AUCs National Champion

Sunday, May 1st, AUC student Valnet Gédéon was able to achieve one of his life-long dreams of running in the Vancouver International Marathon with the goal of raising money for AUC. He finished 10th out of nearly 5,000 marathon runners. Which was quite a feat when one considers that Adidas, sponsored 5 Olympic calibre runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Gedeon kept pace with the lead group of 6 for nearly 10 kms. At the half way point (21.1 km or 13.2 miles) he was still running 1 hour and 13 minutes. This would have brought him in at 2 hours 26 minutes (3 minutes ahead of his goal time and 5th place).However, at about the 22-23 km mark, his left knee began to bother him. The pain quickly became excruciating and he was simply unable to generate the power required to keep his pace. This resulted in a disappointing second half for him and an overall finish time of 2;44. Gedeon’s response was typically Haitian “I asked God to help me finish in the top ten, and He found a way to answer my prayer”. A lesson in perspective from a man we can learn from. Through his perserverance Gédéon was able to raise nearly $7500 for AUC. Thanks to everyone who helped make our dreams come true.

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