Photo courtesy of HLSCC
On the morning before the first cancer race of the HLSCC/Highland Spring College Classic race series on Saturday 3rdOctober 2015, a very youthful alumni of the College lost her battle to cancer. Among the usual participants of the series, various friends and families of the fallen alumni walked and ran in her honor with her name written on their pink eye black stickers. Other supporters of cancer victims and survivors came out in large numbers for the cause, and also wrote the names of fighters on their pink eye black stickers and sported their pink rubber wristbands marked with hope, faith, strength, and survivor.
College President, Dr. Karl Dawson, opened the event with a moment of silence for those who fought hard but lost the fight to cancer before the sea of pink balloons was released in their memory. Race director, Stephanie Russ-Penn called the runners/walkers to the starting line and they were off setting their own pace. A cancer supporter to the fallen alumni said “She came out just for her, and at one point I wanted to stop along the way, but I thought on her and on how hard she fought so she didn’t stop until the end.”
Reuben Stoby and Rosmond Johnson were repeat winners of the second race. Stoby gained his second win as the top male in a time of 11:50.32, and Johnson also with her second win of the series as top female in a time of 14:38.51. Full race results will soon be available on the College’s website.
