Midcoast Athletics

Mon, 10/01/2018 - 12:30pm

Staff

ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills cross country program will host the second annual Race for the Crockett Trail 5K at the high school, located at 25 Keelson Drive in Rockport, on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 11 a.m.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students with all proceeds going toward ongoing trail maintenance. Prizes will be awarded to the top male and female runners of the race and in each age group, as well as a random prize drawing among all race entrants.

The Crockett Trail is a multi-purpose trail named after Penny and Charlie Crockett, who served the high school as teachers, coaches, and mentors for a combined 69 years.

The trail serves as the home course for the Camden Hills varsity cross country and Nordic ski teams and Camden-Rockport middle school cross country team.

The high school cross country team will host their homecoming meet there Friday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. The next middle school meet will be Wednesday, Oct. 10.

The Crockett Trail is open year-round to the public as a mile-long nature trail with interpretive signage for 25 different native plant species. In winter the trail also serves as a public Nordic ski trail.

Completed in the fall of 2017, the trail was constructed by dozens of volunteers and made possible through grants from First National Bank and James O’Rourke, as well as in-kind services from local businesses, including Gartley & Dorsky Engineering & Surveying, Bragg’s Tree Care, Viking Lumber, Dorr Wood Carving & Sign Company, and landscapers David Wellman and Dan Eaton.

For more information on the race, contact Helen Bonzi at helen.bonzi@fivetowns.net.

Reach the sports department at: sports@penbaypilot.com.