Aug 20, 2022 - Aug 17, 2024
Race Distance
Age
Adults
Course Type
Point to point
The Cumberland Valley Athletic Club is proud to announce that Adam and Katie Lowe of 2Lowe Run Company will be the host of the 43rd Annual Gary Brown Memorial C&O Canal Five Mile Run! This event will be held on the C&O Canal Towpath in Williamsport, MD. This event is geared towards all levels from beginners to advanced runners.
In the 1960's, Gary Brown was a star distance runner for Martinsburg High School, Shepherd College and the Cumberland Valley Athletic Club.
Gary went into high school teaching and coaching after graduating from Shepherd College. He developed one of the nation’s top distance programs. In the mid-1970's his Handley High School Boys Cross Country Team was the number one ranked High School Cross Country Team in the United States.
Sadly, Gary passed way from cancer in the winter of 1981-82, prior to his 35th birthday.
The C&O Canal Five Mile Run —which dates back to 1970– was re-named in Gary’s honor in 1982. Gary’s high school runners would use the late-August-held C&O Canal Five Mile Run as an “End-of-Summer-Training Fitness Test.” His teenage boys would routinely take six-to-eight of the top-ten places —running against collegiate and post-collegiate standouts.
Mike Spinnler GBM 5-Mile Director 1996-2023
GBM 5-Mile Winner 1985
Williamsport, MD, USA