Final mile on Saturday, March 10 at Drake Stadium |
UCLA Athletics Hosts Marathon Kids® Final Mile on Saturday, March 10th
March 5, 2007
The UCLA Athletic Department will host the final leg of the Marathon Kids® program on Saturday, March 10th at Drake Stadium as Bruin student-athletes will be on hand to celebrate the end of the five-month program.
In October, UCLA Athletics hosted the Kick Off Celebration which brought over 1,500 kindergarden through 5th graders from LAUSD and their families to Drake Stadium. These young students have spent the past five months participating in the incremental school based fitness program, and working towards their final mile celebration.
The Final Mile Celebration will begin at 10am on Saturday at Drake Stadium. The young participants will return to UCLA to run their final lap and receive their participant medals. They will be cheered on by UCLA student-athletes and volunteers from the Los Angeles area.
Marathon Kids® is a ten year old, free, endurance building running/walking/nutrition/gardening program for kindergartners through 5th graders. The mission is to build a joyful community around children and be quickly accepted into public, private and home schools as a free, innovative celebratory fitness program, resonating with the child and with the child's family. The goal is for the child to develop the love and habit of moving through space and to carry forward the power of muscular, nutritional and psychological well being.
