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Note on the News:
Monti Takes a Look at USA Marathon Youth Movement

Posted October 31st, 2008 at 5:44 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons

David Monti, our partner at Race Results Weekly, wrote a story for our friends at UniversalSports.com on the surge in interest in the marathon amongst younger American athletes. You can read the story here:

http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=13048&DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=1615211

Included in the story is the following list of recent USA marathon debuts by athletes 25 years-old or younger

Men (sub-2:20)
2:08:24 Ryan Hall, 24 - London, 2007
2:12:27 Fernando Cabada, 24 - Fukuoka, 2006
2:14:01 Dathan Ritzenhein, 23 - New York, 2006
2:15:22 Josh Rohatinsky, 25 - 2008 Olympic Trials, 2007
2:15:28 Nate Jenkins, 25 - Austin, 2006
2:15:50 Jason Hartmann, 25 - Chicago, 2006
2:16:58 Nick Arciniaga, 23 - Chicago, 2006
2:17:55 Dan Sutton, 25 - Austin, 2006
2:19:12 Carlos Carballo, 23 - Los Angeles, 2006

Women (sub-2:45:00)
2:34:14 Melissa White, 25 - Chicago, 2006
2:39:59 Emily Mortensen, 23 - St. Paul, 2006
2:42:47 Sally Meyerhoff, 24 - Tempe, 2008
2:43:13 Caroline Creti, 23 - St. Paul, 2007
2:43:31 Michelle Gallagher, 22 - Sacramento, 2007
2:43:42 Becki Michael, 24 - Austin, 2008
2:43:59 Paige Miller, 2 - Philadelphia, 2007
2:44:09 Kristen Price, 24 - Columbus, 2006
2:44:16 Jenna Darcy, 23 - Duluth, 2006
2:44:38 Jessica Gall, 23 - Columbus, 2007
2:44:56 Desiree Davila, 23 - Boston, 2007

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Universal Sports To Carry ING NYCM Live on TV and Web

Posted October 29th, 2008 at 4:45 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Universal Sports, a television channel and website dedicated to Olympic and action sports, will show Sunday’s ING New York City Marathon live on both broadcast television and on-line.

The television broadcast is accessible in many major American cities on free, digital broadcast TV, including New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. The on-line broadcast is available free and to anyone in the world who logs on to http://www.universalsports.com with a fast Internet connection.

The broadcast and webcast begin at 8h45 Eastern Standard Time in the United States (5h45 Pacific Standard Time and 14h45 Central European Time).
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How to Watch Today’s Chicago Marathon on TV, via Internet

Posted October 12th, 2008 at 8:45 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch

Catch all the action of the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon live on TV, radio and the Web:

NBC 5 Chicago
NBC 5 News coverage begins at 6 a.m. followed by live on-air and on-line coverage of the 2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon from 7 to 11 a.m.

The Score Sportsradio 670 AM
On race day, The Score Sportsradio 670 AM will bring you all the race action live. Tune into 670 AM to catch the live broadcast from 7 to 11 a.m.

Universal Sports
Watch the Bank of America Chicago Marathon live webcast from 7 to 11 a.m. and on-demand at universalsports.com. This online broadcast and on-demand video coverage of the Chicago Marathon is brought to you by MarathonGuide.com. MarathonGuide.com also sponsored the 2008 Boston and Berlin Marathon webcasts, and will sponsor similar coverage for the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 2, 2008.

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Universal Sports Offering Live (and Free) Coverage of World Half Marathon Championships

Posted October 12th, 2008 at 6:42 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch

The exclusive webcast by Universal Sports of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will begin this morning at 7:45 a.m. EST.

To tune in and watch the online broadcast, please visit: www.universalsports.com

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NBC Sports & WCSN Partner to Launch Universal Sports

Posted June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics

Press Release: NBC Sports, a division of NBC Universal, and World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) have joined forces to create Universal Sports. Universal Sports will combine NBCU’s programming and production expertise and promotional power with WCSN’s leading online destination for Olympic sports plus its growing television network to create the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic sports programming.

The announcement was made today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, the controlling shareholder of WCSN. Universal Sports will include both a television network and a robust online platform UniversalSports.com.
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