OC Marathon? Yes, sweat
OC Marathon? Yes, sweat
- May 2, 2011
- International studies undergrad Takuro Sugita and business economics undergrad Yuli Matsui are featured in the Orange County Register April 29, 2011
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From the OC Register:
At first, he shrugged it off. "Yohei, I heard there's been an earthquake." That was
Takuro on the phone, in Japanese, telling Shimanuki about events back home. "Maybe
you should call your family." But Japan, in general, is prone to quakes. And Shimanuki's
home stomping ground, Sendai, in the north of Japan, has more than its share. News
of a quake, on its own, wasn't enough to move him. "Yeah, Maybe," Shimanuki said,
sitting in his dorm at UCI's International Village. But when he hung up, he kept talking
with friends about a trip for spring break. Then came a knock on the door. "Yohei,
you need to watch the news." So he did. And what he saw changed his world.... Yohei
Shimanuki organized several of his friends at UCI including Takuro Sugita and Yuki
Matsui to run in the Orange County Marathon this Sunday to raise money for The American
Red Cross for relief to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
For the full story, please visit http://www.ocregister.com/articles/shimanuki-298556-run-marathon.html. Photo courtesy of OC Register.
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