PRESS RELEASES
Browse the latest press releases from companies serving the running, cycling and triathlon industries. You’ll find news regarding new hires, promotions, products, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, special announcements, and more.
February 1, 2021
Mammut And POWDR Partner For Uniform Upgrade
(Williston, VT) – Mammut has announced the roll-out of their partnership with POWDR. The leading Swiss-born premium outdoors brand has proven itself as the snow professionals' uniform and gear of choice, and will be POWDR’s official winter uniform partner beginning this 2020/21 season. POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company on a...
February 1, 2021
Gwen Jorgensen, Meredith Kessler and others Lend Their Voice
Baltimore, MD. - The International Association of Black Triathletes (IABT) launched their 2021 Nationwide Initiatives focused on youth across the world impacted by the Covid19 Pandemic. IABT launched three initiatives geared towards getting youth active and engaged while closing the gap in sports, sports programming and academics. 2020 placed a...
January 31, 2021
Munro Top Finisher on Last Day of Cyclocross Worlds in Ostend
OSTEND, Belgium – The 2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships concluded in Ostend, Belgium on Sunday. 2020 Junior World Championship Bronze-Medalist, Madigan Munro (Boulder, Colo.; Trek Factory Racing), took the line of the 37-starter U23 Women’s race. Curtis White (Delanson, N.Y.; Cannondale Cyclocrossworld) also competed in the Elite Men’s race. The...
January 29, 2021
An Update On The USA Cycling Olympic Development Academy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Cycling announced their new program, the Olympic Development Academy (ODA), in an effort to create more junior development opportunities across all cycling disciplines. The new Olympic Development Academy is an athletes’ full access to world-class coaches and other specialists, in-depth training plans and camps, and national and...
January 29, 2021
Rockstar All Access Announces Southern Firecracker 70.3
January 29, 2021 Grenada, MS – Rockstar All Access announced it has secured a multi-year deal with the Grenada Tourism Commission to develop a long-distance triathlon called the Southern Firecracker 70.3. The USAT sanctioned event will be held on June 26, 2021 at Grenada Lake. Grenada Lake offers some of...
January 29, 2021
The International Association of Black Triathletes Launches FREE – Nationwide NCAA/Collegiate Club Virtual COMBINE
Baltimore, MD. - The International Association of Black Triathletes (IABT) is a national humanitarian nonprofit dedicated to providing advancement for urban youth and communities they represent through the sport of triathlon by being a gateway to reduce academic and health disparities and to increase opportunities for collegiate studies, internships, and...
January 29, 2021
MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Julia Emmons
January 29, 2021 — Julia Emmons, who directed the AJC Peachtree Road Race for 26 years (1985 – 2011) and served as Executive Director of the Atlanta Track Club, has been named the 2020 MarathonFoto/Road Race Management Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Emmons led the iconic July 4 road race, which was the...
January 29, 2021
Charm City Run Events Acquires St. Michaels Running Festival
Baltimore, Md. - Baltimore-based Charm City Run Events has acquired the St. Michaels Running Festival, a multi-distance running event held annually in May in St. Michaels, Maryland. The festival, which draws more than 2,000 runners, features a half marathon, 10k, and 5k on USATF-certified courses. The 2021 St. Michaels Running...
January 29, 2021
RaceHawk Named Official Race Registration Platform of the Speedo SALT Series
St. Augustine Beach, Florida – RaceHawk, powered by EventConnect, becomes the official race registration platform of the Speedo SALT Series. For well over a decade, RaceHawk built a reputation as the “go to” registration platform for endurance sports in the State of Florida. Recently under new ownership, the RaceHawk platform...
January 29, 2021
Fast Talk Sports Science Podcast Explores Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Boulder, Colorado, USA – Fast Talk, the sports science podcast, has just released Episode 148: The Causes and Effects of Concussions and TBIs. During this episode, hosts Chris Case and Trevor Connor, speak with Dr. Steven Broglio, director of the University of Michigan Concussion Center and NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory. Dr....