Runners gather Saturday morning to help a little girl

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ)- Runners gathered in Nicholasville at R.J. Corman to race for Amaya Jones Saturday morning.

Amaya is just six-years-old and the daughter of a Lexington police officer.

She’s trying to overcome leukemia, which she was diagnosed with about a year ago.

Proceeds from Saturday’s race go to the Jones family to pay for Amaya’s cancer treatments.