Christopher Newport University
Alumni Society Sponsors Annual 5K Run
News Release - July 28, 2005
contact:
Denise Waters
dwaters@cnu.edu
(757) 594-7331
(NEWPORT NEWS, VA) — The Christopher Newport University Alumni Society will host the 5th Annual CNU Alumni Society/Oyster Pointer 5K Fall Classic on September 17, 2005. Race proceeds benefit the endowment of scholarships in memory of recent CNU student athletes Jonny Besecker and Grace Lovegrove.
“The United Campus Ministries Student Leadership Council came up with the idea to memorialize Grace and Jonny at this event,” said Campus Minister Melanie Reuter. “They are also providing volunteer staffing to the race so current students can get involved and have an opportunity to remember their friends.”
The race starts and ends at the parking garage behind the Ferguson Center for the Arts and winds through the Riverside community. Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. and the race starts at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $15 if received by September 9 and $18 thereafter. The fee is $8 for military and students.
Door prizes and awards for the top three male and female competitors in the each of the 12 age groups will be awarded. Race Director Kelly Peck, CNU alumna and vice president of Towne Bank, can be contacted at (757) 249-7672 or by e-mail kellyndave2@verizon.net.
Lovegrove died on January 12, 2005, after going into cardiac arrest during a training run with her CNU cross country teammates. Besecker, a former member of the CNU track team, died in Belgium on February 28, 2005, as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Both were outstanding student athletes and well respected and loved within the CNU community. Scholarship donations can be made to the CNU Advancement Office, Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place, Newport News, VA 23606 or online at https://explore.cnu.edu/onlinegiving/. For more information please call (757) 594-7179.
For more information on the race or to register online, visit www.explore.cnu.edu/alumnirelations/20055K.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Business. CNU's faculty and staff of nearly 1,000 focus on "students first," outstanding teaching, access and opportunity, liberal learning and is committed to leadership in the community and the Commonwealth. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.