Texas Independence Relay Team Update

We're still searching for our team name as we'll do battle against Bill Dwyer's "Texian Road Warriors" in the Texas Independence Relay's "Texas Tough Throwdown".

However, we're getting closer!

Karen Felicidario apologized for her lack of Texas history while researching some information on one of possible team names and mentioned that she was originally from Massachusetts.

It is probably fairly well known that I'm from Pennsylvania and that Cassie Mondragon is from West Virginia ... but not sure why anyone would want to ride across it in the back seat of a Cadillac as Tim McGraw sings in his new duet, "I Need You", with his wife, Faith.

So I asked, "Where is everybody from?" and here are some of the responses - so far - I received in this "Get To Know Your TIR Teammate" segment:

Edwin -
Cassie - West Virginia
Barbara -
Holden - "I was born in Seoul, Korea, moved to Kobe, Japan when I was 5, moved back to Korea when I was 7, moved to Las Palmas, Spain when I was still 7, went to a boarding school in Britain when I was 13, moved to Chicago, IL when I was 16, attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL for college, then went on living in the Chicago area until I was 37 at which time I moved to the Houston area in July, 2003. I typically say I'm from Chicago."
Jon - "Born in Altoona, PA, but lived in Tyrone, PA. Moved to Houston in November 1976 before two short stops in 1979-1980 in Russellville, AR and Venetia, PA (near Pittsburgh). Aside from a 14-month stay in Carrollton, TX, where Waverly was born at St. Paul Hospital in Dallas, I've been in Spring, TX otherwise since 1981."
Karen - Massachusetts
Joe - Cleveland, Ohio
Keith - "Originally from the great state of New Jersey, I high schooled and colleged in Florida, and I'm now in grad school in Texas."
Sarah - "I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's much nicer to run there than here. Too bad I didn't run while I was living there!"
JD - "Most of my life has been spent in Texas. Born in New Jersey, I was only there for six months. Most growing up was in California."
Dave -
Jessica -

Erin - "That’s actually a tough question. I was born in Pittsburgh, and both of my parents grew up there. But before I turned 12, I also lived in Philadelphia; Akron, OH; Champaign, IL; Richmond, VA; and finally Indianapolis, which is where I went to high school. Indianapolis is the place I consider home and where my parents and my sister still live—that’s where I generally tell people I’m from if they ask."
Christy - "Sorry, I'm boring ... born and raised right here in Houston." (No, Christy, you're a rarity these days!)