Fallen Solders 5K
Fallen Soldiers 5K Run/Walk | October 30, 2021
Registration
- $10: WIU student Race Fee
- $30: Regular Race (5k and 1 mile) Fee
- $38.45: Virtual Race Fee
Register on or before October 11th to guarantee a shirt!
Schedule
Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 | Packet Pick-Up
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 | Race Day
- 7:00 - 8:15 AM: Check-In & Day of Registration
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8:30 AM: Fallen Soldiers Ceremony & Announcements
- Location: Hanson Field
- Rain Location: Western Hall
- 9:00 AM: Race Start
Route Map
About
Each year, Western Illinois University hosts the Fallen Soldiers 5K to raise money for the WIU Fallen Soldiers Scholarship Fund, which supports veterans and service members currently enrolled at Western. Before the race, a special program is held to honor our Fallen Soldiers for whom the scholarship was established and recognize the current scholarship recipients. This race typically brings in 400 - 500 participants to WIU's campus that come together to support this wonderful cause.
Contact
Fallen Soldiers | fallensoldiers5k@wiu.edu
Committee Chairs
Holly Sutton | 309-298-1861 |
HS-Sutton@
wiu
.
edu
Brian Thomas | 309-298-1228 | BM-Thomas2@wiu.edu
Abbie Pendarvis | 309-298-1861 | AE-Pendarvis@wiu.edu
Race Results
2020
2019
2016
Sponsors
Mile Marker Sponsor
- WIU Foundation
- Dave & Jackie Thompson
Race Route Sponsors
Other Race Sponsors
- Prairie Farms
- McDonald's of Macomb
Honor a Vet Sponsors
Fallen Soldiers
The event is designed as a fundraiser for the Fallen Soldier's Scholarship Fund in honor of two WIU alumni who were killed in the line of duty. Capt. Derek Dobogai and Lt. Col. Robert Baldwin.
Dobogai, who graduated from Western in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in law enforcement and justice administration, was among the 14 U.S. soldiers aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed Aug. 22, 2007 in northern Iraq.
Baldwin, who earned a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from WIU in 1993, was killed Sept. 21, 2010 when his Blackhawk UH-60 helicopter carrying Navy SEALs crashed during combat operations in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.
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