Home Town: West Simsbury, Connecticut
Major: Undeclared

Mark Lockwood likes riding his bicycle up hills—even if the hill is 6,288 feet high. He recently competed in his second Mount Washington Hill Climb, a 7.6-mile race up the northeast's highest peak. He placed a respectable 61st in a field of 450 riders that included professional racers and Olympians.

The hills are a little lower in Manchester, N.H., but Mark enjoys getting his miles in on the back roads around campus. He rides several times a week, even in the winter, when, he says, "the woods are lit up by the moon on the snow and you see lots of deer."

Mark's interest in cycling began at age 14, on a mountain bike ride with his dad. "It was snowing and icy and we were sliding all over the place. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world," he recalls. During the summer, he rides after work with his father. His training paid off in September when he placed first in his age group in the Eastern Fat Tire Association's "Horror at Harding Hill" mountain bike race.

Mark's favorite course as a freshman was Philosophy of Nature and Man, and he's looking forward to taking a course in ethics. Undeclared going into his sophomore year, he is considering becoming a philosophy major.

When he's not hitting the books or the local bike trails, Mark plays on the intramural ultimate frisbee team and is active in the environment club.