By Colter Hettich, Features Editor

While some students catch up on sleep Saturday morning, others will lace up their running shoes for the 26th annual Kirk Goodwin 5K Run. The event raises money for families with unforeseen medical expenses.

About 100 individuals have registered for the race – more than 75 percent of them students – but the number does not include online registration.

Wilson Rotenberry, junior political science major from Abilene, served as the director and coordinator of this year’s run. Rotenberry said he is the only avid runner to serve as director for the Kirk Goodwin Run in recent years. His familiarity with long-distance running prompted him to make changes this year, the most prominent being the addition of chip timing.

“It’s fairly expensive, but we’re really trying to make this more of an area event than just a campus event,” Rotenberry said. “We’re hoping to attract more runners with the chip timing.”

Chip timing provides a far more accurate time.