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Peyton Scott is a junior Husky who has been on CHHS Varsity Track Team for two years. She loves track because her parents inspired her to pursue it, and her dad is actually the varsity coach. Her goal is to continue being on varsity for her senior year and run for her dream college, which is anywhere in Southern California. If she's not at track practice, her favorite place to run is in her lovely neighborhood. Running on the track for her two hours practices really help her find her weaknesses and strengths. One of her favorite routines is running two miles a day. Peyton has learned to pursue her goals and always believe in

Many people can relate to his personal battle with cancer and his dedication to cancer research. His speech was full of emotion. He gave examples of his anguish during a seven-day stay before the awards ceremony, explaining his liver complications, kidney failure, and multiple surgeries. This provided the audience with real life experiences to understand the depth of what this award stands for.

He began winning all of his races and appeared in numerous newspaper articles. He told me about how there was a newspaper article in the belleville news democrat about him and they called him the sensational sophomore. The picture of him was a really good picture of him in the middle of winning a race coming around the corner of the track. He is wearing a headband along with wristbands and long socks so it ended up being a really good shot. That was the first newspaper that he was in so he got one and decided to start saving them just because. Eventually he began getting used to winning and decided to start putting on a show for people when he ran since they paid money to come see the races might as well make it worth their while. So he began doing hilarious stunts before he ran and making the races stressful on purpose. He told me about how when he would run the 800 meter dash (two laps around the track) his friends would do a sort of cheer or maybe it would be consider a chant when he is about to start the second lap. The chant/cheer when he would be about to come through for the second lap would be ¨Are you ready for the show, showtime. Are you ready for the show, show time. Oooooohhh suuurge.¨ and then he would take off for the second lap then pass up the first place person if he allowed the person to be in front of him for the first lap. He would also walk up to his competition then

I decided to use former North Carolina basketball coach, Mr. Jim Valvano. On a night in 1993, Mr. Valvano gave a speech that greatly affected myself and possibly many others on an emotional level. He led North Carolina’s NCAA basketball team to a championship in 1983. In 1992, Mr. Valvano was stricken with metastatic adenocarcinoma, which is a type of cancerous tumor that occurs in several parts of the body.

The author tells the reader that his coach had 'cancer stenciled into his face,' which obviously implies that the man was diagnosed with the genetic defect, cancer. Though the man, whom we shall call Coach, made special plays and drew up as many plans of action that he could muster and believed in the new options as a way to win an uncertain game, he could not defeat the invading team from upstate. The way that Coach drew the plays and knew that the ?execution? of the plays was flawless, and

Throughout his 4 years at Boise State things were going outstanding, “I was a two sport athlete in both athletics and football. As a football player I earned awards for top receiver/defensive back in my respective conference and as a track athlete I earned conference and all-state awards setting school records that still stand today”. After college, Nelson decided to become a Masters athlete and run for the USATF. He felt confident in his ability’s to take the next step. “Once I hit that certain age, I knew I could compete in both open and Master’s

Seventeen-year-old Andrea Sierra Salazar is a cancer survivor. She had developed a lump on her neck, and her mother took her to the doctor. Andrea's lump turned out to be malignant. The doctors also found a tumor in Andrea's chest. She was diagnosed with stage two lymphoma. The treatments were grueling. Andrea had to miss a lot of school because of her treatments.

At only fifty-years-old, the doctor stated, “Steve was very reckless and was a smoker and a drinker, they say that was the cause of his cancer.” (Source)

The John P. Fadden Award recognizes a student who has overcome physical adversity to make a contribution to his/her team. This award was established in 1966 to recognize the contributions of athletic trainer and friend of Harvard athletes, John P. Fadden. Todd Preston is the best representative of the intended spirit of this award. Todd’s story not a unique one in the rise and fall of an athletes career that’s marred by adversity, highlights and coming up just a little short. It is unique in the way handled the positive and negative events on his path all while being a leader, mentor, and friend to his team mates.

On Saint Patrick’s Day, rather than quaffing down green beer, Darden returned to the studio. “When I returned just two weeks after surgery, the coaches were awesome, they constantly checked up on me and gave me modified exercises.”

He started seeing doctors last December, but nothing serious was diagnosed until two weeks ago, when a gastroenterologist spotted "something very concerning," which after four days was confirmed as stage IV stomach cancer with a grim survival prognosis.

Over the last four decades Neoliberal policies have generated issues such as social inequalities, discrimination, and an increase in poverty, that have affected the lives of many individuals on a global scale. These repercussions were the result of a Neoliberal agenda that aimed to maintain economic growth with social reproduction. After World War II, a welfare state was established which contributed to the growth of the GDP in the United States until the economic recession in the 1970’s. In response to the economic crisis in the 20th century, Neoliberal elites aimed to stimulate economic growth by limiting welfare and lowering labor costs which increased poverty, precipitated discrimination towards people of color, and created an unfair justice

Moreover, he always sets goals and works hard to achieve them. His passion for sports has led him to a professional career. He worked extremely hard and was able to win many marathons, breaking the two-hour time record. Before long, he was able to win many gold, silver, and bronze medals. He also made sure athletes like him with disabilities were not left out in games. As he grew older, he started coaching sports, like wheelchair basketball, wheelchair volleyball, and softball. His determination allowed him to continue setting goals and working hard to achieve

Gulping loudly, Stg. Jones took in a deep breath and ventured on. He focused in on one of the odd lumps, and as he walked closer he saw that the lumps took a distinctive form. As he walked closer and closer, a sick feeling swelled up in the pit of his stomach. Then, a few feet away from the lump, the smoke seemed to clear for a moment, and Stg. Jones felt his stomach drop.

In December of 2015 he underwent a prostate biopsy. The prostate biopsy revealed a malignant prostate adenocarcinoma with a staging of T2a and a gleason score of 7(4+3). At the time of the biopsy his PSA measured 141u/l. The urinary bladder biopsy revealed a low grade papillary urothelial carcinoma. No deep muscle invasion was identified. 2 weeks after the biopsy he underwent a baseline bone scan that revealed no bone metastases. In July 2016, he