WKU News

WKU’s Bike4Alz Team 13 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 Monday (May 19) in San Francisco, California, and will complete the ride July 27 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is scheduled to ride into Bowling Green on July 7.

Members of Team 13 are: Dalton Buhs of Bethalto, Illinois; Carter Chapman of Louisville; Thomas Fairchild of Richmond; Hayden Harvey of Cary, Illinois; Aiden Hornback of Louisville; John King of Bardstown; Kellen Patterson of Bowling Green; Britton Rowe of Thompsons Station, Tennessee; Mason Strunk of Louisville; Layne True of Paducah; and Will Weitlauf of Richmond. 

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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