Tom was a 61-year-old retired junior high school principal from Shoreham, NY when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor after undergoing a seizure in his car on October 18, 2003. He was given six months to live.

"I believe that remaining competitive is keeping me alive", Toscano offers, three days before a scheduled surgery on September 14th. "After an initial prognosis of six months, which I rejected, I started to train immediately and believe that though my doctors are skeptical or reticent about sprint training, it is sustaining me."