This new tradition with the Turkey Chase challenges our runners to show their school spirit! When you register for any of our races, please select the high school you currently attend, previously attended or the one you like best. The school with the highest participation will receive a $1,000 scholarship, to be used at the discretion of the principal. The first place private school can win a $500 scholarship. Want to spread the word at your school? Contact Tracy.Miller@ymcadc.org for details.
Last year. Walter Johnson High School won the Public School Principal’s Prize with a total of 1,268 runners, and the Jewish Day School won the Private School Principal’s Prize with 217 runners.
The Final Public Schools Standings
The coveted Principal’s Prize award goes to the new Queen of the Public School Turkey Chasers, Jennifer “The Steamroller” Baker, principal of the undefeated Walter Johnson Wildcats! ( and the crowd goes wild!) The Wildcats finished out this year with 1177 runners! Just a little bit shy of last year’s record. Ms. Baker will be presented with the $1,000 Principal’s Prize check immediately following the race finish tomorrow morning. Be there to congratulate the Victorious Wildcats.
2nd Place goes to the Walt Whitman Vikings with 718 runners. That’s really a great effort. I hope you can start your kick a little sooner next year and beat out those Wildcats
3rd place is taken by the Bethesda Chevy Chase Barons. Great job, guys. The Barons brought in 457 runners this year.
4th place is won by Winston Churchill with 217 votes
5th is taken by a surprise new member of the triple digit club, Wootton, with an even 100 runners.
Congratulations folks – full standings:
| WALTER JOHNSON | 1177 |
| WHITMAN | 718 |
| BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE | 457 |
| CHURCHILL | 217 |
| WOOTTON | 100 |
| RICHARD MONTGOMERY | 98 |
| BLAIR | 69 |
| QUINCE ORCHARD | 63 |
| SHERWOOD | 60 |
| BLAKE | 47 |
| MAGRUDER | 47 |
| EINSTEIN | 41 |
| SPRINGBROOK | 41 |
| ROCKVILLE | 40 |
| DAMASCUS | 27 |
| GAITHERSBURG | 25 |
| KENNEDY | 23 |
| PAINT BRANCH | 22 |
| SENECA VALLEY | 16 |
| NORTHWEST | 13 |
| NORTHWOOD | 13 |
| WATKINS MILL | 12 |
| POOLESVILLE | 11 |
| WHEATON | 10 |
| CLARKSBURG | 8 |
| EDISON | 2 |
And the Private School Finals
Sacra Blue! Who could it be? Who could the winner of the Private School Principal’s Prize?
Those wild and crazy Frenchies from Forest Road in Bethesda SMASHED the private school record with a new total of 268 runners. My hat is off to the LYCéE ROCHAMBEAU – FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL. Come cheer on the French International School after the race as they receive their giant Principal’s Prize!
2nd place this year goes to STONE RIDGE with 147. It was a valiant effort girls, but those French folk were just too much for you to hang with. There’s still next year.
3rd place goes to JEWISH DAY SCHOOL with 136 participants. Good job guys. You’ll beat them next year.
That’s it for the private in the triple digits
4th place goes to HOLY CROSS with 87. See, girls, I told you that you could beat out the Good Counsel crew!
5th goes to Good Counsel with 84 votes, just 3 behind AHC.
Full Standings:
| LYCÉE ROCHAMBEAU – FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL | 268 |
| STONE RIDGE | 147 |
| JEWISH DAY SCHOOL | 136 |
| HOLY CROSS | 87 |
| GOOD COUNSEL | 84 |
| GEORGETOWN PREP | 77 |
| BULLIS | 65 |
| SIDWELL FRIENDS | 47 |
| HOLY CHILD | 45 |
| LANDON | 45 |
| HOLTON ARMS | 43 |
| ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL | 39 |
| NATIONAL PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL | 33 |
| NORWOOD | 31 |
| THE HEIGHTS SCHOOL | 13 |
| BERMAN HEBREW ACADAMY | 12 |
| GERMAN SCHOOL | 12 |
| ST. ANSLEMS ABBEY SCHOOL | 12 |
| FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN | 11 |
| TAKOMA ACADEMY | 9 |
| THE BARRIE SCHOOL | 6 |
| MONTROSE CHRISTIAN | 2 |
