Students at Pine Bush Elementary School took part in the Presidential Mile recently, culminating in a race for qualifiers in grades 3, 4 and 5 on the high school track.
![A man wearing a blue and gold shirt high fives a third-grade girl in a pink shirt on the track](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-pres-mile-Eric-high-five-1024x683.jpg)
The Presidential Youth Fitness Program is a school-based program that promotes health and regular physical activity for our youth. It offers educators access to a health-related assessment for youth fitness, professional development for meaningful implementation, and motivational recognition to empower students to adopt and maintain an active lifestyle. The program has been in existence since 1966.
At PBE, students took part in the running program and had to qualify with specific times in order to make it to the finals. Qualifying times were different for each age group. Congratulations to all who participated and all who won. Keep running!
Here are the winners:
Third Grade Girls
1st – Julie Gabriele
2nd – Julianna Vanderkooy
3rd – Sophia Porpora
![Three third-grade girls dressed in white t-shirts noting the presidential mile. First place winner in center standing higher than the others](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-pres-mile-third-grade-girls-1024x869.jpg)
Third Grade Boys
1st – Wyatt Pagan
2nd – Hudson MacFarlane
3rd – Alex Croce
![Third-grade boys top three finishers wearing white presidential mile t shirts. The first place winner in center has his arms straight up over his head.](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-Pres-mile-third-grade-boys-1024x683.jpg)
Fourth Grade Girls
1st – Audra Meberg
2nd – Kate Harris
3rd – Abigail Munger
![Three fourth-grade girls wearing white presidential mile t shirts. Winner in center stands higher. The girl on the left is holding up her index figure to show they are number 1.](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-pres-mile-fourth-grade-girls-768x1024.jpg)
Fourth Grade Boys
1st – Tyler Vanderkooy
2nd – Brayden Diefenbach
3rd – Liam Sullivan
![Three fourth-grade boys stand wearing their white presidential mile t shirts. First place winner in center stands higher.](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-Pres-mile-fourth-grade-boys-768x1024.jpg)
Fifth Grade Girls
1st – Ava Boffalo
2nd – Leah Meberg
3rd – Katie Cragan
![Three fifth-grade girls stand wearing their white presidential mile t shirts. the first place winner is in center, standing highers than the others.](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-pres-mile-fifth-grade-girls-768x1024.jpg)
Fifth Grade Boys
1st – Cody Hanson
2nd – Ryan Abbatiello
3rd – Tommy Sciascia
![Three fifth-grade boys wearing white t shirts.. First place winner stands in the center.](https://www.pinebushschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PBE-pres-mile-fifth-grade-boys-768x1024.jpg)