Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Hosts Annual Turkey Trot 5K Winners Announced

Prior Lake, MN – On a glorious sunny morning, 235 runners participated in the 19th Annual Turkey Trot 5K, held by Dakotah! Sport and Fitness on Saturday, November 17, 2012. The 3.1 mile event started at Dakotah! and continued through The Meadows at Mystic Lake, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s golf course.

“We were glad to have such a beautiful morning this year. It was the best race conditions we’ve had in many years,” said DSF Director Tad Dunsworth.

Awards were given to first, second, and third place overall male and female finishers of the 5K. The male and female top finishers also received a frozen turkey from Mazopiya. Individual age group winners also received gift cards to Mazopiya, the SMSC’s natural food market. All participants received t-shirts.

A Kid’s Fun Run drew nine participants who ran an abbreviated course on The Meadows.

The Overall Men's Winners were Nathan Wentz, 22, of Maple Grove, in first place with a time of 17:25; Shawn Husband, 41, of Savage, in second place with a time of 18:23; and Corbin Godfrey, 16, of Webster, in third place with a time of 18:27.

The Overall Women's Winners were Sadie Kroll, 16, of Hudson, Wisconsin, in first place with a time of 20:05; Jessie Zwanziger, 21, of Savage, in second place with a time of 20:09; and Sarah Foley, 42, of Cologne, in third place with a time of 20:51.

Age Group Winners

Male

Ages 13-19 Colin Dwyer, 13, Savage

Ages 20-29 Matt Carney, 24, Edina

Ages 30-39 Warren Downing, 36, Prior Lake

Ages 40-49 Gerald Butler, 41, Lakeville

Ages 50-59 Mark Snell, 50, ST. Louis Park

Ages 60-69 Don Benke, 69, Wayzata

Female

Ages 13-19 Heather McGahan, 16, Savage

Ages 20-29 Katie Drinane, 25, Prior Lake

Ages 30-39 Susan Krieg, 34, Shakopee

Ages 40-49 Lisa Kresky-Griffin, 40, Farmington

Ages 50-59 Tamara Snyder, 53, Savage

Ages 60-69 Susan Rehberger, 60, Prior Lake

The complete list of winners and a photo gallery of images from the event can be viewed at http://www.dakotahsport.com.

The area’s premier fitness facility, Dakotah! Sport and Fitness offers a vast array of amenities with something for everyone in their 305,331 square foot facility. Amenities include an indoor track, aquatic center, two indoor ice arenas, a double gymnasium, a cardio studio, a cycling studio, group fitness classes, free weights, circuit training equipment, and much more. DSF also sponsors the annual Dakotah! Sport and Fitness Lakefront Triathlon each August as well as the Indoor Triathlon each April.

About the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Minnesota, is the owner and operator of Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino, Dakotah! Sport and Fitness, Playworks, The Meadows at Mystic Lake, and other enterprises on a reservation south of the Twin Cities. The SMSC utilizes its financial resources from gaming and non-gaming enterprises to pay for the internal infrastructure of the Tribe, including but not limited to roads, water and sewer systems, emergency services, and essential services to its members in education, health, and well-being.

A charitable giving program which comes from a cultural and social tradition to assist those in need has given away more than $258.2 million to Indian Tribes, charitable organizations, and schools since 1996. Through the Mdewakanton LIFE Program, the SMSC has donated 746 Automated External Defibrillators to tribes, schools, police and fire departments, and other organizations with 19 lives saved due to their use.

The SMSC has also made more than $523 million in loans mostly to other tribes for economic and infrastructure development projects. Since 1996 the SMSC paid more than $7.6 million for shared local road construction and an additional $16.7 million for road projects on the reservation. The SMSC has also paid $14.4 million to local governments for services and another $6.4 million for other projects.