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Meet Team Hooked!
By James Dziezynski
November 30, 2004
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There’s a good chance you’ve already seen Team Hooked in action; the Georgia based race team has had strong showings in recent adventure races, including first place finishes at the Beast of East and USARA National Championships. Combining a love of the outdoors with a dedication to hard work, Team Hooked hopes to continue their winning ways in 2005 (click here for the current Team Hooked race schedule). Hooked is proud to support a team that has such a strong commitment to the outdoors.
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Joe Daniels – Custom Home Builder/Team Captain
I've been hooked on the outdoors since I was a kid. I grew up constantly looking for new adventures on bikes, motorcycles, skis--anything that got me moving in the great outdoors. Adventure Racing was the perfect fit for my adult body and kid desires. My interest in adventure racing first piqued in 1996 when a friend at Salomon turned me onto the Eco-Challenge. Thus inspired, I took my first plunge into adventure racing when the Hi-Tec Challenge came to Atlanta. It was the perfect combination: outdoors activities, multiple disciplines, the opportunity to go fast and I could drag a couple of friends along with me. I was hooked.
When I'm not playing with the team, I can be found bumming on the lake with my wife Amy, our three daughters Palmer, Bryce, and Macy and our dogs Jack & Ruby. Although they never get to race with me, their support makes them members of the team as much anyone.
Adventure Racing Highlights
Atlanta Hi-Tec/Balance Bar Series 1998 - 2003, Odyssey 24hr 2002 - 2nd place two person male, Eco-Challenge Fiji 2002 - DNF, Eco-Challenge North America 2003, E-fix 2 day 2003 - 5th overall, Southern Crush 2003 - 3rd place, Subaru Primal Quest 2003 - 31st, World Championships New Foundland 2004 - 20th, Subaru Primal Quest San Juans - 14th.
Active Runner
Participant in numerous 10k, 15k and marathons including the Peachtree Road Race, Big Sur Marathon, Atlanta Half, Disney Marathon
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Shannon Greenhill- Massage Therapist/Team Racer
I have grown up in the outdoors. My parents have always instilled the value of enjoying athleticism and respect for the world around me. More than anything, they have supported me in any endeavor that I have chosen to conquer. After an Outward Bound Course when I was 15, I knew that my life would never be the same. I seemed to feel more comfortable out in the elements than anywhere else. This is how I would choose to live my life. As long as I was physically able, I vowed to challenge myself--climbing, mountaineering, cycling, trekking, wherever my body would take me. After several years of professional cycling, I felt too one-dimensional and needed to allow myself to indulge and enjoy all of my interests. So, here I am.
In 2001, after a full year of competitive racing at the international level last year, I became hooked on adventure racing.
Adventure/Outdoors Races
Former U.S. National Road Cycling Team, 2 years Professional Cyclist Ranked 15th in the Nation-1997 Road Cycling, 19th-1999; Georgia State Champion 1997; 1998 Road Cycling; 1st Georgia Mountain Bike Series 1998; 1st Red River Classic, Boulder, Co
Voted 2002 Atlanta's Fittest Female
2001 Blue Ridge Adventure Race 2001(6th), Appalachian Extreme 2001 (9th), Odyssey 24hr (2nd), Atlanta Hi-Tec 2001 (12th), Adrenaline Rush 5 day (13th),
Efix 2 day (4th Coed Sport), Southern Traverse (37th), Expedition BVI (10th).
2002 Subaru/NOC 12 Hour Adventure Race (3rd), Blue Ridge Adventure Race (3rd), Balance Bar 24 Hour Phoenix (7th), Beast of the East (3rd), Atlanta Hi-tec (2nd), Subaru Primal Quest (25th), Eco-challenge Fiji (DNF), Raid the North Extreme (5th), USARA National Championship (9th)
2003 NGAR (1st ), NOC 12 Hour Adventure Race (4th), Blue Ridge Adventure Race (1st ), Odyssey Efix (3rd), Florida Coast to Coast (1st), Balance Bar 24 hour Beaver Creek (4th), Beast of the East (2nd), Primal Quest (22nd), Raging Russell (1st), 1st overall age group Atlanta Marathon, 1st overall Female Riverkeeper Kayak Marathon
2004 1st overall Female Lake Lanier Kayak Marathon, (28th) World Championships, Newfoundland, Canada, (14th) Primal Quest, San Juans, Washington
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Brandon Patterson – Business Consultant / Navigator
Athletic:
NAIA Division I Football – 3 Year Starter
Brandon is an avid enthusiast in multiple outdoor activities including adventure racing, downhill skiing, and backcountry fly fishing trips.
Adventure Race Highlights:
9/04 – Subaru Primal Quest – San Juans
14th place – Hooked on the Outdoors
11/04 –USARA National Championships
1st place – Hooked on the Outdoors
6/04-Balance Bar Sprint – Atlanta 3rd Place (overall) – Switch
5/04-Save the World 1st Place (overall) - Switch
1/04-Swamp Stomp 1st Place (2-male) - Adventurers Anonymous
1/04-North Georgia Adventure Race1st Place (overall) - Adventurers Anonymous
9/03-Subaru Primal Quest 22d Place (overall) - Explorer
8/03-Beast of the East 3rd Place (4-person coed) - Lost World Adventures
5/03-Florida Coast-to-Coast Eco-Adventure Race 1st Place (overall) - Lost World Adventures
4/03-Blue Ridge Adventure Race 1st Place (overall) - Adventurers Anonymous
1/03-North Georgia Adventure Race 1st Place (overall) - Adventurers Anonymous
8/02-Fall Creek Falls Adventure Race 1st Place (overall) - S.E.A.R.
7/02-Odyssey 24 Hour Adventure Race 1st Place (4-person coed) - Kraut and Sausages
6/02-Hi-Tec Adventure Race 1st Place (coed) - Kraut and Sausages
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Matt McKinnis – Business Owner/ Personal Training business
Known as the man no one can bring down, Matt is the eternal optimist. Matt lives in Washington, D.C. where he owns a personal training business, Fitness Together. When not keeping others in shape, Matt is can be found biking up endless hills and traveling the world.
Race History
3rd place – 2003 Southern Crush AR
5th place – 2003 Endorphin Fix
32nd place – 2003 Subaru Primal Quest
2003 - Eco-Challenge North America – Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
2002 – Eco-Challenge – Fiji
3rd place – 2002 Odyssey
2000, 2001, 2002 – Hi-Tec Adventure Series
20th place – Adventure Racing World Championship –Newfoundland, Canada
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Matt Schaltenbrand – Business Owner / Racer
As a kid, I was involved in sports, mostly soccer, and always had a love for the outdoors. Hiking and camping became passions and I especially enjoying outings in the rain. Later, around the age of 17, I took up mountain biking and was racing regularly by the age of 19. While the excitement of bike racing, I always missed those great epic outdoor adventures in the woods. One day, as I was working on a house, a friend of a friend called and said he was trying to put together a 4 person team to compete in a 24 hour long race in the mountains. The race consisted of hiking, running, mountain biking, and paddling. Better yet it was all off-trail, meaning we’d have to do our own navigating. I was so excited! At that moment I was hooked on the idea.
I had seen this adventure racing on TV before but had no idea how to get involved in it. Although we never pulled it together for that race, the wheels were in motion. I was going to race. I called the older brother of an old girlfriend whom I heard had done a race like this before and one year later (with lots of help from race mentors and friends) I was off to my first race, the 2-day Odyssey E-Fix. It was a blast and many more races followed.
I love to compete. I love the outdoors and remote places, even sleep deprivation, and all the ups and downs. Mostly, I race for the friendships, the experiences, and the feeling that fills your soul in a great race. Sometimes it seems you live an entire lifetime in a single race.
Adventure Racing Experience
2001 Odyssey Endorphin Fix 2-day, 2nd place solo
2001 Expedition BVI, 4 person/4day, 10th place overall
2002 Hi Tec sprint 4 hour, 2nd place (9+- overall)
2002 USARA National Championships, 9th place overall
2002 Odyssey Beast of the East, 4 day/4 person, 3rd place overall
2002 Subaru Primal Quest Telluride, unranked full course finisher,
2002 NOC 8 hour, 3rd place overall
2003 Peugeot Eco Adventure Argentina 4 day
2003 one year of rest, recovery, and training
2004 Terra Incognito Croatia 4 day
2004 Odyssey Mega Dose 2 day, 1st place overall
2004 Subaru Primal Quest, San Juan Isles, 14th place overall
2005 Team Hooked Schedule
• 1/15/2005 North Georgia Adventure Race
• 2005 Balance Bar Adventure Sprint Races
• 2005 Balance Bar 24 Hour Races
• 2005 USARA 24 Hour National Championship
• 2005 Subaru Primal Quest
• 2005 Eco Challenge
Last Updated: Feb 24th, 2006 - 14:18:11
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