The Mission Bay Cluster held its All-Schools Fair and Schoolyard Dash 5K on Sunday, Jan. 25, at De Anza Cove at Mission Bay. The Schoolyard Dash 5K Run kicked off the morning full of fun activities with information booths, student bands and presentations from the schools. The second annual event drew more than 450 participants and raised funds for Friends of Pacific Beach Secondary Schools, which supports programs at Pacific Beach Middle School and Mission Bay High School. “We began this event so that the entire community could join in, interact and have fun together,” said Kim Schoettle. “We had been holding auctions for many years prior to this event and decided that we needed to begin something new and different to energize our volunteers and bring the community together.
“This year we added the Mission Bay Cluster schools to the event so it involved thousands of students and their families.”
Schoolyard Dash 5K place-winners in all age groups include:
Elementary School boys: Harold Gildehaus, Jacob Adler, Henry Gildehaus.
Elementary School girls: Alexa Gibson, Lauren Pelot, Sydney Piquilloud.
Middle School boys: Nicholas David Arch, Miguel Ayala Ochoa, Ian Briski.
Middle School girls: Cecilia Almazon, Mariana Merlos, Songa Cayetano.
High School men’s: Jason Watts, Chris Varela, Tosh Knight.
High School women’s: Arianna Linley, Priscilla Tamborini, Katie Baker.
Adult men: Andrew Bruck, Brian Wigley, Ernie Remillard.
Adult Women: Margaret Ditchburn, Michelle Mead, Alice Kim.
All results are available online at www.schoolyarddash.org.
The All-Schools Fair presented all of the public schools in the Mission Bay Cluster.
Barnard Asian Language Academy, Pacific Beach Elementary, Crown Point Junior Music Academy, Kate Sessions Elementary, Pacific Beach Middle School, and Mission Bay High School.
Sponsors included Schoettle Financial, Ocean Park Inn, Brown & Winters, Nightingale Music, The Patio Restaurant, Broken Yolk, Bird Rock Coffee, High Performance Movement, YMCA, and Movin Shoes. Woodstock’s Pizza held a pre-race carbo-load dinner and auction the night before with 25 percent of sales going back to the schools.