16 Friday, April 17, 1987 / University Daily Kansan Student to run to raise funds KU senior to run marathon for older brother By JERRI NIEBAUM Staff writer A KU student will run the marathon at the Kansas Relays this weekend because his brother can't. His 28-year-old brother has had His 28-year-old brother has had cerebral palsy since birth. "I played a lot of sports with him when we were little," said Mark Craig, Kansas City, Kan., senior, of his older brother, Owen. "He'll never be able to run a road race." 'Anybody in decent health could run that far if they trained properly.' Mark Craig, Kansas City, Kan., senior, stretches out against a railing east of Wescoe Hall. Craig, whose brother has cerebral palsy, will be raising money for United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Kansas City by running in the marathon tomorrow at the Kansas Relays. Mark Craig Kansas City, Kan. Cerebral palsy is a movement or posture disorder caused by damage to the brain before, during or shortly after birth. "Help beat Cerebral Palsy in the long run" is printed on the back of the shirt Mark will wear while running. He has collected more than $2,000 in donations and per-mile-pledges. He runs for Greater Kansas City. "There are a lot of Craigs on there," Mark said as he showed a list of pledges that he had received. Mark, 22, has been training for the race since July. It will be his first marathon. When he started training, he started raising money. He and his brother performed "The Announcement Shuffle," a rap song they wrote, at a family reunion and collected about 8800. "I really wanted my family to get behind me." Mark said. Owen, a Kansas City, Kan., resident, said he was proud and honored that his brother was running to help fight cerebral palsy. "I wish I could take some part in the race." he said. Owen said he would be with his brother when the race started at 7 a.m. in Memorial Stadium, and he said he then would follow his brother in a car. "I really look up to him." Mark said. Although limited use of his right arm and right leg prohibits him from running, Owen has a competitive spirit that he releases in sports he can play. Mark said the two shot players played pool, and Owen usually won. Owen said his competitiveness had helped him deal with having cerebral palsy. He has a degree from Avilia College in Kansas City, Mo., and is a bookkeeper for an investment company. Mark said that by getting involved in fund raising, his brother has learned about motor learning programs and sports programs available through United Cerebral Palsy in Kansas City. "Owen's finding out that stuff is available, and he may even get involved," Mark said. Owen will have plenty of company as he watches his younger brother run this weekend. Mark said relatives from across the United States would come to cheer him on. Another brother, Dan Craig, 27, also of Kansas City, Kan., is a runner, too. "Dan may run the last five or six miles with me to make sure I don't die." Mark said. Although Mark hasn't run a marathon before, he has run a half marathon and 5- and 10-kilometer "Anybody in decent health could run that far if they trained properly." Mark said. "I'm not a natural athlete." Mark started running about a year and a half ago after he injured his knee playing soccer. "I wanted to try anything before surgery, so I started running," he said. His knee is healed, and now Mark says he is addicted to running. be named Bli Nieder Shot Put Ring. the javelin runway will be named the Colson-Alley-Beucher Javelin Runway. Field events Continued from p. 9 Oerter, 50, is retired but lives and trains in Fort Myers, Fla., during the winter. He will compete in the Al Oerter discus event scheduled for tomorrow at 10:15 a.m. The symbol of this year's Relays, which appears on posters, T-shirts and buttons, is a discus threer representing Oerter. Oerter is a four-time Olympian and won back-to-back gold medals in the 1956-68 Olympics in Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo and Mexico City. Nieder competed with Oerter at Oerter said he had been training year-round because he wanted to make the 1988 Olympic team and have a shot at a fifth gold. In a recent interview, Oerter said he was competing at the Relays because he wanted to cobble a goal and win. The second gold tournament to his fourth gold tournament; to win a fifth. two Olympic games, but in the shot put. At Melbourne in 1956, Nieder brought home a silver medal, and won the gold in Rome in 1960. "I hate taking a day off, because I don't feel good," he said. Nieder broke the world record twice in the shot put in 1903. Oerter broke the world record in the discus four occasions between 1962 and 1964. Alley and Beucher also competed at the Rome Olympics in 1960 in the javelin. Alley was the 1959 and 1960 NCAA champion and Beucher finished third in 1960. Oerter was the NCAA discus champion in 1957 and 1958. Nieder was the Big-Eight Conference shot winner in 1964, but the NCAA championship in 1965. Colson, who will not attend tonight's ceremony, was the next Jayhawk to excel in the javelin. He finished fifth at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal, was the NCAA javelin champion in 1973 and the Big Eight Champion from 1971-73. Mark has cut back his running and has eaten many carbohydrates this History and gradually has declined since. Through the Relays' 62-year history, attendance and profits have been dependent on the weather. In 1972, the Relays made about $19,000 on a sunny day, and lost about $11,000 the next year because of rain. S — SUMMARY — Since the first 100 athletes that competed in the first Continued from p. 8 Relays in 1923, KU has hosted thousands of the world's best athletes. For 62 years at Memorial Stadium, the people of Kansas have watched world, U.S. and Relays records be broken. Those who watch the meet just below the campanile under sunny skies are the ones who keep this tradition alive. 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