August 10, 2025- The 44th Annual Prefontaine Memorial Run will be held in Coos Bay on Saturday, September 20. The competition kicks off with a high school cross country 5K run beginning at 9:45 AM. Prefontaine Memorial Run 10K and 2-mile fun run begins at 10:05 AM starting at the corner of 4th and Anderson in downtown Coos Bay.  The 2025 Prefontaine Memorial Run will highlight the participation of a High School boys’ cross-country team from Tauranga, on the North Island of New Zealand, a country well-known for its distance running prodigies and strong running culture.  Participants can register online at www.prefontainerun.net until midnight on Tuesday, September 16. On-site registration and packet pick-up will be held at St. Monica Catholic Church Parish Hall, 357 S. 6th in Coos Bay on Friday from 4-6 PM and Saturday morning from 8-9:30 AM. Entry fee for participants in the open 10K and 2-mile fun run, ages 19 & older is $45 through September 16 and $55 thereafter. For runners 18 and under running in the 10K or 2-mile fun run, the race fee is $25. Every entrant who completes the race will receive a participation medal commemorating the 50th year since Pre’s passing. For runners who wish to participate in the Prefontaine Memorial Run, but are unable to travel to Coos Bay on race day, we are adding the option of a virtual run. Entry fee is $50, which will include a race shirt (no exchanges), race bib and a commemorative participation medal. Virtual registration will close on September 5th.  For the first time, the Prefontaine Memorial Run will pay prize money. Equal prize money will be awarded to the top three male and female finishers in the 10K race only, based on official gun time.  1st Place: $500; 2nd Place: $300; 3rd Place: $200.  For anyone interested in seeing the Marshfield Campus, Principal Eli Ashton has graciously agreed to lead a campus tour starting at 1:00 P.M. on race day. Participants will meet at the front entrance of the Main Building.  Area residents should be aware that the entire race route will be closed to vehicular traffic from 9:30 AM to 11:00 am.  This includes Anderson Street from Broadway to 7th, Central Avenue from the Dairy Queen to Ocean Boulevard and Ocean Boulevard to Shore Pines Mobile Home Park.  Also, 10th Street from Central Avenue to Elrod and 9th Street from Elrod to the Pirate Stadium will be closed.  Area residents are encouraged to participate by coming out to the race course to encourage the runners.  ODOT will be closing U.S. Hwy101 from 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, to late Sunday night, Sept. 21 to replace a failing culvert under U.S. 101 at Bearhead Mountain Lane, about six miles south of Bandon. Participants coming from south of this construction site will need to make alternate travel plans to reach Coos Bay and return home after the run.  The Prefontaine Run is held under the direction of the Prefontaine Foundation with community-based support provided by sponsorships or donations from Tower Ford, Pacific Properties, Banner Bank, Advanced Health, Farr’s Hardware, Wild Coast Running Company, Bigfoot Beverages, South Coast Family Dentistry, Nasburg Huggins Insurance Agency, Epuerto, and Nike.