Tuesday, August 17, 2010

the Manos Cavalry's 3rd consecutive victory

Here is a message from Kevin Lybarger, Steven's teammate and friend from Seattle U:


"Manos Cavalry claimed its third straight victory this year at the Spokane to Sandpoint relay race, beating the competition by 45 minutes. The team had some excellent performances this year. Mikey (Mickey according to the race announcer) and Carlos each ran two sets of legs totaling 35-40 miles. Todd and Dave ran strong and even biked along several runners during the night sections. Alex (Matt's girlfriend) ran amazing and showed us yet again that she could have made an excellent cross country runner. Kelly destroyed the competition in the time trial, beating the 2nd place girl by 3 minutes. Floppy ran great, including a leg in a pair of full length long underwear in 85 degree heat. Matt ran the fastest he has ran since college. I took on Doomsday hill again and am ready to do it again next year.

A great time was had by all. Steve would have loved it.

Go Hawks!"
Dave

Guam Dave to Floppy (Nathan)

Floppy to Todd

Mikey

Carlos to Alex

Kevin

Floppy and Carlos

This year's team: Nathan Heitzinger, Kevin Lybarger, Dave Neilsen, Carlos Siqueiros,
Todd Nishida, Kelly Fullerton, Alex, Matt Blaine, Michael Hughes

And here is the SU magazine article written last year about the Manos Cavalry:

Steven certainly would love it.

Amie and I attended the first race two years ago with a slightly different subset of the entire Cavalry. The love and respect these teammates and friends share is beyond words. Steven was blessed to have such wonderful friends, and fortunately, he knew it.