About Challenger Productions

A Big-10 runner, multiple Boston qualifier, and spanning a 37 year career as an award-winning Physical Education teacher, Mary Lou dedicated herself to youth and leading them to discover the potential within themselves. Graduating at the top of her class with a Masters in Exercise Physiology, Mary Lou went onto receive multiple awards in the Physical Education environment. Awards included multiple campus "teacher of the year awards", 2016 Cox Communications teacher of the year finalist, and 2013 A.A.P.H.E.R.D. National Physical Education T.O.Y. (runner-up).  Retiring in 2020, Mary Lou continues to inspire excellence in the Physical Education community as a free-lance writer for Physical Education forums, through youth coaching and as co-race director of the Chelsea King Invitational Mile (www.ckmile.com).

An Engineer/Systems specialist by trade, Roger started athletics at a young age. Excelling at the 1/4 & 1/2 mile as a junior in High School,  soon after Roger entered his first triathlon in 1980. In 1981, while attending Mesa College,  Roger co-produced the first triathlon at a junior college in California. After college, while working for the schools in I.T., Roger coached numerous youth teams in Track, X.C., fast-pitch ladies softball, and boys baseball. During the 1990's, Roger excelled in the sprint duathlon, qualifying and competing at nationals, finishing 6th in 1992. Roger has competed in over 300 multi-sport events and has completed 3 Ironman distance triathlons. In addition to Challenger Production event duties, Roger runs Fusion Timing - a race timing company with approximately 75 clients throughout California. Along with Marylou, Roger co-directs the Chelsea King Invitational Mile (www.ckmile.com)