Spring Run for Kids a huge success
March 17, 2010 3:45 PM
The 2010 Woodstock's Spring for Kids Run drew nearly 600 people to Avery Park last Saturday (March 13) to help make the annual fundraiser the most successful ever. About 400 people were registered as runners in either the 2K or 5K races.
The annual event, sponsored by Woodstock's Pizza Parlor and the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation, is the primary fundraiser for the foundation's Mini-Grants for Education Excellence program. Twice each year, the CPSF awards grants of up to $1,000 to educators throughout the district for program costs, equipment, or supplies.
This year's event raised nearly $20,000 including donations of services and prizes. Among the many race volunteers were members of the both high schools' honor societies, the Crescent Valley track team, school board members and Kiwanis Club members.
Traveling trophies are awarded each year to the school with the highest percentage of its student body participating in the race. Prizes are also awarded by Strands.com to the fastest student from each school.
Jefferson Elementary School took the top prize among elementary schools, with Hoover Elementary a close second and Mountain View in third place. CPSF director Fred Kane reported there were runners from every elementary school this year.
In the competition between middle schools, Linus Pauling beat Cheldelin for the traveling trophy by 0.1 percentage point of their student body participating. Both Corvallis High School and Crescent Valley High School doubled their participation rates this year, but CHS won the trophy with 0.5 percent more students running or volunteering.
The winning 509J Employee Team this year also came from CHS. Team members Robert Blackman, Dan Kammerzelt, Matt King and Matt McDonough posted a combined time of 94:08 in the 5K race, nearly 7 minutes faster than the second place team from Adams Elementary. Employee teams from the district office, Lincoln School, Jefferson Elementary and Mountain View Elementary also participated.
The following students received prizes for being the quickest runners from their school in their age/gender category:
Adams Elementary: Sam Mutschler-Aldine, Anna Moore, Manya Mustschler-Aldine, Jackson Tegan, and Isabel Scholz
Franklin School: Ayla Arnold
Garfield Elementary: Mateo MuroDougherty, Emma Cienchanowski, and Peter Holt
Hoover Elementary: Brendan Herb, Abbee Kuhlman, Claire Benning, Sean Alder, Ellery Shearman, and Katelyn Stevens
Jefferson Elementary: Ethan Main, Cheryl Coats, Zachary Warnock, Malia Allen, Alexi Ebersole, and Cameron Montagne
Lincoln School: Fallon Cochran, Cassandra Arredondo, Sofia Garner, and Marina Arredondo
Mountain View Elementary: Jasper Polluck, Cora Canning, Thomas Hobbs, Mikayla Campbell, and Taylor Perkins
Wilson Elementary: Eva Buford
Cheldelin Middle School: Logan Olbrich, Jennifer Pinard, and Ryan Alder
Linus Pauling Middle School: Connor Garrett, Levi Ebersole, Gloria Goni-McAteer, Kevin Tegan, and Ashley Scholz
Corvallis High School: Scott Howard and Danelle Finnen
Crescent Valley High School: Audrey Wheatcroft
