For your gracious care and service towards your fellow man by sharing your strength, ability, and unselfish attitude, I, John Lewis, mayor of the town of Gilbert, wish to give you this award.

Spencer, he didn't ask for any of this when he said, "I want to do a triathlon with Dayton." He didn't want any of this attention, but he did it because he likes Dayton. I met Dayton in our Deacon's Quorum day at church. When I got called the Deacon's Quorum president, I felt a great sense of responsibility on my shoulders, that I should be watching out for everybody in the Quorum. Dayton has cerebral palsy, and he can't talk to or communicate that well, but you can feel the Spirit wherever he is. He's a great friend to me. He should have the opportunity to do what everybody else does. We've always tried to include him in everything that we do. Along the way, we found out that he just loves the wind in his face. Spencer knelt down right in front of Dayton and grabbed him on his knees, and he said, "Dayton, would like to do a triathlon with me?" Dayton doesn't communicate, other than he'll blink for yes, and he won't blink for no. And he started blinking. And he said, "Dad, he said, 'yes.'" It was a different experience than other triathlons I've done because, when I got on that bike, it felt harder pulling someone else with me the entire way. I knew that Dayton was within five feet of me the whole time. And it was awesome to know that there someone else there, one of my really good friends that could be with me.

I've learned great lessons of love in a boy that does what Christ would do if he were here, and fulfilling his responsibility as a Deacon's Quorum president, as a friend. Near finish line was very spiritual for Dayton and I because I felt that I was out of juice, I was out of energy. But then I don't even know where it came from. Dayton start smiling, and I started to speed up, and I had the energy to sprint the last few hundred yards into the finish line, and I just felt great at the finish line. I didn't feel like I was drained of my energy. I felt that the Spirit was there, helping Dayton and I to finish that race. He doesn't want to look like the hero, at all. He wants Dayton to look like the hero, and he's just Dayton's legs.