May 2: Matthew Bowers 5K

Air Force ROTC sets annual Lt. Matthew Bowers Home of the Brave 5K

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8:41 a.m., April 21, 2015--The University of Delaware Air Force ROTC has announced that it will hold the eighth annual Matthew Bowers Home of the Brave 5K on Saturday, May 2.

The race will be held at 1 p.m. on the Laird Campus with an out and back course along Creek Road. Registration will open at noon.

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All proceeds from the race will benefit the 2nd Lt. Matthew S. Bowers Memorial Award Fund, the Home of the Brave Foundation and the 128th Cadet Wing Aerospace Booster Club.

Preregistration is $25 and is open until noon Thursday, April 30. After that and on the day of the race, registration is $30.

The preregistration for students is $20, and $25 after noon Thursday, April 30, and the day of the race.

Participants may register online at this website

The race is dedicated to the memory of 2nd Lt. Matthew Bowers, a 1987 civil engineering graduate and a UD ROTC cadet. Nearly five weeks after being commissioned, Bowers collapsed after he was struck by lightning during a pilot training exercise.

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