COCC hosts two races in May

Published 12:17 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2025

: New students approach the Mazama building for orientation on the Central Oregon Community College campus in Bend in September.

Central Oregon Community College will hold two races in May: the Jungle Run 5:30 p.m. May 8 and the Storm the Stairs race 5:30 p.m. May 15 on the Bend campus.

Both events are free to COCC students and are $15 plus a processing fee for other runners registering in advance. All entrants receive a T-shirt and dinner. In person, day-of registration is $20. There will be prizes for both events. Register at cocc.edu/departments/sports/races.aspx.

The Jungle Run is a 2- or 4-mile run, or a 2-mile walk, which features mud bogs, log bridges and several steep ascents and descents. It begins at the Mazama track.

The Storm the Stairs race is a 2-mile run and walk which starts at the Mazama track and navigates 465 stairs up, down and around COCC’s Bend campus, including through buildings.

About Noemi Arellano-Summer

Noemi Arellano-Summer is schools, youth and families reporter at the Bulletin. She previously reported on homelessness and the 2020 eviction moratorium with the Howard Center of Investigative Journalism through Boston University. She was raised in Long Beach, California, where she started her journalism career reporting for her high school newspaper. In her free time, she can be found meandering through a bookstore or writing short stories.

She can be reached at noemi.arellano-summer@bendbulletin.com and 541-383-0325.