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Relay Race To Honor Fallen Athlete

Kevin Dare was a Penn State University pole vaulter who lost his life at the 2002 Big Ten Indoor Championships when he fatally struck his head on the arena floor after a failed jump. To honor Dare, and raise funds for a memorial charity which bears his name, ten Penn State alumni will attempt to break the world record for the ten-man, 1,000 mile relay: 99 hours, 3 minutes and 27 seconds.

“It’s been ten years since Kevin Dare passed away, so we wanted to do something special to mark that and honor Kevin and the type of guy that he was,” said event organizer and run participant, Ryan Foster, the 2011 Big Ten indoor 800m champion through a statement.

Called the Life Back on Track Relay, scheduled for August 26 – 30, the ten runners will begin their journey at the fieldhouse at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where Dare died, then run the roads to State College, Pa. They plan to raise funds for the Kevin Dare Foundation’s scholarship program which helps severely injured and ill high school student athletes to attend college.

“All of us have been a student-athlete at some time,” said Foster. “For some of us it was how we paid our way through college. It’s hard to imagine what it would be like to have that Continue reading →

Will hooper pole vault 15′

Will hooper qualifies for the Arizona State Track and Field meet. Also part of tying the pole vault relay record at the Glendale union high school district relays.
Also attempted to break the Arizona State Sophomore record at 15’4″.