Jesus H. Christ, about damn time they get out of the stone age. I guess if u
bitch long enough people will listen.
alan
>From: "Ryan Grote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Ryan Grote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: t-and-f: NYC Marathon 2001 USA Championship
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:21:25 -0500
>
>Hallelujah! Finally. USATF/LDR/whatever, is now playing in the Big
>Leagues!
>Grote
>adiRP/MMRD
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 2:52 PM
>Subject: t-and-f: NYC Marathon 2001 USA Championship
>
>
> > >From the Running USA wire:
> >
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >
> > The 2001 New York City Marathon® Will Host the USA Marathon
>Championships
> >
> > NEW YORK - (January 22, 2001) - The 2001 New York City Marathon will
> > serve as the 2001 USA Men's and Women's National Marathon Championships
>it
> > was announced today by Allan Steinfeld, President and CEO of the New
>York
> > Road Runners Club (NYRRC) and Marathon Race Director.
> >
> > Steinfeld made his historic announcement at the weekly NY Track
>Writers
> > luncheon where veteran Olympian Anne Marie Lauck joined him. Men's
>defending
> > champion Rod DeHaven, who represented the United States in last year's
> > Olympic Marathon in Sydney, addressed the media on a teleconference
>call,
>as
> > did Craig Masback, CEO of USA Track & Field (USATF), the sport's
>national
> > governing body, and USATF President Bill Roe.
> >
> > "This is indeed an important date for both the NYC Marathon and for
>the
> > sport in this country," said Steinfeld. "By hosting the USA National
>Marathon
> > Championships we will be providing this country's top men and women
> > marathoners the opportunity to race and test themselves against the
>world's
> > best and to enjoy unprecedented media and fan exposure by competing in
>the
> > world's most celebrated road race.
> >
> > "At the same time we are adding an exciting new element to the race
>that
> > will generate additional interest to the millions of fans who already
>line
> > the race course and to those who watch the live TV broadcast," said
> > Steinfeld.
> >
> > The USA National Marathon Championships will be held as a race
>within
>a
> > race at the 2001 NYC Marathon on Sunday, November 4.
> >
> > The USA National Marathon Championships will be a major part of the
> > pre-race promotional campaign as well as the live TV broadcast on
> > WNBC-Channel 4. The NYRRC is putting up more than $100,000 in prize
>money
>and
> > other substantial race incentive bonuses exclusively for the USA
> > Championships. First place prize money for both the men's and women's
>U.S.
> > champion is $15,000. As part of the lucrative race incentive bonus
>package
> > being offered to the American runners, a sub 2:12 (men) and sub 2:31
>(women)
> > time will pay out a $15,000 bonus.
> >
> > American runners will also be eligible to compete for prize money
>from
> > the general marathon prize money pool of more than $310,000 depending on
> > their overall place and time in the race.
> >
> > "We applaud the NYC Marathon for doing something very positive and
> > exciting for long distance running in this country by taking this bold
>step
> > forward in enhancing their own race," said Masback.
> >
> > In addition, the 2001 NYC Marathon will act as an exclusive one-day
> > window for runners to achieve the qualifying standards to race in the
>2004
> > U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. The qualifying period will close after the
>2001
> > NYC Marathon and not reopen until January 1, 2002.
> >
> > A combined field of more than 50 of America's top men and women
> > marathoners is expected at the starting line.
> >
> > "This is an incredible chance for us to run against the world's
>best,"
> > said DeHaven, who ran a 2:15:30 winning time at the U.S. Olympic
>Marathon
> > Trials in Pittsburgh last May. "At the same time we will be bringing new
> > attention to the sport in general and to this country's top runners by
>being
> > here in the media capital of the world."
> >
> > The NYC Marathon has hosted the USA Women's National Championships
>twice
> > before in 1975 (Kim Merritt) and 1978 (Marty Cooksey). The NYC Marathon
>has
> > never hosted the Men's National Championships. This will be the 77th
>Men's
> > National Championships race and the 28th Women's National Championships
>race.
> >
> > "This should be a race that comes right down to the Central Park
>finish
> > line," said Lauck, whose best finish in the NYC Marathon was third in
>1994.
> >
> > The 32nd running of the New York City Marathon will be on Sunday,
>Nov.
>4
> > and once again a starting field of 30,000 is expected. The New York City
> > Marathon is a New York Road Runners Club event.
> >
> > # # #
> >
> > Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Coordinator
> > USATF Road Running Information Center
> >
>
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