(Please forward to your fellow club members)
Dear PA/USATF Athlete:
APPLIED MATERIALS SILICON VALLEY TURKEY TROT /
SEAGATE ELITE 5K (PA/USATF Open Men's 5K Championship)
Thursday, Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving), San Jose, CA
Updates/Announcements:
-- Top international fields committed for elite men's and women's races
(a dozen sub-14:00 men and half a dozen sub-16:00 women are entered to
date)
-- DOUBLE POINTS Grand Prix race (last race on the short season circuit)
for PA/USATF Open Men
--$500 non-Grand Prix dedicated prize purse for PA/USATF OPEN WOMEN added
to total $22,000-plus prize purse (see breakdown below)
-- Comp entries extended to PA/USATF women
-- New Seagate Elite 5K course - Flat and fast, spectator friendly
3/4-mile loop in downtown San Jose (Start/Finish at Confluence Park/HP
Pavilion). Run the loop four times plus 1/10th mile. Separate Seagate
Elite 5K races for elite men and elite women. (The PA/USATF Open Men's
Championship is conducted in conjunction with the elite men's race.)
-- Slight starting time changes. New start times:
10:20 a.m. - Seagate Elite 5K Men & PA/USATF Open Men's 5K
Championship
(no change)
10:40 a.m. - Seagate Elite 5K Women
(changed from 10:00 a.m.)
-- IMPORTANT: Register now ! Choose from the following options:
(1) Register online or download an entry form at:
http://www.svlg.net/Events/Trot.htm
(2) Find entry forms in California Track & Running News (Sept-Oct
issue, pg. 31), and City Sports magazines
(3) Pick up an entry in selected, Starbuck's, Jamba Juice, Barnes &
Nobles, and Safeway stores throughout the South Bay Area.
Note: Comp entries automatically provided to the top 15 Open Men
and top 10 Masters men from the 2005 PA/USATF "short" Grand Prix. Contact
Mark Winitz (contact info below) for a special online comp entry code.
And now....
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PA/USATF Open Women Comp Entries Offered
In a special offer for PA/USATF women, the following female athletes are
eligible for comp entry:
-- 2006 SHORT ROAD GRAND PRIX: Open women who are currently in the top 10
in the standings. Master women who are in the top five of the standings.
-- 2006 CROSS COUNTRY GRAND PRIX: Top 10 open women and top five masters
women in the standings following scoring of the Fleet Feet XC race.
-- 2006 LONG ROAD GRAND PRIX: Provisional comp entry on a space available
basis to the top 10 open women and top five masters women in the
standings following the Humboldt Half Marathon.
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Revised Prize Purse (now includes complimentary purse to PA/USATF women)
Seagate Elite 5K
All-Comers 5K Prize Funds
1st Place Male & Female Overall: $2,500
2nd Place Male & Female Overall: $1,500
3rd Place Male & Female Overall: $500
Masters 1st Place Male & Female $350
PA/USATF 5K Open Men's Championship Prize Funds*
PA/USATF Open Men (Individuals):
1st - $450, 2nd - $350, 3rd - $250, 4th - $150, 5th - $50
PA/USATF Open Men's Teams: same as PA/USATF individuals above
PA/USATF 5K Women's Non-Championship Prize Funds:
1st - $250, 2nd - $150, 3rd - $100
* Double dipping is allowed between All-Comers and PA/USATF prize
purses. PA/USATF prize money is awarded to PA/USATF members only.
U.S. 5K Record Bonuses
$5,000 for the first U.S. male and/or female setting a U.S. 5K open road
record. Records (as of 9/7/06):
Men: 13:24 Marc Davis (CO) Carlsbad 5000, CA 03/31/96
Women: 14:54 Deena Drossin (CA) Carlsbad 5000, CA 04/07/02
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2005 WINNING TIMES
Men: Blake Boldon, Ames, IA 14:16
Women: Blake Russell, Marina, CA 16:02
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COMP ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS (Top PA/USATF G.P. Athletes ONLY per the above)
Contact Elite Athlete Coordinator Mark Winitz via e-mail no later than
Monday, November 20 for entry instructions. Mark can be reached at:
[email protected]
Tel (only if you can't e-mail): 650-948-0618
Of course, all PA/USATF athletes are invited to run in the non-elite
5K/10K races, and bring the family for the 5K walk and the "Tot Trot"
fun run. Fun for the whole family, kids aged 2 - 9 can have fun in the
"Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Kids Fun Run." The Applied Materials
Silicon Valley Turkey Trot is a benefit event for the Children's Health
Initiative, the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo
Counties, and the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County.
For more information, visit the Silicon Valley Leadership website at
www.svlg.net
RACE-DAY SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m.- Non-elite 5K Run/Walk and 10K Run
10:20 a.m. - Seagate Elite Men's 5K Race
10:30 a.m. - Kid's Fun Run
10:40 a.m. - Seagate Elite Women's 5K Race
11:00 a.m. - Awards Ceremony
Regards,
Mark Winitz
Elite Athlete Coordinator
Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot/Seagate 5K
Win-It! z Sports Public Relations
Tel: (650) 948-0618 Direct
