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For
immediate release
Contact:
Richard Heck, 740.593.0896, heckr@ohio.edu
5K run
helps OU-HCOM Community Clinic
Sigma Sigma Phi presents the 2012 Medicine Run/Walk and Kids’
Obstacle Course
By Charlie Martinez
(Athens, OH – 3.1.12) The 32nd annual 5k
Medicine Run and Kids’ Obstacle Course will be held on Sunday, April
22, 9 a.m. Runners, walkers, wheelchair racers and children are
welcomed to take part in the 3.1 mile race,
The course winds its way along the Hock-Hocking Adena
Bikeway, Ohio University streets, and walkways on the university’s
South and West Greens – a route that provides a flat terrain for all
participants.
Prizes will be given to age group winners. Children
are also encouraged to participate in the Kids’ Obstacle Course that
will start the same day at 9:15 a.m. outside Grosvenor Hall.
The event is co-sponsored by the Ohio University
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM) and the Lambda
Chapter of the Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society, a community
service-based student group whose mission is to promote continued
betterment of the college, advancement of a higher scholastic
standing, and perpetuation and advancement of osteopathic medicine.
Proceeds raised from this event benefit the OU-HCOM
Heritage Community Clinic.
Early registrants will receive a free T-shirt.
T-shirts will be sold separately for those who register after March
26. Cost to enter is $20 for adults, $10 for adults over the age of
55, and $5 for children under the age of 12.
To register early, please visit
MedRun Registration and
fill out the registration form before Monday, March 26. Registration
also will be accepted up to and on the day of the event beginning at
8 a.m. at Grosvenor Hall. Make checks payable to
OU-HCOM Medicine Run.
Applications and fees can also be mailed to:
OU-HCOM Medicine Run
014 Grosvenor Hall
Athens, OH 45701
For more information please visit the
Medicine Run website. |
