The Nevada Sagebrush

Annual run to raise money for UNR recreation

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:21 AM

Five-kilometer run a homecoming tradition

Event details

What: Wolf Trot

Where: The Joe Crowley Student Union

When: Saturday, registration starts at 7:30 a.m., the run starts at 8 a.m.

Why: To raise money for campus recreation and three $3,000 scholarships

The Wolf Trot run, a part of homecoming events since 1927, takes participants all over campus every fall. This year, the race starts and ends at the Joe Crowley Student Union. The traditional five-kilometer run will be held Saturday.

Money raised at the event is used to help fund campus recreation.

“The run was never actually a homecoming event,” said Molly Fronapfel, the Associated Students of the University of Nevada director of homecoming. “It always happened during the parade and we wanted to help get people to register.”

There is a $20 fee for pre-registered students and $25 for students who register at the event Sheena Harvey, the member services coordinator for Campus Recreation and Wellness, said.

“The money (we earn at the event) goes back to the school. It is used for campus recreation scholarships we give out to students,” Harvey said.

Those scholarships include three $3,000 scholarships given out to students every year.

Harvey said the Wolf Trot is a good way for students to familiarize themselves with parts of the campus they don’t see every day. This year’s run will take students down to Ninth Street in front of Jimmy John’s, through the lower Quad and then up past the baseball field to the construction site of the new Center for Molecular Medicine.

Arrows will point the way for the participants and staff members will be on hand to direct in confusing spots. Students have strayed from the path in previous years, Harvey said.

Organizers are taking increased precautions to keep people on the course this year, so students who ran the 5k last year will need to pay attention to the directions, as there have been changes to the course.

Besides the exercise, there are incentives to running the race well. Prizes will be given out to winners from each age group and sex and to the overall winner of the race. The top prize is an ASUN Bookstore gift card.

Sign-ins and registration will take place in front of The Joe on the day of the run starting at 7:30 a.m. The run begins at 8 a.m.

Emily Fodor and Garrett Estrada can be reached at news@nevadasagebrush.com.