Pioneer paddlers enter big race

July 22, 2009

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By WEEK Sports

Story Published: Jul 22, 2009 at 1:42 PM CST

Story Updated: Jul 23, 2009 at 10:19 AM CST

14-year-old Hannah Grow of Morton and her friend, 12-year-old Marissa Weber of Wisconsin love sports. But their favorite sport is canoeing. The two are true pioneer paddlers as next month they will become the youngest entries ever in the world's longest paddling race, the MR340.

The MR340 is a 340 mile non-stop canoe race down the Missouri River. Entries have 88 hours to try to finish the race. Hannah and Marissa had to get special permission to enter the race and they are confident they will finish the race.

Besides the challenge of the grueling race, the girls are motivated by raising money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the fight against breast cancer. Marissa's mother is a breast cancer survivor. The girls goal is to raise $10,000 through race sponsors and donations.

If you would like to donate or find out more about these special young athletes...check out their website: Hannah's blog for the MR 340:

www.teamkrugerrplumber.blogspot.com

To Donate: http://www.info-komen.org/goto/TeamKruger

Thursday, Jul 23 at 4:06 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Truly an inspiration to all, young and old. Thanks to WHOI for putting this story out there.

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Thursday, Jul 23 at 11:18 AM Jenny Grow (Hannah's mom) wrote ...

We have a facebook group MR 340 for breast cancer awareness. Journey to the MR 340 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqMBUeIuMcE To Follow the girls or donate www.teamkrugerrplumber.blogspot.com Thanks so much Jim Mattson! You did an excellent job at drawing attention and recognizing a great effort and fantastic cause! We are blessed!

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Thursday, Jul 23 at 8:57 AM Janis Jones wrote ...

We are all rooting for you two!! Best of luck on this great journey. Thank you for donating so much of your time.

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