Terrier Sports
Women’s Bowling in 10th Annual Tunnel to Towers
Run/Walk
O
n Sept. 25, members of the St. Francis College women’s bowling team ran in the 10th Annual “The Firefighter Stephen Siller-Tunnel
to Towers Run/Walk.” It was the third consecutive year that the Terriers participated. The team is participating to honor current SFC
bowler, Kaitlin Caspar ’s uncle, FDNY Officer Lt. Dan O’Callaghan, from Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9, as well as those who lost
their lives on 9/11. The 5K course starts in Brooklyn on the Gowanus approach to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, winds through lower
Manhattan and finishes at West and Vesey streets.
(Above) Kaitlin Caspar making an etching of her Uncle’s name at the Trade
Center Memorial.
(Right) Back row: Kaitlin Caspar, Kristina Terpo, Alyson Piergiovanni, Shanna
Chepelsky. Front row: Jennifer Vreeland, Marissa Gargiulo, Amelia Tonyes.
AT H L E T I C D E PA R T M E N T H E L P S J O P L I N R E B O U N D
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FC Athletics stepped right up to
help tornado victims in Joplin, MO,
this summer, sending the city new
and gently used sporting goods, sports
clothing and equipment donated by
the women’s basketball team and its
coaching staff. It was part of Help
Joplin Rebound, a program put
together by LouisvilleCatholicSports.
com. “We got the press release and
my reaction was ‘We’ve got to help,’ ”
said Meghan O’Brien, Director
of Athletic Marketing and Senior
Woman Administrator. “I just
couldn’t imagine kids without
anything to do for the summer
months so I knew we had to get
involved.” Ms. O’Brien organized
a small group of students to help coordinate
their own drive along with email blasts to
coaches, faculty, staff, and friends.
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The Student Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) was instrumental in
making the sporting goods drive a success.
In addition to helping the children
of Joplin, SAAC, which is moderated by Ms. O’Brien, helps with
breast cancer awareness, the
New York Roadrunners shoe drive
and events helping to raise funds to
find a cure for cancer. “It’s all about
the Franciscan spirit of giving back.
If we give, others will support us
as well,” said O’Brien. “We saw
the need with this disaster and the
kids responded.”
Frankelly Fernandez, Farzan Bigdeli and
Alexandra Delacruz show some of the gear
collected for victims of the Joplin.