Presented By: Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services (SAAS)
Alex's Great State Race: What's Your 64?
Historically, Alex's Great State Race is an annual 64-mile relay tradition where Army ROTC cadets from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Michigan State University (MSU) carry the official football between Ann Arbor and East Lansing ahead of their annual rivalry game.
This year, Alex’s Great State Race is evolving its long-standing tradition. For more than a decade, MSU and U-M ROTC cadets have honored the memory of Alex Powell by carrying a game ball 64 miles between the two campuses. Alex was an MSU student who was supported by MSU’s Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) while receiving medical care at the University of Michigan. Following Alex’s passing, his parents, Steve and Juliana Powell, established the race to honor his memory and bring the two universities together in support of students with disabilities.
This year, instead of one 64-mile challenge, everyone is invited to choose their own 64. Your 64 can be physical, but it absolutely does not have to be. It could be 64 minutes of reading about disability justice, 64 acts of kindness, 64 pages of a book, 64 repetitions, 64 laps—or a donation to a disability advocacy organization. The idea is that there is no single “right” way to complete a 64. Choose it. Do it. Share it. Pass it on.
The week leading up to the event will take place at the U-M Hadley Family Recreation & Well-Being Center and will highlight the many ways our community advances disability inclusion, access, and opportunity. We’ll be promoting SAAS services and resources alongside U-M’s competitive adaptive sports programs, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, adaptive track and field, and para powerlifting. The week will culminate in a wheelchair basketball game at the Hadley Center that members of the university will be invited to watch and/or participate in.
This year, Alex’s Great State Race is evolving its long-standing tradition. For more than a decade, MSU and U-M ROTC cadets have honored the memory of Alex Powell by carrying a game ball 64 miles between the two campuses. Alex was an MSU student who was supported by MSU’s Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) while receiving medical care at the University of Michigan. Following Alex’s passing, his parents, Steve and Juliana Powell, established the race to honor his memory and bring the two universities together in support of students with disabilities.
This year, instead of one 64-mile challenge, everyone is invited to choose their own 64. Your 64 can be physical, but it absolutely does not have to be. It could be 64 minutes of reading about disability justice, 64 acts of kindness, 64 pages of a book, 64 repetitions, 64 laps—or a donation to a disability advocacy organization. The idea is that there is no single “right” way to complete a 64. Choose it. Do it. Share it. Pass it on.
The week leading up to the event will take place at the U-M Hadley Family Recreation & Well-Being Center and will highlight the many ways our community advances disability inclusion, access, and opportunity. We’ll be promoting SAAS services and resources alongside U-M’s competitive adaptive sports programs, including wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis, adaptive track and field, and para powerlifting. The week will culminate in a wheelchair basketball game at the Hadley Center that members of the university will be invited to watch and/or participate in.
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