FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Graduate Student Club in the U of A's Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences recently held its Sixth Annual Down & Dirty 5K as a fundraiser for the club and the Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry on campus.

The event on March 12 drew 70 racers and raised more than $1,200 with $1,000 going to the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's CSES Graduate Student Club and $220 to the food pantry.

In the men's division, Robert King won the 5K in a time of 20:43 while Taylor Adams on the mile in 6:22. In the women's division, Jinny Lowe won both the 5K (22:26) and the mile (6:13).

Sponsors for the event included Apple Blossom Brewing Co., Farmer's Table Café, lululemon athletica Fayetteville, Ozark Brewing Co. and Trailside Yoga.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.