Gator Gymnasts Help at Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
Saturday, October 23, 2010 | Gymnastics
Head Coach Rhonda Faehn and the Gator gymnastics team helped out at the Seventh Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk event Saturday morning in downtown Gainesville.
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® (Making Strides) is an annual noncompetitive walk to raise awareness and funds to fight breast cancer. Funds raised support American Cancer Society breast cancer research, education, advocacy and patient service programs. Saturday's 5K walk included people of ages.
Faehn spoke to the participants after the walk and invited the breast cancer survivors to be special guests at the team's 2011 breast cancer awareness meet. The Gator gymnasts congratulated the participants as they finished and handed out cool drinks.
During the upcoming 2011 season, the Florida gymnasts will again host a breast cancer awareness meet, dubbed “Gators Link to Pink”. The Jan. 29 triangular with Penn State and North Carolina State is the Gators Link to Pink meet, an evening when all teams put aside their school colors and wear pink leotards to raise understanding about the fight against breast cancer.
