This race is an opportunity to raise money to help student further their education, but this year’s event brought people together in the community in honor of Manfreda. “I gave him my medal because I knew it was something that Joe would have done,” senior Meaghan Allen said. Don Clark, a navy World War II veteran, finished the race in just over an hour.
The race was truly an amazing event, and to top off the excitement, there was a special man who found Joe and this race so inspiring even at 90 years old. Ella Jane Connell, a Panther Point Guard and the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 2021 3A Player of the Year, declared her intent to play basketball collegiately after signing with Reed Sutton and the Faulkner University Eagles in Montgomery, Alabama. “I ran it for my buddy because he would’ve wanted anyone to and it was honestly an amazing experience seeing everyone come out, students and teachers,” Moss said. RCSSF raised about three scholarship amounts, which comes out as a total of around $3000.įirst place fell into the shoes of a Roseville parent, Walter Kotelniski, shortly followed by senior Anthony Moss. The Panther Prowl 5K begins at Pulaski Heights Middle School, runs through Knoop Park and historic Hillcrest and ends back at PHMS. A total of 171 participants walked or ran the 5K, and that did not include the countless volunteers and supporters that also came to help. Description On Saturday, April 27, 2024, Pulaski Heights Middle School PTSA will host the 9th annual Panther Prowl 5K. On May 9, RHS students, staff, and members of the community gathered for the second annual Dream Dash, now named in honor of junior Joe Manfreda.
