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Rensselaer Team Scores Big at Corporate Challenge Race

A team of four Rensselaer staff members took home overall fourth place in the 2003 GHI Corporate Challenge Race out of nearly 4,000 participants and more than 400 company teams.

Dozens of Rensselaer runners and walkers took part in the 3.5-mile challenge in downtown Albany on May 22. The race is one of the largest participatory corporate sporting events in the United States and the largest road race in the Capital Region. The Corporate Challenge Series culminates in a championship race for first-place winners in New York City's Central Park this fall.

Rensselaer’s top-placing team members were Norris Pearson, manager of conference services at the Houston Field House; research assistant Ken Morgan; Daniele Cherniak, research associate professor in earth and environmental sciences; and Ginny Moore-Bradley, registration manager in student records and financial services.

Teams from companies throughout the region come to run for fun, camaraderie, and to promote teamwork. At Rensselaer, 43 employees participated this year, the largest group ever, according to Cameron McLean, activities coordinator at the Rensselaer Union and one of the Rensselaer team organizers.

“When you look at the campus spirit that came out of being part of this race, we’re all winners,” McLean said.