About 150 members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department accompanied by the Sunnyside football team ran north up Oracle Road from River Road to Magee Road where the torch was passed off to the Oro Valley Police Department.
The torch for this year’s Arizona Special Olympics passed through Tucson Thursday morning.
The 2009 Special Olympics Summer Games are set to begin Thursday and will run through Saturday.
Members of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the Sunnyside football team carried the torch on its way to Mesa Community College, the site for this year’s Arizona games.
The runners passed the torch to runners from the Oro Valley Police Department.
About 1,200 athletes throughout Arizona will participate in this year’s olympics.
The torch should arrive at the games in time for Friday’s opening ceremonies.