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Friday’s Run Like Kat was dedicated to Longmeadow High School runner Katarina “Kat” Boskovic on November 25. Boskovic died in a car accident weeks before he graduated from high school. It was her friend Shea Hamel, badly injured in the same accident, who emerged as one of the winners of the race honoring Boskovic.
Recalling runs she did with her friend Kat, Hamel said: “[Kat] would always kick at the end of the race. She would always push me to kick at the end of the race because she knew that was the moment where it counted the most,” he reported. Mass Live.
Katarina Boscovich Age
Katarina Boscovich was 54 years old.
Katarina Boscovich Cause of Death
According to event organizers, the “Run Like Kat” 5K commemorated Boskovic’s legacy as an outstanding student athlete, youth track mentor and coach, and devoted member of the city community. More than 650 runners participated in the race and the event raised nearly $18,000 for the Kat Boskovic Memorial Fund, established shortly after Kat’s death through the Western Massachusetts Community Foundation.
On Friday morning, a light drizzle matched the tear-filled eyes of most of the participants who were dressed in purple and navy blue, Kat’s favorite colors. On May 7, Kat and Hamel were passengers in a 2010 Acura that struck a tree on a curve on Green Willow Drive in Longmeadow.
Kat died in the accident just weeks before she was to graduate from Longmeadow High School and head to McGill University in Quebec to study and become a doctor like her parents. Hamel was also badly injured in the accident and was near death and paralysis before she made a miraculous recovery.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Zachary Elfman has been charged with manslaughter and other crimes related to the May 7 car crash that claimed Boskovic’s life and seriously injured Hamel. Elfman was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol leading up to the events culminating in the horrific accident, according to reports.
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