Luncheon speaker, Craig Undem '85 at May 2011

Craig Undem '85

Craig Undem ’85 is a local professional cyclist.  In 2004 he founded Cycle University to develop the best coaching and teaching methods for cycling. Through CycleU, Craig has created a large curriculum of proprietary classes and teaching methods for everything from how-to-ride for the first time to preparing for the Tour de France.

At the luncheon Craig talked about his lifelong passion for cycling and endurance sports. Since beginning with a collegiate race in 1983 and eventually racing in the World Championships of Cyclocross, winning a World Cup medal in Mountain Bike Racing, placing 2nd in the US in Elite Criterium Championships, racing Track and Triathlon, he has earned the equivalent of a Doctorate in Cycling on the bike. 

Off the bike Craig has been a professional cycling coach since 1996.  He is currently the Director of all Junior racing in the state of Washington, CEO and founder of Cycle University, former board member of the Marymoor Velodrome and Cyclocross Association and sought after speaker, coach and fitness expert. He is a coach with USACycling and a graduate of the Carmichael Coaching College. Craig coached for Lance Armstrong’s coach for 3 years and assisted him at the Tour de France in 2002 and 2003. Craig also was the Head Coach for the Bristol Myers Tour of Hope in 2003 with Lance Armstrong.

Craig began coaching at REI where he worked for ten years and taught regular clinics on bike maintenance, riding skills, and racing beginning in 1987. He started the Washington cycling program for the Leukemia Society helping raise over $500,000. He served on the Marymoor Velodrome board of directors for 2 years and has been instrumental in developing cyclocross in the Seattle area. He has worked with State, National and Olympic Champions including the Redline Cyclocross team, Adam Craig, the Jacques-Mayne brothers and the University of Washington Huskies 1999 until present.

Craig’s team has coached the HUSKY Cycling Club team for the last 8 years.  In addition he operates two CycleU locations in Sandpoint and West Seattle   You can reach Craig at:   Craig@CycleU.com   You can learn more about CycleU at its website:   www.CycleU.com

Jewett '78 and Holmquist '02 lead effort to build a better membership roster

Steve Jewett '78

The changes in technology as well as the changes of times have created a need to re-build our contact system for our graduate chapter.  Early in the Fall of 2010 two graduates stepped forward to lead the efforts in this process – Steve Jewett ’78 and Imants Holmquist ’02.  

Let me introduce you to these two guys who are doing yeoman's duty for the Seattle graduate chapter. 

Steve heads up the new BDR Customer Homes division of Todd Bennett's new company, BDR Holdings.  Steve's new email is: Steve@BDRholdings.com.

 

 Imants is a practicing attorney in a partnership with classmate Hamilton Gardiner ’03 in their firm, Holmquist and Gardiner LLC.   Their firm describes its areas of practice as real estate attorneys whose practice includes: condo creation/conversion, commercial leases, purchase and sale of residential and commercial property, business law, and litigation of disputes.  http://www.lawhg.net/  You can reach Imants via email at imants@lawhg.net 

Both of these brothers are investing substantial amounts of their time leading this effort to review, validate, and improve our membership contact base. The shift to email has dramatically reduce the cost factors for communications.  But we have the email addresses for about one-third of the graduates.  The team led by Steve and Imants are contacting people to add email addresses to our data base as well as business information.  Help is welcome from any of you willing to make calls to the brothers in your class to chat a bit and add the missing information to our files.  If you can help Steve and Imants, please email one of them. 

Imants Holmquist '02

One of the planned uses of the improved contact information is to assist undergraduates in their search for intern positions and/or full time employment.  In slow economies like today’s, it becomes all the more important to tighten ranks and help our deserving undergraduates get a good start in their initial career steps.  Steve and Imants have a plan to help us accomplish this important goal.