They’ve biked more than 1,100 miles, but the trip is far from over. Starting at the end of the last month, 27 University of Texas students set out on a 10-week journey from Austin, Texas, to Anchorage, Alaska, as part of the Texas 4000, an event designed to raise funds and awareness to fight cancer. […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Saving lives through cycling: that’s what more than 70 college students from Texas are doing to raise funds and awareness to fight cancer. The group rode their way into the Ozarks on Sunday afternoon on their way to Alaska. They started in Austin, Texas, making the journey more than 4,000 miles. The […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Texas 4000 cycling participants make a pit-stop in Springfield along their route from Texas to Alaska. Twenty-seven University of Texas students will arrive in Springfield in the afterneoon on June 15 after cycling from Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This is just one leg of their trip — the group is participating in the Texas […]
It is generally accepted that to this day, cancer has claimed the lives of more people than all the wars in the last century combined. It doesn’t discriminate; the young, the old, the healthy and the weak all fall victim to its curse. Cancer has no preference. Though there are many treatment options scientists have […]
University of Texas student Leah Sprague of Houston waits with fellow students to stow her bike during a visit to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Cancer Institute on Wednesday. Sprague and the other students were invited to stop at UAMS for a tour of the institute as they participate in the Texas 4000 […]
When most students graduate, they will take some time off and go somewhere for summer vacation. Former BHS graduate and recent UT graduate Rachael “Madi” Madison will be leaving on an epic journey, cycling from Cedar Park to Anchorage Alaska on a 70-day mission to help with cancer knowledge and research. Madison is a 2009 […]
Texas 4000 riders choose to take the arduous 4,000-mile journey for many reasons, all linked to one common cause — fighting cancer and bringing prevention awareness to everyone they can. Team Sierra came through Mesquite Wednesday afternoon on their way to Alaska and shared some of their stories that led to their decisions. Rider Ben […]
LITTLE ROCK, AR – A group of riders starting a very long journey have received a special welcome in downtown Little Rock. These cyclists call themselves the “Texas 4,000.” They’re riding from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, with several stops along the way, including Wednesday’s at the UAMS Cancer Institute. The riders say their journey symbolizes […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Thirty students from the University of Texas who are on a 4,000-mile bicycle ride for cancer research are to stop at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. The riders are to arrive at 2 p.m. today at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The ride, […]
Emmy Laursen is on the trip of a lifetime to raise money for cancer research and to honor her father, who died of colon cancer a year-and-a-half ago. The 21-year-old student at the University of Texas in Austin said joining the Texas 4000, a 70-day charity bicycle ride from Texas to Alaska, was an act […]
