Participants in the seventh annual Duck Dash may have to tolerate wind and thundershowers if the Weather Channel’s predictions are correct, but “runners don’t mind the rain,” said Colleen McKillip, events coordinator for the law school.
The only official run through campus takes place Saturday at 8:30 a.m. The 5K (3.1 mile) Duck Dash is the University’s official homecoming run, commencing at Hayward Field on the west side of the track, winding through campus and finishing in the courtyard behind the Knight Law Center.
Walkers and runners will travel the same course and start at the same time.
McKillip expects 190 to 200 people to participate in the race.
Duck Dash is organized by the School of Law and the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation as a fundraiser for law school student scholarships.
Proceeds from the event go to a scholarship fund set up in honor of Tom Foster, a University law student who died in 1999.
Foster, an avid runner, skier, fly-fisherman and soccer player, was a member of the law school’s class of 2000 and was given a degree posthumously, according to the School of Law’s Web site.
Duck Dash prizes will be given to the first place male, female and master-runner winners and ribbons will go to first, second and third place winners in different age divisions, male and female.
McKillip said gifts from donors will be given away in a random prize drawing after the ribbons and plaques are awarded.
Race packets will be available today from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. in the Knight Law Center.
Participants can sign up for the Duck Dash at www.goodrace.com until 10 a.m. today or go to the first floor lobby in the Knight Law Center at 1515 Agate St. Saturday morning.
McKillip recommends showing up no later then 7:45 a.m.
Registration and a long-sleeved shirt costs $22. Registration without a shirt is $16.
– Emily Smith