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Cliff Scherb based in New York City is a coach, cyclist, and active triathlete. Cliff developed his passion for triathlon while attending business school at Wake Forest University. “It seemed to satisfy my need to compete, not just against others, but to strive for personal bests.” Following graduation Cliff moved to Manhattan and began a career as a pharmaceutical representative; however his tri-habit was hard to kick. “I spent my days racing around the city, dogging traffic, rain or shine, seeing hundreds of doctors. It was like training for a triathlon but tough on a suit and tie.” So Cliff traded his suit for a tri top and bottom, and he hasn’t looked back.
Cliff has competed all across the USA, and internationally, gaining broad experience ranging from Olympic distance events to the Ironman. He has raced in the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, and for the second time this year competed in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida. Cliff is a USAT Level (I) coach, and has worked on active hydration strategies with the scientists of the Gatorade Institute. He studied the F.I.S.T bike fitting method from Dan Empfield publisher of Slowtwitch.com, and learned first hand about top performance triathlon equipment while working while working for a top retail triathlon store.
Always striving for ways to enhance his personal fitness and shorten race times, Cliff has a philosophy of continuous improvement. He is in it for the long run and his approach to coaching is simple; give the best coaching experience possible by understanding the aspirations of each individual, arming students with knowledge, and then motivating them to stretch to their full potential.
Favorite races Including:
This year Cliff will be racing again in Lake Placid and raising money to help find a cure for Type (I) Diabetes through the Janus Charity Fund. Click here to learn more or help by donating money towards his funding goals.
Haluk Sarci was born in Istanbul, Turkey and began his athletic adventures as a member of the National Track and Field Team in Turkey. An Olympic qualifier for the 1980 Olympics, Haluk held the honor of representing his country even though they were eventually boycotted. In 1984 Haluk immigrated to the United States where he participated in six New York City Marathons and five Boston Marathons where he set his personal record of 2 hrs. 35 min. Haluk has experience in the sport of Duathlon, Triathlon, Running, swimming, and road cycling. He has been participating in triathlons for more than nine years and has competed in many national and international events.
Among them are:
- International Triathlon Union Long Course World
- Championship – Sweden
- Representing USA – 2000 Ranked 10th in US
- Master’s Division and 2001 Ranked 8th in US Master’s Division
- Vineman Half Ironman – California
- Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon – New York
- Ironman Lake Placid – New York
- Powerman – Alabama
- Eagle Man Half Iron Man – Maryland
- Muscleman – New York
- Mighty Hamptons – New York
- New York City Triathlon – New York
- St. Croix Half Ironman – St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
- Ironman World Championship – Hawaii
- Six times qualifier. Placing 7th in his age group in 2001
Haluk continues his athletic career as a TriStarAthelte coach and cyclist, training and racing for various teams. Last year he had the amazing opportunity to travel to Italy and train with Massimiliano Lelli. This year he will join him again and will do some of the races Massimiliano hosts in Italy. He will also travel to Gran Canaria for ten days of training among the world’s top cyclists.
As a coach, Haluk has been helping elite athletes achieve their maximum potential for over fifteen years. Haluk is excited to be part of the TriStar coaching team, bringing a wealth of racing and coaching experience to all of his athletes.
Haluk lives and trains in New Jersy with his wife Margaret, daughter Deniz, son Kaan and their Golden Retriever Vicky.
Brandon Del Campo was introduced to running at a very early age when his parents would drag him to local 5K and 10K's. It seemed that he had a natural talent towards running. Brandon developed talent and became one of the nation’s top high school distance runners (1992-1993). From there he went on to a scholarship at UCLA where he would join marathoning's silver Olympic medalist Mebrahtom Keflezighi. Although Del Campo's running in college did not lead him to the Olympic marathon, it did show that he could go toe to toe with other world class athletes.
At the age of 31, Brandon is back on a new adventure, Ironman and coaching. 2008 will mark his first year racing as a pro and hopefully will lead to another year of performance gains. Over the past two years, since he started the sport, he has trained with many of the greats like Scott Molina, Dave Scott and Gordo Byrn. Now in his third year he is coached by Byrn (even the coaches have coaches) and given up his "do it yourself" mentality. "Taking on Gordo as a coach has already proven to be the best decision I have made. He has been around me since the beginning and understands what it takes to make advances in performance."
His debut Ironman was IM CDA in June of 2006. "I knew I had some talent and I had been training like a pro with Scott Molina and Gordo since the beginning of the year. I went into that race expecting to be a top 5 amateur overall and go under 9:15. I went just over 11 hours. Ouch." Four weeks later he decided that CDA was a flop and entered the Full Vineman last minute trying to regain himself. He ended up 3rd overall with a time of 9:41 over the hilly course in Sonoma. "It was a better start."
Within his Ironman journey he has done numerous 1/2's with a PB of 4:07 at the Spirit of Racine in Wisconsin. Prior to that race he was second overall at the Lifetime Fitness Elite Amateur Championship race. "1/2's and anything below are so much easier for me. You just go as hard as you can until it's over! I call them condensed pain." But 1/2's and below are not really what Del Campo is after.
Hawaii was the ultimate goal since that was the race that got him into the sport in the first place. Qualifying at the Hawaii 70.3 he went on to his first Kona in 2007 with a time of 9:26. "Part of the fun with Ironman is that even if you have done all the training, understand the race in your head and execute the plan, it still may not happen on race day. That is where I am at with the challenge."
Brandon is currently living a duel summer life in New Zealand (Dec-April) and Boulder, CO for the rest of the year. He will be racing at Wildflower, IM CDA, Spirit of Racine 1/2 and hopefully KONA. Within the race schedule he has taken on the task of expanding his coaching. "I really do love coaching!” Brandon is excited to really start using his own experience in triathlon and showing others what is possible.
In addition to his training, (racing and coaching) he has started a fundraising team for the Matthew Shepard Foundation called E-Race Hate. "I wanted to do something with my sport that made a difference. I didn't want to just be in it to get faster." The team is looking to bring in $100,000 dollars by the Hawaii Ironman which falls one day after the 10 year anniversary of Matthew's Death.
For more information on Brandon or Team E-Race Hate visit his website at www.brandondelcampo.net or www.facebook.com.
Greg Waggoner, a competitive mountain biker for the past 8 years, has been nationally ranked in the top 20 of his age group of Expert class. Greg earned his degree in Exercise Physiology from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1993 with minors in Nutrition and Coaching. Greg has been a full time personal trainer and cycling coach since 1994. As coach, Greg specializes in strength training and programming for endurance athletes and post rehab clients.
Race Results:
Coach Greg has competed in the Hudson to Highlands (H2H) point series which consists of 9 races in New York and New Jersey. In 2007 he placed third, and in 2006 he was 2nd place overall. Greg has also been highly competitive in the three national races; Maryland, Windham Mt., the Catskills, as well as the National Championship event held in Mt Snow Vermont.
Greg’s coaching philosophy is to help his clients reach peak fitness and race goals by implementing a periodized strength, flexibility and endurance program.
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