Sports Full speed ahead for Cal cox Despite advanced cancer diagnosis, Jill Costello leads crew to NCAAs
May 29th, 2010
After enduring nearly 20 rounds of chemotherapy and a half dozen radiation treatments, Jill Costello went looking for a miracle. A year ago, this young, fit nonsmoker and senior coxswain on Cal’s women’s crew was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.
Stage IV is the most advanced form of the disease.