Relay and race raise over $50,000 for cancer research

Students, faculty and staff participated in the 3rd annual Ry's Run 5K on April 17, 2012.
May 01, 2012

Lake Forest College’s Relay for Life and Ry’s Run brought together over 700 participants and raised over $50,000 for the American Cancer Society. 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012 was the College’s third annual Ry’s Run, a 5K race where students, faculty and staff run the residential streets of Lake Forest. The event is in remembrance of Ryann McCarthy `10, who was a standout goaltender on the women’s hockey team before being diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer that took her life on July 28, 2009. Casey Flynn `12 won the t-shirt design contest this year. Over $1,000 was raised by the participants.

Women’s head ice hockey coach, Carisa Zaban, helped organized the event this year. “It was nice to see so many students who are not involved with athletics participate in the race,” she said of the campus community. McCarthy’s family was also there to support the race.