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==Sports== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2015}} Cedar Rapids has been home to several sports teams: * the [[Cedar Rapids Kernels]], a member of [[Minor League Baseball|minor league baseball's]] [[Midwest League]] since 1962, are the Class-A affiliate of the [[Minnesota Twins]] and play at [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] * the [[Cedar Rapids RoughRiders]] are members of the [[United States Hockey League]], playing at the [[Alliant Energy PowerHouse|Cedar Rapids Ice Arena]] * the [[Cedar Rapids River Kings]] played in the [[Indoor Football League]] at the [[U.S. Cellular Center (Cedar Rapids)|U.S. Cellular Center]] and folded in 2020. Relaunched in 2022 as members of [[American Indoor Football]]. * the [[Cedar Rapids Rampage]] played in the [[Major Arena Soccer League]] at the [[U.S. Cellular Center (Cedar Rapids)|U.S. Cellular Center]] and folded in 2018. * the [[Iowa Raptors FC]] are members of the [[United Premier Soccer League]] that began play in 2021. The 15,000-capacity [[Kingston Stadium]] is located in Cedar Rapids. It is used for American football and soccer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dukes |first1=Mark |title=Kingston Stadium's proud history |url=https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/kingston-stadiums-proud-history-20150823 |access-date=March 25, 2019 |work=[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]] |location=Cedar Rapids |date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> The city is also home to the Fifth Season Races, which began just after the [[Running boom of the 1970s|running boom]]. In 1986, a former [[Iowa State University]] runner [[Joseph Kipsang]] won the popular 8-kilometer race in 23:24 and won $7,000. A few notable runners who have won include [[Keith Brantly]], [[Janis Klecker]], [[Jeff Jacobs]], [[Kenneth Cheruiyot]], and [[Pasca Myers]]. The race is not the largest road race in the region and most recently has included both the 8K and a [[5K run]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Cal |last=Murdock |title=A Fourth of July Tradition |date=July 4, 2019 |work=The Gazette |publisher=Gazette Communications |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa |department=Leisure |page=9B |language=en}} </ref>
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