Our riders may not be teen idols yet (give us a few years), but we have been in a newspaper or two. Browse through this list to see copies of articles in local and national newspapers about the 4K for Cancer and our riders.
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silive.com: Dana Rampulla Cycling across Country – article
There will be no graduation parties for Dana Rampulla over the holiday weekend. Or, next week. Or, the next two months, for that matter. Instead, the former McKee/S.I. Tech soccer player and runner, who graduated from Johns Hopkins University Thursday, will be cycling. Across the United States…
WKYC: College Students off and pumping on a 4,000 mile bike trip – article
A group of 27 cyclists rolled into Cleveland Friday night. Four hundred miles down. Only 3,600 miles to go in their trip across America. The cyclists, ranging in age from 18 to 23 years, will spend the next two months on the road raising money and awareness about cancer…
Jackson Journal Courier: Cross Country Bike Trek Stops in Jax – video
27 cyclists with 4K for Cancer stopped in Jacksonville Monday. The cross-country trek, now in its 9th year, raises cancer awareness. The journey started May 31 in Baltimore and will end in San Francisco on August 1…
Recordnet.com: Faith on wheels – article
When they dip the front tires of their bicycles into the San Francisco Bay today, 27 college students and recent graduates will complete a 4,000-mile journey that began May 31 with their rear tires in the waters of Chesapeake Bay…
Wooster News Tonight: Holy Cross Graduate to bike cross country – video
Joseph Lopez is a senior at Holy Cross. He will mark a milestone in his life when he graduates Friday. Immediately after that he’ll start working on another. Joseph is a member of 4K for Cancer. Next week, he and 28 other college students will leave Baltimore, Maryland on a bicycle tour across the country.
St. Petersburg Times: 4,000 miles on a bike to fight cancer – article
Zachary Turner isn’t an avid cyclist. Until a few months ago, he didn’t even own a bike. So when he volunteered to ride one 4,000 miles from Baltimore to San Francisco, everybody had a question for him: “Are you crazy?”…
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates: A ride for a worthy cause – article
Yogeeta Manglani, an ex-pupil of Dubai Modern High School and Emirates International School will cycle the length and breadth of the United States to raise money and awareness for cancer. Yogeeta, who was born in Dubai, is now a student of John Hopkins University, Baltimore…
Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Bethel Park grad to bike 4,000 miles – article
Jesse Richter was a three-sport athlete at Bethel Park High School. Football and soccer in the fall, baseball in the spring. More recently, as a student at Johns Hopkins University, he ran a marathon. An impressive sports background, but hardly the basis for taking a 4,000-mile bike trip across the country…
The Appalachian: Student bikes, raises money for cancer research – article
One Appalachian State University student will see the United States this summer from the perch of a bicycle seat. Kara A. Brown, a senior psychology major, will be one of 27 students from across the country to ride 4,000 miles from Baltimore to San Francisco in the Hopkins 4K for Cancer…
Jacksonville Journal Courier: Cross-country cyclists stop in Jacksonville – article
Jacksonville is one of 51 scheduled stops for participants in the Hopkins 4K for Cancer cross-country trek. The 4,000-mile cycling trip started in Baltimore May 26 and will end in San Francisco near the end of July…
The JHU Gazette: 4K for Cancer cyclists head out on 4,000-mile journey – article
In May 2002, 18 Johns Hopkins students jumped on their bicycles in Baltimore to pedal across America to raise money for cancer research and awareness for the disease’s prevention. Their journey, dubbed Hopkins 4K for Cancer, has become an annual tradition, so far bringing in $276,000 through donations and sale of Hopkins 4K merchandise…
The JHU Gazette: Hopkins 4K for cancer cyclists end journey in San Francisco – article
Twenty-seven college students who pedaled their racing bikes on a coast-to-coast fund-raising journey known as Hopkins 4K for Cancer crossed the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on July 30, concluding their 4,000-mile trek to unite communities across the country in the fight against cancer…
The JHU Gazette: Hopkins 4K for Cancer cyclists end journey in San Francisco – article
Lance Armstrong wasn’t the only cyclist who spent the summer living strong and spreading the word about cancer prevention and survival. So did 26 college students who pedaled their racing bikes on a coast-to-coast fund-raising journey known as Hopkins 4K for Cancer…
Pittsburglive.com: Former Jeannette man completes 4K cross country trip – article
A former Jeannette man capped a 4,000-mile bicycle trip to raise funds in the fight against cancer with a ride across San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Joe Deluzio and 24 other cyclists in the Hopkins 4K for Cancer departed Memorial Day weekend from Baltimore and ended their cross country trip July 31…
The San Francisco Chronicle: Coast-to-coast for cancer - article
Jessica Lee and 25 other cyclists — most of whom are graduates of or students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore — dipped the front tires of their bicycles into San Francisco Bay on Sunday after their nine-week, 4,000-mile cross-country ride…
Saratogo News: DeLeon raising cancer awareness in cross-country ride – article
Jessica DeLeon, 21, is one of 23 college students biking across the U.S. from Baltimore to San Francisco this summer to raise awareness of and money for cancer research. Most of the bikers are Johns Hopkins U. students. DeLeon is a senior there…
Nguoi-Viet.com: Riders with a cause – article
The eyes of the bicycling world have been focused on the Alps and Pyrenees of Europe of late, what with Lance Armstrong vying for his seventh consecutive win in the Tour de France. But on this continent, and much closer to home, there’s another cyclist to watch, one of a group crisscrossing the United States, traveling through places like Kankaee, Ill., and Kremmling, Colo., all in the cause of raising money for cancer patients…
JHU News: Baltimore’s Hope Lodge to Benefit from Hopkins 4K for Cancer – article
The third annual Hopkins 4K for Cancer begins at 8:15 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, with an hour-long kick-off event on the steps of Shriver Hall on the Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. A cancer survivor, a representative from Hope Lodge, and a Johns Hopkins physician will speak before the students depart campus. The students anticipate crossing the finish line, the Golden Gate Bridge, on Sunday, Aug. 1…
JHU News: Hopkins 4k Press Release – article
Asking friends and family for money can be as precarious as learning to ride a bike. But several Johns Hopkins University students gladly peddled for a chance to pedal across America this summer in support of a worthy cause. Eighteen Hopkins students will spend June and July perched atop 36 skinny bicycle tires, traveling a 4,000-mile route between the Homewood campus and San Francisco…
Topeka Capital Journal: Bicyclers engage in 4,000-mile trek for cancer cure – article
Summer usually is a time to relax for most college students, but a group of them is working to find a cure for cancer by taking part in a bicycle ride across the country. The 4,000-mile trek, called the Johns Hopkins 4K for Cancer, began in Baltimore and ends in San Francisco with the intent of raising money for the American Cancer Society and cancer research. The group of 24 college students participating in the first year of the ride stopped in Topeka on Monday and Tuesday…
