Hagerstown Sprint & Youth Triathlon

Our Rock the Run 5K started in 2015 to celebrate our 60th Diamond Anniversary of The Hope Center at Hagerstown Rescue Mission and to bring the community together to help raise support and awareness for the homeless and hungry in our community.

Rock the Run 5K allows us to bring businesses, runners, walkers, competitors, and volunteers together to have fun, share some laughs, run or walk a few miles, and raise money for those in need. This year's fundraiser will help us convert our front porch into a 4-season emergency weather shelter.

We encourage our participants to have fun with costumes and accessories and show us your pirate or princess side! We'll be making this event a little more exciting with some pirate & princess-themed touches to everything. But most importantly, we want you to have fun because you're supporting a great cause and doing something amazing for our community. So start talking it over with all your running friends, encourage others to join you, and then grab that eye-patch, tiara, and your running shoes for Rock the Run: Pirates vs Princess!

This event will be held at the Bowman Business Park in Williamsport, MD…..just minutes from PA, 20 minutes from Martinsburg, WV and Frederick, MD and 90 minutes from Baltimore and DC. The races will start and finish in the parking lot area between the two Breweries, Cushwa Brewing Co and Interchange Tiki Bar & Brewing. The event will include a kids .50 mile fun run, a 5K road race (runners, walkers, families invited), a 21 & older Beer Mile, Tiki-tizer mile. There will be an after-party that will start at 11:00am and end around 3pm. Participants have the option to sign up for all 3 races, the 5K, Beer Mile, and TIki Tizer races as the events do not overlap.

**Please Note: We do not offer refunds or deferrals. You may purchase race insurance before you complete your registration to protect your race entry fee.

** You must be registered by April 2nd to guarantee your t-shirt & size. All registrations after that day will receive a t-shirt on a first come, first served basis (while supplies last).

WHAT IS GIRLS ON THE RUN?

Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a youth development after school program for girls in 3rd-8th grade. The program is dedicated to inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy and confident while creatively integrating running or movement. Each season concludes with a celebratory 5K run!

JOIN US:

Every Girls on the Run 5K highlights the excitement of completing a season and the start of what’s next. Join us on 5K day as girls in Washington County reflect on how far they’ve come and step into their next chapter with confidence.

The 2026 Celebrate Your Start GOTR 5K recognizes girls’ hard-earned progress and limitless possibilities. Their journeys remind us: every achievement begins with one brave decision to start.

COURSE MAP COMING SOON!

*NEW DATE in 2026! Run with us on JUNE 6th!

The 45th Annual Gary Brown Memorial C&O Canal Five Mile Run 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.

The Legacy of Gary Brown

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

Included with the price of your 5 miler registration:

• Well Organized and Professional Event

• Race Technical T-Shirt (Must register by July 11th to guarantee shirt and/or size)

• Custom Awards for Podium Winners

• Music

• Bib Chip-Timed with Instant Results provided by Racine Timing

• Satisfaction of Finishing a Race!

Parking for race participants:

All participants will be required to park either in the Cushwa Basin parking lot, the lock house 44 parking lot, legal street parking on N Commerce St or W Salisbury St. We ask that, unless you arrive before 7:00 am, you not drive across the wooden bridge looking for a place to park on race morning.

This is a Memorial event for our Friend Greg Shank who was a constant source of hope and inspiration in our community.

Location: American Legion Post 202

400 American Legion Ave.

Williamsport, MD. 21795

Race Day Registration: 7 AM

Race Start: 8:30 AM at Pavilion

Cost: $25 if registered by Friday (6/19/26) $30 after

All pre-registered participants will receive an event t-shirt

Awards

Top 3 Male and Female finishers

Top 2 male and female finishers in each age group.

Age Groups:

12 and Under

13-15

16-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70 and Over

Must be present to receive T-Shirt and Award.

No Refunds / Event will be held Rain or Shine!

Proceeds to benefit the Greg Shank Memorial Scholarship Fund