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Rothfeldt Family Honored at Palmer Trinity School The Rothfeldt family was honored at this year's 3rd Annual Tony Trot 5K on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Voice of the Miami Heat and PTS Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Michael Baiamonte, officially dedicated the Rothfeldt Running Trail to the Rothfeldt family for their outstanding philanthropic support of Palmer Trinity School. Since 2010, Maggie Rothfeldt has been a member of the PTS Board of Trustees. Over the years, the Rothfeldts have contributed in many ways: to the Imagine Campaign, as Golden Falcon donors, and most recently, enhancing financial aid efforts. The Rothfeldt Running Trail extends along the border of the new Palmer Trinity School South Campus. This year also marked the graduation of the Rothfeldt's youngest child Danielle. Their son Doug graduated from PTS in 2010. WILL MORRISON '07 Caitlin Pomerance and Katrina Bilella have embarked on a 70 day, 4,700 mile bike ride from Baltimore to San Francisco this summer to raise money for the 4K For Cancer program. They have created a blog to keep friends and family updated on their ride: caitiandkatbikeacrossamerica.wordpress.com/ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Chuck Klenk (PTS Board of Trustees), Ulla-Marie Rothfeldt, Marc Rothfeldt, Danielle Rothfeldt '13, and Magdalena Rothfeldt (PTS Board of Trustees), and Michael Baiamonte (PTS Board of Trustees) internship at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site, hopefully making an exhibit teaching about the allowance of cultural subsistence fishing within the sanctuary." meter run to close out competition. Mark won the event and was named First Team All-Patriot League. In honor of graduation from American University, Mark ran for 100 minutes just before the ceremony. MARK ALLEN '09 KYLE KNOBLOCK '08 CAITLIN POMERANCE '07 AND KATRINA BILELLA '07 Ashley Pemsler received her Master's from the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development in Community Mental Health Counseling. She received her BS from the University of Rochester where she majored in Psychology. Ashley was recently engaged to Mike Cara in October 2012 and they are now living in Madison, Wisconsin where she will begin her search for a job as a therapist, specifically interested in adult and geriatric populations. ASHLEY PEMSLER '07 AND MIKE CARA 2008 Lauren Adamo is working as an RN for the University of Miami Hospital. She continues to play lots of tennis. Nicholas Betancourt graduated from the University of Florida in May 2013. In June, he will start work as a mechanical engineer for Schlumberger, an oil services company in Houston. Nick writes: "I'm so excited, and so grateful to Palmer Trinity for all the things I learned while I was there." Kyle Knoblock graduated from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo in May 2013. Kyle writes: "Just landed the Romain Lang-Willar was recently featured in Boca Life Magazine Summer 2013 under "Summer Stars" for his outstanding accomplishments as vice president of Stéphane's Steak and Seafood. Receiving accolades from his successful restaurant owner and father, Romain strives to follow a similar path. Noted for his meticulous attention to detail and thorough understanding of the nuances of running a successful restaurant chain, Romain faces a bright future in the restaurant industry. Andrea Buhler graduated from Barnard University in May with a Major in Psychology and Economics. She will be working at Princeton University in the Entrepreneurial Lab this summer. The Princeton Lab provides a launch pad to Princeton University's most dynamic entrepreneurs by helping them develop their nascent start up ideas into viable, scalable ventures. ANDREA BUHLER '09 2009 Mark Allen achieved All-Patriot League status on the final day of the 2013 Patriot League Championships, finishing first in the 5,000 (continues on page 48) S U M M E R / F A L L 2 0 1 3 45

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