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App State’s 2019 Spooky Duke raises over $24K for children with special needs

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Participants have fun running the Spooky Duke. Pictured left to right are Appalachian senior recreation management major Lindsay Jenkins, junior psychology major Lauren Coleman and Steven Jenkins, Lindsay Jenkins’ father. Photo by Marta Saylors

By Rebekah Saylors
Posted Nov. 19, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — On a cloudy and relatively mild Saturday late in October, costumed creatures gathered on the campus of Appalachian State University for the ninth annual Spooky Duke 5K/10K Race and Costume Contest.

This year, 363 walkers and runners participated, and 75 volunteers helped make the event a success. With sponsorships, donations and participation fees, the event raised over $14,000 in proceeds to benefit the work of Appalachian’s Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country (FSN-HC), which assists regional families who have children with special needs.

A $10,000 matching grant from the Health Foundation Inc. raised the total raised to over $24,000 — about $3,000 more than last year.

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Dancing to some spooky tunes is Ricky Saylors, of Boone, center, who won a prize for his hot dog costume. Photo by Marta Saylors

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Senior education majors Abigail Chapman, left in foreground, and Rebecca Boyles, right in foreground, participated in both the 2019 Spooky Duke race and costume contest. Photo by Marta Saylors

The Halloween-themed fundraising and awareness-raising event is a USA Track & Field (USATF)-certified 5K and 10K race with a free costume march and contest in which children, adults and pets can all show off their costumes and share in the fun. Spooky Duke is named in honor of Dr. Charles R. Duke, event sponsor and former dean of Appalachian’s Reich College of Education (RCOE).

Appalachian’s Parent to Parent (FSN-HC), housed in the RCOE, provides free support and information to families who have a premature baby or a child with a disability, an emotional or behavioral challenge, a mental illness or a chronic health condition, and also assists families who are grieving the death of a child. The program serves Alleghany, Ashe, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey counties.

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Faith Blume, center, came in first for women in the 2019 Spooky Duke 5K race with a time of 20.35.5. She placed third last year, with a time of 22:24.2. Photo submitted

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Mark Shock completed the 2019 Spooky Duke 5K race with a time of 16:32.1, taking first place for men. Photo submitted

For more photos of the event, see the albums on the Parent to Parent FSN-HC Facebook page.

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Race results
5K Top Finishers (men)

First place — Matt Shock; time: 16:32.1.
Second place — Sam Jenkins; time 19:07.5.
Third place — Jeff Terebey; time 19:09.8.

5K Top Finishers (women)

First place — Faith Blume; time 20:35.5.
Second place — K. Putnam; time 22:16.7.
Third place — Renee Harrington; time 22:47.3.

10K Top Finishers (men)

First place — Andrew Evans; time 41:10.7.
Second place — W. Bradbury; time 44:56.3.
Third place — Christopher Collins; time 44:59.0.

10K Top Finishers (women)

First place — Abby Farrell; time 48:12.1.
Second place — Lizzy Gardner; time 489:31.1.
Third place — Lauren Coleman; time 54.31.0.

View the complete Spooky Duke 2019 race results

Event sponsors
Hair Raisers ($1,000-plus contribution)
  • Dr. Charles R. Duke
  • The Health Foundation Inc.
  • Alice P. Naylor
Fang-tastics ($500-plus contribution)
  • Appalachian Police Department
  • Be Natural
  • Alice and Paul Bullard
  • Friendship Honda
  • GoPostal in Boone
  • Mast Farm Inn
  • Mast General Store
  • Mountain Works
  • Skyline-Skybest
  • Ultimate Sound DJ Company
Jack-o'-lanterns ($250-plus contribution)
  • 4-Forty-Four
  • BlueRidge Energy
  • Blue Ridge Vision
  • Boone Drugs Inc.
  • Boone Industries
  • Christmas in Blowing Rock
  • Coe Realty
  • Graystone Eye
  • High Country Community Health
  • Modern Automotive
  • Nails By Brit
  • Ray’s Weather
  • Rich Summit Mountain
  • Ross Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram
  • Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
  • Up 'N Running
Skeletons ($100-plus contribution)
  • Basil’s Market
  • Bistro Roca
  • Boone Tire
  • Booneshine Brewing Co.
  • Robert H. Bridgeman
  • Capone’s
  • Canvas Beauty Bar
  • Casa Rustica
  • CDSA Blue Ridge Roadrunners
  • Charles Lieberman
  • CoBo
  • Dos Amigos
  • Food Lion
  • Grandfather Mountain
  • Haircraft
  • Haircut 101
  • Harris Teeter
  • Hawk Mountain Tree Farm
  • High Country Souvenirs
  • High Gravity Adventures
  • Ingles
  • Jaybird Aerial Photography
  • Lily’s Snack Bar
  • Los Arcoiris
  • Lost Province Brewing Co.
  • Lowes Food
  • Mellow Mushroom
  • Mike’s Inland Seafood
  • Neighborhood Yoga
  • Regear
  • Sunrise Grill
  • Thairapy Hair Studio
  • The Cardinal
  • The Goldsmith
  • The Local
  • The Spice and Tea Exchange
  • University Bookstore
  • Village Café
  • Wal-Mart

About Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country

Parent to Parent Family Support Network-High Country (FSN-HC) provides free support, caring connections, information and hope to families who have a premature baby, a child with a disability, an emotional or behavioral challenge, a mental illness or a chronic health condition, and to families who are grieving the death of a child. The program serves seven counties in Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey. Parent to Parent FSN-HC provides information and tools to help families see the possibilities for their children and turn that potential into reality. Learn more at https://parent2parent.appstate.edu.

About the Reich College of Education

Appalachian offers one of the largest undergraduate teacher preparation programs in North Carolina, graduating about 500 teachers a year. The Reich College of Education enrolls approximately 2,400 students in its bachelor's, master's, education specialist and doctoral degree programs. With so many teacher education graduates working in the state, there is at least one RCOE graduate teaching in every county in North Carolina. Learn more at https://rcoe.appstate.edu.

About Appalachian State University

As the premier public undergraduate institution in the state of North Carolina, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives as global citizens who understand and engage their responsibilities in creating a sustainable future for all. The Appalachian Experience promotes a spirit of inclusion that brings people together in inspiring ways to acquire and create knowledge, to grow holistically, to act with passion and determination, and to embrace diversity and difference. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System. Appalachian enrolls more than 20,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and graduate majors.

Race results
5K Top Finishers (men)

First place — Matt Shock; time: 16:32.1.
Second place — Sam Jenkins; time 19:07.5.
Third place — Jeff Terebey; time 19:09.8.

5K Top Finishers (women)

First place — Faith Blume; time 20:35.5.
Second place — K. Putnam; time 22:16.7.
Third place — Renee Harrington; time 22:47.3.

10K Top Finishers (men)

First place — Andrew Evans; time 41:10.7.
Second place — W. Bradbury; time 44:56.3.
Third place — Christopher Collins; time 44:59.0.

10K Top Finishers (women)

First place — Abby Farrell; time 48:12.1.
Second place — Lizzy Gardner; time 489:31.1.
Third place — Lauren Coleman; time 54.31.0.

View the complete Spooky Duke 2019 race results

Event sponsors
Hair Raisers ($1,000-plus contribution)
  • Dr. Charles R. Duke
  • The Health Foundation Inc.
  • Alice P. Naylor
Fang-tastics ($500-plus contribution)
  • Appalachian Police Department
  • Be Natural
  • Alice and Paul Bullard
  • Friendship Honda
  • GoPostal in Boone
  • Mast Farm Inn
  • Mast General Store
  • Mountain Works
  • Skyline-Skybest
  • Ultimate Sound DJ Company
Jack-o'-lanterns ($250-plus contribution)
  • 4-Forty-Four
  • BlueRidge Energy
  • Blue Ridge Vision
  • Boone Drugs Inc.
  • Boone Industries
  • Christmas in Blowing Rock
  • Coe Realty
  • Graystone Eye
  • High Country Community Health
  • Modern Automotive
  • Nails By Brit
  • Ray’s Weather
  • Rich Summit Mountain
  • Ross Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram
  • Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies
  • Up 'N Running
Skeletons ($100-plus contribution)
  • Basil’s Market
  • Bistro Roca
  • Boone Tire
  • Booneshine Brewing Co.
  • Robert H. Bridgeman
  • Capone’s
  • Canvas Beauty Bar
  • Casa Rustica
  • CDSA Blue Ridge Roadrunners
  • Charles Lieberman
  • CoBo
  • Dos Amigos
  • Food Lion
  • Grandfather Mountain
  • Haircraft
  • Haircut 101
  • Harris Teeter
  • Hawk Mountain Tree Farm
  • High Country Souvenirs
  • High Gravity Adventures
  • Ingles
  • Jaybird Aerial Photography
  • Lily’s Snack Bar
  • Los Arcoiris
  • Lost Province Brewing Co.
  • Lowes Food
  • Mellow Mushroom
  • Mike’s Inland Seafood
  • Neighborhood Yoga
  • Regear
  • Sunrise Grill
  • Thairapy Hair Studio
  • The Cardinal
  • The Goldsmith
  • The Local
  • The Spice and Tea Exchange
  • University Bookstore
  • Village Café
  • Wal-Mart

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