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Photo Gallery: The Orange 5K Crew Crushes It at the 2022 Syracuse Workforce Run

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, By Jen Plummer
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On a beautiful June evening last week, 112 Syracuse University faculty and staff members participated in the Syracuse Workforce Run, formerly known as the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge. The event brings together walkers and runners from workplaces around Syracuse for a night of friendly competition, fitness and camaraderie on a 5K course through Onondaga Lake Park.

Team captain Cole Smith, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, accepted an award on behalf of the University for having the largest team from a single organization, beating out other large employers in the area. Jonathan French, assistant teaching professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Jennifer Collins, budget director for Syracuse University Libraries, held the fastest times among University employees in the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively.

Even those who didn’t place at the top of their division or achieve a personal best time had a whole lot of fun, enjoying food, beverages and photo ops with colleagues before and after a hot and muggy jaunt along the parkway.

Photos by EstherAlice Lopez, staff photographer in the Division of Marketing.

Large group of faculty/staff participants in the Syracuse Workforce Run

The Orange 5K Crew!

Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science J. Cole Smith holds up an award for the most participants recruited for the Syracuse Workforce Run

Team captain Cole Smith, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, holds up the award presented to Syracuse University for recruiting the most participants—112!

Denis Samburskiy participates in the Syracuse Workforce Run

a group of faculty and staff pose together at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Raquel Patterson and Denise Dyce pose together at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Natalie Dascoulias on the course at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Cole Smith and Dacheng Ren pose at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Chris Ellison gives a fist pump on the course at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Members of the Orange 5K Crew shot from behind

Donna Sparkes on the course at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Runners at the starting line of the Syracuse Workforce Run

runners on the course at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Staff members at the Syracuse Workforce Run

Funds raised by this year’s event benefited the Rescue Mission Alliance, which strives to end hunger and homelessness in Syracuse and the surrounding communities. Participants can view their times; and those interested in participating in the 2023 Workforce Run can look for information to be shared via SU News and SU Today next spring.

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