Streetfront Alternative

From left to right (ages in brackets):

Sebastian Austin (14); Lukas Bezanson (14); Jayde Becker (15); Ruby Lockart (15); Joseph Malley (15); Trevor Stokes (teacher); Matthew Morin (15); Kyle Leo (17); Shwana Bestoun (16); Phillip Joseph (17); Willy Dugray (17); Vaughn Sills (16); Frankie Joseph (17); William Vu (17); Jordan Braun (15); David Haeber (15); Michael Antoine (15) and Raymond King (16).

LOOK OUT WORLD – WE’RE COMING!!!

From: Barry Skillin [mailto:bcbear19@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 02:04 PM
To: Trevor Lane Stokes
Subject: marathon pic

The sun was shining and so were all 17 students who summoned the courage to don their bibs and head out on the brand new Vancouver Half and Full Marathon courses.

It was incredible to see such determination and commitment from all the kids. Some eased through their races and some struggled – but the main thing was that no matter how beat up they were – they willed themselves to completion. Couldn’t be more proud of all the kids.

Here’s a photo of the half marathoners before the race.

From left to right:

Phillip Joseph (his 3rd)
Ruby Lockart (her 1st)
Jayde Becker (her 2nd)
Sebastian Austin (his 2nd)

Full marathon photos to follow.

Here’s the crew getting ready for tomorrow’s big day.

The Vancouver Province wrote a wonderful piece highlighting Streetfront’s Marathon Program. 16 Streetfronter’s are gearing up for this Sunday’s Marathon. 12 kids are running the full (42.2 km) and 4 are running the half (21.2 km). This staggering total is our all-time record for number of participants.

The link for the website is:
http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Vancouver+Marathon+Streetfront+kids+know+whatever+your+mind+tells/6562718/story.html

Positive thoughts are most welcome for our runners this weekend. We’ll post the photos at a later date.