Lawson and Ruth Van Kuren listen along with Cheney School Board Director Rick Mount (left), Cheney High alumnus and current Freeman boys' basketball head coach Marty Jessett (second from right) and Cheney School Board President Henry Browne (right) to speakers at the Jan. 29 dedication of Cheney Middle School's track in their honor.
Almost 150 people gathered at Cheney Middle School Jan. 29 to honor and name the school's track and field complex after a Cheney couple who are legendary in the sport.
The Lawson and Ruth Van Kuren Track and Field will bear one of the many encouragements the couple bestowed on over 2,000 athletes in their nearly 40 years running the Cheney Track Club - do your best. The phrase is one of three things Cheney High School alumnus and current Freeman boys basketball coach Marty Jessett said he learned from the Van Kurens as a club member, the others being inclusion and commitment.
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