Halloween 5K To Commemorate Late North Hills High School Student

ROSS TOWNSHIP, PA - The memory of a late North Hills High School student will be honored Oct. 28 with the second running of the Jake Wudarczyk Monster Dash 5K and Spooky Stroll at the North Park Boathouse.

Jake was 16 when he died last December after a 20-month battle with cancer. Two month before his death, the Make-A-Wish recipient was able to attend the inaugural Monster Dash, whose proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh foundations.

Attendees are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costumes and run or walk the 5K course at 10 a.m. There will be winners in each group as well as a prize for best costume. Children age 8 and under are invited to take a quarter-mile Spooky Stroll at 11:30 a.m. Trick or treating and pumpkin decorating will occur along the route.

Race check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Individual registration is $20 preregistration and $25 day of event for participants over age 8 and $10 preregistration/$15 day of event for kids age 8 and under. A family registration for four immediate family members is $60 and $15 for each additional person or $75 on the day of the event. Entrants must register by Oct. 20 to be guaranteed a T-shirt.

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