FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mbarak Hussein and Sheri Piers Return to Defend USA Masters Marathon Titles
Wheeler Champions to Defend Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Titles
St. Paul, Minn. - September 10, 2014 - Mbarak Hussein of Albuquerque, N.M.,
a two-time Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon champion and the winner of a
record four USA Masters Marathon titles, and two-time USA Masters Marathon
women's champion Sheri Piers of Falmouth, Maine will return to defend their
crowns on October 5 when the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon hosts the USA
Masters Marathon Championships for the 24th straight year.
A prize purse topping $65,000 is on offer to marathoners 40 years old and
over, including a winner's check for $7,500 for the men's and women's
masters champions. Masters runners as old as 86 years old will be competing
in the event which offers age-group and age-graded awards and prize money.
Last year, at age 48, Hussein won an unprecedented fourth USA Masters
Marathon crown in 2:20:20. The naturalized United States citizen originally
from Kenya won the 2005 and 2006 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathons as a
masters runner and added his third USA Masters crown in 2010. Piers, the
2011 USA Master Marathon champ, regained the crown last year after losing
it by just two seconds in 2012 to Nuta Alaru.
The marathon field will also be graced by its defending wheeler champions:
men's winner Josh George of Champaign, Ill. and course record holder
Susannah Scaroni of Urbana, Ill. The pair won their first-ever Medtronic
Twin Cities Marathon titles last year, with Scaroni topping the event's
17-year-old women's record with a 1:54:37 clocking.
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend kicks off on Friday, October 3 with
the Health & Fitness Expo at RiverCentre in St. Paul. Activities continue
on Saturday, October 4 with the TC 10K, presented by Sprint, the TC 5K
Run/Walk, presented by Fredrikson & Byron, and the Medtronic TC Family
Events, all held on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul. The weekend
culminates with the 16th running of the Medtronic TC 10 Mile and the 33rd
annual Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 5.
About Twin Cities In Motion (TCM): Twin Cities In Motion organizes the
region's premier running events, including the Medtronic Twin Cities
Marathon, a Top 10 U.S. Marathon. With a mission of promoting healthy
lifestyles through running events and community outreach, TCM contributes a
portion of every race dollar to local youth and professional athletes and
helps raise more than $800,000 annually with its charity partners. For more
information, visit us at tcmevents.org, or find us on Facebook and on
Twitter @tcmarathon.
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