Name: Brian Schaning
Birthdate: 10/24/82
Birthplace: Sheboygan, WI
Current Residence: La Crosse, WI
Occupation: Physical Therapy Student
Years Racing: 3
Favorite Race: Ironman Wisconsin

List 5 Top Race Results:
(Year – Race Name – Place (include age group if applicable))
1. 2004 Ironman Wisconsin – 5th Age Group, 106th Overall.
2. 2005 High Cliff Half Ironman- 1st overall
3. 2004/ 2005 Waupaca Area Triathlon- 1st overall
4. 2005 Touchstone Energy La Crosse YMCA triathlon- 1st overall
5. 2005 TDS Pewaukee Triathlon- 1st overall
6. 2005 Midwest Triathlon Series- 1st overall

Favorite Pre Race Food: Cereal

Favorite Post Race Food: Bananas and bagels

What’s in your MP3 Player?: A little bit of everything.

Biggest Pet Peeve: Graham cracker packaging.

What would you do with $100,000 if you won Hawaii?
A vacation to Europe.

Name: Ian Ray
Birthdate: 8/4/63
Birthplace: Bulawayo Zimbabwe
Current Residence: Easton, CT
Occupation: Director
Years Racing: 6
Favorite Race: Madison CT Sprint

List 5 Top Race Results:
(Year – Race Name – Place (include age group if applicable))
1. 2005 Wild Dog Sprint 1st overall
2. 2004 NYC Olympic 13th overall 2nd age group
3. 2004 New Eng. Sprint Champs 2nd overall 1st masters
4. 2004 Eagleman ½ Ironman 40th overall 1st age group
5. 2003 Madison Sprint 1st overall

Favorite Pre Race food: Granola and yogurt

Favorite Post Race Food: Beer

What’s in your MP3 Player?: Everything from Eminem to Dire Straights

Biggest Pet Peeve: Getting to the pool and the lifeguards are still in bed…

What would you do with $100,000 if you won Hawaii?Buy a sailboat.

Anything else we should know about you?Plan to sail around the world and race on every continent…

Name: Jordan Rapp
Birthdate: 07.28.1980
Birthplace: Tarrytown, NY, USA
Current Residence: Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
Occupation: Website Developer
Years Racing: Three (2003, 2004, 2005)
Favorite Race: American Zofingen Ultra-Distance Duathlon

List 5 Top Race Results:
1. 2005 – American Zofingen Duathlon – 1st Overall
2. 2005 – Timberman Half-Ironman – 5th Overall
3. 2005 – Westchester Triathlon – 6th Overall
4. 2005 – Niantic Bay Triathlon – 1st Overall
5. 2005 – Gold Coast Triathlon – 1st Overall

Favorite Pre Race Food: A chicken burrito AND a philly cheesesteak for lunch the day before. Sweet potatoes for dinner the night before. Bear Naked Granola on race morning.

Favorite Post Race Food: Cold Stone Creamery ice cream – Berry, Berry, Berry Good (blueberries, raspberries, & strawberries in sweet cream ice cream).

What’s in your MP3 Player?: Paul Oakenfold, Leftfield, Guns N’ Roses, Led Zeppelin, Tim McGraw, & lots of movie soundtracks.

Biggest Pet Peeve: Not having the right tool for the job.

What would you do with $100,000 if you won Hawaii?
Donate a chunk to charity, such as Heifer or Challenged Athletes Foundation, and save the rest for a rainy day.

Anything else we should know about you?
In college, I spent more time in a rowing shell and the machine shop than anywhere else.

Name: Jess Draskau Petersson
Birthdate: 08 Sept 1977
Birthplace: Denmark
Current Residence: Isle of Man
Occupation: Legal Research/ Pro Athlete
Years Racing: Pro since 2004
Favorite Races: Triathlon-Ironman Hawaii; Duathlon-Powerman Zofingen, Switzerland; Marathon-London

List 5 Top Race Results:
(Year – Race Name – Place (include age group if applicable))
1. 2004-6  Powerman World Champs-2nd Pro
2. 2004     Ironman Austria-3rd Pro ran 3hr00
3. 2004/5  Ironman New Zealand-5th/4th Pro ran 2hr59
4. 2006     Cour D Alene-4th Pro
5. 2004     Duathlon World Champs Fredericia- 4th

Favorite Pre Race Food: Night before fresh Salmon/Pasta in tomato sauce. Really struggle on race morning, hence race morning fave is a coffee.

Favorite Post Race Food: After my first Ironman had a Jamba Juice berry smoothy was the best thing ever as the race was in 96 degrees.

What’s in your MP3 Player?: A mix. Nickelback, Evanessence, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen. Then Katie Melua and Sarah M to chill.

Biggest Pet Peeve: Hate deception, incompetence and injustice.

What would you do with $100,000 if you won Hawaii?

• Donate some to my favourite charities, including www.survival-international.org
• Pay off my insane student loans. think my current debts are 98,000 hmm(Think the bank manager would make me).
• Put some towards my wedding/honeymoon. I want to do the Himalayan 100mile stage race on honeymoon and travel.
• Put some into a Sports Aid Foundation like MSAF
• If any left after sorting out my family/friends
• Maybe a deposit on a piece of land where I can live and build a cabin
• Rest would go into keeping me training/racing-maybe in a RV
• Oh yeah, and world peace, of course =0)

Anything else we should know about you?

• Currently doing a PhD in International Law-
• consistently have worst swim and best run-desparete for swim help
• Favorite colors are Black/Blue
• Was/am a bit of a tomboy got punished for ‘sandpit wrestling’ at preschool and forced to go to ballet classes-yes even had to wear a pink tutu-never really recovered.

Name: Tamara Kozulina
Birthdate: 2 of January 1976
Birthplace: Lugansk region, Ukraine
Current Residence: Ukraine
Years Racing: 10
Favorite Race: Long distance WC 2004

List 5 Top Race Results:
2000 – Austria Ironman – 2d Overall
2002 – Nederland Ironman (Almere) - 1st place Overall
2004 – New Zealand Ironman – 3d place Overall
2004 – Long distance WC – 1st place Overall
2005 – Zofingen Powerman WC – 3d place Overall

Favorite Pre Race Food: Pasta and vegetables

Favorite Post Race Food: Pizza and ice cream

What’s in your MP3 Player?: Ukrainian band “Elsa’s ocean”, quiet music.

Biggest Pet Peeve: Flowers

What would you do with $100,000 if you won Hawaii?
I’ll do big party for all my friends and rest of money will put to some busyness.

Anything else we should know about you?
I am single.