{"id":5102,"date":"2017-04-16T23:39:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2017-04-16T23:40:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:40:02","slug":"5102-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/5102-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Officers: Vice President Sam O&#8217;Melveny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5103\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/files\/2017\/04\/sam-bio-pic-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/files\/2017\/04\/sam-bio-pic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/files\/2017\/04\/sam-bio-pic.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Name: Sam O\u2019Melveny<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graduation Year: 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Major: Civil Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minor: International Development Studies<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Favorite Quote: &#8220;There are 50 grams of protein in this bag of tortillas&#8221; -Green Machine<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have been riding bikes for the last 5 years or so but started racing this year after <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James Pratt convinced me to help the team. One thing led to another and all of a sudden I was shaving my legs the night of my 21st birthday before the Michigan Criterium. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Although I love the Sunday morning group rides, I have found that there is nothing quite like being in a sprint you know you shouldn\u2019t be in but thinking you\u2019re gonna win. Being from Southern California people may expect my to be a surfer dude that wears Lulu Lemon shorts. While I do own a pair of Lulu Lemon shorts, I don\u2019t think I fit the California boy mold. Off the bike I try to read a lot. I love reading American classics as well as about American history. If you need a good book or have one, please let me know. Next year my goal is to work with sponsors to start building a team infrastructure that lends itself to team building. I also plan to spread the Green Machine Bible: Big Gear, No Fear. \u00a0And remember, brakes are only for those who can afford them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Sam O\u2019Melveny Graduation Year: 2018 Major: Civil Engineering Minor: International Development Studies Favorite Quote: &#8220;There are 50 grams of protein in this bag of tortillas&#8221; -Green Machine I have been riding bikes for the last 5 years or so but started racing this year after James Pratt convinced me to help the team. One &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/5102-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet the Officers: Vice President Sam O&#8217;Melveny&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15605],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsannouncements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5105,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions\/5105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cyclingirish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}