Body By Derby: Springfield’s Queen City Roller Derby

Body By Derby is a figure study of active derby athletes to show the different body types of active skaters and the physical effects derby has on the players. This entry features skaters from Springfield's Queen City Roller Derby. More pictures can be found at Cory's website. Get future updates on Facebook by following The Rollergirl Project.

From Left: Whipper Hard, Poisonous Polly, T.K.O. Rose, RollerCat, Barnes & Nail Her,
Zom-B Bar-B, Testy Teacher, Scissor Pit! and 1-Trick Pony

	Name	Whipper Hard
	Age	44
	Children	1 Daughter 18 years old
	Height	5’ 4”
	Weight	170
	Weight before derby	170
	Started	April 2014
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout	None
	Diet	I am a lover of good healthy food!
	Laps in 5 minutes
	Previous Athletic Experience	I have never played sports before i joined derby

	Name	Poisonous Polly
	Age	33
	Children	2 children ages 11 & 12
	Height	5' 6"
	Weight	160
	Weight before derby	175
	Started	2005
	Key Position	Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout
	Diet
	Laps in 5 minutes	27 Laps in 4:19
	Previous Athletic Experience	Absolutely none. I didn't even know how to skate.

	Name	T.K.O. Rose
	Age	36
	Children	1 child, age 16
	Height	5' 3"
	Weight	178
	Weight before derby	201
	Started	2006
	Key Position	Offensive & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout	I do some outdoor skating on my own when I can fit it into my schedule.
	Diet
	Laps in 5 minutes	27 in 4:30
	Previous Athletic Experience	Growing up I played soccer, basketball, took gymnastics and ballet classes. In high school I was a swimmer.

	Name	RollerCat
	Age	23
	Children	I have 2 black cats
	Height	5’ 4”
	Weight	115
	Weight before derby	110
	Started	October 2012
	Key Position	Jammer
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout	Cycling, core exercises, yoga, skating on anything, and whatever sounds fun
	Diet	I eat everything, however I frequent the farmer's market. Most of my diet is local, organic produce.
	Laps in 5 minutes	27 laps in 4:27
	Previous Athletic Experience	Softball, dance, cross country, long-distance track, and color guard.

	Name	Barnes & Nail Her
	Age	28
	Children	Ulric 15 and Avery 7.
	Height	5' 5 1/2”
	Weight	130
	Weight before derby	120
	Started	December 2010
	Key Position	Jammer
	Practice time per week	4-6 hours
	Other Workout	I do sometimes, mostly strengthen workouts while I watch bouts on YouTube. It's damn good motivation.
	Diet	No, and it's what made me join roller derby. I wanted to continue to eat whatever way I wanted to by adding a physical activity into my routine. I did start drinking water for most of the day to help with hydration and only drink soda or tea for one meal a day.
	Laps in 5 minutes	28 laps in 5, and getting faster.
	Previous Athletic Experience	Played football in middle school.

	Name	Zom-B Bar-B
	Age	34
	Children	No kids but I have dogs dogs dogs! Adopt! Don't Shop!
	Height	5’ 1”
	Weight	100 - 105
	Weight before derby	100 - 105
	Started	2011
	Key Position	Jammer & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout
	Diet	I don't eat meat because i feel sad for animals but I do eat fish because Kurt Cobain said they don't have feelings... and I don't feel AS sad for them
	Laps in 5 minutes	I haven't made my best time yet! Holla! I'm a work in progress
	Previous Athletic Experience	Nope! Last picked in gym. Took Volleyballs to the nose. Would fall trying to kick the ball during kick ball. I was that girl.

	Name	Testy Teacher
	Age	31
	Children	2 boys age 10 and 14
	Height	5' 1"
	Weight	157
	Weight before derby	166
	Started	August 16, 2011
	Key Position	Offensive & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	4 hours
	Other Workout	I spend about an hour and a half at the gym at least 3 days a week. With this I do about an hour of cardio and 30 min of strengthening and weights. I go biking about twice a week with my boys and float trips in the summer.
	Diet	I try to watch what I eat but at the same time I do not diet. I drink plenty of water and eat little sweets.
	Laps in 5 minutes	26 in 5
	Previous Athletic Experience	No other athletic experience besides teaching my boys how to play sports.

	Name	Scissor Pit!
	Age	29
	Children	1 stepson - he's 7
	Height	5' 4"
	Weight	170ish
	Weight before derby	170ish
	Started	February 2013
	Key Position	Jammer
	Practice time per week	4 hours when I go to all practices
	Other Workout	Not really. I always intend to but following through is another story.
	Diet	No. I just try to make sure I don't eat too much.
	Laps in 5 minutes
	Previous Athletic Experience	Played High School Softball and tried a couple other sports growing up.

	Name	1-Trick Pony
	Age	31
	Children	2 Step-children
	Height	5' 7"
	Weight	165
	Weight before derby	Doesn't Matter
	Started	May 15, 2009
	Key Position	Offensive & Defensive Blocker
	Practice time per week	At least 4 hours. Wish it were more
	Other Workout	Cardio, running, weights, biking
	Diet	It used to be a P90X diet of 1200 to 1500 calories. But pizza and I have unfortunately become quite close.
	Laps in 5 minutes	29 laps in 5 min
	Previous Athletic Experience	4-years varsity Letterman in basketball. Varsity soccer, softball, longboarding, street hockey