DATE

RUN THE TRADITIONAL CENTENNIAL THANKSGIVING DAY “5 MILE” RACE

1907 - 2009

102^th ANNUAL TURKEY DAY RACE

A Historic Race Benefiting Local Charities Since 1986

Spina Bifida Association of Greater New Orleans and New Orleans City Park

November 26, 2009

Subject: TURKEY DAY RACE - Do not pay parking tickets issued for parking on median at the Turkey Day Race, read more………

Dear Runners, New Orleans Athletic Club members and New Orleans Track Club members:,

We want to personally apologize to you for the unfortunate situation that occurred on Thanksgiving Day when tickets were given out for parking on the median for the Turkey Day Race. Since the median has been used for many years by us and others without incident and since we have never been advised that our runners were not allowed to use the median for parking, the issuance of tickets was a complete shock to us.

We know that the runners that parked on the median were not aware of this municipal ordinance, so the New Orleans Athletic Club, which gives the race, and the Spina Bifida Association, which is the charity that benefits from the race, and the New Orleans Track Club, which assists Ron Schulingkamp with staging the race, have all joined together to pay today, November 30, all of the tickets that were for parking on the median for every single car that was ticketed for parking on the median.

If you parked on the median and were ticketed, please do not pay the parking ticket as it was paid this morning, November 30^th , on your behalf by the New Orleans Athletic Club, the Spina Bifida Association and the New Orleans Track Club.

Once you have paid, there can be no re-imbursement from the City.

Please let your friends and family that were ticketed know that the tickets for parking on the median have been paid on their behalf and not to pay any ticket for parking on the median. The sooner you can get this message to them the better because once they are paid to the city, even though we have already paid them, there can be no re-imbursement.

Thank you very much for your support over the years and we once again apologize to you.

Sincerely,

New Orleans Athletic Club, William J. More, President

The Spina Bifida Association, Ron Schulingkamp, Board of Directors

The New Orleans Track Club, Chuck George, Director

2009 Race Results

New Orleans Athletic Club

102^th ANNUAL TURKEY DAY RACE

Click here for race results http://www.runnotc.org/results/2009/turkey.html

5 Mile Award Winners

Place	Male	Age	Time	Female	Age	Time
Overall Open
1	Patrick Gavin	26	24:53	Sarah Skotty	26	30:04
2	Kevin Fitzgerald	19	25:45	Allison Moll	32	30:47
3	Brendan Minihan, Jr.	34	25:48	Darlene Burke	38	32:05
Overall Masters
1	Tom Luongo	45	29:20	Kelly Nicholas	42	32:36
Overall Grandmasters
1	Derrick Lee	55	31:10	Kathleen Welch	53	36:05
Overall Seniors
1	J. Roger Brown	61	33:19	Tillie Clark	62	46:27
Overall Legends
1	Dick Longo	72	50:18	Fay Laughlin
Age Group 10-Under
1	Dustin Ward	10	35:12	Ryanna Jensen	9	46:18
2	Brock Silva		41:17	Grace Jensen	7	46:48
Age Group 11-14
1	Liam Fitzgerald	13	31:14	Emily Shelly	13	37:20
2	Matthews Yargus	13	32:49	Rachel Scurria	11	38:10
Age Group 15-19
1	Brian Lozes	19	27:19	Heather Fitzhenry	19	35:42
2	Fritz Metzinger	17	27:47	Bethany Burst	18	37:02
Age Group 20-24
1	Allen Sticker	22	25:59	Catherine Clofelter	23	34:22
2	Drew Haro	24	26:00	Sara Dicharry	22	35:14
Age Group 25-29
1	Matthew Manning	29	26:00	Nancy Anne Whitaker		33:50
2	Nick Accardo	27	27:06	Ashley Jackson	25	34:20
Age Group 30-34
1	Mario Krenn	30	30:28	Santilla Victorian	34	32:22
2	Michael Schmidt	31	31:10	Ann Earth	31	32:40
Age Group 35-39
1	Brandon Wingate	35	26:05	Kristen Depp	37	35:37
2	Jason Yaffe	39	27:34	Margo Combs	35	37:50
Age Group 40-44
1	Paul Bodet	41	30:19	Carolyn Thompson	41	33:50
2	Dominque Perrier	43	31:36	Stephanie Riegel	43	36:56
Age Group 45-49
1	Bill Monkey Plunkett	46	29:39	Marianne Garvey	48	38:40
2	James Miller	46	29:56	Kathleen Poole	45	39:26
Age Group 50-54
1	Bill Reese	53	31:23	Lisa Rusteneye	52	39:30
2	Patrick Laffaty	53	32:47	Sue Rice	50	40:52
Age Group 55-59
1	Larry Price	59	34:30	Robin Danning	57	41:24
2	Doug Mach	59	36:30	Ida Richards	55	42:36
Age Group 60-64
1	Ken Mire	60	35:34	Diana Harker	62	47:39
2	William Vincent	60	37:30	Holly McCrea	61	49:11
Age Group 65-69
1	Juan Perez	65	33:31	Tommie Robertson	67	1:05:43
2	Tad Jurgens	68	36:54
Age Group 70-74
1	Jan Kobylasz	71	52:52
2	Jerry Alexander	70	54:55
Age Group 75-79
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Age Group 80-Over
1	Arthur Gassen	84	1:04:43	Ameila Gassen	83	1:27:00
2	Del Donner	81	1:13:00
Overall Racewalkers
1	Dave Bozart			Pat Driscoll
2	Isaac Knightshead			Elsa Pool
3	Doug Pool			Ann Marie St. Clair
NOAC Members
1

More Race Information:

New Orleans Track Club
Phone: 504-467-8626, E-Mail: NOTC@runNOTC.org
NOTC Website: www.runNOTC.org, Fax: 504-469-9268

Volunteers please call: 504-468-1488
(Race day volunteers are needed.!!)

"102 Years" "102 Years" "102 Years"

At 86, New Orleans runner Albert Briede will participate in his 50^th N.O.A.C. Turkey Day Race

Posted by Chris Bynum, Staff writer, The Times-Picayune

November 21, 2008 5:00AM

Categories: Living: Health and Fitness

Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, gasoline was 25 cents a gallon, Mattel's Barbie was born, and Alaska became the 49th state in 1958, the year Albert E. Briede ran his first Turkey Day Race. At 86, Briede will participate in his 50th race next week.

He was a runner long before running was cool.

One of the founding members of the New Orleans Road Runners (now the New Orleans Track Club), Briede ran before there were, well, running shoes. He began racking up his miles in white canvas high-top sneakers.

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Established in 1907, The New Orleans Athletic Club "Turkey Day Race" is one of the oldest and continuously held non-marathon races in the United States. Since 1986, the race proceeds have benefited charities in our local community.

Since 1907 the Turkey Day Race has established a rich tradition and heritage among runners throughout the South.


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