
MARILU LOPEZ FRETTS/Observer-Dispatch
Boilermaker wheelchair committee member Bob Cornell (607-847-8617), 30, of New Berlin, starts the Boilermaker Committee Run on the race course, Sunday July 3, 2005 in Utica. Behind him, from left, are race co-founder Earle Reed, Don Reese and Kevin Copeland. Cornell, who is not disabled decided to race in a wheelchair because "I thought I'd be a challenge and to raise awareness," he said. Cornell is a rehabilitation therapist at Sitrin Medical Rehabilitation Center in New Hartford.