Month Challenge winner, Clinton Coulter, a Systems Analyst in the School of Dentistry, who commuted the most miles by bike (406 miles, 26 days, 65 separate trips), logged the most trips overall (70), and cycled the 2nd most miles (555). Fantastic pedaling, Clinton!
  • No one came close to riding as far during Cycle September as Juan Tabares TamayoJuan Tabares, a recent PhD graduate in Civil & Environmental Engineering, who once again logged the most miles, racking up 620 miles to top his first place finish last year with 578 miles.
  • Vy Pham, a REACH tutor, took the second most trips by bicycle during Cycle September (63 trips for 73 miles).
  • Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Rachel Singel, took the third most bike trips in the month (53 for 146 miles), and was the 4th best bike commuter (67 miles over 13 days).
  • Kudos also go to top bike commuter Justin Mog, who finished the month as the 2nd best Bike Commuter in the nation, pedaling a total of 395 miles with bike commutes every day of the month!

This year’s Challenge may have ended, but it is never too late to pick up some healthy, sustainable two-wheeling habits! In fact, the weather for bike riding will remain optimal for many weeks to come. Check out our online resources for UofL Bicyclists - with handy maps, videos, and tips for getting around town car-free and care-free! WATCH VIDEO RECORDING of our HRTalks Wellness: Cycle September.

Team UofL Final Results in Cycle September 2025:

  • Total Miles: 6380 (up from Sept. 2024, 5173mi)

  • Total Bike Trips: 625 (up from Sept. 2024, 489 trips)

  • Total Bike Commute Miles: 1282 (up from Sept. 2024, 969mi)

  • Total Bike Commutes: 220 (up from Sept. 2024, 162 bike commutes)

  • Total Carbon Emissions Avoided: 824 lbs. (up from Sept. 2024, 649 lbs.)

Final Team UofL Cycle September 2025 Standings:

Top Riders (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Juan David Tabares

620

20

2nd

Clinton Coulter

555

70

3rd

Justin Mog

395

30

4th

Michael Taylor

393

12

5th

Taylor Smith

313

12

6th

Jason White

305

24

7th

Jason Naylor

286

49

8th

Ali Matthews

254

9

9th

Kevin Wood

223

9

10th

Robert Krausen

206

11

11th

Eliana Lopez

172

25

12th

Rachel Singel

146

53

13th

Brian Ceresa

141

8

14th

Tom Fougerousse

135

11

15th

DJ Biddle

135

8

16th

Benne Holwerda

134

23

17th

Melissa Miller

134

18

18th

Terry Schwartz

109

5

19th

Whitney Theis

96

26

20th

Colin Baker

83

3

21st

Katlyn McGraw

82

5

22nd

Elana Nance

82

5

23rd

Vy Pham

73

63

24th

Claire Cusack

70

14

25th

Rachel Singel

67

15

26th

Per Wessels

62

25

27th

Mark French

57

5

28th

John Vonhandorf

39

7

29th

Emily Edwards

34

9

30th

Nathan Dalton

27

1

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Top Riders (Most trips)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Clinton Coulter

555

70

2nd

Vy Pham

73

63

3rd

Rachel Singel

146

53

4th

Jason Naylor

286

49

5th

Justin Mog

395

30

6th

Whitney Theis

96

26

7th

Eliana Lopez

172

25

8th

Per Wessels

62

25

9th

Jason White

305

24

10th

Benne Holwerda

134

23

11th

Juan David Tabares

620

20

12th

Melissa Miller

134

18

13th

Rachel Singel

67

15

14th

Claire Cusack

70

14

15th

Michael Taylor

393

12

16th

Taylor Smith

313

12

17th

Robert Krausen

206

11

18th

Tom Fougerousse

135

11

19th

Ali Matthews

254

9

20th

Kevin Wood

223

9

21st

Emily Edwards

34

9

22nd

Brian Ceresa

141

8

23rd

DJ Biddle

135

8

24th

John Vonhandorf

39

7

25th

Terry Schwartz

109

5

26th

Katlyn McGraw

82

5

27th

Elana Nance

82

5

28th

Mark French

57

5

29th

Dan Delaney

24

4

30th

Rachel Butler

15

4

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Top Male Rider (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Juan David Tabares

620

20

2nd

Clinton Coulter

555

70

3rd

Justin Mog

395

30

4th

Michael Taylor

393

12

5th

Taylor Smith

313

12

6th

Jason White

305

24

7th

Jason Naylor

286

49

8th

Kevin Wood

223

9

9th

Robert Krausen

206

11

10th

Tom Fougerousse

135

11

11th

DJ Biddle

135

8

12th

Benne Holwerda

134

23

13th

Terry Schwartz

109

5

14th

Per Wessels

62

25

15th

Mark French

57

5

16th

John Vonhandorf

39

7

17th

Nathan Dalton

27

1

18th

Dan Delaney

24

4

19th

Carlo Conte

21

2

20th

Connor Morozumi

20

1

21st

Jared Koopman

14

3

22nd

Ryan Lloyd

11

1

23rd

Aaron Vowels

7.9

1

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Top Female Rider (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Ali Matthews

254

9

2nd

Eliana Lopez

172

25

3rd

Rachel Singel

146

53

4th

Melissa Miller

134

18

5th

Whitney Theis

96

26

6th

Katlyn McGraw

82

5

7th

Elana Nance

82

5

8th

Emily Edwards

34

9

9th

Rachel Butler

15

4

10th

Shirley Wu

13

3

11th

Kristen Brown

5.2

1

12th

Amanda James

2.6

2

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Top Commuters (Most days riding to work)

Name

Miles

Days

1st

Justin Mog

395

30

2nd

Clinton Coulter

406

26

3rd

Whitney Theis

82

13

4th

Rachel Singel

67

13

5th

Jason Naylor

52

13

6th

Benne Holwerda

70

10

7th

Vy Pham

11

10

8th

Tom Fougerousse

80

6

9th

Eliana Lopez

18

5

10th

Rachel Singel

14

3

11th

Per Wessels

11

3

12th

Emily Edwards

9.6

3

13th

John Vonhandorf

15

2

14th

Jared Koopman

10

2

15th

Shirley Wu

8.9

2

16th

Claire Cusack

5.7

2

17th

Jason White

3.5

2

18th

Elana Nance

6.6

1

19th

Kristen Brown

5.2

1

20th

DJ Biddle

4.6

1

21st

Rachel Butler

3.5

1

22nd

Robert Krausen

3.4

1

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Most trips from A to B

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Clinton Coulter

406

65

2nd

Vy Pham

62

60

3rd

Rachel Singel

146

53

4th

Justin Mog

395

30

5th

Jason Naylor

52

25

6th

Whitney Theis

82

24

7th

Per Wessels

35

17

8th

Rachel Singel

67

15

9th

Eliana Lopez

29

14

10th

Benne Holwerda

71

13

11th

Jason White

19

10

12th

Claire Cusack

24

9

13th

Emily Edwards

17

7

14th

Tom Fougerousse

80

6

15th

Melissa Miller

7.1

4

16th

John Vonhandorf

18

3

17th

Mark French

6.6

3

18th

Jared Koopman

10

2

19th

Shirley Wu

8.9

2

20th

Elana Nance

7.5

2

21st

Rachel Butler

6.3

2

22nd

Amanda James

2.6

2

23rd

Kristen Brown

5.2

1

24th

DJ Biddle

4.6

1

25th

Robert Krausen

3.4

1

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