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Royal Oak Cross Country Alumni Fun Run

Get ready to lace up your sneakers so you can help support the Royal Oak High School cross country team during the Third Annual Alumni Run.

"All are welcome, but we especially look forward to seeing past runners from Royal Oak High, Dondero, and Kimball," 

The flat 2 mile cross country fun run will start at 7 p.m. at  with refreshments afterward for alums to share stories of past glory days.

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One alumnus you are sure to see is , class of 1992, who ran at Kimball.

"We've had some great teams since the schools combined in 2006 and we saw this as a way to build tradition," Barnett said. "The idea was to keep it very simple and hope that each year it would grow and bring back more and more runners from the past."

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If you go

  • Type of event: 2 mile cross country fun run
  • When: 7 p.m. Aug. 16
  • Where: South end of  (adjacent to )
  • Event fees: Donations to the ROHS cross country programs will be accepted
  • Parking: There is a parking lot off of Lexington, near both the start and finish lines


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