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A team of football players running together carrying an American flag
It was an early morning start for some 50 Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets as they made their way from Lansing to Ann Arbor Friday at 2 a.m.

The 66-mile run honors the late Alex Powell who lost his battle with cancer while…
Alassane Gueye holds a Michigan State flag while waiting to run the final mile with other members of the University of Michigan and Michigan State ROTC programs during the annual Alex's Great State Race on Friday Nov. 15, 2019. Cadets carried the game ball for 64 miles in honor of Alex Powell, an MSU student that passed away in 2011. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
East Lansing, Stockbridge, Chelsea, Dexter and Ann Arbor.

These are the towns Saturday’s Michigan-Michigan State rivalry game ball will pass through on its way to Ann Arbor, as U.S. Army ROTC cadets from both universities revive a…
ROTC cadets run MSU campus
Alex's Great State Race — the annual 64-mile race that illuminates former Spartan Alex Powell’s powerful legacy — will take place this year on Oct. 28, starting at The Spartan statue on the campus of Michigan State University and ending at The Diag…
Alex Powell
If this month-long focus on Alex’s Great State Race has shown us anything, it is that wonderful things can be done through perseverance. This can be defined as “continued effort to do or achieve something, despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.”…
A team of football players running together carrying an American flag
Welcome to week three of the 2021 Alex’s Great State Race Gratitude Campaign! Let’s take a step back and remember the rivalry that is celebrated on the day of this wonderful event. Get a recap of the Campaign in our February 1st Ability Blog post.…
A group of MSU students running together, carrying an American flag
Alex Powell was a high school senior, a dedicated student, an enthusiastic athlete, and a natural leader. His life was profoundly changed in an instant when he received a diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer. When most of Alex’s senior year…