Inaugural Troth Yeddha' run a success

September 30, 2012

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UAF faculty, staff and students, Alaska Native community members, and runners and walkers of all ages joined together Sept. 22 to celebrate the Troth Yeddha' Park and participate in a 5K tour of the UAF campus.

Athabascan Elder Robert Charlie shared background information about the park before announcing the race start.

UAF's Troth Yeddha' Dancers provided the pre-race warm up, while the Soaring Eagle Drum Group drummed throughout the entire race, in memory of the late Bob Macguire, a popular UAF teacher.

Race results for Inaugural Troth Yeddha' 5K Run for the Park are:

Men - (1) Jessie Holmes (19:50), (2) Glenn "Cheetah" Thompson (19:57), (3) Ryan McLaughlin (20:04), (4) Rudy Osterbauer, UAF student from Minnesota, (20:14), (5) Bruce Sackinger (20:31).

Women - (1) Anna Worden (20:17), (2) Lana Lawrence (21:48), (3) Jane Lanford (23:26), (4) Kiely McFarlin (24:37), (5) Samantha Feemster (25:23)