Emily Van Meter

Specialties:  MTB Racing, Road Racing, Swimming, General Fitness.

Home: Portland, Oregon

Client levels accepted: Individual, SemiCustom, Custom, Consultation.

Available to take on all levels of athletes both racing and non-racing

Available for seminars, camps, clinics, and team direction on a contractual basis.

Emily Van Meter has over 10 year of cross country racing experience, starting with her very first Sea Otter Classic in 1997 and continuing most recently with a full run on the pro level in the US National Mountain Bike Series. In addition to her competitive experience, Emily holds a BS in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of San Francisco and a Personal Training Certificate from the American Council on Exercise. She has also started coursework for her Masters Degree in Kinesiology.

With her extensive knowledge of mountain biking at the top level Emily knows what it takes to survive and excel both physically and mentally in cross country and short track racing. She has an extensive background of working with all ages and abilities in her coaching. Her main philosophy is that patience and persistence are virtues that are intrinsic to not only the sport of cycling but all sports.

Emily grew up as a competitive swimmer starting as an 8-under on the local USS swim team on up through high school, racing at both the regional and national level. Later she headed deck-side and coached a youth USS team in Arcata, California and two high school teams in the Bay Area. She has also taught individual lessons to kids, adults, beginners and the elite for several years. Emily has worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor since 2004 independently and at a local gym. She has taught everything from “boot camp” and ski conditioning, to older adult fitness.

Emily raced off and on for several years dabbling in the downhill scene. In 2005 she completed the AIDS/ Lifecycle ride from San Francisco to LA. During that same year she won the Sea Otter Classic and National Championships in the Sport Class. The following year as an Expert she competed in the Majority of the National Mountain Bike Series, achieving 6 wins and 10 podium places out of 10 competitions. Emily went pro in 2007, racing cross country and short track for the Bear Naked/Cannondale team. She also has successfully raced several of the harder road stage races on the national level as preparation for her mountain bike goals.

Emily is a California Bay Area native who recently relocated to Portland, Oregon where she lives with her girlfriend and their three dogs. She looks forward to putting some turns in up at Hood and Bachelor, honing her cyclocross skills, and riding in the rain with her teammates and friends!

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