Over 200 people participated in the memorial walk/run, which was held at the North Park Swimming Pool on Saturday morning. We don’t have all the expenses calculated yet, but our gross amount raised was $15,600!
Our top three finishers all came from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Cross Country Team (go figure, ha!):
1) Rylee Kopchak, 14 – 17:25.0; 2) Chris Virostek, 14 – 17:37.0; 3) Joey Schmitzer, 14 – 17:37.0
We also had special awards for the top-finishing Concordia/GSH staff members: Kermit Bateson – 21:15.0 and Jessica Lauer – 25:01.0, both of Concordia at Cabot! Click here for a complete list of runners’ finishing times (only runners were timed – not walkers, which was the majority of our participants).
Fun fact: The artwork on the front of this year’s event shirt was from an art contest held during Camp Erin Pittsburgh. Camp Erin is an overnight bereavement camp held by GSH and the Moyer Foundation to provide grief support for children who have lost a loved one. Camp is free of charge thanks to the generosity of individuals, businesses, corporations and foundations.
A big thanks goes out to our volunteers, who make this event a little more special and welcoming than the average 5K. Special thanks to our sponsors as well; without them this event wouldn’t be possible!
- Event Shirt Sponsor: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Awards Sponsors: Bulldog Office Products, CSE Corporation (given in memory of Sam and Marilyn Shearer), and Hon Furniture
- Start & Finish Line Sponsor: Martik Brothers, Inc.
- Breakfast Sponsor: Heritage Valley Health System
- Sports Auction Sponsor: The Moyer Foundation
- Friends & Family Sponsors: R.W. Larson Architects and Sarver Landscape Maintenance Co.
- Patron Sponsor: Tri-State Mobile X-Ray
- Gift In Kind Donors: Eagle Printery, Eat N’ Park, Laurel Food Systems, Marburger Farm Dairy, Reinhart Food Service, Monteverde Produce, Road ID, and Saxony Garden Greenhouse
Enjoy the pictures below (click picture to enlarge), and feel free to leave a comment!
