Photos by Bill Bramswig, except as noted
Follow the crowd— this could be the start of something big.
And they're off! ...The 4-mile race begins.
Over six thousand people took part in the 15K and 4-mile races,
and many hundreds more participated in the Remembrance Walk.
It was quite a day! If you weren't there this year, please plan to join us next year.
Worku Beyi finishes first in the 4-mile Race, immediately followed by Genna Tufa.
These top two finishers in the 4-mile Race are both from the Bronx, New York, and are both members of the Westchester TC Team.
April Coughlin, from New York City, races toward the finish line.
Collette Kavanagh, from Long Beach, New York,
is the first-place female finisher in the 4-mile Race.
Adam Bograd competes in the 4-mile race,
running for the Columbia University Medical Center Team.
The event organizers:
Albert J. Ferro, MA (Director of Partners in Prevention, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cancer Center Montefiore Medical Center),
Mary Wittenberg (President and CEO of the New York Road Runners), and
Thomas K. Weber, MD (Founder and Executive Director of Partners in Prevention, Professor of Surgery and Molecular Genetics Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center).
Dr. Weber (event host) and Ann Hinegardner (Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the New York Road Runners) announce the top Female Finishers.
Worku Beyi, the first-place winner in the 4-mile race, receives an award from Dr. Weber and Ann Hinegardner.
Dr. Weber and Ann Hinegardner present awards to the top male finishers.
Sanofi-Aventis provided
a giant, walk-through model of a colon,
so that visitors could understand what it is that a doctor looks for.
Examples of polyps, colitis, and cancerous sections are explained by means of models and explanatory signs.
The message is that colon cancer is preventable, beatable, and treatable!
Visit their PreventCancer.org
website, featuring the Scope It Out 5K™
run and walk
in Washington, D.C. on March 30th.
Dr. Weber poses with just a few of the members of the formidable Team Keimay the Great.
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Challenge Day is Family Day!
Enthusiasm was certainly the byword
for the younger members of The Team High-Point.
The walkers get ready to start.
New York Ostomy Support Groups.
In the Remembrance Walk,
Team members commemorate lost friends
and family members.
Here is Team Christine Rose.
Frank Olive and Amy Lau, of
Team Keimay the Great.
Team Valerie: "Always In Our Hearts."
Team Valerie: "We Love and Miss You, Mom!"
It was a chilly but exhilarating day in Central Park.
The New York Road Runners group described it as being 32 degrees, 43% humidity, and winds at 14 mph.
Here, Robin Bramswig, center, walks with her niece, Gillian, and Gillian's friend, Jen.
Right behind them are Luke and Nick Weber.
Vicky Lai chats with Dr. Weber. Vicky is an Einstein Medical School student,
doing colon cancer research in Dr. Weber's lab.
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The High Point Team poses just before starting the Remembrance Walk,
participating in memory of their friend and co-worker, Patti Martins.
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Members of the Matt's Promise Team.
Kathie's Team.
Andrea's Angels Team.
Supporters from Sanofi-Aventis
Supporters from Sanofi-Aventis
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A brisk winter stoll through Central Park provides a special opportunity for some camaraderie with good friends,
here with members of the High Point Team.
A rep from New York Road Runners shows his enthusiasm for the event.
Barbara Lynch and Patty Walton,
"In Memory of Kathy Lynch, 12/27/07".
"In Loving Memory of Vanessa Borg"
Team Valerie: "In Loving Memory of My Sister & Best Friend"
A large team proclaims, "I Dream of Trina. Bold! Brave! Beautiful!"
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The day was chilly, but The High Point Team came prepared.
Team Keimay the Great. (In honor of Keimay Yang, Nov 10, 1976 – Oct 19, 2007)
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Some words from 8½-year-old Elizabeth Tso, a younger member of Team Keimay the Great, on her role as a wonderful fund-raiser.
Elizabeth's family congratulates her for a job well done,
as NYRR's Ann Hinegardner looks on.
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Here at the Partners in Prevention Donations Tent
are
Doreen Lucadamo (from Montefiore), Albert Ferro (Director of Partners in Prevention, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cancer Center Montefiore Medical Center), and Jen Cucurullo (from The American Cancer Society)
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Karen Smith-Hagman of GHI-HIP
