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Release Number: 09-071
21-Sep-09
For Immediate Release
Contact: Matt Boxler
Contact Phone: 401-341-2156
Contact E-mail: newsrelease@salve.edu
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UNIVERSITY HOSTS 10th ANNUAL MANSION RUN 5K ON SEPT. 26
NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University's 10th Annual Mansion Run 5K that starts and finishes on the university's historic Bellevue Avenue/Ochre Point campus, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8:30 a.m.
Open to the general public, proceeds from the event will support the university's Mercy Relief Fund. The road race annually attracts several hundred participants from the Salve Regina community and the general public. A total of $1,300 in cash will be awarded to the top male and female finishers in several age categories.
The U.S.A. Track & Field-sanctioned 3.1-mile course weaves participants in a scenic tour past many Gilded Age mansions. The race is one of many activities being planned on campus during its annual celebration of Fall Festival Weekend.
Registrations received by Sept. 25 cost $15. People may register online by visiting www.salve.edu/run. Race-day registration costs $20 and will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday in the Rodgers Recreation Center on Salve Regina's campus.
Short-sleeve Mansion Run T-shirts are guaranteed for the first 400 paid registrants.
For more information, contact Matt Boxler at 401-341-2156.
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