Thank you to Runners, sponsors and volunteers for coming out to run and support the 2019 Wild Turkey Run on Thanksgiving morning!
On a rainy day in Salem with wind chill making the temperatures feel below zero, nearly 1600 runners, volunteers and spectators took to the streets of Salem to start their holiday participating in the 16th Annual Wild Turkey 5-Mile Run!On behalf of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem, thank you to our participants for joining us for our 16th year. Your generosity and support of this annual event benefits youth programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem, and for that we are truly thankful.This year’s Wild Turkey Run was the fourth largest in its’ 16 year history and remains one of the largest races on the North Shore. We have added over 1900 additional runners since our inception in 2004! With this continued climb, this event has become a great holiday tradition both for locals and visiting family members.
Some interesting statistics from this year’s Wild Turkey 5-Mile Run:
- For the 11th year in a row, women runners outnumbered men, 56.77% to 43.23%.
- Runner ages ranged from 9 years old to 73 years old!
- A winning time of 27:41 was turned in by the first place finisher, Catarina Braz-Roch from Peabody.
- The male winner was Dan Donato from Marblehead, in a time of 28:39.
- Competitors joined us from across the country, representing 22 states and Canada. The states include: California, Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Florida, Michigan, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
This great event could not be possible without the support of our community sponsors. Major sponsors include: New England Running Company, Brooks Sports Co., Highland Dental Group, Institution for Savings, Planet Fitness, Marblehead Savings Bank, Moriarty & Associates, Butterworth & O’Toole Inc., EBSCO, Dunkin Donuts and Perry & Perry Attorneys at Law. Additional race sponsors and donors include: Johnson & O’Connor, North Shore Bank, The McDonough Family, Kaloutas Painting, A&A Services Home Improvement, John J. Walsh Insurance, Endicott College, Correnti & Darling LLP, Dr. Pat Curtin, Atlantic Ambulance, North Shore Medical Center, Far from the Tree Cider, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Witch Museum, Salem Haunts, FootPrint Power Salem Harbor Station, Hawthorne Hotel, and StephenOGrady.com.
Special gratitude to the many volunteers who donated their Thanksgiving morning to help out at the race: Tom O’Shea, Beth O’Grady, Kelly Pheulpin, Ellen Talkowsky, Ilene Simons, Ed Zielinski, Grace Duran, Joanne Scott, Natalie and Eric Thelen, Don Gallucci, Ben Hartley, Steve Surdam, Tom St. Pierre, Billy Beauregard, Amy and Brandon Walsh, Barbara Previte, Barbara Marino, Mario Fagone, Kim Murtagh, Diana DeLeo, Evie Oquendo, Lisa Golden, Tammy Cook, Cliff Phillippe, Donna Marden, Beth Griffin, Carly Lynch, Kim Murtagh, Kerry and Natalie Phelan, Lisa Cammarata, Mara Mendelsohn, Yvette Mercado, Lynn Petronio, T.R. Ramsdell, Mary Herchenhahn, Dominic Salinas, Domingo Dominquez, Ana Gordan, Paul Cranney, John Landry, Mike Fitzgerald, Billy, Katie and Charlotte Tracia, and Boys & Girls Club members Jayda Castillo, Ken Moya, Jayden Figueroa, Juan Espinal the great cheering group from the Willows neighborhood.
Special thanks to the Salem Police for controlling the traffic during the race to keep the runners safe, and to the many Salem residents along the route who cheered our runners on!
Again, thank you everyone for making this another successful Thanksgiving event!
Doug Bollen
Wild Turkey Race Director
Chief of Operations
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem
results can be found at:
http://www.coolrunning.com/results/…/Nov28_WildTu_set1.shtml
