A total of 643 runners competed in the 23rd Annual Officer Thomas J. Giunta Memorial 5K Road Race on a bright April 2, 2017 morning at the Fall River Industrial Park. Following welcoming remarks by Race Director David Pacheco, a welcome by Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II and Senior Deputy Police Chief Al Dupere, and an invocation by Chaplain Cantor Richard Wolberg, runners took off from the starting line and ran the 3.2 mile course through the Industrial Park.. Twenty-two-year-old Diman Regional High School running coach Matthew Moussamih, who won the last four year's races, Kelly Savickas was the first woman to finish while ten-year-old Maggie O'Connell was the first ten-year-old to finish. O'Connell is part of the Fast and Fierce Running Club based at Silva Elementary School and coached by Ann Nassiff. Click here for the Herald News article.  Click here to see race results. Click here to see an11-minute video of the race. Click here to see photos and video of the 2015 race,

(Top row) Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II, Senior Deputy Police Chief Al Dupere, and Chaplain Cantor Richard Wolberg pose for a photo while Kathleen Moniz, Administrator for the Fallen Officers Memorial Trust talks with Police Captain Charles Cullen as the racers stretch before the race begins. (Row two) As the racers assemble at the starting line and cadets from the Plymouth Police Academy assemble, the Fall River Police Color Guard prepares for the singing of the National Anthem. (Row three) Evangelina Sousa, Maggie O'Connell and Julianna Sousa get ready for the race before  Race Director David Pacheco welcomes the racers. (Row four) Racers, including City Councilor Richard Cabeceiras, right, start off on the 5K course. (Row five) Matthew Moussamih comes in first as he has done four times before while the crowd, including five-year-old Mackenzie Casavant sitting on her grandfather Greg Davis' shoulders, watches. (Bottom row) Ann Nassiff congratulates ten-year-old Maggie O'Connell, a member of the Fast adn Fierce Running Club, who outpaced her, before she walks away with her grandmother, Carol O'Connor.