Wichita State Engineering 5K
About this race
WELCOME
Grab your lucky shoes and join us for the 6th Annual Wichita State Engineering 5K Run/Walk. The 5K is open to all Wichita State University students, College of Engineering students, faculty, staff, and community members to celebrate National Engineering Week. The race course guides runners through the WSU Innovation Campus.
DETAILS
Race participants will receive a shirt and a race medal. Awards will be given at the award ceremony after the race to the top 3 male and top 3 female runners of each category: WSU Students, Faculty/Staff, Community, and Alumni.
The AWARDS CEREMONY with snacks, water, and a celebration! This will take place once all runners and walkers are done, but will start no later than 10:30 am. Proceeds from this race will be donated to the College of Engineering to help students financially throughout their college experience. This course is USTAF-certified.
Refer-A-Friend Rewards!
After you sign up, use your unique referral link to invite your friends to join. Get money off your registration fee by having 5 friends sign up using your unique referral link! Students will receive $10 off their registration, and community members, alumni, and faculty/staff will receive $15 off their registration.
Packet Pick-Up
- Friday, February 27th
- 5 pm-7 pm
- John Bardo Center Lobby
- Saturday, February 28th
- 7:30 am-8:45 am
- John Bardo Center Lobby
Directions:
To the John Bardo Center: Google Maps
The race begins at 9:00 am, and the awards ceremony will occur at 10:30 am. Award categories to be announced.
Previous Race Results:
2026 Race Results
2025 Race Results
2024 Race Results
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Running
Wichita State Student 5K
To qualify for this event, you must be a current student at WSU!
Community Member 5K
This event is open to anyone! There is a discount for participants who are 17 years or younger.
Wichita State Faculty/Staff 5K
This event is for all current faculty and staff of Wichita State University.
Wichita State Alumni
This event is only for Wichita State University Alumni.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Wichita, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 7:03 AM and sets at 6:20 PM local time (CST) in Wichita on February 27, 2027 — 11h 17m of daylight.
Course
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Results — Wichita State Engineering 5K
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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, 48 Wichita events
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