Spring 2009 - Seattle University

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competing in triathlons. A three-season
athlete in high school, she played water polo,
swam and was on the track-and-field team.
“I loved being involved in sports in
high school, but it really forced me to be
organized. I had to learn to manage my
time between school, sports and friends,”
she says. “I think that it was that kind
of discipline that has helped me be so
successful with triathlons.”
her a long time to realize that I had an
impact on her racing,” Doug says.
“Come on, Dad. It didn’t take that
long,” Alycia says, rolling her eyes.
The pair admits that some goodnatured,
father-daughter disagreements,
or ribbing, come with the territory
of competing in the same sport.
But both agree that having the
support of one another and their
seven to eight races a year.
“I know I’m getting older,” Doug
says, “but I can still beat guys in their
20s. Now that’s fun.”
Alycia hopes to attend the World
Championship race on Australia’s
Gold Coast this summer where she
would race with the national team. She
qualified for a spot on the roster at
last year’s World Championships in
“I know I’m getting older, but I can still beat guys
in their 20s. Now that’s fun.”
Doug Hill, ’81
Her move into triathlons began slowly
with sprint-distant races that involved a
half-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a
3-mile run.
These days, like her father, Alycia takes
part in Olympic distance triathlons where
athletes sweat through a 1-mile swim, a
26-mile bike ride and a 10K run.
Alycia credits her dad with inspiring her
to take her interest in the sport to the next
level. Throughout her childhood, she
watched as he trained for triathlons. “I’m
happy to have inspired her, although it took
competitors serves to motivate.
“I find most of my support and
inspiration in the people I meet at races,”
Alycia says.
“There’s this one woman, she’s almost
80 years old, and she is still out there
racing. She’s my role model. I hope that
when I’m 80, I’m performing at her
level.”
Although Doug has cut back on his
training hours since his last Ironman
race he continues to compete, averaging
Canada.
“I hope to get there,” she says, “but
if I don’t, I definitely won’t stop
competing.”
“It’s something we love doing; it’s
part of how we choose to live our lives,”
adds Doug. “Triathlons are more than
just a sport—they’re a lifestyle.”
—Maura Beth Pagano, ’12
in memoriam
Elaine Marie Uhlenkott Alquist, ’72, died Feb. 17,
2008, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 57.
Born in Cottonwood, Idaho, she graduated from St.
Gertrude’s Academy and in 1968 received her degree
in nursing from Seattle University. Before settling
in Seattle, Alquist worked as a registered nurse in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida. She is survived
by her husband, Dennis; her children, Aaron,
Erika, Lara and Kathleen; her brothers, Chuck, Tim,
Bill, and Pat; her sisters, Mary and Kathryn; motherin-law,
Georgina; sisters-in-law, Margaret and
Monica; brother-in-law, Peter; 29 nieces and nephews;
and numerous great-nieces, great-nephews and
cousins. In lieu of flowers, Alquist’s family asks
that donations be made in her memory to the
American Cancer Society or St. Vincent de Paul.
Edgar Aubuchon, Sr., ’50, died July 27, 2008.
He was 82. Aubuchon graduated from O’Dea
High School in Seattle in 1944, and went on to
serve two years in the Navy. In 1950, he earned
his degree from Seattle University. Aubuchon
had a passion for golfing and was a regular
patron at the Capitol City course in Lacey,
Wash. Aubuchon is survived by his daughter,
Ann; his sons, Don, Bill and Scott; his sisters,
Roberta Ferris and Florence Rameau; and his
grandchildren, Malika, Cameron, Colin, Joshua
and Katie. He was preceded in death by his son,
Edgar, Jr.
Martin Dean Baumgartner, ’60, ’69 MEd,
died Jan. 21, 2008. He was 70. A Seattle native,
he attended St. Benedict’s Elementary and
O’Dea High School. He received a bachelor’s
degree in 1960 and, nine years later, a master’s
degree in education, both from Seattle
University. In 1958, Baumgartner married Mary
Kloeck, and together they raised five children:
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