11/27/2025

Kent Turkey Trot 5K

Kent, Ohio.

Rachel Turner

Finish Time:  21:24

Overall Place:  35th Place / 865

Division Place:  1st Place / 65

Kristi Quesenberry Gunyula

Finish Time:  21:58

Overall Place:  48th Place / 865

Division Place:  2nd Place / 49

Steve Zenar

Finish Time:  24:37

Overall Place:  114th Place / 865

Division Place:  5th Place / 33

Asad Khan

Finish Time:  25:15

Overall Place:  132nd Place / 865

Division Place:  5th Place / 25

Laura Fairfax

Finish Time:  25:41

Overall Place:  147th Place / 865

Division Place:  4th Place / 48

Gretchen Snyder

Finish Time:  27:49

Overall Place:  207th Place / 865

Division Place:  3rd Place / 46

Peter Heroux

Finish Time:  28:01

Overall Place:  212th Place / 865

Division Place:  11th Place / 33

Stephanie Orwick

Finish Time:  28:23

Overall Place:  228th Place / 865

Division Place:  12th Place / 48

Volunteers for registration and packet pickup:  Gretchen Snyder, Laura Fairfax, Scott Orlando, and Stephanie Orwick

Race Recap By Steve Zenar:

I had a wonderful (but cold) run this morning at the Kent Turkey Trot at Fred Fuller Park. My goal today was to settle in around an 8min / mile pace which I was happy to achieve! This put me 5th / 33 in my age group.
A Special thanks to Scott for taking a nice photo for me to make my post official . (Sorry to the others that I missed the post race team photo – everyone at home wanted coffee and for me to hurry back for our annual watching of the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade). Wishing you all a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable remainder of the day – Gobble Gobble!

Race Recap By Laura Fairfax:

You gotta love a good turkey trot! My son Landon placed 3rd in his age group in 23rd place overall out of 1000 runners! I placed 4th in my age group and now I’m ready for Turkey!

Race Recap By Gretchen Snyder:

On Thanksgiving morning, The Tree City Turkey Trot 5k was sold out at over 1,000 runners. I volunteered at early morning packet pick up- the line wait time was minimal and the Race Day Check-in app worked really well. I much prefer this method as opposed to the old method of using a paper list.
The start of the race was congested, and I was unable to get out as fast as I’d hoped- too many people funneling down to one small trail led to tripping and flying elbows. After about a half mile, people were spread out and the trail was more comfortably navigated.
Perhaps next year, we could have a timing strip at both the beginning and end of the race, so that people can stagger-start to avoid congestion.