Families, dogs and serious runners do the Turkey Trot for P.C. schools
December 1, 2016 at 4:55 p.m.
<p class="Picture">Ben Reyes, 11, of Lafayette Drive.</p>
The Hoemann family of Valley Terrace pose with their Tamarack Tower Foundation T-shirts after the race. Front row, from left: Asher, 5, Alden, 7, who won a prize for being the youngest runner, Anders, 12. Back row, from left: Cynthia Hoemann, cousin Karine Aure of Wyoming, Ainsley, 14, Andy and their dog.
<p class="Picture">Lauren, Jeffrey, Wyatt, 9, and Trevor, 7, Feist of Rockinghorse Trail. Jeffrey is with Arctic Mechanical which was a sponsor of the run.</p>
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anders Hoemann, 12, of Valley Terrace</span>
<p class="Picture">Declan Foley of White Plains was the first runner to complete the 3.5K race with a time of 16:50. It was his first time doing this race in many years.</p>
<p class="Picture">David Pilla, son of Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla and Tamarack Tower Foundation member Margot Pilla, who now lives in Chicago, puts his best foot forward.</p>
<p class="Picture">David Harman of Argyle Road trots along the course with his golden doodle Scout.</p>
<p class="Picture">Sixteen-year-old Charlie Flanagan of Rye Brook, a junior at Iona Prep, runs with his golden retriever Maggie.</p>
<p class="Picture">Port Chester High School junior and track and field team member Michael Sposato sports a Tamarack Tower Foundation T-shirt.</p>
<p class="Picture">Rosemarie Barone (front) and other Tamarack Tower Foundation volunteers sign up Turkey Trot participants. Two hundred seventy-seven runners, walkers and joggers took part, raising $8,375 for scholarships and other grants to support the Port Chester schools. That included a $750 donation from sponsor Arctic Mechanical and $1,200 raised by the elementary schools that held Tiny Turkey Trots in their gym classes.</p>
<p class="Picture">Recent Port Chester High School graduates Leonard Pietrafesa, Brooke Pietrafesa and Zuriel Arellano run up the driveway at the high school toward the finish line of the Tamarack Tower Foundation’s Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. The race was dedicated to Bea Pietro, a former runner and avid supporter of the Port Chester schools who died during the past year.</p>
