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Men's Basketball to Hold 5K Run for Cystic Fibrosis
Posted 9/28/2006
Head Coach Dan Leibovitz and the University of Hartford men’s basketball team will host the inaugural “Run with the Hawks for Cystic Fibrosis” on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 9:30 a.m.
The event is a 5K road race that begins and ends at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford. Entrants are invited to run, walk or stroll the certified 5K course (#CT-05008-PH). Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers.
All proceeds from the race will benefit the Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. On-site registration for the event will cost $15 and begins at 8:30 a.m. To register in advance at a cost of $12, please contact the University of Hartford Basketball Office at 860.768.4653.
Members of the men’s basketball team, along with other Hartford student-athletes, will serve as volunteers at the event. For Leibovitz, who enters his first season with the Hawks in 2006-07, the cause hits close to home.
“Advancements in CF research became particularly important to me in March of 2001 when close friends of mine welcomed their first child, Blayden, to the world,” said Leibovitz. “Blayden was diagnosed with the disease at an early age. My hope is that this event will increase awareness in our community so that we can find a cure for this very special person and so many others affected by CF.”
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening disease affecting approximately 30,000 people in the United States. For people with the disease, a defective gene causes the body to produce a faulty protein that leads to an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and can result in fatal lung infections. In 1955, when the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was founded, children with CF did not live long enough to attend elementary school. Today, thanks to the Foundation, the median age of survival for people with CF is 36.8 years.
The event is a 5K road race that begins and ends at Webster Hill Elementary School in West Hartford. Entrants are invited to run, walk or stroll the certified 5K course (#CT-05008-PH). Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers.
All proceeds from the race will benefit the Connecticut Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. On-site registration for the event will cost $15 and begins at 8:30 a.m. To register in advance at a cost of $12, please contact the University of Hartford Basketball Office at 860.768.4653.
Members of the men’s basketball team, along with other Hartford student-athletes, will serve as volunteers at the event. For Leibovitz, who enters his first season with the Hawks in 2006-07, the cause hits close to home.
“Advancements in CF research became particularly important to me in March of 2001 when close friends of mine welcomed their first child, Blayden, to the world,” said Leibovitz. “Blayden was diagnosed with the disease at an early age. My hope is that this event will increase awareness in our community so that we can find a cure for this very special person and so many others affected by CF.”
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening disease affecting approximately 30,000 people in the United States. For people with the disease, a defective gene causes the body to produce a faulty protein that leads to an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and can result in fatal lung infections. In 1955, when the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was founded, children with CF did not live long enough to attend elementary school. Today, thanks to the Foundation, the median age of survival for people with CF is 36.8 years.
