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U.S. Athlete Development Project Comes to Houston HOUSTON - (September 24, 2006) - The Houston Marathon Committee, in partnership with Greg McMillan of McMillan Running Co., Inc., is proud to continue its support of U.S. distance running by launching the U.S. Athlete Development Project at the Chevron Houston Marathon, to be run Sunday, January 14, 2007. Designed to help emerging U.S. talent attain a marathon qualifying time for the Olympic Trials preceding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Project will bring as many as 100 of America's top developing male and female distance runners to the 35th anniversary of the Chevron Houston Marathon. "We are thrilled to add the Project to our commitment to U.S. distance running," said race director Brant Kotch, "and to help dozens of rising new stars achieve their dreams and get to the Olympic Marathon Trials. Coupled with the 2007 USATF Men's and Women's Half-Marathon National Championships, also to be run here over Marathon weekend, the Project will definitely make Houston the place to be in January." |
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Begun at the 2006 Austin Marathon, the program will continue to provide logistical and financial support to athletes who have met an established marathon time standard. Additionally, runners who achieve an "A" or "B" qualifying time at the Chevron Houston Marathon will receive financial incentives from the Houston Marathon Committee. "Houston is the perfect venue for runners looking to get their qualifying standard," said Greg McMillan, who coached Kelly Keane to victory at the 2005 Houston Marathon. "In addition to ideal January weather conditions and phenomenal crowd support, the course is renowned for being one of the fastest in the country." Additional information, including how to register for the U.S. Athlete Development Project, is available by contacting Greg McMillan at: greg@chevronhoustonmarathon.com The Chevron Houston Marathon, a Running USA Founding Member, is the nation's premier winter marathon, annually attracting participants from all 50 U.S. states and more than 30 foreign countries. The race will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2007. The marathon offers the only closed marathon course in Texas and is ranked among the top five in the nation by the Ultimate Guide to Marathons for fastest course, organization and crowd support. More than 5,000 volunteers organize the race, which is Houston's largest single-day sporting event. More information is available online at ChevronHoustonMarathon.com or (713) 957-3453. |
Return to top / Return to main page Contacts: Richard Finn, (212) 423-2229 | rfinn@nyrr.org or Kerrin Perniciaro, (212) 423-2294 | kperniciaro@nyrr.org, Media Relations Department, NYRR Eight Olympians Entered in the Continental Airlines
Fifth Avenue Mile on September 30 NEW YORK - (September 21, 2006) - U.S. Olympians Adam Goucher, Gabe Jennings, Anthony Famiglietti and Carrie Tollefson will be joined by New Zealand Olympians Nick Willis and Kim Smith along with Canadian Olympian Kevin Sullivan in the 2006 Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile, a New York Road Runners event on Saturday, September 30. Nearly 3,000 people will line up for one of the premier road racing events in the world, which has been run every year since its inception in 1981. New this year, signature sponsor Reebok is providing a $20,000 total prize purse for the men's and women's professional races, shirts for all participants and gift certificates for the top three male and female finishers in each age group. The top men's and women's professional finishers will each receive $4000, with $2500 going to second place, $1500 for third, $1250 for fourth and $750 for fifth. In addition to Reebok's incentives, title sponsor Continental Airlines is donating a total of 280,000 OnePass miles to winners. "The race is on for the title of winner of the world's most famous mile race," said New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg. "We welcome Reebok with open arms as they provide pivotal financial, athletic and marketing muscle to enable us to host this world-class field of athletes and elevate the experience for runners of all ages and abilities." The Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile begins on Fifth Avenue near East 80th Street and finishes one mile south on Fifth Avenue at East 60th Street. The wheelchair and handcycle race kicks off the event beginning at 9:00am. After that, entrants run in heats according to age and gender. The professional women's race is scheduled to start at 12:31pm, followed by the professional men's race, the 14th and final race of the day, at 12:45pm. Goucher, who currently resides in Portland, Ore., ran the 5000 meters at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. This year, he won the USA Indoor Championships 3000 meters (7:49.78) and the USA Cross Country Championships 4K (10:50) and placed 6th at World Cross Country 4K Championship last April in Japan. His personal best time in the mile is 3:54.17. Jennings, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. competed in the 1500 meters at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The Team Running USA athlete has had an impressive season so far this year with a runner-up finish at the USA Track & Field Championships 1500 meters (3:39.42) and a fourth place showing in the same event at the IAAF World Cup in Athletics (3:55.09). New York City resident Famiglietti stepped back from his trademark event, the 3000 meter steeplechase, which made him a U.S. Olympian in 2004, and explored different distances in 2006. The move resulted in some of the best running of his career, and he established seven personal bests on the roads and tracks. He finished fourth in last year's Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile, passing Olympic medalist Rui Silva in the final meters. Famiglietti's personal best mile time of 3:55.71 was set in New York earlier this year at the Reebok NYC Grand Prix mile. Sullivan competed in the 2004 Athens Games in the 1500 meters and is back after placing eighth in the Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile last year (4:01.4). Willis captured gold at this spring's Commonwealth Games in Australia, beating out friend and training partner Nate Brannen of Canada, who is also entered in this year's race. A sub-four-minute miler (3:59.85) in high school, Brannen owns the Canadian record for the indoor mile (3:55.11), which he set in Boston in 2005. Other men challenging for this year's Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile title include Jason Lunn (Longmont, Colo.), who won the 2000 event in a time of 4:03.9; Matt Tegenkamp (Madison, Wis.) who earlier this year became the first athlete to break the four-minute-mile barrier in the state of Wisconsin, running 3:56.38, and in July became the fourth fastest U.S. 5000 meter runner ever (13:04.90) at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm; Kenya's Elkanah Angwenyi, the 2006 World Indoor 1500 meter bronze medalist and top returnee from last year's Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile (third, 3:54.3) and 2004 U.S. 1500 meter Olympian Grant Robison are also slated to run. On the women's side, Tollefson finished fourth at last year's Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile. The St. Paul, Minn. resident was a 2004 Olympian at 1500 meters in Athens. The Team USA Minnesota recently finished third at the USA 5K Championships in Rhode Island (15:50). Other top women's contenders include Smith, New Zealand's 5000 meter Olympian who holds New Zealand records in the mile (4:30.61) and four other distances; three-time U.S. 1500 meter champion Treniere Clement (Knoxville, Tenn.), who is looking to extend her outstanding season; 2006 national champions and Team Running USA teammates Sara Hall (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) and Lauren Fleshman (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), who will step down from their 5000 meter specialty; 2005 NCAA champion Megan Metcalfe of Edmonton, Ontario; Russian 2000 meter record holder Yelena Kanales and 2006 USA Indoor Championships bronze medalist Jenelle Deatherage (Minneapolis, Minn.). Sydney Maree of South Africa set the men's record of 3:47.52 at the Fifth Avenue Mile in 1981, while PattiSue Plumer of the United States established the women's mark of 4:16.68 in 1990. For more information, visit: NYRR.org Return to top / Return to main page Road Runner Akron Marathon Recruits Top Amateurs from Surrounding States AKRON, Ohio - (Sept. 22, 2006) - There likely will be nearly 6,000 runners participating in the 4th annual Road Runner Akron Marathon & Chase Team Relays on Sat., Sept. 30, at 7:30am, but those breaking the tape at the finish line may be a little more familiar than in years past. In an effort to continue growing the Road Runner Akron Marathon as a favorite, community-centered event, marathon organizers decided to attract the top amateur runners this year rather than the professional athletes. Creating an Invited Runners program this year is one way the Road Runner Akron Marathon is extending its hospitalities to more local participants. "We know that there is a caliber of runner out there who isn't quite fast enough to be a professional, but that consistently runs very respectable times while still maintaining the everyday life of a non-professional athlete," Race Director Jim Barnett said. "Our goal was to reach out to a number of those runners in the surrounding states and personally invite them to participate in the Road Runner Akron Marathon." "We've been known to treat every runner like a world-class athlete and through the Invited Runners program, we are able to bring in a number of talented male and female runners who may not win a Chicago or New York Marathon, but that can run marathons at a remarkable pace," Barnett said. "It's our way of giving something special to the more local runners who don't often receive much attention." One such runner is Chuck Engle, a Cloverleaf High School graduate and three-time All-American at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Engle decided that in 2006, he would run one competitive marathon per week, totaling at least 50 for the year. He is nearly two-thirds of the way through his grueling schedule and has already won a number of races that he has participated in this year. "Rather than offering high prize money to the winners, which brings numerous elite athletes to the race, we decided to take those funds and team up with Etonic to offer a free pair of running shoes to all marathon finishers this year," said Steve Marks, Road Runner Akron Marathon founder. "We wanted to make the race so appealing that no local runner could decide not to participate in our marathon." "With the Invited Runners program in place and the great incentives for local athletes to participate on the 30th, it is a possibility that the winner of the men's and women's marathon, who will both collect $2000, could very well be a local runner," said Marks. "We're just happy that we can continue giving back to the community that continues to graciously support us in so many ways." For more details about the Road Runner Akron Marathon or to register for the marathon or team relays, visit AkronMarathon.org or call (330) 375-2RUN. Contact: Jim Barnett, Race Director, (330) 807-7292; jbk1@mac.com Return to top / Return to main page Broady, Jones Win Inaugural
Disneyland Half Marathon ANAHEIM, Calif. - (Sept. 17, 2006) - Kevin Broady, 44, of Brea, Calif., posted a time of 1 hour, 11 minutes, 31 seconds to lead the field of more than 9,700 participants en route to victory in the inaugural Disneyland Half Marathon on Sunday. Broady, a former Disneyland cast member, finished just a minute and a half over Benjamin Gomez Gutierrez, 30, of Jalostotitlan, Mexico, who finished second in 1:13:04. "I used to work at Disneyland," said Broady. "I've been to Disneyland so many times. It was so much fun to run through there. It was just a really great experience." Veteran marathoner Kim Jones, 48, of Fort Collins, Colo., was the women's half-marathon champion with a time of 1:25:03 with Edith Martinez, 38, of Brea, Calif. the women's runner-up in 1:27:05. Mark Donaldson, 43, of Trabuco Canyon, Calif., won Master's Division (age 40+) in 1:16:37 and seventh place overall. Christine Dubach, 44, of Atascadero, Calif., was the top women's Masters at 1:31:51. In the half-marathon wheelchair division, Troy Davis, 31, of Queen Creek, Ariz., crossed the finish line in 1:08:56. First-time half-marathoners and veteran runners, including participants from 49 states, plus 15 countries, enjoyed the inaugural trek through the two Disneyland Resort theme parks and beautiful streets of Anaheim, while colorful Disney characters and festive music inspired them along the way. The runners who completed the half-marathon received a special Sleeping Beauty Castle medal, the newest addition in the Disney endurance series collection. The 2007 event will be held on Labor Day Weekend (Aug. 31-Sept. 2). Registration for the 2007 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend opens on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Inaugural Disneyland Half
Marathon MEN WOMEN For more information and to view complete searchable race results, visit: DisneylandHalfMarathon.com Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director |