Meet our Heroes
Learn more about the young patient superheroes we’re highlighting in our specially designated “Hero Zone” stretches of the 2019 FirstEnergy Akron Marathon, Half Marathon & Team Relay. Honor a hero with your donation today!
| Saige Strong |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Saige Carpenter |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Growing |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Pulmonary Atresia |
| Meet at the National Interstate 8k & 1 Mile |
| Striker |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Rybecca Rennie |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Super-Human Strength |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| 32 Broken Bones |
| Meet at the Goodyear Half Marathon & 10k |
| Volt |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Brayden McDonald |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Harnessing Electricity & Making Lives Brighter |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Cystic Fibrosis |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 0.8 & 10 |
| Captain Courageous |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Madison Harrison |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Dancing through life’s obstacles |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 25.5 |
| Supreme |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Jessalyn Hartsfield |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Powerful Voice |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Primordial Dwarfism |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 25.5 |
| Super Sparky |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Cory Michalec |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Gift of Gab |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Premature and Cerebral Palsy |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 5.3 |
| Wonder Katie |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Katie Michalec |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Animal Whisperer |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Prematurity |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 5.3 |
| Marvelous Mary |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Mary Moy |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Overcoming Adversity |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
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Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease & Congenital Anomaly of Urinary System |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 25.5 |
| Super Kyle |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Kyle Nottingham |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Contagious Smile |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Leukodystrophy Hypomyelinating 6 |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 25.5 |
| Princess Sunshine |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Hope Palmer |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Smiling |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Cerebral Palsy |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 19.8 |
| Mighty Miles |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Miles Postak |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Moving Mountains |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Spina Bifida |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 15 |
| Smile Maker |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Lucas Ransom |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Ability to Make People Feel Loved |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Complications from Group B Streptococcus |
| Mr. Unstoppable |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Joey Ricci |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Conquering the Medically Impossible |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Mitochondrial Disease |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 11.6 |
| Donny Man |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Donovan Stringer |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Durability & Kindness |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Liver Cancer |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 11 |
| Super Jay |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Jayden Wallace |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Teleporting & Invisibility |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Burn Survivor |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 12.5 |
| Dolphin Whisperer |
| KNOWN IN REAL LIFE AS: |
| Madelyne Williams |
| SUPERPOWER: |
| Infectious Smile |
| DIAGNOSIS: |
| Prematurity, Chronic Lung Disease & Cerebral Palsy |
| MILE MARKER: |
| 25.5 |
