Captain Gerald F. DeConto, USN Memorial Scholarship 5k Run/Walk

Thank you to all of our participants, volunteers, sponsors, prize donors and supporters who made the 2024 race a successful community event!  We truly appreciate your support for our race and memorial scholarship fund.  #DeContoRace2024

The results for the 2024 in-person race can be found here: http://spitlerracesystems.com/raceresults/CaptGeraldF.DeContoUSNScholarship5k.php

Watch for updates on our 2025 race!!  We hope to see you next year!!

Our annual 5k Run & Walk supports the Captain Gerald F. DeConto Memorial Scholarship Fund. Captain DeConto, a Sandwich MA native, was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Thanks to your generosity we have been proudly awarding scholarships in Captain DeConto's memory since 2002. 

Donations to our scholarship fund can be made online or by mail.  For online donations and mail-in instructions please see the Donate tab.  We truly appreciate your support and generosity!

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Race & Scholarship Fund History: Captain DeConto, a Sandwich MA native, was killed during the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon while on duty in the Navy Command Center. At the time of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, Captain DeConto was in direct communication with the Secretary of the Navy coordinating the Navy’s response to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Captain DeConto was a dedicated Naval officer who was respected and admired by those he served for, by those he served with, and by those who served for him.

Captain DeConto was a high-spirited, caring person who enjoyed many activities, one of which was running, and he enjoyed them most when they were shared with family and friends. His Navy career took him all over the world, but he returned home to Cape Cod whenever he could and he spent the weekend before 9/11 in Sandwich with family and friends. The Captain Gerald F. DeConto USN Scholarship Fund was set up in his memory to honor him and the legacy he left behind which is one of service to his country, leadership, friendship, and love of life and family. It is his family’s hope that through the scholarship fund Captain DeConto will continue to influence the lives of young people and that his memory and the ideals he believed in will live on.