A local Hall of Fame marathon runner died on a kayaking trip.
Don Slusser, 73, died Thursday night while kayaking on Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, NBC affiliate WSMV reports.
His wife said he was kayaking as a storm moved in, and she reported him missing when he didn’t return to their campsite. His body was found on Friday morning near a boat launch.
GCX Racing Pittsburgh shared a photo of Slusser on Facebook from the 2024 Mad Dash 10 Miler, calling him an amazing runner, race director and community organizer.
Slusser was the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s All-American Marathon Runner and was inducted into the IUP Hall of Fame in 1996.
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