NORFOLK, Virginia -- With a championship pedigree at Landstown High School and Norfolk State, Steve Canter has taken his leadership qualities to the private sector.
Canter, who was an assistant football coach when Landstown won the 2005 state title and quarterbacks coach when NSU won the 2011 MEAC championship, now lives in Rhode Island mentoring clients to lead better lives while frequently running for charities.
"I like challenge in and of itself," said Canter, who also served as Landstown's head coach for two years in 2006-07. "And I like being able to do something for someone else."
Canter's next venture is the Last Man Standing Ultramarathon over Labor Day weekend in Maine. Participants run a 4.2-mile loop each hour for 24 hours. Contestants who can't finish the distance in the 60-minute window are eliminated until there is one person left.
For this event, Canter has raised nearly $4,000 toward his $10,000 goal for South Kingston Cares, a non-profit organization in Rhode Island that aids his town's school system.
"I'm gonna run the races anyway because I like to live the best life possible and push myself," Canter said. "At the same time if I can benefit an organization that's gonna benefit my family as well as my neighbors and community then it's even better."
Canter graduated from Kempsville in 1999 and later walked on Virginia Tech's team as a fullback, winning the 2003 Paul Frederick Cobb award for team spirit and enthusiasm.
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