Heroes have made such a big impact at Cunningham that our Be a Hero 5K now occurs annually—and we're thrilled to invite you to this year's event!
Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Cunningham's Campus
Lace up your superhero sneakers and get ready for miles of fun benefitting an incredible cause! This year's event features:
No matter your skill level, you can Be a Hero! Special awards and recognition await both racers and walkers.
Raise just $100 and receive an official Cunningham Hero Cape—wear it on race day or anytime you're being a hero in your community!
All proceeds directly help the 953 youth and families served by Cunningham. Many young people arrive with histories of abuse, neglect, trauma, and mental health challenges. They've experienced rejection and loss. Cunningham offers healing and hope through residential treatment, special education, and community-based services.
Learn more about how our programs help youth and families heal, learn, and grow at cunningham.org
Cunningham Children's Home is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Oct 10, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
09:00
$25.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Urbana.
Learn more about the host city, Urbana.
Urbana is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, Urbana had a population of 38,336. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had about 236,000 residents in 2020. Urbana is notable for sharing the main campus of the University of Illinois with its twin city of Champaign.
Read more launchOfficial finishing times from previous editions of Be a Hero 5K.
| Place | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Reis DeSantis | 17:20.38 | |
| 🥈 | Paul Neely | 18:42.68 | |
| 🥉 | Tom Gelsthorpe | 18:43.25 | |
| 4 | Andy Thompson | 20:56 | |
| 5 | Forrest Reyes | 21:28.79 | |
| 6 | Jack Murphy | 21:29.07 | |
| 7 | Ryan Kolacki | 21:35.21 | |
| 8 | Ben Joselyn | 22:51.51 | |
| 9 | Ella Ko | 23:04.45 | |
| 10 | Michael Tankersley | 23:08.25 | |
| 11 | Logan McKee | 23:10.87 | |
| 12 | Ryne Waller | 23:53.8 | |
| 13 | Ryan Baugher | 24:03.85 | |
| 14 | Rachel Yang | 24:04.58 | |
| 15 | Sarah Becker | 24:11.97 | |
| 16 | Johnathan Powers | 24:28.09 | |
| 17 | Caleb Amias | 25:14.37 | |
| 18 | Jesse Holt | 26:16.03 | |
| 19 | Carter Bailitz | 26:18.75 | |
| 20 | Veronica Toporkiewicz | 26:24.33 | |
| 21 | Gavin Sheahin | 26:26.45 | |
| 22 | Marc Mills | 26:29.57 | |
| 23 | Chris Pawlicki | 26:33.32 | |
| 24 | Harsha Venkatnarayan | 26:36.22 | |
| 25 | Joseph Choi | 26:36.69 | |
| 26 | Lori Wallace | 26:49.73 | |
| 27 | Leah McChristian | 27:13.37 | |
| 28 | Evelyn Sleezer | 27:17.03 | |
| 29 | Sayan Mitra | 27:49.67 | |
| 30 | Ananya Gupta | 27:51.01 | |
| 31 | Abigail Soto | 27:53.17 | |
| 32 | Will Villaflor | 27:53.39 | |
| 33 | E. Dyson | 28:13.06 | |
| 34 | Annalie Wang | 28:48.98 | |
| 35 | Minjun Kim | 28:52.76 | |
| 36 | Jacob Drucker | 28:57.39 | |
| 37 | Yanjing Yang | 29:59.33 | |
| 38 | Jenifer Tester | 30:26.65 | |
| 39 | Karolina Olechna | 30:35.09 | |
| 40 | Sawyer Malone | 31:12.57 | |
| 41 | Darrold Kennedy | 32:39.9 | |
| 42 | Anna Singh | 34:47.27 | |
| 43 | Kendall Mesnard | 34:47.99 | |
| 44 | Rhea Bhardwaj | 34:50.05 | |
| 45 | Corrie Proksa | 35:34.94 | |
| 46 | Brett Miley | 35:49.7 | |
| 47 | L. Dyson | 35:56.2 | |
| 48 | Jaelyn Hudson | 36:33.36 | |
| 49 | Kim Hudson | 36:33.8 | |
| 50 | Alixander Awalt | 37:34.68 |
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