Canyon To Once Again Honor Alumni Trevor Habberstad With Invitational
Article originally published in The Signal
Trevor Habberstad literally and figuratively played the role of a superhero.
On the track for Canyon, the 2007 graduate was one of the most decorated hurdlers in school history and earned a scholarship as a decathlete at Washington State. He still holds the school record for the 100 and 400-meter hurdle events.
Once his time at Washington State was up, he followed in the footsteps of his father, Jeff, in the stunt industry, working as a stuntman for movies such as “Ant Man” and several others within the “X-Men” series.
Monday will mark one year since Trevor Habberstad died of gastric cancer at 27 years old.
Trevor was an avid donor to Canyon’s annual track and field invitational, sometimes donating as much as $500. That invitational now bears his name as up to 20 schools are expected to take part in the second annual Trevor Habberstad Track and Field Invitational on March 3 at Canyon.
“Last year, the invitational came kind of fast and furious,” said Debbie Habberstad on Tuesday. “It had been just two weeks since he passed and they called us to let us know they’d be naming the invitational after him.
“We were humbled and floored — and are still floored — by the support the community’s shown us.”