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Name: John Caffarelli<\/span><\/p>\n Graduation Year: 2020<\/p>\n Major: Environmental Science\/Pre-Med<\/p>\n Favorite Quote: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend\u201d -Bob Ross<\/p>\n Born in the year 1997, I began development of my natural cycling talent through 11 years of baseball, 8 years of cross country, and eighth grade volleyball, then decided home was on the bike going fast, and sometimes even fast up hills. After my first year of racing last summer (2016) my development has been accelerated through motorpacing behind Tony Pratt and I now race as a competitive B (Cat 3\/4), my top finish being tenth in a tough road race at Miami-Ohio. My greatest moment in cycling was a hard fought victory from a breakaway at Michigan\u2019s Strade Bianche road race when my only competitor dropped his chain allowing me to solo to the victory, which I dedicated to my ancestral homeland Italy and residence hall, Keenan Hall. I have only resided in the state of Illinois, known for its endless mountain ranges. I am working this year with the other officers to push our club\/team to the next level in terms of development and infrastructure. Growth of the team and its culture,as well as our A teams are my goals. Off the bike I am a passionate outdoors man, loving pretty much any activity in the wild. I also have been running the Twitter feed, which has been a good outlet for unused jokes and my vast (as some have described it) cycling knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Name: John Caffarelli Graduation Year: 2020 Major: Environmental Science\/Pre-Med Favorite Quote: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend\u201d -Bob Ross Born in the year 1997, I began development of my natural cycling talent through 11 years of baseball, 8 years of cross country, and eighth grade volleyball, then decided home was on … <\/p>\n