Corvallis Half Marathon Partners With Strands
- By Duncan Larkin
- Published Aug. 3, 2011
- Updated Aug. 3, 2011 at 10:03 AM UTC
A $2500 prize purse will be offered for the April 2012 event.
From: Running USA
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Corvallis Half Marathon has opened registration and announced a $2500 prize purse for their second edition on April 15, 2012 through Strands Fitness Events.
“We are very excited to be partnering with Strands for next year’s race to provide a prize purse,” says race director Tyler Childers. “We are all very proud of the running community in Corvallis and look forward to hosting the elites that come to compete for the new prize purse.”
Last year the event was won by former University of Michigan All-American Michael Wisniewski of Corvallis and Becky Manuel (Beaverton, Ore.) in 1 hour, 7 minutes, 16 seconds and 1:24:23, respectively.
In addition to adding elites to the front of the race, Childers vows to continue with the standard set in the first year event of offering a great value for participants. After selling out in the inaugural year, the race committee increased its registrant cap to 2,500 participants.
All proceeds from the half-marathon will go to local charities.
FILED UNDER: News TAGS: Becky Manuel / Charity / Corvallis Half Marathon / Half Marathon / inaugural races / local charities / Michael Wisniewski / Prize Purse / purse / Strands / Strands Fitness Events
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.