Health & Fitness

97-Year-Old Runs Alexandria's Turkey Trot: Full Results

Among over 4,600 runners in the Alexandria Turkey Trot was a 97-year-old woman. And she wasn't even close to last place.

ALEXANDRIA, VA—The annual Alexandria Turkey Trot 5 miler race was held Thanksgiving morning on the streets of Del Ray, as it is every year before families gather for dinner. In 2017, there were 4,647 participants. The race is a five-mile course starts and ends at George Washington Middle School, going up Mount Vernon Avenue and looping around Commonwealth Avenue.

Notable finishers were Natalee Urquijo Guerra, who finished the race at age 97, and Michael Wardian, who finished 18th overall running with his dog.

Here are the top five male and female finishers. The full race results can be found here.

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Place, Name, Age, Time

Men

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1. Michael Crozier, 24, 23:48

2. Scott Carpenter, 22, 24:03

3. Aubrey Myjer, 23, 24:31

4. Girma Gebre, 24, 24:37

5. Bryan Crook, 24, 24:43

Women

15. Sarah Rapp, 24, 26:52

17. Bethany Sachtleben, 25, 27:02

19. Serena Burla, 35, 27:14

21. Maura Linde, 24, 27:31

25. Gadise Megersa, 25, 28:02

Image of previous race via Del Ray Business Association

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