Strew Stryker Recognized: Vermont Adaptive’s 2025 Volunteers of the Year
Photo: Stew Stryker in a grey vest, next to Tommy Alcorn, Program Director for Vermont Adaptive and also Brown School House Aid Station Captain at the Vermont 100.
The Vermont 100 is stoked to hear that Stew Stryker has been honored as one of the 2025 Volunteers of the Year by Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports.
The annual award is given by VT100’s charity partner, Vermont Adaptive, in honor of the late Jim Hutchinson, a long-time volunteer whose leadership helped shape the organization for more than a decade. Part of Jim’s legacy was his tenure as the race director of the Vermont 100 for many years.
Stew Stryker has been a volunteer at Vermont Adaptive since 1987 and has been involved with the Vermont 100 since the endurance run started in 1989. While Vermont Adaptive has selected Stew based on his volunteering, guiding, and training with adaptive athletes, we want to reflect on Stew’s impact on the Vermont 100.
Stew has been involved with the VT100 for all previous 34 editions of the event, serving on the race committee since the race began. In that time, he has worn many different hats and chips in wherever is needed.
One of the most involved tasks that Stew does every year is to be the restock crew for all aid stations on the Camp 10 Bear loop – so he is driving around to aid stations to refill water and provide additional food or supplies as needed for the 12-hours that the Camp 10 Bear portion of the course is open.
In the last several years, he has worked with a small group to map out the course for emergency purposes and to confirm the multitude of land owners that the event needs to get permission from each year.
Most importantly, especially for the newer members on the race committee, Stew provides valuable historical knowledge of the event by drawing on his many years of intimate experience with the event.
We thank Stew for his years of service to the Vermont 100, and share in Vermont Adaptive’s celebration of this incredible volunteer!
Want to get involved?
Great! Vermont Adaptive depends on 400+ volunteers each year to be successful, and the Vermont 100 depends on over 500! You can learn more about volunteering with Vermont Adaptive, here; and more about volunteering at the Vermont 100, here. Thank you!
