Saratoga Little League Players Featured at SSHS Varsity Game

of her legacy. … It will be one for the military and one for the arts every year, hopefully.” participants would want to pack their backpack with weight.”

This year’s event will take place at Gavin Park, where participants will make four loops around the park for a total of six miles.

A ruck race is walking, jogging, or running with a weighted backpack, Trimmings said. The Army standard weight is 35 pounds, and participants are asked to bring their own backpack. The SNACpack program will be accepting donations after the race, with Trimmings suggesting participants weigh their backpacks with canned goods to donate.

Tickets to the Ruck Race are $20 for racers, and $15 for students and non-racers. Racers must be ages 15 to 65, but Trimmings said all ages are welcome to participate without a weighted backpack through a non-racer ticket.

The race will begin at 9 a.m. on Memorial Day. Trimmings said it “means a lot” to be able to honor Jenks, noting that the goal of the race is simply to “spread the message” of her life and story.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — On May 10, Saratoga Springs Little League players were invited to run onto the field alongside the Saratoga varsity baseball team! Varsity players high fived and cheered the little leaguers onto the field, celebrating the future players of Saratoga. Photo provided.

“My family started a SNACpack foundation,” said Trimmings. “It’s a Saratoga school district-specific foodcare service for students who don’t have enough food on the weekends, on breaks, summers, and things like that. We’re accepting some canned goods, if that’s how

“It means a lot, knowing that now we’re hopefully going to get a community into this,” Trimmings said. “At the end of the day, our goal is to spread the message. If we can open that up to the community, then that’s one of the best ways to do it.”

To sign up for the Abigail Jenks Memorial Ruck Race, visit https://zippy-reg.com/register/ jenksruckrace.