Matt St.James 5k Run/Walk

🏃‍♂️ Race Date

Date is August 23 2025

📜 History

• Background: Matt St. James is a 2003 Churchville-Chili High School graduate. He graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College in 2007 with a degree in Social Work.
• Running Achievement: As an undergraduate, Matthew was a top runner on the Cross Country and Track teams for four years.
• Incident: On March 14, 2007, Matt was running at practice on the outdoor track when he had cardiac arrest with a brain injury as a result.
• Recovery: After spending over 3 years at Monroe Community Hospital, he is now living at home. Matt has come a long way since that day. God is doing a mighty work in Matt.

📍 Location

2301 Westside Drive Rochester, NY 14624

🏁 5K Course Info

• Start Time: On the Matt St.James cross country trails at 10 a.m. Walkers will start at 10 a.m. as well.
• Lining Up: Please line up behind runners.

👶 Kids Run

• Distance: 1K run - Beginning at the completion of the 5K.
• Cost: Free (t-shirt not included).

💰 5K Entry Fee

• Pre-registration: $25 per person (through August 4).
• Late Registration: $30 per person (August 5-22).
• Race Day: $35.

🏆 Awards

There will be awards for the 5K!

👕 Shirts and Timing

• T-shirts: Participants that pre-register for the 5K/walk will receive a T-shirt. Those who sign up after pre-registration will receive a T-shirt as long as available.
• Chip Timing: We will have chip timing this year!
• Additional T-shirts: T-shirts will also be sold for $20 at paypal.me/stjames5k. 2xl or larger will be $25.

📧 Contact

Email astjames@frontiernet.net if you wish to pre-register but not online.

Please make all checks payable to Alison St.James or Matthews Hope.

❤️ Support

THIS YEAR THE MATT ST JAMES 5K WILL BE SUPPORTING A Non-Profit Organization TBD.

🏅 Status

This race is USATF Sanctioned.

🔗 More Information

For additional details, visit the race page at Matt St. James 5K Run/Walk.