Event Description

Come out for a fun time and to support local childhood cancer research! The run will be held at beautiful Mike Lewis Park in Grand Prairie. All registrants who sign up by July 21, 2019 will receive a groovy tie dye t-shirt. All finishers will receive a medal, and we will have awards in the following categories: Overall and Masters Male and Female finisher plus the top three finishers in the following age groups: 14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+. All proceeds benefit Gage Overton Memorial Fund and its mission of burning out childhood cancer.

About Gage: Gage was an amazing, fun, witty, bright young man who loved his midnight purple Nissan 240SX, drifting, performance mechanics, anime, skateboarding, tie dye t-shirts, silly socks, and spending time with his friends and family. He was diagnosed with a rare cancer called synovial sarcoma when he was 16-years-old. He endured chemotherapy, radiation, and multiple surgeries his junior year and went into remission during his senior year. In 2016, Gage graduated from Dubiski Career High School where he was in advanced placement courses and the engineering program. Unfortunately, after moving to Florida to learn the ropes at a turbo shop, he relapsed a few months later, and the cancer went to his pleural lining, which was inoperable. Gage tragically passed away September 23, 2017 at Children's Medical Center in Dallas where he received most of his treatment, so his family continues his fight to help other children and teens affected by this awful disease.

Gage Overton Memorial Fund is currently working to create an endowment at Children's Medical Center in Gage's memory to continuously fund pediatric sarcoma research there.