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Michelle Rohl was a 15-time All-American during her time at University of Wisconsin-Parkside and National Champion in the 1000-meter and two-mile during her college middle-distance running career. After trying racewalking for fun, she used it to train when she suffered from Achilles tendonitis. Michelle eventually switched to racewalking, qualifying for the U.S. Nationals in 1989 and finishing 10th.

After having her first child in 1990, Michelle focused on racewalking, becoming a three-time U.S. Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000), winning 22 national titles, and holding every American record from 3k to 30k simultaneously. She retired in 2004 to focus on family and home-schooling, but in 2018, she returned to running, winning the 800m at the Master's Championships.

In 2022, Michelle set multiple American records in distances from 800m to 10k. A concussion in April of 2023 led her back to racewalking, but it took until December for her to recover to full, healthy training. 2024 has been a monumental year where she capped the year by winning four golds at the World Championships and Pan Am Games, setting nine American records and three world records. This mother of five recently became a grandmother at the age of 58 and qualified for the Olympic Trials. She finished third, and though she did not compete in the Paris Olympics, it was the most widely publicized event from the trials.

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Dr. Mike Alosco is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, where he serves as the Director of the BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Clinical Core. He serves as the Director of Neuropsychology at the Memory and Aging Clinic at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Alosco’s career has been devoted to study methods to detect and diagnose neurodegenerative diseases, particularly CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications in this field and is the Principal Investigator of multiple NIH-funded grants. He assisted in the development and publication of diagnostic research criteria for the clinical syndrome of CTE. Dr. Alosco’s research has laid the foundation for the development and validation of ways to detect and diagnose CTE during life, and he hopes his work will ultimately lead to the development of strategies to treat and prevent CTE and Alzheimer’s disease.

To learn more about some studies that are working to find important cures, visit bankcte.org or hitss.org .

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From bobsled champion to creating globally renowned sports nutrition, Sandy Kellin is an all-round authority on sport. Sandy’s early background included football, boat racing, and flight instruction. At the track at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics, the former collegiate football player stood next to the bobrun, watching bobsledders race down and he was hooked! He barely missed the 1980 Olympics after a crash injured his 4-man team. In the 90s, Sandy’s focus became health and fitness, so for the next 3 decades, he traveled to over 25 countries promoting Pharmanex, EuroNutrition and Xendurance nutritional products to medical professionals and sports enthusiasts, while. At age 75, Sandy showed us all how to age by doing incline dumbbell press with 75 pound dumbbells, 20 times on his 75th birthday.

To learn more, visit xendurance.com .