Congratulations to Yuri Horwitz, the 1st place winner of the 2016 Portsmouth Rotary 5K Cross Country Race
Yuri Horwitz, who completed the race in 18.328 minutes, is from Portsmouth, NH and ran Cross Country and Track at PHS during the late 90’s. Yuri also ran in college at William and Mary and now resides in Washington D.C. with his wife and two children.
The race was held on Thursday, August 4th at the Portsmouth High School Sports Field with close to 70 runners.
All participants received a T-shirt and were invited to enjoy an informal BBQ with hot dogs & hamburgers while the race results were tabulated. An informal awards presentation was conducted by Justin Finn as soon as the results were available.
The money raised from this event has not been completely totaled but the event is estimated to net close to $8,000. The money raised will be used to continue offering scholarships and social service grants to the local community.
This year’s sponsors include:
Living Innovations, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Ricci Construction, Dos Amigos, Peterson Engineering, Granite Bank, Secure Planning Inc., Murtha Landscaping, SIS Bank, Eddy Group, McLane, Piscataqua Landscaping Co. Inc., Infinite Imaging, The Edgewood Center & State Farm (Allen Dugan).
Special thanks to the XC Race Committee: Justin Finn, co-chair, Dennis Moulton, co-chair, Aileen Dugan, Basil Richardson, Cleo Villaflores, Tristan Shanley, Lexi Manus, Julia M. Ghigliotti.
And a noteworthy ‘thank you” to all the volunteers who helped make this event a success. They are: Janice Wood. Janis Reams, Karen Pierce , Marie Brownell, Paul Whitcomb, Rich Greulich, Steve Wood, Cynthia Shanley, Janice Cassidy, Chris Simonds, Refreshment Prep, Walter Liff, Jay Gibson, Al Lantinen, Bob Herold, Lindsey Hery, Leonard Seagren.
