Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:28 a.m.

Since its creation in 2010, the Sports Medicine Center at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center has helped provide free sports-medicine coverage to local high-school athletic teams.

The center is looking to raise awareness of its services by sponsoring a 5K race and half-mile run/walk at Oak Valley Plantation (located at 3645 La. 18) in Vacherie on Saturday.

The race, which is called "Reveille at Oak Alley," will start with registration at 7 a.m. Saturday, and the race will follow at 8 a.m. The entry fee is $25 for pre-registration and $30 on the day of the race.

Registration for 5K Run/Walk also includes admission to 22nd annual Oak Alley Spring Arts & Crafts Festival, which will be held on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The course will be held entirely on the scenic grounds of Oak Alley Plantation, with a "spectacular finish" planned for participants who complete the race through the oaks of the historic site.

Awards for the 5K race will be handed out to winners of several divisions, including overall open winner, youth, masters, grandmasters and seniors.

The age groups range from 10-and-under to 80-and-over.

Awards will also be given out to the top 10 male and female youth age finishers in the half-mile race. Post-race refreshments will be provided for all runners.

The Sports Medicine Center at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center has provided several services to local high schools, which include free athletic-training care services at local high-school sporting events and donating 15 automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to local high schools in the last two years.

Read this article:

Local race to benefit sports medicine center