Erick Kigen and Daisy Hernandez grabbed top honors Saturday morning amid a record field in the 11th annual Free 2 Teach Paper Chase 5K presented by the EZBO Foundation.
With fireworks to start the race and more booming throughout Jones Valley at midnight, runners and walkers greeted the new year at the second annual Run Into 2026 5K.
A roar went up as Megan Allan bolted through the sunlit back entrance to the Von Braun Center, just a few steps from her historic win in the 49th Rocket City Marathon.