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Human-powered vehicle race

Whitney Joseph of O'Fallon, Ill., is one of the fastest women on two wheels when it comes to human-powered vehicles.

Whitney, a sophomore engineering management major at the University of Missouri-Rolla, took first place in the women's sprint event last month at the East Coast HPV Challenge in Charlotte, N.C. She helped her UMR team win its fifth straight championship in the event.

In this case, the HPV actually is a recumbent bicycle with an aerodynamic shell. Whitney averaged over 33 miles per hour on a drag strip to win the women's sprint for a second consecutive year.

Belleville News-Democrat columnist Wally Spiers wrote a column concentrating on the fact it was the fact her father, Brad Joseph, was watching her compete for the first time. I was kind of disappointed Ol' Wally didn't write more about Whitney's role in designing and operating the vehicle.

To learn more about Whitney, you can read a student profile posted on the UMR Web site.

Roger 0 comments 9:33 PM