LANCE: RUNS IN THE FAMILY: Coach honors paralyzed father through leadership
Boys cross country coach Andrew Easton talks strategy with sophomore Milo Greder before the Charlie Thorell Invitational held Thursday, Sept. 5 in Seward, NE. The varsity boys won the meet for the first time in school history with five runners medaling in the top 20. Photo by Jakob Phillips
This is an excerpt from a feature story in Issue One of the Lance. The story comes from Page 9 of the issue that comes out Friday, Sept. 12. Make sure to pick up a copy when it comes out tomorrow!
Every morning for the past three years, new head varsity cross country coach Andrew Easton wakes up with the same thing on his wrist: a yellow rubber bracelet, showing support for his paralyzed father.
On Nov. 11, 2011 a sick Andrew Easton Sr. left in the middle of the night to go get some medicine. The drive changed his life forever. It caused his paralysis from the neck down. In Aug. 2013, he had a double amputation to remove his legs because of infection.
Two years after his father’s accident, Easton has come into a new town, a new school and taken on a new coaching position.
The one thing that remains constant is the yellow bracelet.
Continued on Page 9 of the Lance.
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