Photo Gallery: Fifth Annual Star Spangled Night Run

Published 1:30 pm Sunday, June 19, 2022

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Erin Spring (1573) and Stacy Strickland (1572) head down the final stretch of the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Runners and walkers sign up to participate in the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K Saturday night. The race is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, and a total of 137 people competed in the 5K run and 5K racewalk. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Diane Walker, left, and Stacy Freeman of Crowville, La., put on a glow bracelet before the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A group of runners pose for a photo before the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Evan Hallford, left, gets his arm painted by Jai Reaves prior to the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. Hallford won the overall championship with a race-record time of 17 minutes, 3 seconds. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Runners and walkers mill about on Crawford Street prior to the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K Saturday night. The race is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, and a total of 137 people competed in the 5K run and 5K racewalk. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Runners take off from the starting line during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. A total of 137 runners and walkers participated in the race, which is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Walkers take off from the starting line during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. A total of 137 runners and walkers participated in the race, which is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A group of race walkers pose for a photo at the after-party in the Southern Cultural Heritage Center auditorium following the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. The race, which is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, had a total of 137 participants. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Evan Hallford celebrates after winning the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K run on Saturday. The 14-year-old from Union set a race record with a winning time of 17 minutes, 3 seconds. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Laura Jimenez won the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run women's 5K run title for the second year in a row. She posted a winning time of 20 minutes, 20 seconds. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Steve Pranger, left, and Lucy Priddy, right, won the men's and women's 5K race walk championships at the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run on Saturday. Pranger was first overall, with a time of 34:06. Priddy was third overall in 35:47. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Ron Roma makes the final turn during the 5K race walk at the Star Spangled Night Run on Saturday. Roma, the 2021 champion, finished second this year. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Charles Atkins heads for the finish line during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Dara Hendrix heads for the finish line during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Race volunteers stand at the intersection of Crawford and Cherry Streets during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A group of race walkers heads down the final stretch of the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Korben Breeland heads for the finish line during the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A group watches the race results scroll on a monitor after the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Dailon Huskey DJs the after-party in the Southern Cultural Heritage Center auditorium following the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K on Saturday. The race, which is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, had a total of 137 participants. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A pair of race walkers approach the finish line of the 5th Annual Star Spangled Night Run 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A total of 137 runners and race walkers competed in the Fifth Annual Star Spangled Night run 5K on Saturday night in downtown Vicksburg.

The event features a unique “light up the night” theme and provides each entrant with a glow stick or bracelet with their entry. The runners and walkers also gathered in the Southern Cultural Heritage Center auditorium afterward for a party.

The Star Spangled Night Run is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation. The money raised from the event helps fund the Foundation’s community programs throughout the year.

Complete Star Spangled Night Run results

Hallford, Jimenez, Pranger and Priddy claim Night Run titles

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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