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Cross Country, Track & Field Participate In Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Number of Participants: 16

Hours Donated: 3

Value of Time Served: $406

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Event By: Team Up 4 Community

Event Type: Health & Medicine

Sport: Cross Country Running

Date: November 18, 2014

Location:
Wantagh
New York 11570, United States

About:

WANTAGH, N.Y. (Oct. 28, 2013) – On Sunday, October 20, the Molloy College men’s and women’s cross country and track & field teams participated in the American Cancer Society’s annual event at Jones Beach (Wantagh, N.Y.): “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.”

“I felt it was important for the team to come together at an event like this and show support for one of our teammates and also to stand up to a disease that has affected so many people,” commented sophomore Tyler Capozzoli (East Williston, N.Y.), who is a member of Molloy’s cross country and track & field squads, as well as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative for his teams.

The event, which was created in 1984, has inspired over eight million people to walk, and raised more than $460 million in the fight against breast cancer. The disease is the second-leading cancer found in women in the United States, and results in the second-most cancer deaths amongst women as well. As a result of the Making Strides events, more than four million women have been afforded potentially life-saving screening tests.

“They walked in honor of all breast cancer survivors, but especially united to honor and remember one of their fellow teammate’s mother, who lost her battle to breast cancer only 10 months ago,” said Head Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Keely Coco. “They contributed to the cause and showed their uniformity as a team, in hope to raise awareness and find a cure!”

To view the American Cancer Society’s webpage pertaining to 2013 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event, including a running tally of how much money was raised, please click here.

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