Bonita Stanton 5K 2024 Goes Miles For Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Scholarships
November 04, 2024
The second annual Bonita Stanton, M.D., Memorial 5K Run/Walk was a quick success on October 27.
Some 186 registered runners ran the course on the crisp autumn morning in Brookdale Park in Bloomfield - and more than $37,400 was raised toward scholarships.
Proceeds from the race will directly benefit the established Bonita Stanton, M.D., Scholarship Fund at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, providing important scholarships to future physicians.
Hackensack Meridian Health lost a beloved leader and true friend when Bonita Stanton, M.D., the founding dean of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and president of its Academic Enterprise, unexpectedly passed away in January 2022. Dean Stanton was a prolific researcher, author and educator committed to health care equality. Her legacy extends from the impoverished corners of the globe to the most prestigious halls of academia, including the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine - the medical school she helped create in a new mold amid the promise of a better 21st century future.
An avid runner, the race in her name and honor is run to further the mission of the school she helped create.
The results of the race included some swift times.
Top male open finishers:
- Peter Stanton 19.34.39
- David Adams 19:40.24
- Gil Milow 20:14.84
Top female open finishers:
- Caroline Roumpz 19:41.45
- Meghan Smith 19:53.04
- Erin Russell 22.20.94