In addition, the SFoR offers:

AnyRunner Prize Money™:  $2,400 is up for grabs, with $100 going to each of the FIRST official finishers in any of the  twenty-four AnyRunner Prize Money™ times in our 5K races.  Click here for more details.

John Trowse Memorial Award: The Syracuse Festival of Races presents this award annually to the top Central New York finisher in the Men's 5K at the Festival.

The $250 cash award is named in honor of John Trowse, who died unexpectedly, at age 38, of a previously undiagnosed heart ailment. Trowse was an outstanding and popular runner at Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Cayuga Community College, SUNY Brockport, and as a post-collegian with the Auburn Pulsars and the Syracuse Chargers Track Club.

Many thanks to Allied Sign Company for its sponsorship of the  John Trowse Memorial Award!

USA Masters 5km Championships Prize Money:  A total of $10,000 is up for grabs as top masters individuals and club teams compete for national honors and records in 2011.

Age Group Awards: SFoR awards (Dick's Bonus Certificates) will go three deep in these age groups: 13 & under, 14-19, 20-29, and five-year age groups as high as needed.  $50 Bonus Certificate for first; $20 for second; and $10 for third.

Course Record Bonuses: The SFoR offers $1,000.00 course record bonuses for the male athlete who wins the men's 5K and improves upon John Itati's men's course record of 13:27 (2002) and the female athlete who wins the women's 5K and improves upon Anne Hare's women's course record of 15:36 (1994).

Family Team Awards: Special awards will go to the top two-person family teams based on the sum of the 5K finishing times of the two team members.  Awards are presented to the scoring members of the top three teams in nine different categories:  husband-wife (H/W); masters husband-wife (H/W40); mother-daughter (M/D); father-son (F/S); mother-son (M/S); father-daughter (F/D); sister-sister (S/S); brother-brother (B/B); brother-sister (B/S). 
 

MVP Health Care 3K Group Awards: School, civic, or business groups of 25 or more finishers in the MVP Health Care 3K Fun & Fitness Run will receive special fitness awards. The Syracuse City School District group with the largest number of participants will be presented with the Boys and Girls Cup. The non-SCSD school with the largest number of participants will be presented with the Festival Cup. The school with the largest number of participants is offered the opportunity to design the artwork for next year's MVP Health Care 3K Fun & Fitness Run T-shirt.