SAMANTHA

Soccer Player

“
You stand up, look cancer in the face,
and inform your opponent

That he has chosen
the wrong girl.”

As a life-long athlete, Samantha Watson has run the aforementioned athletic gamut in a variety of ways. Two decades of soccer, field hockey, running, and the training associated with each have occasionally bested Sam.

Steffanie

runner

“
I discovered that although life-altering,

Cancer and the struggles of recovery could not define my life...”

Two months after my 26th birthday, in the midst of half-marathons and law school applications, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Five years ago, I began playing on a year-round co-ed soccer team and decided that I needed to start running to stay in shape.

Laura

Licensed Athletic Trainer

“
This is the competition

I've been training for
my whole life.”

On December 5, 2008, at the age of 46, I was diagnosed with two different forms of breast cancer (right side invasive ductal carcinoma stage 3, left side lobular carcinoma stage 2). Many people would have felt this was not just bad luck, but double bad luck.

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