Sandbanks Fall Getaway Run for fun and Terry Fox

Administrator | Sep 21, 2015 | Comments 4

There were 167 participants at the 21st annual run. -Theresa Durning photo

Photography by Theresa Durning

Aggie Bortolussi welcomed 167 participants to the 21st annual Sandbanks Fall Getaway Fun Run in near perfect weather.

Aggie-Bortolussi welcomed the runners. Theresa Durning photo

Bortolussi, race director and assistant park superintendent, also welcomed Terry Fox Run participants who ran, walked or biked along the 10 km and 5 km routes.

Kevin Beatty, of Frankford was the over all winner of the Fun Run 10km, with a time of 35:34:75. Leanne Carolan was the first female, overall, in the 10km event and the 7th runner in the 10km to cross the finish line. Her time was 43:54.66.

In the 5km event, Jeffrey Brison, of Kingston, was the first finisher with a time of 17:58.44. Mackenzie Campbell, of Kingston, was the first female to cross the line with a time of 22:31.53.

This year the youngest runner was Porter Hymus who ran the 5km in 55:09.72 and the most senior runner was Jerry Vickers, of Belleville, who ran the five km in 35:36.38

The Fun Run started in 1995, as a fundraiser for The Friends of Sandbanks and as a means of attracting tourists back to Prince Edward County in the shoulder season.

“It’s been a great success on both counts,” said Bortolussi. “Over the years, we have raised about $15,000 for The Friends of Sandbanks and about $130,000 for The Terry Fox Run through our participants donating and registering their pledges through this event.”

Good friends running together, Claire and Danielle Cardinal of Amherstview and Taylor Miller of Cherry Valley