Moorestown Turkey Trot

Enjoy a run on Thanksgiving morning around the Moorestown High School Cross Country course. This is a low key race with NO TIMING, but plenty of friends and fun, with free snacks and drinks.

Jogging Strollers and Pets are allowed with three caveats.  First, you must take full responsibility for them - meaning if someone gets injured because they get their heal clipped by your stroller then you are liable, not the race or high school or cross country team.  Second, it is muddy many years. So expect your stroller to get stuck.  Third, the Mile Fun Run and the 5K are both run on a 6 foot wide trail and we have a LOT of people. So use courtesy if you decide to bring a stroller or pet.

We started the Moorestown Turkey Trot in 2005 as a fundraiser.  Lorenzo Eagles was the boys XC coach, John Denning was the girls coach and Bob Bickel was a volunteer assistant. We wanted to have our own XC course, but there were no trails. So we started the race as a fundraiser and began building the course with the sweat power of the teams, and the gravel and mulch we could buy from the fundraising.

The first year we had 100 people. In 2022 we had a record about 1,300 people come out.

As we built the Trot and the fundraising, we were able to replace the typical high school sports uniform program and actually award uniforms to the runners that they could keep. The money is still sued for trail maintenance as well as team equipment as well as some of the race entry and travel.  The team thanks everyone for the amazing support you have shown over the years!

Moorestown Cross Country Course.

Moorestown High School Cross Country Team Website.  All proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams at Moorestown High School.

Erin Todd and John Denning are the head coaches.