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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
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Everyday Hero: 'Get under it' with the Lowcountry Splash
Around five hundred people will jump into the water on Saturday morning and 'get under it.' An idea that started 24 years ago has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for causes near and dear to the man who started it and has kept it going. Mark Rutledge, CEO of Rehab Carolina Physical Therapy, has reason to be excited. Two decades ago, he came up with the idea of the Lowcountry Splash while running the Cooper River Bridge Run. 'I ran the Bridge Run in like 1992 for the first time, and the motto, of course, is 'get over it' and I'm running it, and I'm an old swimmer; I swam in college, and I'm thinking it'd be cool to get under it. So that's where the idea was born, and then we made it happen in 2002,' Rutledge explained. The splash is a 2.4- or 6-mile swim starting in the Wando River and ending in the Charleston Harbor. It's an annual fan favorite for swimmers. In its early stages, it was a way for Rutledge to raise money for the neonatal intensive care unit at the Medical University of South Carolina, a foundation in his son Logan's name. 'He was born prematurely. He was born at 24 ½ weeks and was in the neonatal intensive care unit at MUSC. He was doing great. They were actually amazed at how well he had been doing for how early he had been born, and then he got an infection. In two days, he died from heart problems,' Rutledge said. 'So, he lived for a month.' The Lowcountry Splash made hundreds of thousands of dollars in the early stages, but a trip to Edisto soon directed the dollars to a new cause. 'We were at Edisto visiting friends, and two kids drowned while we were there. We heard the helicopters, we heard the ambulances, and we were all ex-swimmers at South Carolina. We didn't know what was going on. So I started investigating that and found out that South Carolina had the fourth highest drowning rate per capita in the country.' After discovering this, Rutledge decided to change directions and redirect the money to a program that teaches people how to swim, the Lowcountry Aquatic Program Swimming (LAPS). LAPS teaches students from kindergarten through first grade in Charleston County. 'We were up to teaching 1,700 kids with free swim lessons of kindergarteners and first graders when we were really at our peak before COVID,' Rutledge said. COVID killed the program, but Rutledge is working hard to restore it. The fun fact is that in the 23 swims that have been, no one has ever been bitten by a shark. The splash has raised around $1 million since its inception and will be heading into its 24th race this Saturday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gearing up for the Greater Binghamton Bridge Run
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – Our area's premier running race is set to run for its 15th time this Sunday. The Greater Binghamton Bridge Run is organized by the Greater Binghamton Chamber. It starts and ends at Mirabito Stadium and crosses 4 bridges over the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers while weaving through the city. The half marathon and 2-person half marathon relay begin at 7:30 a.m. The 5-K starts at 9:30. At 10:45, there's a Kids Fun Run in the baseball stadium outfield with Rumble Ponies mascots Rowdy and Ruby. Chamber President and CEO Stacey Duncan served as Race Director for the first Bridge Run. 'It provides wellness, a place to gather, a showcase of our amazing natural and historic assets, some competitive fun of course, and lastly, one of our goals with the first Bridge Run and until today, and we'll continue this, it gives us an opportunity to partner with a great local non-profit as our charity partner every year,' Duncan said. This year's charity partner is the Broome County Urban League. For more information on the run, go to US, Ukraine sign mineral deal House votes to overturn California clean truck rules – defying internal watchdog McCaffery earns News34 Sports Athlete of the Week Toby Keith's dreams to come true at Kentucky Derby President Trump discusses first 100 days of his second term Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
75 College of Charleston students to race in annual Bridge Run
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Seventy-five College of Charleston students participating in the Bridge Run Training Program will race alongside 35,000 others in the upcoming run. The program is led by the College's Campus Recreation Services and aims to support runners by educating students on proper training, racing nutrition, and running tips to avoid injuries. 'It has been an incredible opportunity to support the College of Charleston community in reaching their goals through the Bridge Run Training Program,' says Jessica Dettwiller, CRS's assistant director of fitness. 'In collaboration with our exercise science student intern each week, we have provided participants with various resources. I am excited to watch this program continue to grow and evolve in the future.' School officials said the students' training began in January. Although participating in Bridge Run is not a requirement, most do. 'The program does a great job of appealing to the different levels of runners,' says Sean Hamby, a junior exercise science major who also serves as an intern with the program. 'It really allows for the participants to tailor the training to their needs and schedules.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
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15th anniversary of Binghamton Bridge Run
BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – The 15th annual Greater Binghamton Bridge Run is happening on May 4th. The half marathon spans across the City of Binghamton, over, and under bridges, with views of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers. There are different races for all types of skill levels, including the free kids run, the half marathon relay, or the double Bridge run for the serious competitors. The race director, Jim Reyen, says last year, over 1,200 people raced in the event, and came from 33 different states. He says it's become the premiere racing event in the area. The bridges, the natural, the rivers, Greater Binghamton, the natural beauty, the historic elements the traditions, and you know, this race covers all of it. You go over four bridges; you go under one. You see the rivers, you see the historic downtown, the West Side, the South Side,' says Reyen. Reyen says if you sign up by the end of the day on March 31st, you can get a 10% discount on the registration fee. The after party will be in victory village, in the old Lackawanna Train Station's parking lot, featuring live music and refreshments from Beer Tree Brew. April 29th is the deadline to sign up for the Bridge Run. If you sign up as a volunteer, you'll receive a free t-shirt and two tickets to a Rumble Ponies game. You can register and find a course map online at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
