Loucks Games 5k Named for Charles Goldberger
The 5K run that is part of White Plains’ Glenn D. Loucks Memorial Track and Field Games has been named after a longtime organizer, Charles “Charlie” Goldberger of McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP.
The popular Saturday morning competition was renamed the “Charlie Goldberger 5k Run” during this year’s games, which were held on May 14.
“Charlie G. is such a warm and passionate guy that it reflects in everything he does including his many years as executive director of the 5K run. The board felt it was only fitting that the race be named in his honor,” said White Plains Board of Education member Charlie Norris, who succeeded Goldberger as executive director of the 5k.
Norris said the executive board voted unanimously to rename the Rotary Club sponsored race at its March meeting.
An avid runner, Goldberger said he was pleasantly surprised by the honor and added that he has enjoyed his participation in the games, which are named for legendary White Plains High School football coach Glenn Loucks, who died in 1962. The games, entering their 50th year, are widely known as one of the top high school track competitions in the nation with more than 3,400 students and athletes from across the Northeast participating this year.
