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Register Now Fallen Soldiers 5K Fun Run/Walk/One-Mile Walk Oct. 22

September 23, 2016

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MACOMB, IL -- Registration continues for the Western Illinois University fifth Fallen Soldiers 5k Run/Walk, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 22 at the WIU-Macomb campus. This year's event will have a new option for those wishing to walk a bit less than 3.1 miles: a one-mile walk (untimed).

Since the event's inception in 2012, more than $75,000 has been raised for the scholarship, which honors WIU alumni Capt. Derek Dobogai and Lt. Col. Robert Baldwin, who were both killed in the line of duty. 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 international troops crashed during combat operations in the Zabul province of Afghanistan.

Race registration is $25 (until Oct. 3), which includes a long-sleeve technical t-shirt and a "dog tags" finisher medal. After Oct. 3, registration is $35 (participants are not guaranteed a t-shirt or medal).

Hy-Vee will provide post-race granola bars and fruit, while Refreshment Services Pepsi of Macomb will provide water and Prairie Farms will provide post-race milk.

For more information or to register, visit wiu.edu/vpas/wellness/event.php?id=563 or email fallensoldiers5k@wiu.edu.

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