The Marion Mile began again on June 24 with 100 runners. Chris Adams, a Cross Country Coach, Track Coach, and Spanish Teacher at Tabor, coordinates the weekly Marion Mile races each summer. The races are held every Tuesday night during the summer at 6:30 pm and have become a weekly routine for some of the Tri-Town’s youngest residents.
The milers complete a route around Tabor’s upper campus, while the runners that are six or under complete a shorter version. All finishers receive a ribbon and at the end of the summer, the top runners in each age group receive an award as long as they have competed in at least three races that summer.
Adams organizes the event each week with the help of his wife, Kathy, as well as high school and college students, the majority of whom Adams coached at Tabor. All of the volunteers are runners themselves and many competed in the Marion Mile before high school.
The winners in the first week of races were Prosser Friedman and Koko Kelly for the mile race and Logan Houlihan and Isabella Morotta in the half-mile race.
Young runners can register throughout the summer to run in the Marion Mile. The event continues to instill a love of running and racing in the youth of the Tri-Town.
By Julia O’Rourke
