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CAMY 5K Run & DAVID CLERICI 5K Walk

***Sat., November 11, 2023***

(USATF Certified #MA15011RN)

STARTS:18th Rosina Kids Fun Run – 9:30 a.m.; 23rd David 5K Walk – 9:50 a.m.; 23rd Camy 5K Run – 10 a.m.

WHERE: Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole, MA 02081

FIELD SIZE: No cap, no limit.

MASKS: Optional. No mask mandate (although, we will comply with any new federal, state, and/or town regulations).

REGISTRATION: Available online, via mail-in application, or on race-day (8-9:30 a.m.).

Day of Race Registration for the Camy 5K Run and the David 5K Walk, all ages (cash or check only) - $25

NUMBER PICKUP (race-day only): Bib numbers and race shirts (shirts are free for first 100 race/walk entrants) is 8-9:30 a.m.

STARTS/WATER: Single start for the walk (9:50 a.m.) and single start for the run (10 a.m.). Water station at about 1½ miles.

POST-RACE: We will return to post-race activities with food, raffle, awards ceremony, etc.

AWARDS: RUN: Top 3 male/female trophies. Age-group top 3 male/female medals - 14&U, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59,60-69, 70-79, 80&O. Trophies - Camy Award (1st I-A Club member - any town); David Award (2nd-to-last finisher); Bill Hunt Award (1st Walpole male); Alice Grace Hunt Award (1st Walpole female); Coach Squires Award; Clydesdale (top 3 males 200+lbs.); Filly (top 3 females 140+lbs.). No duplicate winners. Priesing Award (special recognition). WALK: Trophies - Frank Clerici Sr. Award (1st male finisher), Carol Hunt-Clerici Award (1st female finisher). ROSINA FUN RUN: 50 yards for 11&U. Ribbons (no reg, no shirt).

RAFFLES: HUGE raffles (must be present to win). Free runner/walker raffle. And a separate raffle with one-of-a-kind items, gift certificates, clothing, autographed memorabilia, collectibles from Olympic running legends like Bill Rodgers, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Frank Shorter; and much more. Tix ($1 each, 8 for $5).

BENEFITS: Walpole Community Food Pantry, I-A Club/Society, Carol Hunt-Clerici Chamber Music Series Clerici Quartet, among them.

Results will be posted at https://resultscui.active.com/

Event details and schedule

STARTS:18th Rosina Kids Fun Run – 9:30 a.m.; 23rd David 5K Walk – 9:50 a.m.; 23rd Camy 5K Run – 10 a.m.

WHERE: Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole, MA 02081

PARKING: NO street parking, per Walpole Police (street is part of the course). Use the Knights of Columbus lot next to I-A Club or nearby town pool and Town Hall public lots. Handicap parking also available at I-A Club.

Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole, Mass., the second Saturday in November. The USATF-certified (#MA15011RN) race was created in 2001 in honor of Camilio “Camy” Clerici and his grandson, David Clerici, Walpole I-A Society members who died nine months apart in 2000. Rosina Fun Run for kids named in honor of Camy’s widow and David’s grandmother, Rosina Clerici, who died in 2006. David 5K Walk top trophies named in honor of his late parents - Frank Clerici Sr. Award (1st male finisher), Carol Hunt-Clerici Award (1st female finisher). Held annually since its inception, including pre-vaccine pandemic 2020, as reportedly the only official in-person on-the-course road race run in Massachusetts!

Dedicated to original Greater Boston Track Club coach and USATF National Track & Field Hall of Fame coach Bill Squires - longtime supporter of our race - who died June 30, 2022.

Results will be posted at https://resultscui.active.com/