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Todd Keelin competes in 5K runs regularly in the Tri-State area. ASHLAND, Ky. – Todd Keelin has watched God work in his life in amazing ways. So giving back seemed a natural response. The 40-year-old Keelin started running competitively on Thanksgiving in 2012 with a 5K and says [...]

Danielle Wesolowski competes in the Hatfield & McCoy half marathon on June 14. Danielle Wesolowski ASHLAND, Ky. – Team Amy For Africa starts with family. The biggest supporters of the ministry have always been Amy Compston’s family and that’s also where some of the committed runners [...]

  & WILLIAMSON, W.Va. – Amy For Africa made its presence felt at the 15th annual Hatfield & McCoy Marathon on Saturday. Even the feuding families had to be proud of the effort. Three runners – marathoners Chris and Amy Compston and half-marathoner Danielle Wesolowski – were among the stars. [...]

Marcus Wesolowski runs beside his aunt, Amy Compston, during last November's homestretch of the 50-mile ultra marathon in Nashville. Marcus will be running for Team AFA this racing season. ASHLAND, Ky. – Young or old, it doesn’t matter. Team Amy For Africa takes all-comers to run for the [...]

Jennifer Mault ASHLAND, Ky. – Jennifer Mault has been running since she became a teenager. She’s good at it too, having been in three half-marathons and one full marathon during the past eight years when she started taking running seriously. Mault is also serious about helping people, which [...]

ASHLAND, Ky. – Team Amy For Africa runners have a story to tell, too. And Eric Stewart, one of the organizations newest runners, has a good one. He has been fighting the good fight of exercise since July 2013 when he decided after nearly 33 years of being “fat, obese, [...]