BOSTON (January 20) – Double Olympic Champion Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia), seven-time World Championship medalist Bernard Lagat (USA), Anna Pierce, America’s top 800m runner and American record-holder Galen Rupp are just a handful of the elite stars slated to compete at 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today. Also announced today, were the boys and girls elite, junior mile fields. Tickets for the 15th annual Olympic-styled event are on sale now at www.BostonIndoorGames.com or by calling 1-877-TIX-TRAC.
The junior mile races have in recent years attracted top talent from the US and around the world. 2010 looks to continue that tradition with 10 standout boys confirmed including the nation’s leading miler so far this season, Patrick Schellberg (Morristown, NJ); New York’s 2009 State Champion at 1600m, Alex Hatz (Manlius, NY); Craig Lutz (Highland Village, TX), the 2009 Nike Cross Country National Champion; and Billy Ledder (Falls Church, VA) the Virginian prep who won the 2009 Nike Indoor National Championships at 800m.
The girls junior mile will include Joanna and Kathleen Stevens (Blacksburg, VA), Virginia State Champion and Virginia State Runner-up respectively in 2009 at 1600m, Emily Lipari (Greenvale, NY), the nation’s leading miler in 2010; the nation’s top returning 800m runner Claudia Francis (Laurelton, NY) who won the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2009 in a time of 2:05.47; Cory Ann McGee (Pass Christian, MS), 2009 Mississippi State Champion and 2009 New England Champion Katrina Coogan (Exeter, NH).
A full start list for the junior mile races is as follows:
| Billy Ledder |
Falls Church, VA |
Gonzaga College High School |
| Alex Hatz |
Manlius, NY |
Fayetteville Manlius High School |
| Craig Lutz |
Highland Village, TX |
Marcus High School |
| Thomas Kehl |
Philadelphia, PA |
Father Judge High School |
| Will Antkowiak |
Brenham, TX |
Brenham High School |
| John Gregorek Jr |
Seekonk, MA |
Seekonk High School |
| Pat Schellberg |
Morristown, NJ |
Delbarton High School |
| Adam Cotton |
Penkridge, UK |
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| Thomas DeVries |
London, ON, Canada |
London Central Secondary School |
| Ammar Moussa |
Arcadia, CA |
Arcadia High School |
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| Alanna Poretta |
Groveland, MA |
Pentucket High School |
| Katrina Coogan |
Exeter, NH |
Phillips Exeter Academy |
| McKinzie Schultz |
Naperville, IL |
Benet Academy |
| Claudia Francis |
Laurelton, NY |
Benjamin Cardozo High School |
| Joanna Stevens |
Blacksburg, VA |
Blacksburg High School |
| Kathleen Stevens |
Blacksburg, VA |
Blacksburg High School |
| Cory Ann McGee |
Pass Christain, MS |
Pass Christian High School |
| Emily Lipari |
Greenvale, NY |
Roslyn High School |
Since the Reebok Boston Indoor Games began in 1996, more than 100 Olympic and World Championship medalists have competed in the event, which has also played host to six World Records and nine American Records. Sponsored by Reebok International Ltd., with its world headquarters in Canton, Mass., the event is owned and produced by Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., an athlete-representation and events firm based in Boston.
The 15th-annual Reebok Boston Indoor Games, the second stop in USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series, begins at 5:00 p.m. on Feb. 6 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College. Information is now available on-line at www.BostonIndoorGames.com. Follow us on Twitter at @BostonIndoor and become a fan on Facebook at www.bostonindoorgames.com/facebook. Tickets are available on-line or by calling 1-877-TIX-TRAC. |
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