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Girls on the Run“I began running with my dad when Iwas 11 years old,” Tracey Cahill Early ’96told Fitness magazine in February, “andam grateful for all that it’s given me.”Tracey is now executive directorof Girls on the Run Manhattan,a division of GOTR International, anonprofit group that helps preteensdevelop healthy lifestyles through running,which she launched back in 2006with six participants. There are nowmore than 200 girls enrolled.j Through Girls onthe Run, Tracey CahillEarly ’96, right, coachesIsabela Caetano, 10, whocould barely run a milewhen they started. Shenow regularly jogs three.“She went from beingreally shy to being aleader,” adds Tracey.Courtesy of Fitness MagazineVolunteers serve as role models tothe girls through coaching a 12-week,24-lesson curriculum that addresses allaspects of girls’ development—theirphysical, emotional, mental, social andspiritual well-being.“I’ve never seen anything morebeautiful than the expressions of pride,confidence and strength as those girlscross the finish line!” adds Tracey.For more information, visitgirlsontherun.orgSquash and IvyA number of alumni reunited on the courts in New Haven last November for theannual Ivy League scrimmage that kicks off each season. From left, Sydney Scott ’06(#2 at UPenn), Alastair Smith ’05 (Harvard), Supriya Balsekar ’04 (Harvard captain),Taft coach Peter Frew ’75, Michael Shrubb ’06 (Dartmouth), McKay Claghorn ’07(Cornell), Alisha Mashruwala ’07 (#2 at Harvard as a freshman).The Mayor is InMaplewood, New Jersey, hada meet-and-greet reception inFebruary for their new mayor, KenPettis ’74, followed by an informalquestion and answer session. Witha population of 24,000, the townshipis located in Essex County, just15 miles from New York City.Although Ken was elected tothe five-member township committeein 2003, he is the firstblack mayor in Maplewood’s 84-year history. Still, he pointed outthat it would be even more historicif race did not even need tobe mentioned.“While I am not so naive tobelieve that we are there yet, I dobelieve that we here in Maplewoodmay be as close to Dr. King’s dreamas anywhere in America,” he told theNewark Star-Ledger, “even thoughwe, too, have a ways to go.”Ken, a native of Chicago, beganhis public service in Maplewoodabout 15 years ago, when he decidedsomething had to be doneabout various issues affecting hisneighborhood.“That experience demonstratedto me that, at least in this town, agroup of concerned citizens togetherwith a responsive governmentreally can make a difference.”A graduate of Brown and formertrustee at Taft (1999–2003),he and wife Karen have two children,Kendra ’06 and Kristian.Taft Bulletin Spring 2008