FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2017 TCS New York City Marathon to Accept 16,211 Runners
Through Entry Drawing
Entries now available for official charity running program; $36.1 million
was raised by 9,000 charity runners during 2016 TCS New York City Marathon
New York, March 2, 2017— 16,211 runners will be accepted into the 2017 TCS
New York City Marathon through today's non-guaranteed entry drawing. A
total of 98,247 applications were part of the drawing, an increase of 20%
from 2016. The selected runners represent approximately 17% of the
non-guaranteed drawing applicants. More information on the drawing process
can be found here. Approximately 50,000 runners are expected to finish the
2017 TCS New York City Marathon. The race, which is the premier event of
New York Road Runners, will take place on Sunday, November 5.
"Today is the beginning of a thrilling race journey to the 2017 TCS New
York City Marathon for tens of thousands of runners from across New York
City's five boroughs, throughout the country, and around the world," said
Christine Burke, director of runner products and services at New York Road
Runners. "We are honored to welcome these runners into the 2017 TCS New
York City Marathon field, and look forward to supporting them as they
embark on an experience of a lifetime en route to November 5."
The 2017 TCS New York City Marathon field will be made up of both
guaranteed and non-guaranteed entrants. Runners received guaranteed entry
through a variety of methods, which are detailed here. Non-guaranteed
entrants are being secured through today's drawing. The application period
for both guaranteed and non-guaranteed entries opened on January 17, 2017,
and closed on February 17, 2017.
Today also marks the opening of the official charity running program for
the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon. Runners can register to participate
with one of more than 350 official charity partners who utilize the event
as a critical fundraising platform, as well as with NYRR Team for Kids, the
TCS New York City Marathon's largest charity, which raises funds to support
NYRR's free, year-round youth running programs and events across the
country. Additionally, runners who have been accepted into the race can
also raise money for charity—NYRR Team for Kids, any official charity
partner, or a charity of their choice by using CrowdRise.
"We are excited to launch our popular charity running program today that
benefits hundreds of significant causes throughout NYC and around the
world, and to encourage participation in our very own NYRR Team for Kids
charity," said Michael Rodgers, vice president of development and
philanthropy at New York Road Runners. "Our inspirational charity runners,
who raised a record-breaking $36.1 million at last year's TCS New York City
Marathon, represent the giving spirit and passion of the global running
community. We are grateful for and proud of their efforts, which have
resulted in $235 million raised for the official charity running program
since its inception in 2006."
In 2016, 9,000 charity runners raised $36.1 million during the marathon on
behalf of hundreds of not-for-profit organizations in New York City and
across the nation. This number represents a mix of charity runners,
including those registered to run the race with an official TCS New York
City Marathon charity partner, those running on their own but raising money
for an official charity partner, and those running on their own and using
CrowdRise, the TCS New York City Marathon official fundraising partner
platform for 2016, to raise money. Since the inception of the official
charity partner program in 2006, $235 million has been raised. Also at the
2016 TCS New York City Marathon, $5.8 million was raised by 2,200 Team for
Kids runners. More than 215,000 youth are served nationally through NYRR's
free youth running programs and events, including 115,000 in New York
City's five boroughs.
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 1,100,000 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 just celebrated its 40th year as
a five-borough affair. Held annually on the first Sunday of November, the
race features over 50,000 runners including the world's top professional
athletes and a vast range of competitive, recreational, and charity
runners. Participants from approximately 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. The NYRR Youth Invitational at the TCS New York City
Marathon covered 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
television broadcast in 175 countries and territories, including viewers in
the New York area on WABC-TV, Channel 7, nationally on ESPN2, and via
various international broadcast partners. 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 47th running of the TCS New
York City Marathon is set for November 5, 2017. To learn more, visit
www.tcsnycmarathon.org.
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