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43rd Turkey Trot 2022

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Now Our New G. G  .T. T. Male overall Course Record Holder
Hunter Marion overall Winner of the
43rd Greater Gardner Turkey Trot 11-24-2022 with a time of 24:11.3
Male Course recorded was set in 1983 by Rick Doiron 24:19 / 2011 Sean Duncan 24:25
Hunter is a Narragansett Regional High School Alumni XC & Track and
Currently on the UMass Lowel XC & Track Team

Hunter also Broke the 20 to 29 age record held this year 
by Jake Hastings Age 21 2016 - #1 (25:37.203)


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 Kylie Marion Overall Women First place 30:30.5
At the Running of the 43rd Greater Gardner Turkey Trot
She was 13th overall in the race.
Kylie is Alumni of Narragansett Regional High School XC AND Track teams
Currently on UMass Lowell University XC & Track Team
Kylie also broke Age group record age 15 to 19 Female
held by Jennifer Coseno (31:59.3) Age 18 (2020- #8 )
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Arthur Besse was 5th overall in the 2022 G. G. T. T. and broke the male 50-59 age record set by Brad Fors (31:23.7) Age 52 (2021 - #7)
New Record is 27:29.1 a 5:30 pace
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The 2022 section is still being worked on with more Updates with names info & more Photos to be added soon!
2022 Turkey Trot Download Results PDF
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42nd
Turkey Trot

2021
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42nd Turkey trot Highlight Video on youtube @ 
https://youtu.be/hjWsW05YC8E
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Male overall Open Winner
Hunter Marion Age 19 (25:24.7)
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2nd place overall Male open
​Scott Leslie Age 40 (27:12.2)
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3rd place overall Male open
​Arthur Besse Age 49 (28:57.2)

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14 and under
Sokari Jenkins Age 13 (35:06.5)
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Male 15 to 19
Tyler Meunier (31:02.9)
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Male 20 to 29
Michael Matin Age 27 (30:27.8)
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Male 30 TO 39
Jeremy Zglobicki Age 34 (29:54.8)
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Male 40 to 49
Matthew Bettez (32:30.8)
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Male 50 to 59
Brad For (31:23.7)
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Male 60 to 69 
​ Tom Bockus (38:03.1)
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Male 70 and over
Brian Savilonis (44:26.7)
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Male open Walker overall Winner
George Bowren (56:44.2)
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Female overall Open Winner
Caitlin DiFava Age 35 (33:12.2)
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2nd place overall Female open
​Amanda Kourtz Age 38 (33:33.7)
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3rd place overall Female open
Krista Bettez Age 14 (34:41.9)
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14 and under
Olivia Powers Age 14 (38:52.7)
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Female 15 to 19
Kaylee Bettez (34:52.5)
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Female 20 to 29
Caitriona Parker Age 23(36:41.3)
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Female 30 to 39
​Abigail Rigney Age 39 (36:01.0)
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 Female 40 to 49
​Stephanie Hardy (34;53.1)

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Female 50 to 59 
​Kim Legere (42:16.2)

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Female 60 to 69
​Lynne Monfreda (44:32.9)

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Female Open Walker overall Winner
Kim Swart (1:03.59.7)

Oldest Bib #265 David Smith age 75 (1:32:38.8)
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In the photo Brisk Walkers Start 
Click the Link to 42nd 2021 run results & pictures
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 Team Awards 42nd Turkey trot

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 Class -C Mixed Co-Ed
Team: Chicken Tendies
Tyler Meunier, Santos LaVoie, Noah Johnson,
​Alex Lucier, Gino Di Vito
Not Shown in photo Katherine Antaya
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Class - B Male team
Hunter Marion, Hunter Graves
team: 5 For the Pie
Not Shown in photo:
​ Michael Babineau, Arthur Besse, Brad Fors
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Class - A Female
Team: PB Biscuits
Avah Zelesky, Olivia Powers, Krista Bettez,
​Leilani Markley, Kaylee Bettez, Lydia LeBla
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Class - D Walkers
Team: Thighs before pies
not pictured: Cody Knott, Chandler Knott, Jan Stevens,
Joshua Knott, Kaitie Stevens, Tamatha Knott, Michael Chase 


History of the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot:

1979 marked the planning of a local, long - standing tradition,
 taking over for the previous Gardner Knights of Columbus road race, which had been held on Veterans Day in year’s past.

Thanksgiving Day 1980 kicked off the first annual Gardner-to-Baldwinville Turkey Trot road race.

That first official race attracted only a handful of runners, most of them present and former members of the Narragansett cross-country team, Top finishers were awarded turkeys as a prize,
and coaches & community family members made homemade pumpkin pies to give out as awards to participants as well.


Over the years Red Apple Farm continues the pie tradition by donating fresh apple pies to overall winners.
American Legion donates the use of the Baldwinville hall for the award ceremony. 
City of Gardner donates the Perry hall for bib pick-up / registration as well as its many departments pinch in GDPW, GPD, GFD. 

It takes one city "Gardner" and one town like "Templeton" that turns on the electricity at the finish line and their Departments TW&LD, TDPW, TPD, TFD and lot of volunteers to make the Turkey trot a historical tradition.


​The race is still held to benefit both the Gardner High/ Middle  School and Narragansett Regional High School cross-country and track teams.

Over the years, the numbers increased to an all-time high of 459 participants in 2015.

Eventually, the brisk walker category was also added with more than 100 participants. For a brief time in the early 1980s, the United Way took over the race and it was held on a course beginning at Mount Wachusett Community College.

During that span in 1983, former Gardner High cross-country star Rick Doiron recorded the fastest time in 24:18. However, that course was a bit shorter than the present one that is run, beginning at the rear of Gardner City Hall Annex on Knowlton Street.

The route then proceeds into Lafayette Square, down West Street on Route 68 and into Baldwinville, ending at the American Legion post.

In 1995, the race route was reversed from Baldwinville to Gardner with Tim Blouin capturing that, running with a time of 25:50. It was one of five such Turkey Trots won by Blouin, the race’s all-time male leader. Later the race was put back to Gardner to Baldwinville. The Former Narragansett harrier Brad Schlapak is second among most championships of the Turkey Trot with four. Sean Duncan and Scott Leslie have won three each. The race also has a father son winners' decades apart Father Narragansett harrier 
Rich Marion won twice 1993, 1996 his son Hunter Marion won 2019,2021 and 2022.
 The 39-year Course Recorded by Rick Doiron 1983, and the 11-year recorded by Sean Duncan 24:25 in 2011, was Brocken in 2022 by Hunter Marion with a time of 
24:11.3.  

On the women’s side, Amanda (Dahlberg) Kourtz who has won a total of nine races, including seven straight from 2006-2012. Jessica Anderson was a three-time winner from 2013-15. Two-time winner Lisa Marois 2019,2020. Caitlin Difava Four-time winner 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021. What will 2022 bring?

In the Gardner-to-Baldwinville race, H. Marion has recorded the fastest time 24:11.3 set in 2022. 
Kourtz also owns the women’s race record with a time of 28:42, set in 2009.


The local running group G-Vegas Striders took over the race in 2014-2019.
They added the bus transporting runners’ bags to the finish line, as well as taking runners back to the start end of race. Wilson Bus still donates the bus each year to continues this tradition.
They also added Table Talk pie as a sponsor who donates mixed flavors of small pies that are given out at bib pick-up. 
The Striders during the time the city of Gardner was painting the start line for Octoberfest chair race on West St. They asked if they could paint an official start line as well for the Greater Gardner Turkey trot on the road on 
Knowlton St. as part of the cross walk area. 


These days the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot 5-mile race starts at Pleasant St. in Front of Gardner City Hall building & post office.

It goes straight turns left onto Parker St. 
Continues down West St. and follows through Route 68 
into Baldwinville MA
The Finish line is just in front of the American Legion on Central St. Baldwinville MA.


(The town of Templeton MA. comprises of four main villages: Templeton Center, East Templeton, Baldwinville, and Otter River. Narragansett Regional High School, serving the towns of Templeton and Phillipston MA.) 


After many years of volunteering  "GHS cross country booster club" a 501(c) 3 public charity voted September 2019 to take over the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot. We then transitioned during that fall 2019 by working closely with  G-Vegas Striders to take over the turkey trot race.
In 2020 during the pandemic we creativity & proudly kept this tradition going.  
The booster clubs mission is to continue this wonderful historical tradition working along side with the Narragansett XC/TF family and local sponsors, departments and community members from both Templeton & Gardner.

*Anyone who has more historical info, photos, etc. of G.G.T.T.
please email us the info at Greatergardnerturkeytrot@gmail.com

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Info sources by GHS cross country booster club, G-Vegas Striders, Mike Richard 2018 article, The 39th Greater Gardner Turkey Trot.

**See the bottom of this page for  
Overall first place runners over the years of the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot

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2020 Race Results 
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42nd Greater Gardner Turkey Trot 
​ November 25, 2021 8am
 
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Past Results:
2019 Race Results 
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2018 Overall Race Results
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2017 Race Results
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​2016 Race Results ​
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2015 Race Results 
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2014 Race Results 
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More Results can be found on Coolrunning.com

​2013 race results: ​http://www.coolrunning.com/results/13/ma/Nov28_34thAn_set1.shtml
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Overall first place runners over the years of the Greater Gardner Turkey Trot

This is a partial list of all past winners of the men’s and women’s races.

There are a couple of years where the winners are unknown.
The committee would like to determine the men’s and women’s winners from 1984, as well as the women’s winner from 1985.  Anyone with information is asked to contact us Greatergardnerturkeytrot@gmail.com .

Here is the partial list of all past winners of the men’s and women’s races:

Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Run Road Race
Past men’s and women’s Winners:
1) Dave Landry (26:47) Sue Bennett
2) 1981 Kyle Bujnicki (26:48) Linda Dennis (31:10)
3) 1982 Kyle Bujnicki (27:07) Debbie Greenslit (32:12)
4) 1983 Rick Doiron (24:19) Lisa Kidwell (30:44)
5) 1984 unknown unknown
6) 1985 Brad Schlapak (26:05) unknown
7) 1986 Steve O’Connell (25:01) Lisa Kidwell (32:42)
8) 1987 Brad Schlapak (25:08) Bridget Kidwell (30:54)
9)1988 Brad Schlapak (24:53) Heidi Graves (31:13)
10) 1989 Tim Blouin (25:45) Heidi Graves (32:33)
11) 1990 Bill Forbes (26:15) Jennifer Guggenheim (32:50)
12) 1991 Roger Nasatka (26:07) Carol Addy (32:20)
13) 1992 Roger Nasatka (25:48) Bonnie Davis (32:37)
14) 1993 Rich Marion (24:59) Bonnie Davis (31:44)
15) 1994 Brad Schlapak (26:00) Pat Dalconzo (30:41)
16) 1995 Tim Blouin (25:50) Pat Dalconzo (30:20)
17) 1996 Rich Marion (26:02) Carolyn Finch (30:26)
18) 1997 Tim Blouin (28:09) Karen Palmer (33:43)
19) 1998 Tim Blouin (25:47) Carolyn Finch (31:05)
20) 1999 Nate Jenkins (25:27) Sarah Pierce (33:04)
21) 2000 Nate Jenkins (26:02) Marisa Clapp (31:48)
22) 2001 Tim Blouin (27:01) Kelly Heroux (31:34)
23) 2002 Brad Fors (27:15) Amanda Dahlberg (33:48)
24) 2003 Jon Korhonen (26:16) Amanda Dahlberg (32:19)
25) 2004 Tim Glover (27:55) Bridgette Flick (32:53)
26) 2005 Scott Leslie (28:41) Kristine Gagnon (33:46)
27) 2006 Josh Boone (26:01) Amanda Kourtz (30:35)
28) 2007 Jon Korhonen (26:19) Amanda Kourtz (30:24)
29) 2008 Sean Duncan (24:49) Amanda Kourtz (29:16)
30) 2009 Josh Boone (24:58) Amanda Kourtz (28:42)
31) 11-25-2010 Matt Spano (26:06) Amanda Kourtz (29:58)
32) 11-24-2011 Sean Duncan (24:25) Amanda Kourtz (29:08)
33) 11-22-2012 Sean Duncan (24:45) Amanda Kourtz (29:10)
34) 11-28-2013 Chris Greenlee (28:11) Jessica Anderson (31:55)
35) 11-27-2014 Scott Leslie (26:31) Jessica Anderson (30:48)
36) 11-26-2015 Scott Leslie (25:55) Jessica Anderson (31:39)
37) 11-24-2016 Jake Hastings (25:37) Caitlin Difava (31:42)
38) 11-23-2017 Jake Hastings (26:31) Caitlin Difava (31:46)
39) 11-22-2018 Scott Leslie (27:47) Caitlin Difava (31:06)
40) 11-28-2019 Hunter Marion (27:36.9) Lisa Marois (31:37.6)
41)  11-26-2020 Trevor Mungeam (25:59.8) Lisa Marois (31:17.6)
42)  11-25-2021 Hunter Marion (25:24.7) Caitlin Difava (33:12.2)
43.) 11-24-2022 Hunter Marion (24:11.3) Kylie Marion (30:30.5)
​44.) 11-23-2023
G.G.T.T. Course Overall Record holders, The Fastest Runners times in Turkey Trot History:
*CURRENT RECORD HOLDER 
*Male: 2022 Hunter Marion 24:11.3 

Female: 2009 Amanda Kourtz 28:42

Past Record Holders: 
Male: 1983 Rick Doiron 24:19 / 2011 Sean Duncan 24:25


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Overall 1st Place Past Walkers  Award  Winners:
35th / 2014    John Howe (1:04) Ann Neuburg  (1:00) 
36th / 2015   George Bowrin  (52:25)  Leeanne Colecchi (54:14) (*fastest times over the last 6 years)
37th / 2016   David Kymalainen (56:44)  April  Stundtner (55:53)
38th / 2017   David Kymalainen  (59:23) ELAINE BOUCHARD (59:49)
39th / 2018   GEORGE BOWREN (54:56.3) MARY BEAUDOIN (1:04.8)
40th / 2019   David Kymalainen (59:17.8) KATIE PAINE (1:02.21)
42nd / 2021 George Bowren (56:44.2) Kim Swart (1:03:59.7)
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​43rd  / 2022 George Bowren (55:55.3)   Jenna Mooney (56:48.5)8
A LOOK BACK THROUGH THE AGES

AGE Group Record holders  from 2014 - Present 
(We were asked what the record holder times in various age groups were.
Because the race changed hands over the years, we Only went back the last 7 years! )


14 and under (Record From 2014 - Present)
Male:  Hunter Marion (30:37.190) (6:05 pace) Age: 14 (2016 - #12 overall) - Narragansett
Female: Krista Bettez (36:07.3) (7:07 pace) Age 13 (2020- #16 overall) - Gardner 
15-19 Record From 2014 - Present) 
Male: Hunter Marion (25:24.7) (5:05 pace) Age 19 – (2021 - # 1 overall) – Baldwinville, MA
​Female: Kylie Marion (30:30.5) (6:06 pace) Age 18 (2022 - #13 overall) - Baldwinville MA. 
20-29 (Record from 2014-Present)
*Male Hunter Marion (24:11.3) (4:50 pace) Age 20 (2022-#1 overall)
Female: Lisa Marois (31:37.6) (6:12 pace) Age 24 (2019-#11 overall)

​30-39 (Record from 2014-present)
Male: Scott Leslie (25:42.926) (5:07 pace) Age 35 (2016-#2 overall)
Female: Caitlin Di Faua (31:03.6) (6:11 pace) Age 32 (2018- #7 overall)
*MASTERS RECORDS:
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Male:  Arthur Besse (27:29) (5:29.8 pace) Age 50 (2022-#5 overall)
*Female: Elizabeth Bond (34:00.8) (6:48 pace) Age 41 (2014-#27 overall)

40-49
Male: Matthew Twargo (28:00.433) (5:34 pace) Age 40 (2016- #5 overall)
*Female: Elizabeth Bond (34:00.8) (6:48 pace) Age 41 (2014-#27 overall)


50-59
*Male:  Arthur Besse  (27:29) (5:29.8 pace) Age 50 (2022-#5 overall)
Female: Brigitte Flick (35:20.946) (7:02 pace) Age 50 (2016-#39 overall)
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60-69
Male: Marty Ellowictz (33:34.4) (6:43 pace) Age 60 (2014-#25 overall)
Female: Lynne Monfreda (8:48 pace) Age 65 (2019- #136 overall)

70+
Male: Peter Orni (44:00.4) (8:48 pace) Age 71 (2014 - #116 overall) 

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