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GOLD SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

WVU Medicine 2019 Bob Baronner
Apple Trample 5k

WVU Medicine East and The Wellness Center at Berkeley Medical Center, in conjunction with the
Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival committee, will host the annual 2019 Bob Baronner Apple
Trample 5K on Oct. 19.

The USATF certified course follows a gently rolling terrain through downtown Martinsburg and
finishes on the track at Martinsburg High School’s Cobourn Field with spectators in the stands.

Proceeds from the annual 5K event will benefit the WVU Cancer Institute in Martinsburg’s cancer
comfort fund in memory of Bob Baronner, a former community leader, banker and WVU Medicine
board director who succumbed to cancer in 2017.

The 2019 Apple Trample 5K will feature one start time at 11 a.m. for both runners and walkers.
The race start will be at the McCormack Center on the campus of WVU Medicine Berkeley
Medical Center. Runners will start first immediately followed by walkers, with the finish line at
Cobourn Field.

Registration information may be found on line at www.appletrample.com. Early registration by
Oct. 9 is $25 with a t-shirt, $20 with no t-shirt. After Oct. 9, the fee is $30 with a t-shirt, $25 with
no t-shirt. Race day registration at The Wellness Center is from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. The fee is $30
with no guarantee of a t-shirt.

Awards will be presented immediately following the race to the top three overall runners, and top
three runners of each five year age group. The walkers group will be timed this year, but not be
eligible for awards.

Leslie Crabill, chair of the Apple Trample 5K Committee and a member of the WVU Medicine East
Foundation board of directors, is heading up the sponsor solicitation and fundraising phase of
the race. Sponsor levels include Elite at $5000, Ultra at $2500, Marathon at $1000, Olympic at
$500, Distance at $250 and Sprint at $100.

For more information on the Bob Baronner Apple Trample 5K contact Brian White, race director, at 304-
264-1232. For more information on race sponsorships, call 304-264-1223.

VISION STATEMENT:

University Healthcare, as a unified health system, is the first choice for excellence in

patient-centered care and the best place for staff and physicians to practice.

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