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Huskers, kids help raise $35,000 in road race

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By Brian Rosenthal / Huskers.com

The gun sounded, and Reed Brown, proud new owner of a 3:59.30 time in the mile run, departed Stadium Drive in a 5K run, along with several hundred more runners.

That included his brother, Drew, proud owner of many kicking accomplishments entering his senior season at Nebraska, but, shall we say, far fewer running ones.

Yet, there he smiled at the start of a race on a beautiful, albeit a bit muggy, Sunday morning.

“He had to,” Husker teammate Chris Weber said, smiling. “He put it out on Twitter.