DCA Stag Stampede Draws Over 100 Participants, Raises over $10,000 for Sports

Crisp, sunny weather added to the beauty of the scenic route that started and ended on the academy’s property on Page Road. Ben Cargill finished first with a time of 19:27.06, Jake Brunjes (’27), a junior at DCA, crossed the finish line at 19:40.89 to take second place. Victor Feofialktov came in third with a time of 20:17:75. The top three female competitors were Hilary Bemis with a time of 22:55.78), DCA seventh grader Tatiana Peragallo at 29:06.62, and DCA senior Samantha Fletcher (’26) at (29:54:55). Although most of the runners were from the Monadnock region, the event drew participants from as far away as Georgia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin, including a runner aiming to run a 5K in each of the 50 states.