Events
Gary Brown Memorial 5 Mile Run
150 spots left. Registration Opens April 1, 2025 at 6:00am EDT
Gary Brown Memorial 5 Mile Run- STUDENT
150 spots left. Registration Opens April 1, 2025 at 6:00am EDT
Description
The 44th Annual Gary Brown Memorial C&O Canal Five Mile Run event will be held on the C&O Canal Towpath in Williamsport, MD. This event is geared towards all levels from beginners to advanced runners.
The Legacy of Gary Brown
In the 1960's, Gary Brown was a star distance runner for Martinsburg High School, Shepherd College and the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club.
Gary went into high school teaching and coaching after graduating from Shepherd College. He developed one of the nation’s top distance programs. In the mid-1970's his Handley High School Boys Cross Country Team was the number one ranked High School Cross Country Team in the United States.
Sadly, Gary passed way from cancer in the winter of 1981-82, prior to his 35th birthday.
The C&O Canal Five Mile Run —which dates back to 1970– was re-named in Gary’s honor in 1982. Gary’s high school runners would use the late-August-held C&O Canal Five Mile Run as an “End-of-Summer-Training Fitness Test.” His teenage boys would routinely take six-to-eight of the top-ten places —running against collegiate and post-collegiate standouts.
Mike Spinnler GBM 5-Mile Director 1996-2023
GBM 5-Mile Winner 1985
Included with the price of your 5 miler registration:
• Well Organized and Professional Event
• Race Technical T-Shirt (Must register by July 4th to guarantee shirt and/or size)
• Custom Awards for Podium Winners
• Music
• Bib Chip-Timed with Instant Results
• Satisfaction of Finishing a Race!
Parking for race participants
All participants will be required to park either in the Cushwa Basin parking lot, the lock house 44 parking lot, legal street parking on N Commerce St or W Salisbury St. We ask that, unless you arrive before 7:00 am, you not drive across the wooden bridge looking for a place to park on race morning.
Place
1979 US-11
Williamsport, MD US 21795
Course Description
Description: This is a flat, fast “out and back” on the C&O Canal Towpath in Williamsport, MD. Most of the course is shaded.
Timing: This event will be professionally chip timed by Racine Timing!
Schedule
Friday August 15th:
5:00pm - 6:30pm Packet Pickup and Registration (Cushwa Basin parking lot)
Saturday August 16th:
7:00am-7:45am Packet Pick-Up and Race Day Registration (at Riverbottom Park, Williamsport, MD)
8:00am Race Start
9:15-9:20 Awards
Awards
Top-Ten High School Boy’s & Girls...Eligible to “double dip” in the top-three overall awards
18-29 Top-Three
30-39 Top-Three
40-49 Top-Three
50-59 Top-Three
60-69 Top-Three
70-and-over Top-Three
Top Three Overall Male and Female
Top Two Masters (40-and-over) Male and Female
Masters can accept both open & masters prizes
Top-Three Overall & Top-Two Masters are “kicked-out” off age-group award consideration.
Race Start/Finish Line
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5995984,-77.8255609,275m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
Saturday morning Packet Pickup, Race start line and Finish line are all located at Wiliamsport Park
Directions
From US Interstate 81, take exit 2 (Williamsport, Rt. 11). Proceed south on Rt. 11 for about 1.2 miles until you get to the Cushwa Basin parking lot.
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