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HSC hosts run/walk for charity
The Health Care Classic, in association with the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement, was run for the 18th straight year on Saturday morning.
The event, organized by students at the Health Sciences Campus, is a five kilometer race to raise money for The Healing Place, a homeless shelter in Louisville.
Clint Morehead, a second year medical student and the race director, said that the event is held to raise money and to promote a healthy lifestyle. As a runner himself, Morehead enjoyed the opportunity to organize the race.
“It was great,” he said. “The weather was beautiful, and a lot of people turned out. Close to 200 people signed up which was a lot better than last year.”
Morehead said he estimates that they raised about $4,500 to give to The Healing Place. He also thanked Dean Mark Pfeifer of the School of Medicine and University President James Ramsey for supporting the event. The School of Medicine gave about $1,500 to cover the overhead costs for the race.
Men, women both finish in top three of track and field invitational
The Louisville Track and Field squad took down the top spot in 10 events in this weekend’s Oliver Nikoloff Invitational in Cincinnati, Ohio. The men finished in second place behind host Cincinnati, while the women claimed the third spot among 12 teams.
Junior Arthur Turland was the big story on the day as he won the hammer throw competition with a personal best 183 feet and 4 inches. Turland’s performance landed him his second qualifying mark for the NCAA Mideast Regional on May 26-27 in Knoxville, Tenn.
Freshman Tony Belt also had a good weekend winning three events along with running the anchor leg for the Cards third place finish in the 4×100 meter relay.
Emily Turland and ZeNai Savage combined to win all three throwing events for the ladies. The Cards saddle up again on Wednesday as they travel to Austin for the four day Texas Relays competition.
Swim team members have success in the classroom
Both the men and women’s swimming and diving squads landed in the top 30 for team grade point average on the College Swim Coaches Association of America Academic All-America List for the fall of 2005.
The women were 23rd in nation, behind only Georgetown among Big East teams this year. The ladies also finished fourth in the conference standings and sent junior diver Marianne Bradford to the NCAA Zone Meet.
The men finished in the 30th spot with a team GPA of 3.00 along with finishing fourth in the Big East.
