Meet Our 2021 Patient Champions
24 patients treated at Nationwide Children’s Hospital are selected to line each mile of the race, share their story and inspire others. Each Patient Champion picks a theme for their mile and is celebrated for their strength and bravery. There is also one Angel Mile to honor those who are no longer with us and one Encore Mile where we recognize every patient who has lined the course in the past. Together, they represent the more than 1.4 million patient visits to our hospital every year.
Click below for the 2021 Patient Champions map
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MEET ADDYSON
Hometown: Powell, OH
Age: 9
Diagnosis: Kozlowski Type Spondylometaphyseal Dysplasia,
Kyphoscoliosis of the Spine
MEET ADRIANNA
Hometown: Lima, OH
Age: 6
Diagnosis: Congenital Cytomegalovirus(CMV), Hip Dysplasia,
Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants
MEET ANDERSON
Hometown: Granville, OH
Age: 9
Diagnosis: Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome
MEET ANDY
Hometown: Mounds, OK
Age: 13
Diagnosis: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD),
Gastroparesis
MEET ARIA
Hometown: Dublin, OH
Age: 13
Diagnosis: Ewing’s Sarcoma Cancer
MEET AUGUST “AUGIE”
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Age: 6
Diagnosis: Pilocytic Astrocytoma Tumor and Stenotrophomonas
Multophelia Infection
MEET BLAINE
Hometown: Land O’ Lakes, FL
Age: 9
Diagnosis: Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(deafness), Autism
MEET BRIDGETTE
Hometown: Powell, OH
Age: 18
Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder
MEET CLAIRE
Hometown: Hubbard, OH
Age: 21
Diagnosis: Coarction of the Aorta
MEET GIANNI
Hometown: Blacklick, OH
Age: 6
Diagnosis: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Type 3)
MEET JASON
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Age: 19
Diagnosis: Trisomy 15, Epilepsy
MEET JENNA
Hometown: Hilliard, OH
Age: 17
Diagnosis: Severe Persistant asthma, Eosinophilic
esophagitis, Vocal cord dysfunction, and Dysphagia
MEET LUNA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Age: 17
Diagnosis: Gender Dysphoria, Anxiety, and Depression
MEET MATTHEW
Hometown: Gallipolis, OH
Age: 18
Diagnosis: Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Scoliosis
MEET MORGAN
Hometown: Westlake, OH
Age: 4
Diagnosis: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD),
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
MEET NEIL
Hometown: Dublin, OH
Age: 15
Diagnosis: Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia (MPAL)
MEET NORA
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Age: 3
Diagnosis: Intestinal Malrotation
MEET QUENTIN
Hometown: Powell, OH
Age: 8
Diagnosis: Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
(BPD), Asthma
MEET RAEGAN
Hometown: Senecaville, OH
Age: 13
Diagnosis: Apert Syndrome
MEET SAVANNAH
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Age: 12
Diagnosis: Cushing’s Disease
MEET SIMON
Hometown: Hilliard, OH
Age: 8
Diagnosis: Autism, Epilepsy, Gtube, Eosinophilic esophagitis,
ADHD, Keratoderma palmaris et plantaris
MEET SOFIA
Hometown: Dublin, OH
Age: 11
Diagnosis: Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP)
MEET SYDNEY
Hometown: Pickerington, OH
Age: 13
Diagnosis: Cleft Lip and Palate
MEET TAYLOR
Hometown: Carey, OH
Age: 17
Diagnosis: Bowel Obstruction causing Ovarian Cyst