SPANISH FORT, Ala.—Coach Joey Holston has seen Rockwell Elementary School’s physical education future, and it’s a little something called Frisbee golf.

For the unacquainted, Frisbee golf—also known as disc golf to avoid trademark infringement—requires players to traverse a course lobbing discs into receptacles. Much like traditional golf, the winner is the player with the lowest score.

“It’s actually pretty cool,” Holston said.

And Rockwell students will find out just how cool it is with the proceeds from Saturday’s Fourth Annual Running of the Bulls.

With 295 registered runners, the 5K race and fun run netted about $2,000, the exact amount needed to purchase the nine portable and collapsable targets that can be moved around the grounds to simulate the holes on a golf course.

Past “Running of the Bulls” events have raised between $1,400 and $1,600, including registration fees, swift T-shirt sales and donations from corporate sponsors.

Holston said although the event is designed to raise money for Rockwell’s physical education department, the event is actually open to the public.

“It’s a very popular event. We try to get folks from Spanish Fort Elementary, Middle School and High School, but we also try to get Rockwell parents and alumni involved, too,” Holston said.

Because the annual event was designed to supplement the physical education department’s budget,  Holston said he typically tries to purchase atypical equipment with the proceeds that the students can use in the late summer months to survive the heat.

See the rest of this story in the March 19 Spanish Fort Sun.