NextGen United's Summer Sun and Racing Fun 5K
About this race
Welcome to NextGen United's Summer Sun and Racing Fun 5k
NextGen United's Summer Sun and Racing Fun 5K is coming up soon! We invite you to walk or run in our first-ever 5K race to kick off the summer season! To ramp up the fun, get a group together, dress up in fun summer-themed costumes, and help us kick off summer! Support our teen group and help raise money for UWLC's Community Fund, supporting our neighbors in need during one-time hardships, critical programs across the county, and much more! Plus, all runners will get to jumpstart summertime with snow cones, slushies, and much more once they cross that finish line!
5k kicks off at 8:00 AM
Race Day Registration and Packet Pick-Up: 6/6/26, 7:00AM—7:45AM, Betty G Ross Park
Day Before Packet Pick Up: 6/5/26, 4:00PM—6:00PM, Betty G Ross Park
Location and Course: Betty G Ross Park, 800 Madison St, Lincolnton, NC 28092 and the local Rail Trail
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The 5K route is as follows:
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Leave Betty Ross Park on Motz Avenue
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Travel 0.1 of a miles to rail trail entrance
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Continue on rail trail crossing the following streets
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Congress Street @ Government Street
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Academy Street
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Sycamore Street
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Pine Street
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Dixon Street
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Runners will cross Dixon Street, make a U-turn on the Rail Trail, and return to the start/ finish line following the same route
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Awards
Top placement in each of the categories below:
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Male and Female overall
- Age Groups (14 and under, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+)
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Runner with strollers
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Summer Fun Costume Contest Winner
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Running
5k Timed Run/Walk
Typical race-day weather
Based on 2 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Lincolnton, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets at 8:37 PM local time (EDT) in Lincolnton on June 6, 2026 — 14h 28m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — NextGen United's Summer Sun and Racing Fun 5K
5k Timed Run/Walk · 90 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
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| 1 | Taylo Adams | 18:05 | 5:50 /mi |
| 2 | Froilan Frutos | 18:23 | 5:56 /mi |
| 3 | Caleb Kester | 18:39 | 6:01 /mi |
| 4 | Jonas Martinez | 19:35 | 6:19 /mi |
| 5 | Peter Tenholder | 21:45 | 7:01 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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🏃 Plan Your Next Race in Lincolnton
Find upcoming events by distance:
- Lincolnton 5K Races 7 races
- Lincolnton Running Calendar 2026 8 races
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 8 Lincolnton events
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