Running 42 kilometres seems a daunting task to many people but imagine attempting it in the Tundra in knee deep snow, surrounded by ice and snowstorms in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees celsius, only to get up he very next day and run a further 21 kilometres in the same conditions.

“Recovery is ongoing. I have a brain injury, I am a quarter blind in both eyes, I have vertigo, a damaged left knee and right ankle, reduced hearing in my left ear and also had a damaged coccyx. But I never give up.” 

98 students from 15 sports have won scholarships from UCC for their sporting and academic excellence.