Watch Them As They Hustle for Their Hometown School

The season of 5K races in Rochester and Rochester Hills began Saturday morning as more than 700 runners and walkers participated in the Hometown Hustle.

The annual event is a fundraiser for the Rochester Community Schools Foundation; it raised about $15,000, said Superintendent Fred Clarke, who thanked the crowd before the race.

The 5K took participants through downtown Rochester and along the Paint Creek and Clinton River trails. It began and ended at the school administration building on University Drive. 

Tim Rowland of Rochester, 25, won the race with a time of 17:29:1. Here is a link to the race results.

Did you participate in the event? Scroll through our photos and watch our video; we tried to capture as many racers as we could! 

Did you take photos at the event? Upload them to our gallery!

For a look at one special group of students who ran the race, read