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For the fourth straight year, David Cook participated in the Race for Hope in Washington, D.C., Sunday, helping raise money for brain cancer research.

His team didn’t quite repeat as top fund-raisers for the event, a feat it had accomplished three straight years.

But Team David Cook still raised more than $80,500 for the event, good enough for third behind Cassidy Turley ($106,000) and Team BT ($98,700).

All told, the event raised more than $2.244 million, according to the Race for Hope website.

David sent out a tweet a couple of  hours ago:  “Great weekend! Thanks to everyone involved for helping make it that way.”

David began participating in the Race for Hope back in 2009, serving as grand marshal the day after his older brother Adam died of brain cancer.

“It’s been part of the healing process for my family and I,” David is quoted as saying on CelebrityGossip.net. “I think, more importantly, to be able to use that as a way to keep Adam’s memory alive and do some good for people still struggling with it — that’s the best way we can honor Adam.”

And, by my calculation, Team David Cook has now passed the $500,000 mark in fundraising for the event over the past four years when you include last year’s Concert for Hope.

More than a half-million for brain cancer research.  Congrats to David and his supporters on that milestone.

You can head to CelebrityGossip.net  for a bunch of photos of David at Sunday’s event.

And, don’t forget, this week we’ll be treated to a performance by David on the American Idol Top 4 results show Thursday night.