Illinois Race Weekend will close several Champaign Urbana streets

Illinois Marathon Parking sign along First Street in Champaign in April 2023.

URBANA – Several streets in Champaign-Urbana will be closed for the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon Race Weekend. Organizers say the best way to avoid closures is to drive along Neil Street on the west, University on the north, High Cross Road on the east, and Curtis Road on the south.

On Friday, several streets on the University of Illinois campus will be closed for the Christie Clinic Illinois 5-K Race. The starting point is on Oak Street south of St. Mary’s Road in Champaign. It winds around Gregory Drive, Green, and 6th Streets before ending at Memorial Stadium. 

On Saturday, there will be road closures in Champaign and Urbana for the Christie Clinic Illinois Half-Marathon.  The starting point is First Street at St. Mary’s Road in Champaign. It flows north to Green Street, winds its way through Campustown in Urbana eventually winding its way to Race Streets, Pennsylvania, and ending at Memorial Stadium. 

Reginald Hardwick

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director at Illinois Public Media. He oversees daily newscasts and online stories. He also manages The 21st Show, a live, weekday talk show that airs on 7 NPR stations throughout Illinois. He is the executive producer of IPM's annual environmental TV special "State of Change." And he is the co-creator of Illinois Soul, IPM's Black-focused audio service that launched in February 2024. Before arriving at IPM in 2019, he served as News Director at WKAR in East Lansing and spent 17 years as a TV news producer and manager at KXAS, the NBC-owned station in Dallas/Fort Worth. Reginald is the recipient of three Edward R. Murrow regional awards, seven regional Emmy awards, and multiple honors from the National Association of Black Journalists. Born in Vietnam, Reginald grew up in Colorado and is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. Email: rh14@illinois.edu Twitter: @RNewsWILL