FRESHMAN PROJECTS Patrick Fischer: Run It Out 5K Race
Patrick Fischer
Freshman Patrick Fischer ’15 wasn’t sure what to do for his Freshman Project. Then he saw the embroidered ‘BEF’ patch on his cross country uniform. His Cross Country Coach John Barnicle explained that the patch honors the late Delbarton athletic director Brian Fleury who passed away in 2006 after a 20 year battle with cancer. Fischer, an avid runner, decided that his Project would be to organize a 5K Run in memory of Fleury. The race on April 29, 2012 attracted lots of support from the extended Delbarton and Villa Walsh
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communities (Fleury’s wife Jen, pictured below with Fischer and her son Tim, is Villa Walsh’s Athletic Director). Two hundred runners registered for the event which raised $5,000. Run It Out was a fitting way to celebrate Fleury’s memory and to introduce a younger generation of students to a Delbarton hero. “Mr. Fleury must have been looking down and blessed us with great weather – it was a perfect day for a run!” Fischer said.