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ComputerFox Inc. was a sponsor of the sixth annual Turkey Trot Race.
This race is hosted by the Scottish Rite Masons and Daytime Lodge No.
144 was held at 8:15 A.M. Thanksgiving Morning 11/22/07. The race
began at the Scottish Rite Festival Theater and ended in the same
place it began.
The race is a 5K race with with 414 registered runners whose ages
varied from 8 years old to 88 years. Rocco J. Frank Jr. is seen here
addressing a crowd of 500 runners and spectators at the starting line
on Main Street. The
race results were documented by Hitekracing.com and the detailed
results can be found at: http://www.hitekracing.com/results07/strat1122.htm
Dave Urban, an active mason, competitive runner, and this years race
organizer called this years race "the most successful one yet and
looks forward to the continued growth and support of all our
contributors including Stockbridge Bakeries, who so graciously donated
two very popular cheesecakes to be raffled off to the runners."
The event concluded inside the the Scottish Rite Theater where
trophies were awarded for First, Second, and Third Place winners in
each age category. These categories are also again divided by male and
female. One unique trophy offered is the "Middle of the pack
award" this trophy is awarded to the male and female who managed
to complete the race at the exact 50% mark of all recorded runners.
This years overall top female winner was Christina Senft of Stratford
CT. Christina is 23 and she completed the race in 19:42.
The top male winner was Matthew Janczyk of Bristol CT. Matthew who is
19 years old completed the race in 16.31
This 5K race will be scheduled again for next Thanksgiving morning
2008. If anyone wishes to enroll they should contact either Dave
Urban, or Rocco J Frank Jr. at (203) 647-0380. Runners can
pre-register or register the morning of the race, the cost is expected
to remain the same at $35.00 per runner. Registrants only need to
report to the Scottish Rite Festival Theater on Main Street in
Stratford prior to 8:00 A.M. |
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