From left, Melissa Buskirk, Angie McNabb and Jennifer Blair — all volunteers with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia — help race participants pick up their shirts and race packets at the Parkersburg Municipal Building Friday afternoon, ahead of Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Race. (Photo by Christina Myer)

Race volunteer Cheryl Mowery, left, helps participant Marshal Bosley of Parkersburg pick up his race bib at the Parkersburg Municipal Building Friday afternoon, ahead of Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Race. (Photo by Art Smith)

Tom Kramer, race volunteer and a nearly 25-year committee member, hangs sponsorship banners in preparation for Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Race packet pick-up at the Parkersburg Municipal Building Friday afternoon. (Photo by Christina Myer)

Tom Kramer, race volunteer and a nearly 25-year committee member, hangs sponsorship banners in preparation for Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Race packet pick-up at the Parkersburg Municipal Building Friday afternoon. (Photo by Christina Myer)