About the Hickory Foundation YMCA Turkey Trot 5K/10K & Youth Fun Run
The Hickory Foundation YMCA hosts this Turkey Trot as a fundraiser for its community programs, so the morning has a purposeful feel alongside the holiday spirit. The course offers both a shorter and a longer distance option, plus a youth fun run, all starting from the C.O. Miller Teen Center in Hickory.
Packet pickup runs the two days before the race at the same teen center, with race-morning pickup available as well. The organizers strongly recommend picking up early to avoid the morning rush before the start.
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Hickory Foundation YMCA Turkey Trot 5K/10K & Youth Fun Run 2025 Results
Going by the 2025 results, this is a big field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
5K Results · 2025
1,137finishers
16:56winner
40:29median
1:24:14cutoff
Top 3: Aki Tsuchida (16:56) · Elijah Baker (17:41) · Sam Clarke (19:27)
10K Results · 2025
165finishers
36:50winner
58:47median
1:38:55cutoff
Top 3: Barry Thomas (36:50) · Dustin Pitts (37:33) · Tim Jeffreys (38:00)
The Hickory Foundation YMCA Turkey Trot 5K/10K & Youth Fun Run has been held every year since at least 2016. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Oct 25, 2026.
Distances & Start Times
5K11/21/2026 09:03$35
10K11/21/2026 09:00$40
Youth Fun Run11/21/2026 08:15$15
3.1 Miles11/21/2026 00:01$30
6.2 Miles11/21/2026 00:01$30
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