Name: UNC SHAC 5K
Start: 2026-10-04
End: 2026-10-04
Location: Chapel Hill

About the Event

UNC’s SHAC (Student Health Action Coalition) Clinic is the oldest student-run clinic in the nation, helping medically underserved populations in Chapel Hill and surrounding areas. Join us in celebrating the SHAC’s 58th anniversary at the SHAC 5K & Health Fair on Sunday, October 4th!

Last year, we had over 150 runners and walkers registered to support UNC's SHAC Clinic and so many amazing sponsors!

100% of the proceeds will go towards SHAC’s free health services for our uninsured and underinsured neighbors in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Durham. Whether you sign up for the 5K or donate - your help and support is greatly appreciated!

If you will not be participating in the event, click here to donate.

The 5K starts and finishes at 7:30 am at the UNC Campus Y Courtyard located at 180 E Cameron Ave in Chapel Hill. Free parking is available anywhere on campus. Parking is also available on Franklin Street.

The entry fee is $25 if registered by September 15th. Beginning September 16th, the entry fee will increase to $30 up to and including race day. The entry fee includes a t-shirt with sizes guaranteed to all those registered by September 15th. After that date the shirts will be given out “as available.”

Pre-registered entrants can pick up their race packets and late entrants can register beginning at 7 am on race day.

Prizes will be given to the overall first, second, and third place male and female finishers, as well as to the top non-binary finisher. Prizes will also be awarded to the top finisher in each of the following age groups: 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over.

If you have any questions or comments, you can direct them to SHAC_events@med.unc.edu.

Races Offered

2026 UNC SHAC 5K

Oct 04, 2026

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Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

07:30

sell

$25.00

Weather History

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

thermostat Temperature

11.5° / 21.9°

wb_sunny Feels like

9.5° / 20.3°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

9h 6m

water_drop Avg rainfall

1.0 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.6 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

69.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:23

nightlight Sunset

18:39

About Chapel Hill

Learn more about the host city, Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill is an incorporated municipality in the counties of Orange and Durham, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-most populous municipality in the state. Chapel Hill and Durham make up the Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 608,879 in 2023. When it is combined with Raleigh, the state capital, they make up the corners of the Research Triangle, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.

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Race Results

Official finishing times from previous editions of UNC SHAC 5K.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Corey Fairchild	M	23	Chapel Hill, NC	15:13.47
🥈	Alec Latzke	M	24	Chapel Hill, NC	17:03.38
🥉	Jesse Kovacs	M	29	Chapel Hill, NC	19:14.27
4	Austin Reed	M	26	Carrboro, NC	19:36.6
5	Kendall Obara	F	22	Chapel Hill, NC	22:22.02
6	Christian Nicholas Smith Pumalpa	M	18	Pittsboro, NC	23:57.28
7	Kennedy Poppler	F	24	Harrisburg, NC	24:15.87
8	Sydney Peterson	F	25	Carrboro, NC	24:28.84
9	Michael Lee	M	25	Apex, NC	25:36.64
10	Catherine Sauter	F	24	Chapel Hill, NC	25:36.82
11	Morgan Ray	F	24	Elizabeth City, NC	25:38.58
12	Catherine Hacker	F	56	Chapel Hill, NC	25:42.54
13	Andy Liu	M	24	Winston Salem, NC	25:47.69
14	Joshua Cole	M	46	Cary, NC	25:50.34
15	Lauren Morace	F	20	Winterville, NC	26:09.58
16	Alexander Irmscher	M	25	Charlotte, NC	26:30.18
17	Connor LaRocca	M	24	Raleigh, NC	26:32.73
18	Sophia de Araujo	F	22	Chapel Hill, NC	26:33.38
19	Kendall Flaharty	F	24	Chapel Hill, NC	26:33.71
20	Patrick Smith	M	52	Pittsboro, NC	26:36.63
21	Monica Lyons	F	30	Carrboro, NC	26:40.28
22	Isabella Saliba	F	23	Chapel Hill, NC	26:45.04
23	Matt Lin	M	24	Durham, NC	26:45.28
24	Carolyn Barksdale	F	23	Chapel Hill, NC	26:48.48
25	Louisa Bynum	F	24	Chapel Hill, NC	26:48.48
26	Alejandro Ramirez	M	23	Orlando, FL	26:58.54
27	LeAnne Parr	F	43	Chapel Hill, NC	27:08.1
28	Sarah McAuliffe	F	32	Durham, NC	27:11.97
29	Victoria Power	F	27	Chapel Hill, NC	27:15.83
30	Brandon Alston	M	32	Durham, NC	27:20.03
31	Cary Blanton	M	22	Morrisville, NC	27:21.28
32	Ethan Rüwe	M	25	Chapel Hill, NC	27:41.63
33	Philip Rodgers	M	56	Chapel Hill, NC	27:49.93
34	Scott Friedman	M	52	Los Angeles, CA	27:50.77
35	Drew Varnell	M	24	Greenville, NC	27:54.73
36	Lexi Blount	F	19	Raleigh, NC	27:56.81
37	Catherine Gopaulsingh	F	54	Los Angeles, CA	28:01.68
38	Rosalie Gordon	F	22	Chapel Hill, NC	28:22.04
39	Olivia Mummery	F	24	Chapel Hill, NC	28:22.17
40	Christina Yan	F	21	Chapel Hill, NC	28:22.4
41	Bethany Henshall	F	43	Hillsborough, NC	28:39.18
42	Christina Boelkins	F	24	Carrboro, NC	29:02.63
43	Aneesh Purohit	M	23	Cary, NC	29:04.63
44	Emilia Smith Pumalpa	F	14	Pittsboro, NC	29:29.83
45	Madelyn Johnson	F	32	Carrboro, NC	29:41.63
46	Brandon Glover	M	27	Chapel Hill, NC	29:41.92
47	Chelsea Turner	F	41	Cary, NC	29:52.08
48	Colin Martin	M	26	Carrboro, NC	29:54.64
49	Kevin Nguyen	M	17	Wendell, NC	30:00.27
50	Riley O'Connor	F	19	Durham, NC	30:07.64