Boilermaker Awards Ted Petrillo Scholarships to Four Local Runners
The Boilermaker Road Race presented the Ted Petrillo Scholarships Thursday morning, June 6, at a breakfast and ceremony to four graduating high school runners. Scholarships were presented to one male and one female runner for Outstanding Achievement in Distance Running and one male and one female runner for Outstanding Commitment to Distance Running. Each student received a certificate, a scholarship for $1500 and a complementary entry into the Boilermaker 15K presented by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
This year’s recipients also received a free race registration for the 2024 Boilermaker 15K
presented by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. The 2024 Outstanding Achievement in Distance Running recipients are Collin Stafford & Brynn Bernard, both of South Lewis Central School.
Mallory Kraeger of South Lewis Central School and Alejandro Roberts of Adirondack Central
School are being honored for Outstanding Commitment to Distance Running.
The scholarships are posthumously named for Ted Petrillo, a long-time Boilermaker volunteer and 2017 recipient of the Peter DeStefano Volunteer of the Year Award. The Boilermaker Scholarship Program is organized by long-time volunteer Phyllis Petrillo.
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RUNNING SCHOLARS… Officials from the Boilermaker Road Race presented the annual Ted
Petrillo Scholarships Thursday to four local graduating high school seniors. Pictured from left:
Collin Stafford, South Lewis Central School, Male Outstanding Achievement in Distance
Running; Brynn Bernard, South Lewis Central School, Female Outstanding Achievement in
Distance Running; Mallory Kraeger, South Lewis Central School, Female Outstanding Commitment to Distance Running and Alejandro Roberts, Adirondack Central School, Male Outstanding Commitment to Distance Running. Each student received a certificate, a scholarship for $1500 and a complementary entry into the Boilermaker 15K presented by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
Recognized as the “Best 15K in the USA”, the Boilermaker Road Race is in its 47th year. The Boilermaker, a proud member of the PRRO Circuit, is the premier event of Boilermaker Weekend. The race consistently attracts elite runners from all over the world, including Olympians and world record holders, and features distance running’s most enthusiastic fans, as well as the sport’s best post-race party, hosted by The F.X. Matt Brewing
Company. To register for other Boilermaker events visit the official Boilermaker web site at boilermaker.com. Hotel accommodations and information about other local attractions can also be found on the site.
