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USATF News & Notes
Volume 4, Number 18 February 24, 2003
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In this edition:
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- National Track & Field Hall of Fame nominations open
- Feofanova vaults in world-record style
- Defending Champ Ndungu looks for double "three-peat" at L.A. Marathon
- Country Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon offers $100,000 sweepstakes
- Track on TV
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National Track & Field Hall of Fame nominations open
People wishing to nominate an athlete, coach or contributor to the
National Track & Field Hall of Fame may do so through May 1. Nomination
information, forms, deadlines and criteria are available at the USATF
Web site, http://www.usatf.org/athletes/hof/nominations
One hundred ninety-two athletes, coaches and contributors currently are
members of the Hall of Fame, which will reopen in its new location at
the 168th Street Armory in New York City later this year. The Class of
2003 will be inducted this December at the Jesse Owens Awards Dinner and
Xerox Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by The Document Company
- Xerox. The dinner is part of USA Track & Field's 2003 Annual Meeting
in Greensboro, N.C.
Feofanova vaults in world-record style
Svetlana Feofanova of Russia broke the women's world indoor pole-vault
record for the second time in a month Friday at the Norwich Union meet
in Birmingham, England.
Feofanova vaulted 4.77 meters/15 feet 7.75 inches on her second attempt,
adding a centimeter to the mark she had set in Glasgow, Scotland, on
Feb. 2.
Defending Champion Ndungu looks for double "three-peat" at L.A. Marathon
Stephen Ndungu of Kenya looks for a possible double "three-peat" at the
18th City of Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 2, 2003.
Ndungu, 35, became the race's first-ever back-to-back men's champion by
following up his 2001 win with a 2002 victory in a personal record of 2
hours 10 minutes 27 seconds. In 2003, Ndungu will go for his third
consecutive L.A. Marathon victory. He already has won the Houston
Marathon three times, from 1998-2000.
With a victory on March 2, Ndungu would join a very select company of
double three-peaters such as American Bill Rodgers, who won the New York
City Marathon from 1976-79 and the Boston Marathon from 1978-1980, and
Katrin Dorre of Germany, who won the London Marathon from 1992-1994 and
the Frankfurt Marathon from 1995-1997.
Romanian Nuta Olaru, two-time L.A. Marathon runner-up (2000-01), leads
the Women's field. The winners will take home from a total prize purse
of $125,500 a cash prize of $25,000 and a 2003 Honda Accord EX V-6
valued at $25,300.
The City of Los Angeles Marathon is looking to build on a record year in
which 22,167 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes participated in
the 2002 race. Detailed race information is available at
www.lamarathon.com
Country Music Marathon & Half Marathon offers $100,000 sweepstakes
The first-ever Run for the Money sweepstakes, which offers the everyday
runner a chance to win $100,000, debuts April 26 at the 2003 Country
Music Marathon & 1/2 Marathon, in Nashville, Tennessee.
The sweepstakes offers one lucky marathoner the chance to win $100,000
and half-marathoners could win $50,000 if their finishing time in the
race matches that of a randomly pre-selected finish time.
Runners are automatically entered into the sweepstakes when they
register for the fourth annual Country Music Marathon & Half Marathon.
Should the participants time fail to produce a grand prize match, a
first prize amount of $10,000 for the marathon and $5,000 for the half
marathon may also be awarded if the lucky runner's time falls within a
15-minute window of the pre-selected finish time.
For official rules on the Run for the Money Sweepstakes please visit
www.cmmarathon.com or call (615) 742-1660.
Track on TV
The final stop of the Indoor Golden Spike Tour returns the tour to
Boston's Reggie Lewis Center for the 2003 U.S. Indoor Track & Field
Championships, held March 1-2. Tune in to watch the live broadcast from
6-7:30 P.M. Eastern Time, March 1 on ESPN 2.
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