From: Jeff Salvage <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2:57:07 PM
Subject: [racewalking] Please Read: Simple way to help grow race walking
NARI – Give a Book Program

While the numbers of elite race walkers in America has dwindled for some time, a spotlight was placed on the problem at our recent 50K National Championships where only three competitors finished the race. While there are a great many factors that contributed to this light turnout, there is no question that we need to rebuild race walking in the United States if our sport is to continue.

Currently, there are many efforts throughout the country to try to revive race walking. Racewalk.com would like to help, so we’ve teamed up with NARI (North American Race Walking Institute) to help provide learning materials for youth and high school programs. In the past racewalk.com donated hundreds of “Walk Like an Athlete” books and a number of video sets to be distributed to coaches and athletes by NARI.

Now we are asking your help. The “Give a Book Program” is designed to help NARI fund and distribute additional books to coaches and young race walkers throughout the United States. Initially, our goal is to raise money to distribute 200 books between Maine, Texas and California. We picked these areas as they are areas where youth race walking is showing promise.

We ask that you make a donation so that books can be purchased at 1⁄2 the cover price and given to those who have the biggest impact on our sport; those coaching and learning it. Racewalk.com is making the books available at a considerable discount. For a tax deductible donation of $12, you can put a book (Race Walk Like a Champion, Full Color Edition) in the hands of a potential future Olympian. For $24, you double the chances. Please donate whatever you can to this worthy cause and help us turn the tide on our decreasing numbers.

Thanks,
Jeff Salvage
www.racewalk.com

11 Chris Lundy Sausalito CA 2:40:06
12 Brooke Wells San Francisco CA 2:40:07
24 Anne Bersagel Stanford CA 2:44:17
25 Mary Coordt Elk Grove CA 2:45:00 (3rd Masters)
26 Lisbet Sunshine San Francisco CA 2:45:11
32 Jaymee Marty Sacramento CA 2:46:29
37 Midori Sperandeo Folsom CA 2:47:15
50 Emily Bates San Francisco CA 2:50:39

For Immediate Release
Thursday, September 3, 2009Contact:
Jim Estes
USA Track & Field
Associate Director of LDR & Marketing
317-713-4661; [email protected]
Carney, Swope set to defend USA 20 km titles
INDIANAPOLIS – James Carney (Boulder, Colo.) and Jill Swope (formerly Jill Steffens) of Athens, Ga., are set to defend their titles Monday at the USA 20 km Championships in New Haven, Conn. The championships will be hosted by the 31st Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race.

Also looking to take home the women’s title will be 2008 Olympic marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.); Kelly Jaske (Portland, Ore.), the 2009 USA Half Marathon runner-up behind Boulet; and Ilsa Paulson (New York, N.Y.), the fourth-place finisher at this year’s USA 7 Mile Championships.

In the men’s race, Carney will face 2009 USA Half Marathon third-place finisher Bret Gotcher (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and 2009 USA 25 km runner-up Jason Hartmann (Boulder, Colo.).

In addition to the national championship titles, athletes will be competing to secure positions for the Team USA World Half Marathon Championships to be held October 11, in Birmingham, England.

About the USARC

The USA 20 km Championships is the seventh stop on the 2009 USA Running Circuit (USARC) and will pay $40,000 in U.S. prize money with $8,000 going to the respective champions.

The 2009 USARC is a USA Track & Field road series featuring USA Championships from one mile to the marathon, which attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The 2009 USARC has ten events each for men and women.  Boulet currently leads the women’s standings with 49 points, while Anthony Famiglietti (Knoxville, Tenn.) leads the men with 39 points.

The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race (15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1), with a final $12,500 grand prix purse ($6,000, $4,000, and $2,500) for the top three men and women point scorers overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon Championships will be doubled.

For Immediate Release
Monday, August 24, 2009

Contact:
Jim Estes
USA Track & Field
Associate Director of LDR & Marketing
317-713-4661; [email protected]
Huddle wins USA Women’s 10 Mile ChampionshipINDIANAPOLIS -Molly Huddle (Providence, R.I.) won her second consecutive U.S. road title at the 2009 USA Women’s 10 Mile Championship in 54:01 Saturday in Flint, Mich. The championships were hosted by the Crim Festival of Races.

Huddle scored an 11-second win over 2008 Olympian Magdalena Lewy Boulet (Oakland, Calif.). In her debut for 10 miles, Renee Metivier Baille (Flagstaff, Ariz.) finished third  in 54:50 while Sally Meyerhoff (Eugene, Ore.) and Kristen Nicolini  Lehmkuhle (Minneapolis, Minn.) rounded out the top-five in 55:05 and 55:50 respectively.

About the USARC

The USA 10 Mile Championship was the sixth stop for women on the 2009 USA Running Circuit (USARC) and paid $17,200 in U.S. prize money with Huddle collecting $7,000 for the title. The 2009 USARC is a USA Track & Field road series, featuring USA Championships from one mile to the marathon and attracts the best U.S. distance runners. The 2009 USARC has ten events each for men and women.

The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USARC race (15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1), with a final $12,500 grand prix purse ($6,000, $4,000, and $2,500) for the top three men and women point scorers overall. The USARC points at the USA Marathon Championships will be doubled.

The mission of the USA Running Circuit is to showcase, support, and promote U.S. runners.  Since its inception in 1995, the USARC and its races have provided over $6 million dollars to U.S. distance runners.

For more information on the 2009 USA Women’s 10 Mile Championship visit www.usatf.org.