Lomong named Visa Humanitarian of the Year

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INDIANAPOLIS - Lopez Lomong has been named the recipient of the Visa Humanitarian of the Year Award, USA Track & Field announced Thursday. Lomong will be honored on Saturday, December 1, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Daytona Beach. Fla. The event is held in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2012 Annual Meeting.

“I am honored to receive this award,” Lomong said. “It will help a lot of people to know what we are doing off of the track and the reasons why we run. I am so happy to be named the Visa Humanitarian of the Year, and a lot of kids are going to benefit from this.”

While building a career as one of the nation’s top middle distance runners, Lomong established the Lopez Lomong Foundation in the fall of 2011 in an effort to give back to his native country of the South Sudan. The foundation teamed up with World Vision to launch the 4 South Sudan campaign to provide access to clean water, offer families basic health care, give children access to education and to provide life saving nutrition.

In less than a year, Lomong raised more than $150,000 for clean water and is hoping to break the $250,000 mark by January. Click here to continue to read the full release.





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