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Bike4Alz Team 12 members are (front row, from left) Ryan Dilts, Connor Armstrong, Thomas Mitchell, Tanner Redmon, Kieran Heintz, David Darnell; (back row, from left) Aziz Umarov, Dawson Bechman, Adam Pruitt, Tanner Blood, Colin Loveless, Cavin Ashman. 

WKU’s Bike4Alz Team 12 will begin its cross country ride to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s Disease research next week.

The members of WKU’s Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity will begin their 3,600-mile trip Tuesday (May 21) in San Francisco, California, and will complete the ride July 28 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is scheduled to ride into Bowling Green on July 8.

Members of Team 12 are Connor Armstrong of Franklin, Tennessee; Cavin Ashman of Franklin, Tennessee; Dawson Bechman of Thompsons Station, Tennessee; Tanner Blood of Louisville; Adam Pruitt of Mount Washington; David Darnell of Hendersonville, Tennessee; Ryan Dilts of Villa Hills; Kieran Heintz of Louisville; Colin Loveless of Louisville; Thomas Mitchell of Bowling Green; Tanner Redmon of Goodlettsville, Tennessee; and Aziz Umarov of Bowling Green.

For more about Bike4Alz, visit https://www.bike4alz.org/

• Follow the Bike4Alz team on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bike4alz/ or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bike4alz/

Contact: Bike4Alz, admin@bike4alz.org

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