Photo by Emily Varisco • varisco@mscd.edu

Runners begin the Go Metro State Downtown 5k race Sunday. The race, which gathered more than 200 participants ranging in age from 9 to 64, was an effort to raise funds for Metro’s Cross Country team.

Metro begins new tradition with 5K race
By Joe Nguyen
nguyejos@mscd.edu

  The first Go Metro State Downtown 5K race took place this Sunday at the Auraria campus.
  More than 200 participants from around the community signed up. The youngest participant was 9, and the oldest was 64.   Proceeds from the race went to Metro’s cross country team.
  “ (The) turnout was great for a first-year race,” Metro cross country coach Peter Julian said.
  Among those who ran were Metro President Stephen Jordan and Douglas Samuels, vice president for student services. Jordan and Samuels finished with times of 25:53 and 23:19, respectively. Julian said they were “bringing it” and not just out there to be political.
  “ I might have to recruit them,” Julian said.
  The winner of the men’s division was Clint Wells, who finished with a time of 14:46. In the women’s division, Paige Higgins won with a time of 17:59.
  “ It’s a good job of setting a winning tradition for Metro,” cross country team captain Josh Tate, also a senior human performance and sport major, said.
  Julian said he hopes the turnout will triple next year. He also wants Metro to be established as a major campus in the 21st century.
  “ This Metro is not the Metro your father went to,” he said.
For complete results, go to http://www.boulderroadrunners.org/results/index.html.