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Falcon 5K is Sunday at Avon High

The Avon Booster Club will host its Falcon 5K road race on Sunday morning, Sept. 23, at 9 a.m., beginning and ending at Avon High. The 3.1 mile road race is dedicated in memory of the late Mellissa Anne Andrew, an Avon High student and runner, who died in an auto accident in August 2010.

Mellissa Andrew

Proceeds will benefit the Avon High School Booster Club whose mission is to aid and assist in the development and enhancement of all athletic programs of the Avon School System. For more information about the race and how to enter, click on this PDF.

http://thelastmileracing.com/application/10avonbooster.pdf

The first Falcons 5K was held in September 2010.

Photos: 2010 Falcon 5K

 

 

Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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