RRCA Announces 2011 Roads Scholar Class
- By Duncan Larkin
- Published Jul. 12, 2011
- Updated Jul. 12, 2011 at 10:02 AM UTC
Six up-and-coming athletes will receive training grants.
From: Running USA
ARLINGTON, Va. — Since 1996, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) has awarded grants totaling over $360,000 through the Roads Scholar® program. The goal of the program is to assist American post-collegiate runners who show great promise to develop into national and world class road running athletes. The grants ($5000 per athlete) awarded by the RRCA go directly to the athletes to help support their goals of becoming world class distance runners. Deena Kastor (nee Drossin), the 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist, was a 1997 grant recipient.
The RRCA introduces and congratulates the 2011-12 Class of Roads Scholars.
FILED UNDER: News TAGS: Bobby Mack / Deena Kastor / Lee Williams / Megan Duwell / Megan Hogan / Meghan Armstrong Peyton / Road Runners Club of America / Tyler McCandless
Duncan Larkin
Duncan Larkin is the news editor at Competitor.com and a freelance journalist who’s been covering the sport of running for over five years. He’s run 2:32 in the marathon and won the Himalayan 100-Mile Stage Race in 2007. His first running book, RUN SIMPLE, was released last July.