- July 24th, 2010, 10:00 am
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NewsAdvance.com wrote:Luke looks to leave his mark cycling across U.S.Click Here for Full Story
Luke Marker, a former Air Force pilot who will start graduate school at Liberty University next month, began a three-week, 3,000-mile journey from Lynchburg to his home state of Washington on Monday. He is a decathlete training for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
By TED ALLEN
Published: July 20, 2010
Sporting a brightly colored cycling jersey advertising his website Jesuscangiveyoulife.com, Luke Marker will be highly visible as he travels across America this summer.
A former track and field athlete at the Air Force Academy in Colorado who spent the past six years as an Air Force pilot based in Texas and Georgia, Marker is in training — solely for the cause of Christ, according to his website — for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the decathlon.
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