On February 25th 2024, Madeline Kuncewicz (Ha 13) will be running the Brighton Half Marathon to help support her cousin’s young family who have just lost their father to cancer.

As Madeline writes, “last week, my cousin’s husband Maciej, aged 36, passed away after a 5-year battle with cancer. He and my cousin, Aldona, were highschool sweethearts and my sisters and I were bridesmaids at their wedding. They have four young children aged 8, 7, 5, and 3.

To relieve some of the financial strain of this loss, my family have set up a GoFundMe for Aldona’s family and I will now be running the Half Marathon to support them. “

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Madeline joined Haileybury in 2013, graduated in 2019 as part of Hailey House and then attending the University of Sussex . While at Sussex, she achieved First Class Honours in Business and Management Studies with Spanish for Professional Purposes.

After university, Madeline became a Business Analyst in the tech industry and is currently a BA consultant at Legal and General. Beyond her career and education, Madeline’s interests include reading, health and fitness, environmentalism, veganism, art, and human rights activism.

Since signing up to the Brighton Half Marathon, Madeline has also been raising money for The Sussex Beacon, an organisation supporting people living with HIV.

Main Photo: Madeline running the 2019 Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon on behalf of Cardiac Risk in the Young following the death in 2018 of Alessandro Pomfret (Thomason) aged 17.

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