Patrick Sweeney

Patrick Sweeney (Darden ’98) was part of the four-person team that won the Race Across America, a non-stop bicycle race that started in Oceanside, California, and finished in Annapolis, Maryland. This year’s course, which crossed through 13 states, climbed more than 175,000 feet and had temperatures ranging from 102 degrees to nearly freezing, was considered to be the toughest in the iconic bicycle race’s 36-year history.

Patrick Sweeney (Darden ’98) is the host of the Sport & Survival series on Epic TV, an extreme sports website. An international adventurer, extreme athlete and philanthropist, Mr. Sweeney was recently named one of “America’s Fittest Real Athletes” by Outside magazine and Outside Television. He has also started four companies, including dwinQ, a social media platform and operating system for events, based out of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Sweeney has completed a number of extreme adventures, most recently biking the Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska in February 2014. He often adventures with his family, for the benefit of charity: in July 2014, he and his children attempted to summit Mt. Blanc in the Alps, the highest peak in the European Union, but made the decision to try again later after taking a slide on the Grand Couloir during the attempt. They are now working on a video to teach children dedication, training and respect for the outdoors, and Mr. Sweeney is beginning production on a nationwide family adventure television series that will air next year.