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Here is three-quarters of Team CMU moments after Arvid headed off.
A team of five cyclists, made up of faculty members Chris Huebner and John Brubacher, along with Kevin Kilbrei, and alumni Craig Penner and Jon Guenter will race from Vancouver to Winnipeg in pursuit of ultra-marathon cyclist Arvid Loewen to raise money for international student financial assistance and international practica.
Hot Pursuit 2010 begins on July 17, 2010 and sees CMU’s team of five try to overtake Arvid Loewen, who is racing for the Mully Children’s Foundation. Team CMU will race around the clock, attempting to cover 2400 kilometers in three and a half days.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge,” says participant Chris Huebner. “Arvid has incredible endurance and can cycle 20 hours a day. We are not in his league, but we will be working as a team, cycling day and night, trying to catch him.”
“Financial awards are an important resource for international students who wish to study at CMU,” says CMU Director of Enrolment Abe Bergen. “Currently, we have 22 international students at CMU, many of whom are from developing countries. Many of these students wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for our financial awards program. Monies raised through Hot Pursuit 2010 will strengthen support for international education.”
For more information on the event, or to sponsor a Team CMU participant, visit www.cmu.ca/hotpursuit, call 204-487-3300, or emailhotpursuit@cmu.ca.
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, offering undergraduate degrees in arts and science, business and organizational administration, communications and media, peace and conflict resolution studies, music and music therapy, theology, and church ministries, as well as graduate degrees in Theological Studies and Christian ministry. Located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CMU has over 1,800 students at its Shaftesbury Campus in Southwest Winnipeg, at Menno Simons College in downtown Winnipeg, and enrolled through its Outtatown discipleship program. CMU is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
For Hot Pursuit 2010 information, contact:
www.cmu.ca/hotpursuit
hotpursuit@cmu.ca
For CMU information contact:
Nadine Kampen,
CMU Communications & Marketing Director
nkampen@cmu.ca
