FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2012
Courtesy of the Saint Rose Athletics Communications Staff
Albany, N.Y. – The College of Saint Rose
swimming and diving and women’s basketball teams recently
volunteered at the Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure that
is held in Albany each autumn.
The tradition began 12 years ago when the Golden Knights
women’s basketball surprised head coach
Karen Haag, a cancer survivor herself, by
volunteering to cut chips off of the runners’ shoes at the
finish line. The team has been volunteering ever since in honor of
Haag and her battle to overcome breast cancer.
Meanwhile, the swimming and diving program was
awarded first prize at this year’s race as the largest single
participating group.
The event represents just one of numerous community service
projects that Saint Rose student-athletes complete every year. It
furthermore puts forth another example of how Saint Rose
student-athletes embody a major prong of the College’s
mission statement to engage with the school’s urban
environment and thus help foster a sense of motivated and caring
citizenship.
