Photos from the 40th annual Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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The women’s 10K overall winner Apryl Campbell, from Chandler, Ariz., crosses the finish line at the Firecracker Run on Monday in East Moline.
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Runners cross the finish line during the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Participants of the Firecracker Run hold up their trophies Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners cross the finish line during the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners run in front of an old theater in downtown East Moline at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022.
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The 10K leaders run past the 3-mile marker during the Firecracker Run on Monday in East Moline.
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Scarlett Castel rides her cousin James Best’s shoulders at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Meghan Whitlock, left, and Lorrie Oberhardt, right, wait with Owen and Finley Oberhardt to watch their parents run by at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Tia Smith poses with her dog Allie at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Alonzo Bautista, 11, wins the 1-mile kid’s race at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Cynthia Dean, left, and Teresa Carlton, right, laugh with each other at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Bystanders watch runners cross the finish line at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Janice Nelson, left, and Tom Janoski, right, cross the finish line at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Member’s of team Elvi race in the Aquent Hospital Bed Race at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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At the age of 99, Vahalia Olvera of East Moline is assisted across the finish line by family at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners cross the finish line during the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Lindsey Gidel, middle, poses for a photo with friends at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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10k male winner Keith Sands of Rock Island poses for a photo with his trophy at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Terry Ineh, left, and John Punkiewicz, right, cook hotdogs at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners crowd the finish line during the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Participation medals wait to be handed out to runners at the Firecracker run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Participants of the Firecracker Run compete in the Aquent Hospital Bed Race Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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David Zimmers, right, and Stacey Zapolski, pose for a photo at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Cynthia Dean, left, and Teresa Carlton, right, pose for a photo at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Elvis impersonators pose for a photo with a family at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Alan Anderson, front, and Sue Verning, back pose for a photo at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Bruce Jorgenson, left, Shelly Jorgensen, center left, Sue Verning, center right, and Alan Anderson pose for a photo at the Firecracker Run, Monday July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners cross the finish line and receive medals during the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Kale Martin, right, and Dawson Bolding, left, watch as runners cross the finish line at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Erin Olson, left, and Michelle Gabriel, right, pose with an Elvis impersonator at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Alfredo Vasquez Jr. of East Moline watches runners cross the finish line at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Members of team ‘I think you touched my firecracker’ participate in the Aquent Hospital Bed Race at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Denise Gidel, left, Lindsey Gidel, center, and Keeley Knobloch pose for a photo at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
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Runners of the kid’s 1-mile run take off from the starting line at the Firecracker Run on Monday in East Moline.
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10k men’s placers pose for a photo on the podium at the Firecracker Run Monday, July 4, 2022, in East Moline.
A woman on horseback was pulling a rope that was being used to bind the wrists of a woman in Native American dress who followed behind.
