Many of the top distance runners in the U.S. take to the track at the Reggie Lewis Center at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. The final elite mile fields have been announced and the meet's website has posted up some fun features on the high school races. It should be quite a weekend in Boston!
Junior Inv. Mile athletes featured on www.BostonIndoorGames.com
Press Release
Boston (Jan. 23) - Athletes competing in the Boys' and Girls' Invitational Mile at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games Saturday are highlighted in a new special section on the meet's website, which helps set the stage for what are likely to be two of the most exciting and competitive races of the U.S. indoor season.
To read about, see and hear from the athletes, visit www.BostonIndoorGames.com and click on ATHLETES. Features include bios, photos, video interviews, a poll and a prediction contest, with the prizewinners receiving a gift bag from Reebok.
Athlete in the Boys' Junior Invitational Mile include Michael Fout (La Porte HS/La Porte, IN), Christopher Derrick (Neuqua Valley HS/Naperville, IL), Charles White (Cherry Creek HS/Cherry Hills Village, CO), Mac Fleet (University City HS/San Diego, CA), Colby Lowe (Carroll Senior HS/Southlake, TX), Luke Puskedra (Judge Memorial HS/Ogden, UT), Cory Leslie (Sandusky Perkins HS/Huron, OH), Christopher Brown (Carroll Senior HS/Southlake, TX), Joseph Franklin (Amos P. Godby HS/Tallahassee, FL), Kyle Merber (Half Hollow Hills West HS/Dix Hills, NY), and Sintayehu Taye (Cushing Academy/Ashburnham, MA), 2007 Nike Indoor Nationals mile runner-up.
Set for the Girl's Junior Invitational Mile are Caitlin Lane (Greenwich HS/Greenwich, NY), Jillian Smith (Southern Regional HS/Manahawkin, NJ), Tori Pennings (Warwick Valley HS/Warwick, NY), Keely Maguire (Triton Regional HS/Georgetown, MA), Sarah McCurdy (Bay Shore HS/Bay Shore, NY), Nicole Benson (Limestone Community HS/Peoria, IL), Brianna Welch (North Shore HS/Glen Head, NY), Jessica Parry (Catholic Central HS/London, Ontario), Bridget Dahlberg (Newton South HS/Newton, MA), Mary Kate Champagne (Seton Catholic Central HS/Plattsburgh, NY), and Kristin Reese (Carmel HS/Patterson, NY).
Sponsored by Reebok International Ltd., with its world headquarters in Canton, Mass., the Reebok Boston Indoor Games is owned and produced by Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., an athlete-representation and events firm based in Boston. The Reebok Boston Indoor Games, the second stop in USA Track and Field's Via Championship Series, begins at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College, 1350 Tremont St. Information and tickets are available on-line at www.BostonIndoorGames.com or by phone at 1-877-TIX-TRAC.