In association with the Polar Plunge, we're holding a special 5k to benefit the Special Olympics. After you warm up, you might consider jumping in the lake. In November. In Erie. Brrrr.
COME CHILL.
Kick off Special Olympics Pennsylvania’s 2024-2025 Polar Plunge season in Erie Pennsylvania! This year, we’ll be celebrating 10 YEARS of plunging into Lake Erie! Throughout the plunge season, Special Olympics Pennsylvania will host eight plunges around the keystone state.
So, create your team and join thousands of plungers around the state in making a splash to support our athletes.
NEW THIS YEAR
Join us for the Frozen Footraces! Warm-up with a 5K or 10K race or 1 mile chill walk along the roads of Presque Isle before plunging into the frigid water at 12 PM!
Nov 21, 2026
Distance — 10K
Type — Running
10:00
$35.00
Nov 21, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
10:00
$35.00
Nov 21, 2026
Distance — 1.6K
Type — Running
10:00
$35.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Erie.
Learn more about the host city, Erie.
Erie is a city of about 100,000 in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is Pennsylvania's only lake port on the Great Lakes.
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Watch highlights and course previews from previous years.
Official finishing times from previous editions of Frozen Footrace.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Scott Dentler | — | |
| 🥈 | Bryan Delio | — | |
| 🥉 | Kelli Proctor | — | |
| 4 | Tom Nesterick | — | |
| 5 | Jackson Continenza | — | |
| 6 | Blake Orris | — | |
| 7 | Lauren Dever | — | |
| 8 | Wesley Griffith | — | |
| 9 | Allie Dever | — | |
| 10 | Joseph Garvey III | — | |
| 11 | Brian Long | — | |
| 12 | Grant Filbeck | — | |
| 13 | Jason Niggel | — | |
| 14 | David George | — | |
| 15 | Nicholas Seeders | — | |
| 16 | Eric DiLuzio | — | |
| 17 | Huxley Langness | — | |
| 18 | Heather Papinchak | — | |
| 19 | Michael Mccarthy | — | |
| 20 | Eric Ahrweiler | — | |
| 21 | Noah Nicolia | — | |
| 22 | Troy Jewell | — | |
| 23 | Terry Sedney | — | |
| 24 | Tyler Shaffer | — | |
| 25 | Romi Andreas | — | |
| 26 | C. Plyler | — | |
| 27 | Chenny Langness | — | |
| 28 | Isabella Blair Garland | — | |
| 29 | K. Plyler | — | |
| 30 | Heather Askey | — | |
| 31 | Suzanne Takach | — | |
| 32 | Charles Bowers | — | |
| 33 | Eric Cushing | — | |
| 34 | John Campbell | — | |
| 35 | Cassandra Blank | — | |
| 36 | Gosha Riley | — | |
| 37 | Dan Huber | — | |
| 38 | Kurt Spence | — | |
| 39 | Mary Ellen Campbell | — | |
| 40 | Katelyn Boyd | — | |
| 41 | A. Continenza | — | |
| 42 | Heather Procter | — | |
| 43 | Amy Griffith | — | |
| 44 | Ranett Cyphert | — | |
| 45 | Jason Fleen | — | |
| 46 | Paul Lutz | — | |
| 47 | Jake Jaskiewicz | — | |
| 48 | Jeff Irwin | — | |
| 49 | Bryan Delio | — | |
| 50 | Thomas Miller | — |
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