Photo Gallery: Star Spangled Night Run 5K
Published 8:00 am Monday, June 29, 2020
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Runners cross the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Blake Teller, left, receives his medal for finishing first in the men’s 50-54-year-olds’ age group Saturday at the Star Spangled Night Run 5K. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Nicole Harris (186), Kelli Mansure (145) and Jennifer Agyepong (1106) do the Electric Slide during the postrace awards ceremony for the Star Spangled Night Run5 K Saturday in front of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center.
Matthew Appleton munches on a slice of piece after the conclusion of the Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A race volunteer hands Matthew Appleton a slice of piece after the conclusion of the Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Cynthia Freeny (1081) and Andrew Freeny (1097) cross the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
John Coccaro (1096), Dara Hendrix (1101) and Dru Holdiness (1102) cross the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg in June 2020. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Runners cross the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Jennifer Wennekamp (1086) and Wynn Wennekamp (1136) head toward the finish line Saturday night during the Star Spangled Night Run 5K. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Kim Newcomb (1077) and Dru Holdiness (1102) head toward the finish line Saturday night during the Star Spangled Night Run 5K. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Debbie Haworth-Peacock (1078), Craig Peacock (1079), and their dog Paisley Park walk toward the finish line Saturday night during the Star Spangled Night Run 5K. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Andrew Klock runs down Cherry Street on his way to victory in the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Rod Simmons crosses the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Andrew Klock runs down Cherry Street on his way to victory in the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A groups of walkers crosses the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Donna Ingram waits for the start of the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Dale Clark (137) and Ashley Pickens (144) cross the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg in 2020. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Leigh Tanner crosses the starting line to begin the Third Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Vicksburg resident Andrew Klock heads toward the finish line during the Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. Klock won the 5K run’s overall title with a time of 19:04. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
Runners cross the starting line to begin the Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on June 27, 2021. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
James Lindsay (161) and James Lindsay (156) set out on the Star Spangled Night Run 5K in downtown Vicksburg on Saturday. (Paul Ingram/For The Vicksburg Post)
A total of 123 people participated in the Star Spangled Night Run 5K run and race walk Saturday night in downtown Vicksburg. The race is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Center, and was the first Mississippi Track Club event in the state of Mississippi since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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