FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More than 3,000 Youth Runners Will Participate in TCS New York City
Marathon Youth Running Events
Events include the NYRR Youth Jamboree Presented by Tata Consultancy
Services and TCS Run with Champions during race week, and NYRR Youth
Invitational on Marathon day
The 2016 NYRR Youth Running Ambassadors of the Year and NYRR Team for Kids
Ambassador Meb Keflezighi will be honored
New York, October 26, 2016 - More than 3,000 youth runners will participate
in youth running events surrounding TCS New York City Marathon race week
and race day, including the NYRR Youth Jamboree Presented by Tata
Consultancy Services, TCS Run with Champions, and NYRR Youth Invitational.
Additionally, the 2016 NYRR Youth Running Ambassadors of the Year and NYRR
Team for Kids Ambassador Meb Keflezighi will be honored.
The youth runners of all ages that will be part of events during TCS New
York City Marathon race week and race day are part of the more than 215,000
youth that are currently served nationally through NYRR's free youth
running programs and events, including 115,000 in New York City's five
boroughs.
On Saturday, October 29, New York Road Runners and Armory Track will
welcome more than 1,500 New York City public school students from
throughout the five boroughs to the famed New Balance Track & Field Center
at The Armory for the NYRR Youth Jamboree Presented by Tata Consultancy
Services. The free event is open to youth from pre-K to high school, and
will feature a variety of track and field events, including races, relays,
long jump, and shot put. The day will also feature a special 55-meter dash
for pre-K students, and the first-ever shuttle relay race for NYRR Striders
(senior walkers), led by 101-year-old Ida Keeling who has held the
100-meter world-record for women ages 96-100. More information on the NYRR
Youth Jamboree can be found here.
On Friday, November 4, the 17th annual TCS Run with Champions will bring
together professional athletes participating in the TCS New York City
Marathon and 1,000 New York City students from NYRR's Mighty Milers and
Young Runners free youth running programs for running and racing at the
iconic TCS New York City Marathon finish line in Central Park. New this
year, there will be a group of youth wheelchair athletes participating who
are a part of NYRR's recently launched free youth wheelchair training
program for youth with physical disabilities.
On TCS New York City Marathon morning on Sunday, November 6, as the 50,000
runners start the race in Staten Island, 1,000 youth runners-members of
NYRR's Mighty Milers and Young Runners free youth running programs-will run
the final miles of the TCS New York City Marathon course in Central Park,
and finish at the race's iconic finish line as part of the NYRR Youth
Invitational at the TCS New York City Marathon.
The second annual NYRR Youth Invitational at the TCS New York City Marathon
will feature a 1.8-mile run that starts on Central Park's East Drive at
East 85th Street, near mile 24 of the TCS New York City Marathon course,
and continues through Central Park to finish at the iconic TCS New York
City Marathon finish line on West Drive at 67th Street. The NYRR Youth
Invitational at the TCS New York City Marathon will begin at 8:45 a.m. and
feature rolling starts by age group. For more information, visit
http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/race-day/nyrr-youth-invitational.
Two special participants in the NYRR Youth Invitational are Karess
Pringle-Wishner and Antoine Fonville, the recipients of the 2016 NYRR Youth
Running Ambassador of the Year Award. Karess, a 12-year-old seventh grader
at City Knoll Middle School 933 in Manhattan, and Antoine, an 11-year-old
sixth grader at P.S. 256 in Brooklyn, will be presented with their official
awards by NYRR and TCS leaders at a press conference on Thursday, November
3, at the NYRR Media Center at the TCS New York City Marathon Pavilion. The
two youngsters are part of NYRR Young Runners, a free after-school program
where students learn to run distances up to four miles while training
together as a team.
As part of the youth running festivities throughout race week, Team for
Kids Ambassador Meb Keflezighi will be honored at the NYRR Night of
Champions benefit for his commitment to and support of NYRR's free youth
running programs. Keflezighi, who will serve as one of the 2016 TCS New
York City Marathon Grand Marshals, finished 33rd at the Rio 2016 Olympic
Marathon. He starred in the Big Apple in 2009 when he became the first
American in 27 years to win the New York City Marathon. The four-time
Olympian has finished in the top 10 in New York eight times and has
appeared in the race 10 times. Team for Kids is NYRR's charity running
team, the largest in the TCS New York City Marathon, which raises funds for
NYRR's free youth running programs for kids who would otherwise have little
or no access to regular physical activity.
Also representing as NYRR Team for Kids Ambassadors are professional
athletes Molly Huddle and Tatyana McFadden, who will be running the 2016
TCS New York City Marathon.
Many NYRR youth and community running programs and events are supported by
NYRR's Premier Partner, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), title sponsor of
the TCS New York City Marathon, and NYRR's Official Youth and Community
Services Partner.
The 2016 TCS New York City Marathon will be televised live on Sunday,
November 6, on WABC-TV, Channel 7 in the New York tristate area from 9:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET, and for the rest of the nation on ESPN2 from 9:00
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. The NYRR Youth Invitational will be featured as part
of the WABC-TV, Channel 7 live broadcast.
For the latest TCS New York City Marathon news and media information,
please visit the NYRR online media center. Also, follow us on Twitter
@nyrrnews. To join the social media conversation, search #TCSNYCMarathon.
About the TCS New York City Marathon
The TCS New York City Marathon is the premier event of New York Road
Runners (NYRR) and the largest marathon in the world. Over 1,000,000 people
have finished the race since its first running in 1970 with just 127
entrants and 55 finishers running four laps around Central Park. The race
expanded to all five boroughs in 1976 and is now in its 40th year as a
five-borough affair. Held annually on the first Sunday of November, the
race features 50,000 runners including the world's top professional
athletes and a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity
runners. Participants from over 125 countries tour the city, starting on
Staten Island at the foot of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and running
through the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx before ending
in Manhattan. In 2015, the inaugural NYRR Youth Invitational at the TCS New
York City Marathon gave young runners the opportunity to run 1.8 miles of
the race course in Central Park, beginning near mile 24 and finishing at
the famed TCS New York City Marathon finish line. More than one million
spectators and thousands of volunteers line the city streets in support of
the runners, while millions more watch the live television broadcast in the
New York area on WABC-TV, Channel 7, nationally on ESPN2, and via various
international broadcast partners around the world. The race is part of the
Abbott World Marathon Majors, which features the world's top
marathons-Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York-and crowns
the top professional male and female marathoners each year. Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and
business solutions organization, is the premier partner of NYRR and the
title sponsor of the TCS New York City Marathon. The 46th running of the
TCS New York City Marathon is set for November 6, 2016. To learn more,
visit www.tcsnycmarathon.org.
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