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Voorheesville staff compete in GHI Workforce Team Challenge
 May
28, 2009—More than 20 Voorheesville Central
School District employees participated in Group Health Incorporated's (GHI)
Workforce Team Challenge—a 3.5 mile road race held in downtown Albany on
May 21.
The group of district office employees, teachers and support staff
included seasoned runners, amateurs and walkers, who sported team
t-shirts designed by fourth grade teacher Ashley Hillard.
“It was truly a school district affair with lots of team spirit,” said
high school science teacher Kelly McHale, who helped organize the
district’s participation with Hillard. “We had a fantastic time and hope
that we’ll have even more participation next year.”
"Congratulations to everyone involved, and many thanks to Kelly and
Ashley for organizing the district’s involvement,” said High School
Principal Mark Diefendorf.
Results are listed below.
| Team A (all female
team): Maribeth Bernardi, Ashley Hillard, Colleen Brackett
and Jen Pros. |
Won first place out of
202 all female teams. |
| Team B (co-ed
team): Joe Sapienza, Joe Iannotti, Marie Coppola and Kelly
McHale (Sullivan). |
Placed 58th
out of 233 teams.
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| Team C (all female team):
Jessica Tabakian, Kristy Riccio, Linda McHenry and Kristen
Heyde. |
Placed 66th out of 202
teams.
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| Team D (all female team):
Jeanne Young, Christine Cashin, Kathryn Brennan and Pamela
Christian. |
Placed 124th out of 202
teams.
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| Team E (all female team):
Lynn Goyer, Michelle Bintz, Eileen Bates and Lori Saba. |
Placed 194th out of 202
teams.
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| Team F (all male team):
Brian Stumbaugh. |
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As part of her independent study, Voorheesville student Grace Giampaglia
trained one of the teams. She also participated in the race and
completed it in 26 minutes and 15 seconds.
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