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​             Scholarships

   PINELLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR RUNNERS
   WFYRC invites you to apply for our 2022 College Scholarship 

Qualifications are:
You are graduating high school in 2022
You ran either cross country and/or track during you senior year        
You must be a WFYRC member


What you should do:
Write a letter to our scholarship committee telling us why you deserve this scholarship.
Include your phone # and email address
Have your coach write a recommendation letter
Send us your current school transcripts


Deadline is March 1st  
please mail to:

Mary Pulaski
9138 Jakes Path
Largo, FL  33771

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 7  Pinellas County High School Seniors receive 2021  WFYRC Scholarship
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Because of the pandemic Turkey Trot 2020 was cancelled and our club was only able to fund 7 college  scholarships of $2,000 each this year.
 More about this in our upcoming May newsletter

  


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​    17 College Scholarships for Tampa Bay 2020 HS Seniors

Seventeen talented 2020 High School Seniors from 7 different high schools in Pinellas and Hillsborough County will receive a $2000 college scholarship from the West Florida Y Runners Club.
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The money comes from our Turkey Trot races as well as from the Discover Caladesi races

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Berkeley Prep Macy Maiocco
Clearwater High Sarah White
Dunedin High Shea Porter
Indian Rocks Christian 1 Brianna Pacecca 2 Max McNary 3 Jonathan Ellec 4 Ross Panado 5 John Sirabella 6 Solomon Wellar 7 Noah Lawrence 8 Katherine Cavonis
Northside Christian 1 Sam Lameyer 2 Sydney Shannon 3 Molly O’Beirne
Palm Harbor 1 Ian Johnson 2 James Bodolay
Tarpon Springs High Anabel Ellison


                               Congratulations Seniors, Good Luck!
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Nineteen Scholarships for 2018 Pinellas Seniors
Congratulations to 19 Pinellas County Seniors who received the  2018 WFYRC College Scholarship for $2,000. 
We celebrated their awards with family members, high school coaches and WFYRC members on April 23rd at Sheraton Sand Key.
The students are heading to many different schools within the state and out of state. 
Good luck to them all thanks for making running a part of your life.
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   20 Scholarships for 2017 Pinellas Seniors  
Happy faces from 20 talented High School Seniors who graduated from 9 Pinellas High Schools.  Each of them got a $2000- scholarship from the West Florida Y Runners Club.  It happened at the 2017 Scholarship Banquet op May 25 at the Sand Key Sheraton in Clearwater Beach.   WFYRC president Skip Rogers made sure everyone had a great night and Chairperson Mary Pulaski (who also presided over the Scholarship committee) took very well care of the official part.   More photo's in the July 2017 issue of 'Making Tracks'       
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​         25 Scholarships for 2016 Pinellas Seniors
Big smiles from 25 talented High School Seniors from 11 Pinellas High School (plus 1 home schooled senior)
They got their Scholarship certificates at the Sand Key Sheraton in Clearwater Beach.  Ultra marathoner Jim Patton came up with a fantastic speech . WFYRC president Skip Rogers made sure everyone had a great night and Chairperson Mary Pulaski (who also presided over the Scholarship committee) took very well care of the official part.   More photo's in the July 2016 issue of 'Making Tracks'
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          2015 Scholarships went to 25 High School students
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CALVARY CHRISTIAN, Keely Durbak

ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, Ian Schlifstein, Haley Taylor, Patrick McNamara, Brittany McGee

NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN, DengKui Huang, Taylor Moir, Sarah Moir, Kara Eckstein

BOCA CIEGA, Tyler Anthony

EAST LAKE, Sabrina Siegel, Shaun Reid

ST PETE HIGH, Lina Miller

LARGO HIGH, Brad Mostowski

KESWICK CHRISTIAN, Eloise Palm

LAKEWOOD HIGH, Jahaven Haye

INDIAN ROCKS CHRISTIAN, Sam Weller, Maddison Krajeski, Zachery Trador, Luke Boeche, Mia Gillespie

NORTHEAST HIGH, Hayley Brahm

CLEARWATER HIGH, Steven Randall, Daniel Sawayda

HOME SCHOOLED,  Bobbi Marie LaBrant,



                             Twenty eight scholarships for 2014 seniors
were awarded May 12 at the WFYRC Scholarship dinner at the Sand Key Sheraton on Clearwater Beach. The 28 students of 10 Pinellas high schools got a $ 2000 scholarship each. "We had a record number of 41 candidates. It was a tough job to filter 28 awards out of them because the level was extremely high," scholarship chairman Mary Pulaski said.

                                    
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Indian Rocks                                                                                                 East Lake                  

Jordyn Bench                                                                                                  Samantha Siegel             

Michael Cavonis                                                                                             Seminole High 

Alexandra Buchanan                                                                                        Lorenzo Long                 

Lauren Mikus                                                                                                  Madeline Stubbs           

Jordan Mott                                                                                                     Miranda Gale                

Andrew Street                                                                                                 Jared Hayduke               

Northside Christian                                                                                        Austin Flynn                     

Mark Kinzler                                                                                                    Iain Marsh                       

Matthew Kinzler                                                                                              Palm Harbor                        
 
Boca Ciega                                                                                                   Brianna Paczynski
 
Tiffany Whitson                                                                                               Admiral Farragut                               

Adam Scott                                                                                                     Saiya Wang                                   

Angela Reinhart                                                                                               Dunedin High               

Tara Giordano                                                                                                   David Settlemire

Alexis Stevens                                                                                                 St Pete High           

Northeast High                                                                                                Megan Fitzgerald    

Caroline Condon                                                                                         

Justin Burns                                                                                                      

Matthew Stenger                                                                                              

Miles Price                                                                                                        
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Two-dozen scholarships for 2013 seniors
Athletic performance and the right attitude towards study and life are the key ingredients to be nominated for a scholarship of this runners club. The 2013 program has -once again- broken new records and shows with 24 outstanding seniors from Pinellas high-schools proof that there is a bright future for track and cross country in this part of Florida.

The students of  12 high-schools involved, got a $ 2000 scholarship, which gives them a great start at their upcoming collegiate career.  The scholarship committee, Mary Pulaski, Mary Grace Ritter, Skip Rogers, Allison Kallevig, Kathleen Roach and Michael Patterson were exited about their performance and the way they handle academics as well as other skills. "Fantastic kids, they really deserve it". said scholarship chairman Mary Pulaski.

Proceeds of the Tampa Bay Times Turkey Trot funded the scholarships.  More photo's in the 2013 July issue of "Making Tracks"
the happy 2013 graduates
the 2013 graduates lined up for a Kodak moment
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All time high for 2012 high school graduates
The 2012 scholarship program was the largest of all time in the history of the WFYRC. A record number of twenty-one outstanding seniors from Pinellas County schools applied this year. (photo)

The WFYRC-scholarship committee, Mary Grace Ritter, Thomas Murtaugh, Duncan Cameron and Skip Rogers had a hard time to select just 6 of these super fast high school runners. "This year their level was so extremely high, that we finally decided to award all 21," the committee said.    Each of them got a $ 2000 scholarship.

Proceeds of the Tampa Bay Times Turkey Trot funded the scholarship.  More photo's at MakingTracks May 2011

The list of the 2012 scholarship recipients:
Blaise Levai     Boca Ciega
Nicolas Potts     East Lake
Rachel Zeron     East Lake
Kristin Nesslar     Indian Rocks Christian
Jennifer Nesslar     Indian Rocks Christian
Tori Tranor     Indian Rocks Christian
Tyler Lewis     Largo High
Victoria Goodwin     Northside Christian
Katelyn Greenleaf     Northside Christian
Lucio Ojeda     Northside Christian
Mario Ojeda     Northside Christian
Tyler Feeley     Northeast
Michael Stenger     Northeast
Taylor Phillips     Northeast
Jacob Hudak     Seminole
Elizabeth Demuth     Seminole
Michael Urbanski     Seminole
Nicholas Homme     Seminole
Melanie Mariani     Seminole
Arthur Nagle     Pinellas Park
Evan Howard     home schooled  

2011 Scholarship recipients,  May 2, Clearwater CC

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2010 Scholarship Recipients May 3 Clearwater CC

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 2010 - Scholarship Dinner

Leslie Stallings,  winner of the Tahoe Triple 2009
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