Holiday Run for Youth a Success for Community

The crowd cheered for every single runner. Although rough winds were starting to rush in, the runners at the Holiday Run for the Youth by the Rancho Cordova Police Activities League were giving their best effort to cross the finish line.

Josh Gruver, a 17-year-old Cordova High School student won first place in the 5k run with a time of 17 minutes and 25 seconds. Anthony Enriquez, a 17-year-old from Sacramento took second, and Mitch Garrett from Galt placed third.

Anthony Fagundes from Fair Oaks took first place in the 10k run with a time of 35 minutes and 59 seconds. Second place was taken by Rancho Cordova resident Tony Giglini, 33 and third by Elk Grove resident Gary Campbell.

The PAL Holiday Run for the Youth was held at Village Green Park located near Zinfandel Drive. Participants took part in a 5k, 10k or 1.2 mile run/walk and a toy drive was also underway for less fortunate families in the area. Benefits will go to the Rancho Cordova Police Activities League, which offers free activities for the youth in Rancho Cordova.

The run drew about 616 registrations. Not all registered runners participated in the event, many blame the less than perfect weather, but the event was still a success drawing young teens to growing families to the event.

Local businesses donated food and drinks for the participants in the event.

Several runners said they joined the race as a way to help the community. Daynale George was one of them. She was the first woman to cross the finish line in the 10k run. “I thought this would be a nice way to help during the holidays for the youth,” George said. “It was a great run, I’m excited.”

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Posted by Xiul Miranda on Dec 12 2009. Filed under Lifestyle, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.