Spanning the U.S. on Foot for Inclusion

Molly Cuevas, 24, a native of San Jose, Calif., and a former three-time All-American field hockey player at Adelphi University, can also say come Saturday that she is a cross-country runner, inasmuch as she will have run in the course of three months 3,000-plus miles from Santa Monica to Montauk.

Her father, Manny, said in an email Monday that she was on track to be at the Montauk Circle finish line by about 10 a.m. Saturday, having stopped off at Goldberg’s deli on Napeague at about 8:30. 

Cuevas, who has a master’s degree in sports management, undertook the across-the-country challenge (averaging between 35 to 40 miles a day) “to raise funds for and raise awareness of those who are challenged every day. . . . Sports create a sense of confidence, community, inclusion, and empowerment. I believe everyone deserves a chance to participate in such meaningful experiences.”

“Together,” she has also written, “we can help people feel the most sublime moments that sports have to offer.”

Cuevas had reportedly raised about $37,100, with a goal of $50,000, through her website, milesbymolly.com, for the San Diego-based Challenged Athletes Foundation as of earlier this week.

Bob Babbitt, a co-founder of the Challenged Athletes Foundation, and a Hawaii Ironman Hall of Famer who is said to be the race’s foremost historian, is to accompany Cuevas on the last leg of her run. 

Manny Cuevas said Saturday’s finish line celebration would continue, from noon to 3, at the Montauk Brewing Company on Edgemere Road.