Yoshi Saito most improved rider for Team UofL during July in the National Bike Challenge

Despite vacations and the arrival of the "dog days of summer," UofL staff, faculty, and students continued to pedal their bicycles throughout July for fun, fitness, and sustainable, healthy, non-polluting transportation.

Team UofL continues to make its mark on the 2021 National Bike Challenge and it's by no means too late for you to join the Team, win prizes, and show your support for a healthy lifestyle and sustainable transportation! Register for the National Bike Challenge and Join Team UofL as an individual to compete against your peers. Simply log your trips by bicycle for fun, fitness, or transportation. Your miles and days cycled will qualify you for great prizes through Get Healthy Now, including the grand prize of a $400 voucher to a local bike shop, co-sponsored by UofL's Sustainability Council! The National Bike Challenge is open to everyone, however the Get Healthy Now competition is restricted to UofL employees, retirees, and their spouses/qualifying adults.

Yoshi SaitoThe results for July are in and UofL riders racked up 25,107 miles over 1606 rides since the National Bike Challenge began on May 1st. That includes 1513 miles of biking for transportation, which equates to 972 pounds of heat-trapping gases kept out of the atmosphere to keep us all a little cooler.

Individual Team UofL riders posted some impressive stats in July 2021. For the second month in a row, our 2020 Grand Champ, Kamila Bujko, continued to dominate, racking up the most miles (839) and trips by bicycle (34), followed by our June and May winners, Joseph Turner (30 trips for 383 miles) and DJ Biddle (21 trips for 487 miles). But most improvement was shown by our July prize winner, Associate Athletic Trainer for UofL's women's basketball team, Yoshi Saito, who shot out from the middle of peloton to finish the month with the 2nd most miles (555) & 4th most trips (18).

Yoshi Saito joined the UofL sports medicine staff in 2019 as an assistant athletic trainer. His primary clinical responsibilities are with the women's basketball team. Prior to joining the women's basketball staff, he spent time at the University of Louisville as the athletic trainer for women's lacrosse. He also served as a seasonal athletic trainer for both baseball and men's golf. As an athletic trainer, he is the primary individual responsible for the overall healthcare of student athletes and daily team activities.

JULY 2021 RESULTS:

Justin MogTop Commuters (Most days riding to work)

Name

Miles

Days

1st

Justin Mog

112

11

2nd

Rachel Singel

50

9

3rd

Joseph Turner

8.2

1

4th

Kamila Bujko

1.1

1

Top Riders (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

839

34

2nd

Yoshi Saito

555

18

3rd

DJ Biddle

487

21

4th

Juan David Tabares

386

16

5th

Joseph Turner

383

30

6th

Justin Mog

324

14

7th

Jason White

320

13

8th

Michael Taylor

312

15

9th

Taylor Smith

291

12

10th

Robin Houze

215

4

11th

Jason Naylor

181

17

12th

Katlyn McGraw

146

9

13th

Melissa Miller

128

5

14th

Kendall Soule

97

5

15th

Elijah Humble

83

17

16th

Mike Marquette

55

3

17th

Rachel Singel

50

10

18th

Johnny Wise

44

4

19th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

20

1

20th

Allison Smith

17

2

Kamila Bujko - Team UofL's 2020 NBC ChampionTop Riders (Most trips)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

839

34

2nd

Joseph Turner

383

30

3rd

DJ Biddle

487

21

4th

Yoshi Saito

555

18

5th

Jason Naylor

181

17

6th

Elijah Humble

83

17

7th

Juan David Tabares

386

16

8th

Michael Taylor

312

15

9th

Justin Mog

324

14

10th

Jason White

320

13

11th

Taylor Smith

291

12

12th

Rachel Singel

50

10

13th

Katlyn McGraw

146

9

14th

Melissa Miller

128

5

15th

Kendall Soule

97

5

16th

Robin Houze

215

4

17th

Johnny Wise

44

4

18th

Mike Marquette

55

3

19th

Allison Smith

17

2

20th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

20

1

Top Male Rider (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Yoshi Saito

555

18

2nd

DJ Biddle

487

21

3rd

Juan David Tabares

386

16

4th

Joseph Turner

383

30

5th

Justin Mog

324

14

6th

Jason White

320

13

7th

Michael Taylor

312

15

8th

Taylor Smith

291

12

9th

Robin Houze

215

4

10th

Jason Naylor

181

17

11th

Elijah Humble

83

17

12th

Mike Marquette

55

3

13th

Johnny Wise

44

4

14th

Mikus Abolins-Abols

20

1

Top Female Rider (Most Miles)

Name

Miles

Trips

1st

Kamila Bujko

839

34

2nd

Katlyn McGraw

146

9

3rd

Melissa Miller

128

5

4th

Kendall Soule

97

5

5th

Rachel Singel

50

10

6th

Allison Smith

17

2

Congratulations to everyone for all of your pedaling so far! Stick with it to stay in the running for our grand prize bike shopping spree!

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