TEDDY TROT DASH WINNERS
WAKEFIELD — On Saturday, October 5 Wakefield’s Woodville Elementary School hosted its annual Teddy Trot, a 5K race around Lake Quannapowitt. This year’s event was a resounding success attracting 138 runners and walkers resulting in a record-breaking fundraising year to date with over $22,000 raised. The proceeds will directly benefit the Woodville School PTO supporting field trips, in-school arts and science programs, purchasing of gym equipment, library books and much more.
This year’s run would not have happened without our generous sponsors and supporters. We wish to thank our platinum-level sponsors: Kristin Weekley with Leading Edge Real Estate and WJ Construction. Our gold-level sponsors: Bay State Financial and Wei’s Asian Cuisine. Our silver-level sponsors: Bob’s Oil Melrose, Cal’s Creamery, Dance Studio of Wakefield, Gingerbread, Hunt’s Photo and Video, The Savings Bank of Wakefield and The Farmland. Our bronze-level sponsors: Catch the Funk, Keith’s Tree, Kraft Power, Master O, PDA Dental Group and The T Stop. We also want to thank our top student fundraisers: Teagan Thistle, Lillian Kelley and Coleman Bickford.
The 5k race winners were 18+: Thomas Lord and Jamie Murphy; Junior: Benjamin Czerkowicz and Hannah Huskey; and Woodville: Bryce Murphy and Teagan Thistle. Our dash winners were 4th grade: Bryce Murphy and Sydney Marshall; 3rd grade: Isaac Omojola and Teagan Thistle; 2nd grade: Zachary Keating, Connor Dineen, Ruby Sorrentino and Phoebe Omojola; 1st grade: Matty Chambers, Sean Dineen and Bianca Murphy; Kindergarten: Jackson Cazeau and Lilly Liberti; and Preschool: Mario Torra and Ayla Krajewski.
Finally, race organizers would also like to thank Woodville School Staff, Woodville PTO, Wakefield DPW and the Wakefield Town Administration. This year’s race was a rrrrrroaring success and the Woodville bears are deeply grrrrrateful. Paws up!
