Awards & Giveaways Each registered participant in the Men's 5K and the Women's 5K will receive a 100% cotton, long-sleeved SFoR shirt. Registered participants in the Fidelis Care 3K Fun & Fitness Run and the Dermody, Burke & Brown Community Fun(d) Walk will receive a 100% cotton commemorative t-shirt. Of course, everyone with a participant bib number will enjoy an outstanding assortment of healthful post-race refreshments.

DICK'S SPORTING GOODS BONUS CERTIFICATES All 5K participants will also receive a $5.00 Bonus Certificate from Dick's Sporting Goods!

In addition, the SFoR offers:

STICKLEY BONUSES: Stickley, Audi & Company is sponsoring $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). When you think of Stickley, Audi & Company, think of excellence!

JOHN TROWSE MEMORIAL AWARD: The Syracuse Festival of Races^TM is delighted to announce the creation of the John Trowse Memorial Award, which will be presented annually to the top Central New York (including the Rochester-area) finisher in the Men’s 5K at the Festival.

The $250 cash award is named in honor of John Trowse, who last month 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.

USATF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLUB TEAM COMPETITION: There will be glass awards for the scoring members of the top three men's and women's open club teams.

N0-REGRETS AWARDS: A free pair of ThorLo socks will cushion the blow of finishing among the last twenty in either of the 5K races.

AGE GROUP AWARDS: SFoR awards will go three deep in these age groups: 13 & under, 14-19, 20-29, and five-year age groups as high as needed.

FAMILY TEAM AWARDS: Special awards will go to the top two-person (husband-wife, mother-daughter, father-son, mother-son, father-daughter, sister-sister, brother-brother, brother-sister) family teams.

Fidelis Care 3K GROUP AWARDS: School, civic, or business groups of 25 or more finishers in the Fidelis 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 Fidelis Care 3K Fun & Fitness Run T-shirt.