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VIDEOS: Ransom Canyon Run'09 by Ida Olguin / Hot Dam'09 by Rebecca Gonzalez -"BLOG the WTRC"- Challenge Series: Click here for '09 CS Standings... ------------ ------------ LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO RUN? WTRC Training Runs/Running Groups: 1. "20th & Elgin" ...Contact Jerry Dwyer:: jerry.dwyer@ttu.edu ,, Meets weekdays @6:00am and weekends at 7am, 20th & Elgin. Ask Jerry to add you to his mailing list. 2. "Campus Runners"....Contact James Livermore 792-5815, Meets every Sunday @4:00pm, South of the Tech Library(5Mi run). 3. "MacKenzie Run and Breakfast Club"......Meets every Sat. and Sun. @7:00am(6 to 8 miles), MacKenzie Park-Old Outdoor Ctr ; Contact P.J.Mitchell's pager 721-9940 ------------ ------------ ATTN Board Members: Our next scheduled Meeting is on Tuesday, Nov 10th, 7:00PM at Lubowicz' office, 3309-67th |
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2009 RED RAIDER ROAD RACE SCHOLARSHIPS West Texas Running Club is pleased to announce the West Texas Running Club/Texas Tech University Scholarship. Applicants must have a letter of nomination from a WTRC member, complete and submit a standardized application form and attend Texas Tech University. Preference will be given to undergraduate students who are permanent residents of West Texas as defined: the area north of Interstate 20 as far West as Pecos and to west of a line from Abilene to Wichita Falls. Preference will also be given to full-time students (minimum 12 credit hours) at who have completed at least one semester. Stipends of up to $500 per semester will be awarded based on the following criteria: participation in extracurricular activities, participation in school activities, leadership positions held, academic record and financial need. Special consideration is given to candidates who participate in activities that are consistent with the goals of the club. It is expected that recipients of this scholarship either run in or volunteer at West Texas Running Club races. Scholarship applications are due on May 1st. In the event that funds are still available after the initial awards have been made, late applications will be considered. Congratulations to the 2009 Fall semester winners of WTRC's RRRR scholarship, awarded twice a year to Texas Tech Students. The scholarship recepients are: Traci Beri, Tyler Livermore and Amy McAlexander... We look forward to seeing these winners at our annual Red Raider Road Race, which is a 10K and 5K, and always held on Texas Tech's homecoming Saturday. See the "Club Races" page, "Red Raider Road Race" for details. Club members are also encouraged to submit nominations for scholarship awardees, to haukos@aol.com . Contact Jill Haukos, Chair, for more info: haukos@aol.com | |||||||||
RRCA SAFETY REMINDER!
Today, while reading the Washington Post, I was reminded about the importance of continually sharing the RRCA Running Safety Tips. The following is an excerpt from the news article written by Dan Morse, Washington Post staff writer:
"A 30-year-old jogger was raped Monday night after being pulled into a wooded area of Rock Creek Park just south of Kensington, marking the second time in the last week a Montgomery County woman has been taken into the woods and sexually assaulted, police said."
Investigators are examining whether the events are related, but thus far have found no evidence to that effect.
In the most recent incident, the 30-year-old started her run about 7:45pm, wearing a portable music player. As she jogged along a footpath in the area that crosses under Connecticut Avenue, just north of the Beltway, a man came up from behind and grabbed her. After the attack, she was unable to find help from passing motorists, so she walked home to Kensington, and was driven to a local hospital, where she was treated for the assault and trauma to her face, neck and shoulders, police said. She remained hospitalized today."
Our sympathies go out to this women as she recovers from this traumatic incident.
As a result, I emplore everyone in the running community to email their members or email event participants and remind the ever growing number of runners to practice safe running which includes leaving the headphones at home.
The RRCA offers a variety of running safety tips that can be found on our website:
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Sincerely,
Jean Knaack, Road Runners Club of America
