This wonderful Alvord event welcomed all of our students, staff, families and the entire community on SATURDAY FEB. 1st, 2020 to Norte Vista High School, Zack Earp Stadium. The Spirit Run featured a 5K Race from the school and through the lovely La Sierra Hills with “chip” timing. The 1 Mile Walk/Run took place on the stadium track with separate lanes for walkers and runners! Both events were 100 Mile Club certified!

Trophies were awarded for the top three male & female 5K winners. Additionally, medals were awarded to the top three male & female 5k school-age group winners. There was a Runner’s Raffle, awarding over a dozen prizes for participants in these events, chosen at random using their “bib” numbers.

The Race winners: 1st —Ernesto Ruiz, Hope Brookins, 2nd—Megan Crom LSU, Ivan Vargas NV, 3rd—Jonathan Martinez NV, Chloe Melikian

GRADE/ AGE MEDAL WINNERS ARE K—5th—Tanya Goday. RMK, Gavin De Lafuente. RMK 6-8th—Ceasar Villarreal. Sierra MS, Hope Brookins. LV 9-12th— Emily Cardenas. NV, Ernesto Ruiz. NV, Adult—Martin Vega, Chloe Melikian

PARTICIPATION TROPHIES for the Elementary, Middle & High Schools with the most participants were awarded! The perpetual trophies went to:

⦁ Collett Elementry School

⦁ Loma Vista Middle School

⦁ Norte Vista High School

A special Thank You to the amazing Volunteers that helped us this year! Especially Norte Vista ASB, Athletics, Football and Girls Basketball for helping produce the event, as well as Hillcrest Baseball, Altura Credit Union Employees, Alvord Nutritional Services and all the individual Alvord Employees & friends who worked at our SPIRIT RUN and supported our students! We appreciate you so very much!”

All the funds generated from our AMAZING SPONSORS and our WONDERFUL PARTICIPANTS are used to award Scholarships to Alvord USD graduating senior students and to give Educational Grants to help student programs in our

ALVORD schools.