Fillies for the Cure

The Kentucky Thoro-Breasts (Fillies for the Cure) competed in Cleveland, Ohio at the Cleveland Dragon Boat Festival, decked-out in Paddlefest T-shirts. Though the team was short by five members, they won their race with a time of 1min 44 seconds for 300 meters. The Thoro-Breasts improved their time in their second race, 1 minute 40 seconds, but were unable to win. After both races, we they came in 2nd out of 5 teams for "Breast Cancer Survivor Teams" and 5th out of thirteen overall. Not bad for a team that just started practicing in February.

The Throro-Breast are becoming very competitive, driven by their catch phrase "We paddle because we CAN". In keeping with their mission, they are raising awareness and proving that life after cancer can be very rewarding.