WVU Medicine and The Wellness Center at Berkeley Medical Center in conjunction with the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival Committee will host the annual 2018 Bob Baronner Apple Trample 5K on Oct. 20.
The Apple Trample is a long standing tradition and part of a larger community event that celebrates the history and heritage of our area. It’s a great event for first-time walkers and competitive runners.
The USATF certified course follows a gently rolling terrain through downtown Martinsburg and finishes on the track at Martinsburg High School’s Cobourn Field with spectators in the stands.
As last year, former co-workers and family members of Bob Baronner have joined the Apple Trample 5K Committee with a goal of recruiting a record number of runners and walkers. Proceeds from the event will benefit the WVU Cancer Institute in Martinsburg’s cancer comfort fund in memory of Bob, a former community leader, banker and WVU Medicine board director who succumbed to cancer in 2017.
The 2018 Bob Baronner Apple Trample 5K will feature one start time at 11 a.m. for both runners and walkers. The race start will be at the McCormack Center on the campus of WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center. Runners will start first immediately followed by walkers, with the finish line at Cobourn Field.
Registration information may be found on line at www.appletrample.com. Early registration by Oct. 10 is $25 with a t-shirt, $20 with no t-shirt. After October 10, the fee is $30 with a t-shirt, $25 with no t-shirt. Race day registration at The Wellness Center is from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. The fee is $30 with no guarantee of a t-shirt.
Awards will be presented immediately following the race to the top three overall runners, and top three runners of each five year age group. The walkers group will be timed this year, but not be eligible for awards.
Leslie Crabill, co-chair of the Apple Trample 5K Committee and a member of the WVU Medicine University Healthcare Foundation board of directors, is heading up the sponsor solicitation and fundraising phase of the race. Sponsor levels include Elite at $5000, Ultra at $2500, Marathon at $1000, Olympic at $500, Distance at $250 and Sprint at $100.
For more information on the Bob Baronner Apple Trample 5K contact Race Director Brian White at 304-264-1232. For more information on race sponsorships, call 304-264-1223.
