Race to the Stars Registration – Kopernik Observatory & Science Center

Are you up for a challenge? Join us on September 12, 2026 for Race to the Stars! Kopernik’s Race to the Stars 5K road race is an annual fundraiser that started in 2018. Join us for this special 5K road race through the hills surrounding the Observatory.

Schedule:
5:30 PM Walk-in Registration Opens
6:30 PM Race Starts
7:30 PM Awards Ceremony and after-party

Where: Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, 698 Underwood Road, Vestal, NY 13850

Standard Registration – Includes T-Shirt and Goodie Bag
Adult (18+): $30
Youth (17 and Under): $20

No Merch, No T-Shirt Registration
Adult – No Merch: $15
Youth – No Merch: $10

This is a fundraising event; member discounts don’t apply.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Race Coordinator, Nick Gretzinger:
Email: racetothestars@kopernik.org
Phone: (607) 821-8564

Race to the Stars 2026 Registration

1Contact Details

2Register Race Participants

3Payment Details

Contact Details

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Purchase registrations for Race to the Stars. Please include all those planning to participate in the 5K (including yourself, if applicable). Note: price is automatically determined based on age.

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Electronic Waiver(Required)

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Waiver, Release and Authorization

WAIVER OF LIABILITY: I am voluntarily entering or agreeing to be a volunteer at the Kopernik Society of Broome County, Inc., d.b.a. Kopernik Observatory and Science Center, (“Kopernik”), 2026 Race to the Stars, Vestal New York (the “Event”). I agree not to enter into or volunteer at the Event unless I am medically able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of an Event official relative to my inability to safely complete the Event.

I recognize that participation in the Event is a potentially hazardous activity and I willingly assume all risks associated with such participation, including, but not limited to, falls; contact with other participants, spectators or others, or vehicular or other traffic; the effects of the weather, including heat and/or humidity, wind, cold temperature, and wet or icy surfaces; falling tree branches or other overhead objects; traffic; and the crowded nature and other conditions of the course, all such potential risks being appreciated by me.

Having read this waiver (“Waiver”) and knowing these facts, and in consideration of your acceptance of my application for the Event, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive, release, indemnify and hold harmless, Kopernik, the Town of Vestal, any entity which, now or in the future controls, is controlled by any entity related to this event, all sponsors of the Event (“Event Sponsors”); all charitable beneficiaries of the Event (“Event Beneficiaries”); and the licensees, sponsors, employees, officials, volunteers, including medical volunteers, and other representatives, agents, and successors of each of the foregoing (collectively the “Releases”), from present and future claims and liabilities of any kind, known or unknown, arising out of my participation in the Event, including, but not limited to, claims for damage for personal injury and/or property damage, any claim of right in respect of name, image or likeness, (as defined below), including, but not limited to, claims of false endorsement or rights of publicity or privacy, even though such claim or liability may arise out of negligence or fault on the part of any of the Releases.

I further acknowledge Kopernik reserves the right to change the details (such as the date, start time, course, and distance) of, and amenities offered at, the Event at any time for any reason and I hereby waive and release any claims that I may have as a result of any such changes.

AUTHORIZATION: I grant to the Medical Director of the Event and his designees permission to administer or arrange for any medical assistance that they deem necessary or appropriate as a result of my participation in the Event, including without limitation, arranging transportation to a hospital or other medical facility. I also grant them access to my medical records and physicians, as well as other information, relating to medical care that may be administered to me at any such medical facility as a result of my participation in the Event.

PUBLICITY RELEASE: I hereby grant to the Event Sponsors, Event Beneficiaries the irrevocable and assignable right to depict in perpetuity, worldwide, and in any and all media now or hereafter known, my likeness, image, name, words, voice, and/or biographical information of me participating in the event (collectively “Images”) in photographic works, motion pictures, video recordings and/or other works, and I agree that such Images may be used by the Event Sponsors, Event Beneficiaries for any purpose without compensation.

GUARDIAN’S PERMISSION AND RELEASE FOR MINOR: If I am or will be applying for my child to participate in, or be a volunteer at, the Event, I represent and warrant that I am the parent or legal guardian of the child and, as such, consent to my child’s participation in the Event and I agree that the terms of this Waiver Releases, and Authorizations apply equally to my child and me and any claims I or my child may have in connection with the Event. I also waive any derivative claims that relate to or arise out of my child’s participation in the Event.

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