Wake Forest Athletics News
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Annual Run with the Deacs Fundraiser Set for Sept. 24
Sept. 9, 1999 Winston-Salem - Head Basketball Coach Dave Odom and the Wake Forest basketball team are challenging the Wake Forest and Winston-Salem community to a road race against cancer. ?Run With The Deacs,? a fun-run and race to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive at Wake Forest, will be held Friday, September 24th at 4 p.m. on campus in conjunction with President?s Weekend festivities. Coach Odom, his staff and players will lead all participants on a 5K run/walk on the University cross country course. The general public is invited ? as runners, walkers or spectators. The entry fee for participants is $10.00 with all money being donated to the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive in memory of a great Wake Forest athlete/alum and Chicago Bear star who died of cancer. This fall marks the twentieth year of the student-initiated Piccolo Drive with over $435,000 raised to directly support the research and treatment of cancer through the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University. Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is co-sponsoring the Run With The Deacs event. Pre-registration for the event is being handled through the Student Development office, Benson Center 317 with day-of-the event registration at the Water Tower field at 3 p.m. Each participant will receive a ?Run With The Deacs? T-shirt and be eligible for additional prizes to be awarded to the top three finishers in three separate men?s and women?s age divisions. For more information, call the Wake Forest Student Development office (758-5921) or the Men?s Basketball office (758-5622). |