Torch Run

Monday, June 5, 2006
Lorri Sughroue/McCook Daily Gazette

Jon Graff and sons Alex, from left, Andrew and Eric carry the Cornhusker Games torch north of McCook on Sunday, for their one-mile leg of the torch run across the Nebraska. The run began May 24 near the Wyoming border and will cover 11,000 miles across Nebraska, ending in Lincoln June 21. Nearly 800 runners are running a mile, or as much as they can, for each leg of the journey, said John Joneohaty, torch run coordinator, who added that runners have been "fighting a head wind every day but one" so far. The games will be July 14-23.

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