"Lift For Life" Raises $20,000
By: Import User
Updated: August 13, 2007
Penn State Football Uplifting Athletes’ Fifth annual "Lift For Life" was a
tremendous success, raising this year’s contributions for the Kidney Cancer
Association to a record total in excess of $75,000 to date.
Eighty-four Nittany Lion football student-athletes tested
their strength and endurance in an 11-event strength and conditioning challenge
in front of a record total of more than 3,000 fans, friends and family in Holuba
Hall.
With the record-setting total, more than $225,000 has
been raised since 2003 by members of the Penn State football team to aid in the
fight against the disease. More than 30,000 Americans are afflicted with kidney
cancer each year.
Several kidney cancer patients from across the country
were able to connect with one another and the Kidney Cancer Association at the
event.
Twenty-one four-person teams competed in 11 events
designed to test mental and physical toughness. The exercises for the
competitors ranged from the bench press to carrying 100-lb. plates to the giant
tire flip.
The
winning team was comprised of wide receiver Brett Brackett (Lawrenceville,
N.J.), safety Jason Ganter (State College), quarterback Kevin Suhey (State
College) and safety Mark Rubin (Amherst, N.Y.).
Second place was secured by the team of defensive end
Josh Gaines (Fort Wayne, Ind.), linebacker Tyrell Sales (Butler), tailback
Austin Scott (Allentown) and center A.Q. Shipley (Coraopolis).
The
third place team was comprised of linebacker Navorro Bowman (District Heights,
Md.), defensive end Aaron Maybin (Ellicott City, Md.), cornerback A.J. Wallace
(Waldorf, Md.) and wide receiver Derrick Williams (Greenbelt, Md.)
The
Nittany Lion football team organized all aspects of the event, with Brackett,
Ganter and Suhey primarily heading the effort, along with other current squad
members, former Nittany Lion and event co-founder Scott Shirley and Deloris
Brobeck.
