Background[]
- Cyclist
- Selected by Glamour Magazine as one of the Top Ten College Women in the country.
- College Student at University of Maryland and from Pennsylvania.
Media[]
Glamor Magazine article in April 2012[]
Colleen Gulick, 21, in 2012
University of Maryland
Major: Bioengineering
Gulick doesn’t have just one or two medals to display on her walls. She has 171—not to mention the 47 trophies on shelves and in boxes. The all-star athlete from Spring City, Pennsylvania, has competed in track and field, soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse, and is a starting player on her NCAA Division I field hockey team at the University of Maryland.
But her favorite sport? Cycling. The 5’4” junior is the only woman in the U.S. ever to medal in a men’s cycling race. Currently she is ranked sixth in the nation for female cyclists in her age group (20 to 29), is a three-time national champion and 30-time national medalist, and holds the record for the most medals won in a single national championship (she took home eight). Oh, and she’s a star student too: At 16, she was the youngest person ever recruited by the University of Maryland’s honors program.
Where you’ll find her in 20 years: Polishing her 2016 Olympic gold for track cycling and, after that, “working as an orthopedic surgeon, treating other Olympians,” she says.
Details[]
Glamor Magazine chose women based on accomplishment in the classroom and on the playing field. Colleen, as a multi-time national cycling champion and NCAA Division I field hockey champion, certainly fits the bill! [1]