MEDFORD NAMES TRACK AFTER MCGILLIVRAY
As participants prepared to cross the starting line at the Run Medford 5k and 8k on Sept. 18, Medford mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn made a surprise announcement to the crowd. To thank race director and native son Dave McGillivray for his impact on the local community, she revealed that the track at Medford’s Hormel Stadium would be dedicated to McGillivray and named in his honor. Lungo-Koehn presented Dave with the plaque that will soon be installed at the track.
“I am speechless about this kind gesture on behalf of the city of Medford,” said McGillivray. “As a young teenage boy running the mile and 2-mile on that track for Medford High School, I would never have imagined that someday the City would name the track after me. I am so grateful and I can’t begin to tell you how special this is to me.”
“Dave has a deep and personal connection to the community and our School District,” Lungo-Koehn said. “For everything he’s done for our City through the work of his company and his passion for running, naming the track at Hormel Stadium is a fitting tribute to a person who has left such an indelible mark on Medford.”