Name: Sims Vickers Memorial Let It Shine 5K
Start: 2026-10-24
End: 2026-10-24
Location: Columbus

About the Event

RACE DAY SCHEDULE:
8:00 AM - On-Site Registration and Check-In Opens
8:30AM - Opening Ceremony
9:00AM - 5K START
10:00AM - General Awards Presentation

Our why:

If there were ever a person who symbolized light, Sims Vickers was it. He was so kind, caring, outgoing, and fun. Sims’ life ended much too soon on March 27, 2022. After raising over $25,000 for local, caregiving non-profits the past two years, we’re ready to run the Let It Shine 5K again. This event is our attempt to continue spreading light with a world that needs it.

This year, our attention has turned to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Piedmont Columbus Regional – Midtown. It is the only NICU in our region – a Level III, 46-bed NICU – helping babies with health complications to have a fighting chance to thrive. Almost everyone has been touched by or known a family that needed the care a NICU, our local NICU, provides. It is our hope to grow the breadth of care they offer.

In our quest to support the NICU, we are specifically supporting the NICU Fund and the NICU Bereavement Fund of the Piedmont Foundation. The NICU fund, itself, provides for the needs of the babies, their families, and the staff while they are in the hospital. The NICU Bereavement Fund assists with end of life care for families who experience such a difficult end to their NICU journey.

Your donation will shine a light for real patients and their families, helping them through an incredibly difficult time in their lives. Thank you for joining us in this important work!

Help spread the word: https://bit.ly/letitshine5K

Races Offered

Let it Shine 5K Run/walk

Oct 24, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

timer

08:00

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$25.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Columbus.

thermostat Temperature

13.9° / 25.1°

wb_sunny Feels like

12.6° / 24.0°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

9h 30m

water_drop Avg rainfall

1.3 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.7 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Moderate

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (4.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

68.3%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:44

nightlight Sunset

19:05

About Columbus

Learn more about the host city, Columbus.

Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970; the original merger excluded Bibb City, which joined in 2000 after dissolving its own city charter.

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Race Results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Sims Vickers Memorial Let It Shine 5K.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Richard Bailey	M	15	Fort Mitchell, AL	19:33.7
🥈	Wyatt Dye	M	14	Columbus, GA	21:08.3
🥉	Max Lopez	M	16	Columbus, GA	21:44
4	M. Wildes	M	6	Fortson, GA	22:16.8
5	Zaden MERRIMAN	M	16	Midland, GA	22:57.5
6	M. Rubalcava	M	12	Cataula, GA	23:06.5
7	Jesus Lopez	M	48	Columbus, GA	23:37.7
8	O. Moore	M	11	Columbus, GA	23:40.3
9	Ryan Pauly	M	39	Fort Mitchell, AL	24:32.6
10	David Whitaker	M	55	Columbus, GA	25:06.9
11	Dane Bullock	M	27	Columbus, GA	25:21.4
12	Ryan Freeman	M	40	Columbus, GA	25:47.6
13	Silas MERRIMAN	M	14	Midland, GA	27:20.5
14	Mackenzie Burt	F	32	Cataula, GA	27:24.6
15	Emanuel Mella	M	31	Fort Benning, GA	27:33.5
16	Jed Vickers	M	45	Columbus, GA	28:16
17	Erica Taylor	F	55	Columbus, GA	28:37.6
18	Rosella York	F	52	Phenix City, AL	29:17
19	Tyler Askew	M	37	Cataula, GA	29:43.1
20	Dr Steve McGill	M	60	Columbus, GA	29:43.7
21	KEITH USSERY	M	48	Columbus, GA	30:18.1
22	Sally Bullock	F	27	Columbus, GA	30:34.2
23	Rafael Rubalcava	M	47	Cataula, GA	30:41.5
24	J. Gonzalez	M	11	Columbus, GA	30:58.2
25	Christie Jones	F	48	Cataula, GA	31:32.7
26	Abby Slade	F	23	Columbus, GA	33:46.2
27	Maggie Slade	F	19	Columbus, GA	33:47.4
28	S. Strozier	M	11	Columbus, GA	33:50.6
29	Max Patrick	M	46	Columbus, GA	34:11
30	Rachel Potter	F	33	Columbus, GA	35:26.4
31	Angela Devouse	F	61	Phenix City, AL	35:49.8
32	Jessica Palmer	F	38	Phenix City, AL	36:05.6
33	R. Pauly	F	7	Fort Mitchell, AL	36:18.6
34	Mark Gossage	M	29	Columbus, GA	38:49
35	Dallas Sims	M	29	Columbus, GA	38:49.5
36	Christian Bryant	M	18	Columbus, GA	39:11.8
37	Eli Arbuckle	M	24	Columbus, GA	39:19.3
38	Hannah Arbuckle	F	24	Columbus, GA	39:42.3
39	Carol Kirven	F	64	Columbus, GA	40:21.9
40	Toi Freeman	F	56	Columbus, GA	40:31.4
41	Patty McDermott	F	56	Columbus, GA	41:51.1
42	W. Wildes	M	8	Atlanta, GA	42:33
43	C. Larimore	M	7	Columbus, GA	42:39.7
44	Brad Jordan	M	44	Columbus, GA	42:42.5
45	M. Watkins	F	10	Columbus, GA	43:31.7
46	Samantha Berry	F	41	Columbus, GA	43:33.1
47	Robert Berry	M	46	Columbus, GA	43:40.2
48	Joan Berry	F	69	Columbus, GA	43:44.8
49	Katherine Turley	F	38	Columbus, GA	44:02.2
50	Neil Sharff	M	51	Columbus, GA	44:02.8