Runners and walkers on Siesta Key beach for the 33rd Annual Run for the Turtles.

Mote’s 33rd Annual Run for the Turtles a huge success

April 06, 2019 | Stephannie Kettle

April 6, 2019 – Today, Mote Marine Laboratory’s 33rd Annual Run for the Turtles hosted over 1,000 runners, both on Siesta Key Beach for the 1-mile fun run and Manasota Track Club-Sanctioned 5k and across the globe with the first ever virtual run. All three run types brought a huge variety of runners...

More than 1000 runners, many of them children, sprint across the start line, beginning the race by running directly at the camera. Two American flags stand at either end of the start line and the sidelines are marked with cones. Most wear Run for the Turtles t-shirts.

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Mote’s sea turtle 5K draws more than 1,000 to Siesta Beach

April 07, 2018 | Hayley Rutger

More than 1,000 runners and walkers hit the beach to help endangered and threatened sea turtles during Mote Marine Laboratory’s 32nd annual Run for the Turtles today, April 7, on Siesta Public Beach. (Race results below). The Run, a 5K race sanctioned by the Manasota Track Club and a 1-mile fun-run/walk,...

Eight people in full mascot costumes line up to race on the beach in bright sunlight. They are: a slightly spooked looking kitten, a proud bull in a sports jersey, a goofy tennis shoe with large googly eyes, a happy and chill looking shark in a Mote t-shirt, a slightly sad otter, a cow in a baggy shirt doing warm-up stretches, a sea gull in rolled-up overalls and tennis shoes, and a turtle waving at the camera. The finish line is stretched out in front of them.

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Mascot race results: Scully wins with flying colors

March 08, 2017 | Hayley Rutger

Scully, the seabird mascot for the 2017 World Rowing Championships, flew past the competition and won Mote Marine Laboratory’s mascot race Tuesday, March 7, on Siesta Beach. The race helped raise awareness for Mote’s 31st Annual Run for the Turtles, a 5K/1-mile race scheduled for April 1 on Siesta...

Seventy-three year old Dean Cutshall, grins broadly, standing in font of Mote's educational exhibit on protecting sea turtle nests and hatchlings. He has tousled grey hair and is wearing a loose t-shirt and cargo shorts. He holds a large stuffed sea turtle

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Indiana resident visits Sarasota for his 30th Run for the Turtles

March 16, 2016 | Kaitlyn Fusco

Dean Cutshall, now 73 years old, first put his feet forward for turtle research and conservation 30 years ago on the beautiful sand of Siesta Key for Mote Marine Laboratory’s Run for the Turtles. Cutshall just happened to be in Sarasota on vacation from his hometown in Fort Wayne, Ind. during the...