Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:28 a.m. <\/p>\n
Since its creation in 2010, the Sports Medicine Center at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center has helped provide free sports-medicine coverage to local high-school athletic teams. <\/p>\n
The center is looking to raise awareness of its services by sponsoring a 5K race and half-mile run\/walk at Oak Valley Plantation (located at 3645 La. 18) in Vacherie on Saturday. <\/p>\n
The race, which is called \"Reveille at Oak Alley,\" will start with registration at 7 a.m. Saturday, and the race will follow at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $25 for pre-registration and $30 on the day of the race. <\/p>\n
Registration for 5K Run\/Walk also includes admission to 22nd annual Oak Alley Spring Arts & Crafts Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. <\/p>\n
The course will be held entirely on the scenic grounds of Oak Alley Plantation, with a \"spectacular finish\" planned for participants who complete the race through the oaks of the historic site. <\/p>\n
Awards for the 5K race will be handed out to winners of several divisions, including overall open winner, youth, masters, grandmasters and seniors. <\/p>\n
The age groups range from 10-and-under to 80-and-over. <\/p>\n
Awards will also be given out to the top 10 male and female youth age finishers in the half-mile race. Post-race refreshments will be provided for all runners. <\/p>\n
The Sports Medicine Center at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center has provided several services to local high schools, which include free athletic-training care services at local high-school sporting events and donating 15 automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to local high schools in the last two years. <\/p>\n
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