5k draws runners of all ages

Chadron Community Recreation, HPER Associate Professor Donna Ritzen hosted the Frozen Turkey Trot Nov. 22. With an entry fee of $20 and a free t-shirt 10 people signed up to run the 5k around the campus and onto the trails. Ritzen has been doing the Frozen Turkey Trot for 15 years, and hosts it the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

Once the contestants sign up for the race they put their name in for a drawing for a chance to win a coupon to Pizza Hut, Taco Johns, or a Hi-Tech Car Care Card, and the New Leaf Jelly Bellies. The Chadron Wrestling team donated a couple prizes such as a CSC wrestling baseball cap, and a CSC wrestling beanie. The winners from the men and women’s groups would both win a frozen turkey as the main prize from the race.

The winners from the men and women’s divisions of the race are Angie Schafer, 20, junior of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Monte Adams of Harrison. The next race that Ritzen will host will be Fat Tuesday; the date has yet to be set.