A teacher from Hollister competes in the Boston Marathon in honor of a student that passed over the summer.
Ozarks First reports that Richard White, who has run in the Boston Marathon 13 times, participated in this year's race in the memory of student Ty Lewis, who died in July of an apparent drowning in Table Rock Lake.
“It breaks teachers’ hearts whenever we lose anybody in our Hollister family,” White says in the Ozarks First Feature. “Ty was special though. He was a runner. He went to the state track meet on the 4×4 team and they got sixth place. He was a great student, and it really just hit us all hard. I wanted to do something to show the to show the kids we don’t forget our fallen tigers at Hollister.”
A group of Hollister teachers and administrators followed White's progress online as he finished the race in 3 hours and 28 minutes.
The Boston Marathon this year was moved to the fall from its normal spot in the spring due to concerns with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The complete feature on Richard White's run in the Boston Marathon can be seen on the Ozarks First Website.
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