MU PA Program Raises $5,000 at Second Annual "Hot Summer Day 5K"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
MARIA SIKORYAK-ROBINS
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS

The Starting Line of the Hot Summer Day 5K

FAYETTEVILLE, NC—The Methodist University Physician Assistant (PA) Program raised $5,000 at its Second Annual “Hot Summer Day 5k” Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007. Of the money raised, $1,000 will be donated to The Care Clinic—a non-profit medical clinic in Fayetteville serving the uninsured and underinsured of Cumberland County—and $4,000 will be allocated for a review course in Philadelphia, Pa., and student travel expenses to the Physician Assistant National Convention in San Antonio, Texas.

There were 123 participants in the event. The top finishers were:

Top 3 Males
1. Husein Nasiro-Sigo (16:22)
2. Aaron Barnes (17:04)
3. Philip Vance (18:44)

Top 3 Females
1. Krystal Patton (21:28)
2. Diane Doroftei (22:49)
3. Electa Kearney (23:34)

Age Group 13 - 19
Male: Dominick Dockery (19:21)
Female: Kara Rice (24:40)

Age Group 20 -29
M: Kalama Kabongo (19:11)
F: Jen Kiner (23:49)

Age Group 30 - 39
M: Sam Anderson (19:16)
F: Wendy Menendez (24:22)

Age Group 40+
M: Richard Ferguson (18:49)
F: Pam Williams (23:53)

The PA Program would like to thank the following supporters:

• AllState Insurance
• Buck Naked Tan
• Bullard's Furniture
• Cape Fear Valley Hospital
• Cory Everson's Fitness for Women
• Cross Creek Lincoln Mercury
• Glaxo Smith Kline
• Sandhills Eye Care - Dr. Thomas Miller, O.D.
• Subway
• United Medical Supply
• Coach Tim Ryerson, MU
• Coach DeeDee Jarman, MU
• Campus Security, MU

Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over 2,100 students from 41 states and 30 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and concentrations, three master’s degree programs, and 19 NCAA II1I intercollegiate sports. For more information about the PA Program, call (910) 630-7531.