High School Senior Runs Marathon on Treadmill
to Raise Money for Healthcare Workers
Bobby Hoye and Peyton Ming live stream the marathon on YouTube.
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TheJournalNJ.com | JUNE 2020 19
Rumson-Fair Haven senior Bobby Hoye appealed
to the hearts and pockets of anyone
who tuned in to watch him run a marathon
to raise money for the Jersey Shore University
Medical Center’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Hoye completed 26.2 miles on his family’s
treadmill and raised more than $6,000 to support
local healthcare workers.
Fellow RFH senior, best friend and president
of the school’s Student Government Association,
Peyton Ming, set up the live stream to
broadcast Hoye’s incredible efforts on YouTube,
and served as the master of ceremonies chronicling
the runner’s progress, cheering him on, and relaying the
well wishes and charitable donations being sent his way. Senior
Jordyn Osofsky and junior Jaden Lanfrank also helped in the
amazing effort.
Hoye is a standout among RFH Bulldogs as an exemplary
student in the classroom, as a leader in athletics and other extracurricular
activities, and as a teenager in general, embodying the
highest standards of integrity, compassion and commitment.
After playing soccer during the fall of his freshman year,
Hoye joined the winter track team and realized running was his
passion. Since then, he hasn’t stopped running, participating
throughout his sophomore and junior years, and this year serving
as captain on RFH’s cross country, winter and spring track
teams.
However, the track isn’t the only place Hoye excels and sets
an example for his peers. He is the president of the Art & Photog-
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or Society, treasurer of the Environmental Club and the Spanish
National Honor Society, member of the National Honor Society,
the Global Impact Club and the RFH Student Ambassadors, and
In training for an Ironman triathlon this July, Hoye was
planning to run the New Jersey Marathon scheduled for April 26.
When that was cancelled and with school closed, Hoye admits that
he wasn’t in the best place mentally and looked for something to
raise his spirits and
those of everyone
around him.
Running the
marathon anyway,
as planned, felt like,
“an opportunity to
do something good,
to inspire people
and to support our
healthcare workers,”
he said.
Hoye set up a fundraising page and enlisted the help of his best friend to
have someone by his side during the run and to handle the technical logistics.
Members of the RFH community tuned in to watch Bobby’s amazing feat and
shared his story on social media, capturing the attention of local news outlets
and even Gov. Phil Murphy.
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ors Program at Roanoke College and Virginia Tech through which he’ll earn
degrees in both physics and environmental engineering. There’s no doubt running
will also be in his future regardless of where in Virginia he happens to be.
Bobby Hoye
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