Let us remind you that since 2014, at the request of the inhabitants and with the support of the Ełk City Council, St. John Paul II has been the patron saint of Ełk. Individual cross-country races for girls and boys of primary schools took place today on the square named after him. The young athletes were greeted on the square by Artur Urbański, Deputy Mayor of Ełk, and each start of the run was set by Wojciech Kossakowski, director of the Municipal Sports and Recreation Centre, who was the organizer of the event. 

Almost 400 students competed at a distance of 500, 600 or 800 meters – depending on their age. The competition, divided into individual runs, is classified as children's games and school youth games. 

The proper course of the competition was supervised by Marian Malewski, the coordinator of school sports of the City of Ełk.