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School of Health Sciences hosts third annual “Color Fun Run”

September 30, 2023

Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto

Jacqueline Crain is hit with a cloud of color after she crosses the finish line first at the third annual Color Fun Run hosted by the School of Health Sciences Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois.

The School of Health and Human Sciences hosted it’s third annual “Color Fun Run” on Friday. Participants ran or walked a 2.2 mile course around the campus lake and were doused in several different colored powders at various stations around the course.

Tyler Dufresne is met with pink and orange color powder at the finish line of the third annual Color Fun Run hosted by the School of Health Sciences Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

Professor Jennifer Sherri (far right) finishes the race with Dental Hygiene students Ahzure Turner (far left), McKell Cottrell (middle left) and Raegan Toombs (middle right) Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

Racers of the third annual Color Fun Run, hosted by the School of Health Sciences, toss cups of colored powder up in the air as the race begins Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs |@lyleegibbsphoto )

Brandon Harris runs through a cloud of color as he approaches the finish line at the third annual Color Fun Run hosted by the School of Health Sciences Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

Professor Kim Parr (far right) is joined by students Jay Reiss (middle right), Hannah Johnson (middle left) and Michelle Bryant (far left) of the Occupational Therapy program to volunteer at the annual Color Fun Run where they tossed cups of colored powder on passing runners Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

Racers of the third annual Color Fun Run, hosted by the School of Health Sciences, take off at the start of the race through a cloud of colored smoke Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

Staff and student volunteers of the School of Health and Human Sciences throw powder on the runners as they cross the finish line of the third annual Color Fun Run Sept. 29, 2023 at the Campus Lake in Carbondale, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto )

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