By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer Team Lauryn will return to the Apple Harvest Road Race this year in memory of Lauryn Ossola, a former YMCA Stingray and Lady Knight’s swimmer at Southington High School who died tragically in car accident two years ago. Team Lauryn will participate in the 5K/5 mile Road Race at the 45th Annual Apple Harvest Festival on Sunday, Oct. 6 to raise money for an academic scholarship in Lauryn’s memory. A graduating swimmer of the high school’s Lady Knights Swim and Dive Team who will be a student of a four-year university or college receives the scholarship. In May, Team Lauryn awarded the scholarship to high school senior Molly Potter. Lauryn’s father, Jerry Nickodemski, said he will never forget that moment when he made a difference in someone else’s life. “We’ve done a lot of things to make sure no one ever forgets Lauryn, but handing Molly the envelope with the check touched me in a way that made me feel like we did something that ensured that Lauryn would live in the heart and mind of an individual for the rest of her life,” Nickodemski said. Lisa Ossola, Lauryn’s mother, said roughly 130 people joined [...]
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