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Thanks, Coach Bradshaw!

1/7/2016

On the afternoon of Jan. 6 the fall boys’ cross country team and parents held a surprise reception for Coach Weldon Bradshaw to express their gratitude for the four decades of team coaching and mentoring he has given hundreds of students. All runners who were coached by Coach Bradshaw since 1975 were invited, and quite a few returned to honor him.

The Estes Student Center in the Sharp Academic Commons filled with nearly 100 runners, past and present, and many of their parents, all of whom remember their cross country team experiences with great fondness. Colleague Rives Fleming ‘83 presented Coach Bradshaw with a scrapbook containing memories including many written tributes from runners who couldn't attend the party. In addition, students and alums signed a ceramic platter that he will take home.

Thanks to the parents of senior runners who planned the event (Julie Bennett, Lillian Hazelton, Mary Cay Kollmansperger and Mary Kendall White) and to Coach Bradshaw for his years of service.

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