Race for the Cure

    The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Tulsa Race for the Cure is an annual run that is held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event consists of a five-kilometer run and a one-mile fun run. There were about 6,500 runners and walkers at the event. The race raises money for local and national breast cancer organizations that specialize in prevention and awareness of breast cancer.
    Many of our cross country team members participated in this race. The best finisher from Grace was Israel Richardson, who placed thirty-fourth out of 777 male runners in the five-kilometer race. Our runners also did well in their in their respective age groups. Jayme Goolsbay placed fourth out of one hundred twenty-three runners in the 9-12 age group. In the female 13-15 division, Brinkley Davison and Olivia Som de Cerff placed eighteenth and twenty-first, respectively.
    Our male runners also did very well in the five kilometer race. We had four runners place in the top forty in the 13-15 age group: Israel Richardson-fifth, Daniel Cap- twentieth, Daniel Maris- thirty-first, and Evan Chasteen- thirty-fifth. Overall, our Grace cross country team showed very well in the race and was also able to help a worthy organization in the process.

-- story by Eddie Van Matre