OLDER RESULTS:

The 2026 Race is complete.  See you again in 2027


The event was an 8K race on the Yorktown Battlefield on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026.  Registration and awards are at York High School.  The location is a very nice course mostly using the Battlefield Tour Road.  You can see a map of the 2026 8K course at:  Click here to see 8K map. 

You can get the 2026 registration form by clicking here.  You can also sign up online using the RunSignUp website by clicking here.


All runners receive a T-shirt

(pictured is the 2026 T-shirt).

There was bottled water

and refreshments after the

race.  Medals were be given to 

runners in 26 categories and

cash awards given to the top ​three male and female runners in the Open and Master's categories. 

The race commemorates Memorial Day and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve our freedom.  The Freedom Run is operated by the Yorktown Rotary Club; and all proceeds go to the Yorktown Rotary Foundation to provide scholarships at local high schools, support to a wide range of youth activities and community services, and other assistance.  See the Service Projects page for some examples. 

​​​​​All Yorktown Freedom Run Sponsors:

​Please generously support them as they have generously supported our work

Yorktown Freedom Run​

Please Support our major sponsors:

Find out more about being a race sponsor or sponsor a flag in someone's honor.  Click here for more information.

​Rotary Club of

Yorktown Virginia

Rotary International, District 7600

2026 RESULTS:
149 runners entered the 2025 Memorial Day event with 131 finishing the 8K race.  Roger Hopper of Chesapeake VA won the event with a time of 26:14. Dana Hayden of Powhatan VA was the first woman with a time of 31:21.  2 new age group records were set.  Runners were as young as 5 years and as old as 82.

Complete results for the 8K were generated by the Peninsula Track Club and are provided HERE.