Maine mom and son run on the similar school cross-country meets

Collegiate cross-country races don’t often double as household reunions — that’s, till Pleasure and Cyrus Evans started working.

The Maine mom and son obtained their second final month when each competed on the Maine State Championships, in response to The Bangor Each day Information. Pleasure Evans, 37, runs for the College of Maine at Farmington, whereas Cyrus Evans, 18, is on the staff on the College of Southern Maine. 

Simply earlier than the race, Pleasure Evans greeted her son — in uniform — with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, in response to The Bangor Each day Information. 

“It didn’t actually hit residence till Cyrus noticed me in my gear on race day,” she advised the newspaper. “His entire staff noticed me [and] had been like, ‘Is that your girlfriend,’ and he’s like, ‘No, it’s my mother.’”

“That’s what occurred,” Cyrus Evans confirmed to The Bangor Each day Information. “I used to be a bit embarrassed, however on the similar time, I used to be like, ‘Yeah, that’s my mother. She’s a rock star.’ My teammates had been comfortable to listen to that. It made my day.”

Pleasure Evans returned to school a couple of years in the past after initially specializing in elevating her kids, in response to The Bangor Each day Information. An schooling main, she joined the cross-country staff as a senior earlier this yr and was lately named a North Atlantic Convention Rookie of the Week. 

Her son, in the meantime, is a freshman learning mechanical engineering. 

Learn the total story through The Bangor Each day Information.

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