Group Health Commute Challenge Prizes!
May 1-31, 2006

For a complete list of winners and final stats please visit the Rankings pages on this website; you can sort out all categories by clicking on that column heading. The list below only represents a few of the top teams for our amazing list of over 650 teams and 500 solo riders. In most instances, we pick a winner from each category plus a runner up. In the case of multiple winners we pick a name from a hat. If a team has already won a category, that team will only get an honorable mention if they also win a second or third category. All winners named below will receive a GHCC certificate and prize package via USPS. Honorable mentions will only receive a certificate. Team of individuals made up from different workplaces, clubs, etc were not eligible to win categories but do get honorable mentions.

Note: If we missed your team please email us with any suggested corrections.

Group Health Commute Challenge Random Drawings
We pick a winner from each category- all entries are picked from Commute Challenge.

5 & under person teams: Verdiem - Verdiem Corporation, 4 riders
5-10 person teams: Justice in Motion - United States Courthouse, 9 riders
Team Captain: Joshua Urness, Original Thunder from Down Under - REI
Solo rider: Teriyaki Donut - University of Washington
New commuter: Cam LeHouillier, 13 trips, 222 miles

Favorite Team Name- (as voted by participants on the website)

Chiclets

Honorable Mentions:

Look! No hands!
Ass Transit
Weapons of Gas Reduction
Narciscyclists

Top name as picked by staff:

Winner: Weapons of Ass Destruction

Honorable Mentions:

Impatient Psycle Unit
Almost Zero Emissions

Group Health Commute Challenge Team Prizes End of Month Grand Awards

1) Most New Bike Commuter Trips for one team

1) Team SCHARP - SCHARP, 88.0 trips
2) Area Bicycle Team - Microsoft Corporation, 79.5 trips
3) The Roundabouts - Eckstein Middle School, 74.0 trips

Honorable Mentions:

International Christian Cycling Club - International Christian Cycling Club, 109.0 trips
EZ Riders - Honeywell, 84.0 trips

2) Highest % of New bike commuters on one team

• Teams of 5 or less

1) MORE FIFTY-FOUR FORTY-FIVES - NBBJ 5/5
2) Charlie Riders - Charles Wright Academy 5/5
3) The Little Clinic That Could - Whitehorse Family Medicine 4/4

• Teams of 6 or more

1) BicyclonVia - Onvia 10/10
2) Team T - Turner Construction 8/8
3) Upright Bipedalers - City of Everett (Public Works) 7/7

3) Most total bike trips for one team

1) Team Ocean Motion - University of Washington School of Oceanograhy, 193.0 trips
2) Hydrologic Cyclers - King County Water and Land Resources Division, 188.5 trips
3) holocene hillclimbers - Earth and Space Science, UW ATG, 182.5 trips

4) Highest average trips per rider for one team

1) EZ Riders – Honeywell, 21.2 trips
2) Sore Butts Righteous Intentions - Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 18.8 trips
3) The B-Train - University of Washington, 17.6 trips

Honorable Mentions:

1) Team Ocean Motion - University of Washington School of Oceanograhy, 19.3 trips
2) Hydrologic Cyclers - King County Water and Land Resources Division, 18.85 trips

5) Most total miles for one team

1) Squadra Ophidian - Group Health Cooperative - AOC, 6700.4 miles
1) O-Dog and the Novara Nine - REI - Merch/G&A, 6675.0 miles
3) NoLimitCycle - Boeing - Phantom Works, 5760.9 miles

We decided to award both top teams with a first place award.

6) Highest monthly average miles per rider (4-10 person team)

1) Norfolk And Chance Cycling Team - Microsoft Corporation, 423 miles
2) Mushroom Farmers - Mercer Island School District, 413.7 miles
3) Spin & Grin – Honeywell, 401.5 miles

Honorable Mentions:

1) Squadra Ophidian - Group Health Cooperative, 670.04 miles
2) O-Dog and the Novara Nine - REI, 667.5 miles
3) NoLimitCycle - Boeing - Phantom Works, 576.09 miles
4) Sirius – FreeLance, 569.35 miles
5) Got Legs? Go Pedal! - Cycle Tuesday Bike Commuting Friends, 518.87 miles

7) Most teams in one workplace or organization

(Certificates will be mailed to CTR department)

University of Washington – 61 teams
Group Health Cooperative – 26 teams
REI – 25 teams
Microsoft – 20 teams
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center – 18 teams
City of Seattle – 14 teams
Mithun – 9 teams
Amazon.com – 9 teams
Starbucks – 9 teams

8) Most riders in any organization

a) Businesses of 50

1) Bainbridge High School, 27 riders
2) SvR Design Company, 21 riders

b) Businesses of 50 - 100

1) Safeco Insurance Companies – 25 riders
2) US Coast Guard – 25 riders

c) Businesses of 100+

1) Microsoft – 219 Riders
2) Group Health Cooperative - 210 Riders
3) REI – 206 Riders

Honorable Mention:

University of Washington, 421 riders

Highest % of riders in one workplace

Businesses of over 100:

Mithun Architecture; 36.92% of all workers rode!

(a total of 72 riders on 9 Mithun teams)

So many people have given incorrect counts of total employees in their organization that we could not sort out all the winners. Please email us with your % number of riders of your workplace if it's over the following: Under 50, 50% or higher, 50-100, 30% or higher, over 100, 20% or higher. You must include all employees, not just the ones who work in your building, department or division, thanks!

9) Captain of the Year award: Who did the most to get their co-workers inspired?

1) Cliff Church, NOAA Fisheries; Cliff has been a founding participant of the GHCC and has built up the program from one team and 5 riders to about eight teams and 70 riders in three years. It's people like Cliff that make this event so special!

2) Amy Martin, ColdHeat; Amy led her team by example and offered much support and assistance to her co-workers, including route tips, safety and bike checks.

Honorable Mentions:

Tim Beigle of O Dog and the Novara Nine, (REI), & Katrina Paradine of Squadra Ophidian, (Group Health Cooperative); These two warriors led their respective teams to record setting numbers in every category this year! Congrats to both.

Jon White of the Area Bicycle Team, Microsoft; Jon showed tremendous enthusiasm and support for his teammates which including his own motivational e-newsletters.

Individual Rider prizes

1) Most trips total by new bike commuter

1) Tom Johnson - Microsoft Corporation, 23.0 (293 miles)
2) Sian Davies-Vollum University of Washington, 23.0 (115 miles)
3) James Lai - University of Washington, 23.0 (46 miles)

2) Most overall total miles.

1) Martin Senkyrik Myrio - A Siemens company, 1220.0 miles
2) Metal Building Mike CHG Building Systems, Inc. Office, 1195.5 miles

3) Highest average trip length (12 or more trips)

1) Bruce C. Odegaard - Food Products Association, 88 miles/trip
2) Brad "The Revenue Cyclist" Hefta-Gaub - Revenue Science, 49.6 miles/trip

Honorable Mentions:

- Martin Senkyrik Myrio - A Siemens company 61 miles/trip
- Metal Building Mike - CHG Building Systems, Inc. Office 51.97 miles/trip

4) Most total trips.

1) Jeffrey Stamerjohn - Microsoft Corporation 23.0 trips (874 miles)
2) Steve Campbell - The Johnson Partnership 23.0 trips (500.9 miles)

Honorable Mentions:

- Benita Veskimets Four Legs Good Pet Shop 23.0 trips (355.0 miles)
- Planet Friendly Kimberly-Clark Engineering 23.0 trips (138.0 miles)
- James Thorne Areva Managed Services 23.0 trips (120.4 miles)
- Robert Kirkpatrick Amaze Entertainment unknown 23.0 trips (236.7 miles)
- Sian Davies-Vollum University of Washington Environmental Science Program 23.0 trips (115.0 miles)
- Stephen Lybeck Kirkland Post Office 23.0 trips (230.0 miles)
- Tom Johnson Microsoft Corporation MSN 23.0 trips (293.0 miles)
- ON HIS LAST LEGS (team name) University of Washington PBio 23.0 trips (46.0 miles)

5) Top overall ranked female "Individual rider"

1) Debbie Monaghan-Guerrero - Clover Park School District 22 trips, 1002.5 miles
2) Nancy Healy - University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center 22 trips, 396.0 miles

For more detailed information about the Group Health Commute Challenge, click here.

If you are new to bicycle commuting, please visit our resources page for great tips on getting started.