Charles Chuck McCullough, a longtime volunteer in the Brookings running community, received the 2023 Harvey Mills Friend of Running Award presented by Prairie Striders Running Club after the Prairie Striders Indoor 5K Saturday.
A life member of Prairie Striders, McCullough has dedicated nearly 20 years to the Brookings Marathon committee. A marathon committee mainstay, McCullough has volunteered with almost every aspect of the race including course certification, course marking and being course marshal. He is one of three people that know the current course forward and backward.
Longtime marathon director Matt Bien said McCullough is known by the comment just tell me where you need me.
He has played a key role in the Scotty Roberts 5K, which is held the evening before the marathon. Since 2018 he has directed the race.
He also has quite a running resume, including four Jack 15 finishes and he has run every iteration of the Disney Challenge weekend series runs, either at the full or half marathon level. In fact, he recently pushed the streak of Disney Challenges to 18 years.
McCullough also shows his love for running when at work, where he collects used running shoes for the Soles4Souls project. Injured running enthusiasts also are able to benefit from his skills as a physical therapist at Avera Medical Group.
The award is named for Harvey Mills, one of the clubs earliest members who was a longtime club member, an accomplished runner and major contributor to the clubs 2018-19 scholarship drive.
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