Rochester Active Sports Club is a multi-sport club designed to provide a framework for the support and development of sports such as cycling (MTB and road) and nordic skiing in South East Minnesota. The club is organized as a nonprofit organization in the State of Minnesota and has 501 (c)(3) status. The charter of the club allows the members to form additional groups to support other activities such as in-line skating etc. Most of the business of the club is conducted via e-mail and the internet as they provides rapid, inexpensive means of communication. RASC is strongly orientated towards active participation in endurance sports. Most of us would rather be out biking or skiing than in a meeting. With its strong emphasis towards endurance sports, many of the members actively compete in their sports. One of our primary goals is to build up active participation through coaching sessions and clinics to improve members skills in biking and skiing. We organize coaching sessions, ski events, bike races and regular bike rides. The coordinators were picked because they are very active in their sports and had been informally organizing many such events over the last few years.

Below is a list of the main groups in the club, from the RASC Board to all the biking / ski groups, and associated groups involved in trail work. If you are interested in helping in any of the groups or committees listed below, they would love to have additional help. To that end, we have listed the e-mail address of the primary people involved in each group, should you want to contact them.
RASC Board
This is the main RASC Board – we meet sporadically, usually a few times a year.
President: Michael O’Connor (mkoconnor@mayo.edu)
Treasurer : Dave Greymont (birked@charter.net)
RMBT representative: Marian O’Donnell
RNST representative: David Herbert
Board members
Robb Welch
Henry Walker
Kristin Sorenson
Carolyn Franzone
Joey Keillor
Jim Bennett
Jackson Raygor
Joe Gyura
Joel Raygor
RASC Road Biking Committee
This is the group that organizes the weekly RASC bike rides for all abilities
Chairman: Pete Betz (mtbduluth@gmail.com)
Ed Denbow
Mark Enzler
Johanna Ficatier
Steve Sponsel
Ben Romberg
David Steensland
Matt Lynch
Joel Raygor
Rochester Nordic Ski Team
This group manages the RNST, interfaces with the school district, plans ski meets, and the annual ski camp etc.
Head Coach: David Herbert (dherbert4320@gmail.com)
Assistant coaches:
Joe Gyura
Joey Keillor
Barry Knapp
Leah Karsten
Joan Rabe
Andy Wood
Operations committee
Rochester School Liaison: Steve Felton
RNST Ski camp coordinator: John Resman
RNST equipment manager: Michael O’Connor
RNST Administrator: Kristin Sorenson
Dave Greymont
Henry Walker
Rochester Mountain Bike Team
This group manages the RMBT, interfaces with the school district, and the state and national high school organizations.
Team Director: Marian O'Donnell (pm.odonnell@charter.net)
Head coach Mayo HS: Marian O’Donnell
Head coach Rochester Composite : Matt Blanshan
Head coach Century HS: Scott Hogen
Operations committee:
Nancy Peters
Eric Johnson
Dan Doering
Sarah Srp
Quarry Hill trail maintenance (winter/summer)
This group manages the trails in Quarry Hill park. This involves mowing and trail maintenance in summer and grooming in winter.
Head groomer: Peter Wollan (peter.wollan@gmail.com)
Groomers:
Barbara Barry
David Squillace
Evan Peterson
Harvey Bertrand
Henry Walker
Joey Keillor
John Resman
Mark Foley
Michael Holmes
Tom McKinely
Essex Park trail maintenance (winter/summer)
This group manages the trails in Essex park. This involves mowing and trail maintenance in summer and grooming in winter.
Head groomer: Andy Wood (andy@ergowellinc.com)
Groomers:
Joe Gyura
Laura Zumbrunnen
Lisa Luetmer
Brennan Kelly
Barry Knapp
Matt Hawkins
Dan Nath
Chris Brunholzl
Grant Johnson
Wayne Sadeski
Gamehaven Park Project
This group is involved in developing Gamehaven Park as a winter/summer sports park. Initially it is working on plans for snowmaking in collaboration with the Rochester Parks and Recreation Department.
Jim Bennett (bennettnvac@gmail.com)
Jeff Robertson
Dave Greymont
Michael O’Connor
David Herbert
Henry Hocraffer
Gamehaven/Eastwood MTB Trail Management & Development
This group is involved in developing and maintaining the MTB trails in Gamehaven and Eastwood parks.
Jackson Raygor (raygorjackson@charter.net)
Jeff Robertson (jrob5630@gmail.com)
Scott Hogen
Bill Baker
RCTC MTB Trail Project
This group is exploring the development of new MTB trails in the 70-acre forested area on RCTC grounds to the north of U.S. 14.
Scott Hogen (scott.hogen@gmail.com)
Henry Walker (walker.henry@mayo.edu)
Bob Gritman
Patrick Sheedy
RASC – We Bike Rochester liaison
We Bike Rochester is a chapter of Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, and works to empower our community to include safe cycling in their lifestyle and normalize biking in Rochester. Matt Lynch is a RASC member and also serves on the Board of Directors of We Bike Rochester.
Matteau Lynch (matthieu.lynch@gmail.com)
We have an on-line registration available that handles all our membership categories and gives you full control over your membership details. If you do not wish to do an on-line payment, you must still complete the on-line form. You can then mail in your membership dues and your membership will be activated at that time.
If you wish to mail in membership payment, send the check (payable to RASC) to Rochester Active Sports Club, 3128 Lake Vista Drive NW, Rochester, MN 55901 (or within Mayo Clinic to Michael O'Connor at Charlton 1-225).
RASC was one of 9 organizations/ people nominated for the 2010 Olmsted County: Live for Others - Healthy Community Award. Dave Greymont attended the reception in the Government Center on the 13th April 2010, and accepted the Certificate of Recognition on behalf of the club.