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Lacee Schwend, center, shoots a video of the runners leaving the starting line at the Tongue River Valley Community Center for the Back-to-School 5K in Ranchester Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Two-year-old Ashlynn Joseph grins from ear to ear as she runs in her first 5K ever at the Tongue River Valley Community Center’s Back-to-School 5K Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Samiya Brown, left, and Kalillah Clair finish their second lap around the Connor Battlefield Historic Site during the Back-to-School 5K in Ranchester Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Nury Quevedo was the first to finish the Back-to-School 5K at the Tongue River Community Center in Ranchester Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Michael Barron maintained an impressive pace during the Back-to-School 5K, finishing second over all Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Brett Garden checks his watch as hits the home stretch of the Tongue River Community Center’s Back-to-School 5K Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.

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Isaiah Coty, left, high fives Tongue River High School cross country coach Tim Maze as he finishes the Back-to-School 5K hosted by the Tongue River Valley Community Center in Ranchester Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019.