Wharton High School XC needs your help! The Wildcats are finalists for the Pepsi Refresh $50,000 Grant. The money is going to their S.O.S Save Our Shins Project which will go towards the purchase of a new track and help reduce injuries! Ten entrants will be chosen for the grant and voting ends December 31st. Here is how you can get involved by voting three different ways:
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On your computer go to http://www.refr
esheverything.c – register once and then sign on every day to vote on line!om/projectsos-s aveourshins -
On your cell phone go to the mobile site, http://m.refres
heverything.com /Idea/26196 - Text Pepsi (73774) and in the message line type 110786
This is our direct link to the site http://pep.si/uZre47 also below is the text that lets you know how to vote via text and how to look it up if you go directly to the site.
Message From Coach Anthony Triana:
This grant would be huge for our school and community as it will help put us half way to our goal of getting a brand new polyurethane rubber track and help our program exceed to new heights plus offering an economic boost to our community by bringing in teams and events to the area with a new track installed. The main motive behind us receiving the rubber track is to reduce the risk of injury to our kids who train on the track. Within the last year we have had 3 runner suffer from stress fractures in their Tibia or foot. Right now we mostly run in the grass around the track or different fields around the school because of the hard surface that hasn't been redone in years or the flooding that is cause on the track when it rains. Wharton throughout the years has won over 10 district championships, 7 regional titles and has had 2 state runner up finishes in Track and field and has been one of the most competitive teams in the state in Wharton short history. The Top 10 projects in each category will be awarded the grant and right now we are ranked 25th, but with the help from the FLrunners community I know that can help shoot us up the polls.