""Tommy Hart is a legend in the Staten Island running community and is a deserved flag-bearer of the 2025 Art Hall Service Award!""
""My favorite thing about Tommy," said SIRA President Michael De Vito, Jr., "is that he shows up as his whole self for our running community...There is no end to his drive, goodness and his commitment.""
""In 1999, I picked up the leadership of the race from Judge Mike Brennan, who took it up from race founder Mike Dwyer," said Hart, himself a veteran."
""I wanted to keep it going so we can continue to honor our veterans through running, as well as get kids to come out," said Hart, noting that every kid gets a Veterans Day medal regardless of age."
Art Hall earned recognition as a top Staten Island distance runner with two 2:22 Boston Marathon finishes and top-five results in early 1970s NYC Marathons. Tommy Hart will receive the 2025 Art Hall Service Award in recognition of long-standing competitive participation, volunteer organizing, and community leadership that began in the 1960s. Hart has supported local, national and international races and has prioritized events for veterans and children. Hart took leadership of the Muche-Struck Veterans Day Run in 1999 to preserve a race founded in 1946 and ensures every child participant receives a Veterans Day medal.
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