Austin's only marathon relay included teams representing running
clubs, neighborhood groups, local businesses, city workers and college
organizations, as well as local officials Governor Rick Perry and
Texas Senator Kirk Watson. The health and community this race promotes
also furthers Mayor Will Wynn's vision to make Austin known as the
fittest city in the country by 2010.
Winning the family division, Team Juarez finished with the time
3:20.33. Austin Energy Tower of Power won the city employees division
in 2:43.39, and in a category premiering this year, S.A.M Running won
the two-person marathon division with the time 3:26.49.
"At Silicon Labs we feel it is important to share our financial
success with our community, and the Relay is one of our favorite ways
to support education through Junior Achievement, our local running
community, and the Mayor's mission of creating the most fit city,"
said Shannon Pleasant, director of corporate communications for
Silicon Labs. "Almost a quarter of our local workforce participated as
volunteers or runners, and we want to thank them for their outstanding
support of this community event."
The 2008 Silicon Labs Marathon Relay generated $140,000 for Junior
Achievement. All proceeds from the race stay in Central Texas,
providing educational resources to teach financial literacy by local
business and community volunteers that meet with over 16,000 area
students each year.
"We sincerely appreciate the support of the runners, spectators,
volunteers, sponsors and race production crew that contributed to this
year's event," said Dave Swincher, president of Junior Achievement of
Central Texas. "We love being a part of this great community and can't
wait for next year's event, which we are already working on to make
better than ever."
The five-person relay race covered 26.2 miles, divided into five
relay legs in the following order: 10K, 11.1K, 11.1K, 5K, 5K. The
central location, onsite local food vendors and activities for kids
provided a great place for family and friends to hang out while team
members ran their leg of the course. A variety of distances and
numerous divisions to compete in the race ensured something for
everyone.
The Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay is sponsored by Silicon
Laboratories and RunTex. Additional sponsors include 1379, American
Airlines, Austin Business Journal, Dos Equis, El Arroyo, Fulbright and
Jaworski, L.L.P, HEB, Humana, News8, Roger Beasley Porsche, Rockford
Business Interiors , Texas Linen Company, Third Rail Creative and
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide.
For additional results and general information on this event,
please visit www.austinmarathonrelay.com.
For video content, please visit
www.YouTube.com/user/austinmarathonrelay.
About Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
mixed-signal semiconductors that allow the analog world we live in to
interact with the digital world of computing. Silicon Labs is
committed to sharing the company's success with the community,
specifically education programs that help develop math and science
skills among young people. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Silicon
Labs has design, engineering, marketing, sales and applications
offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more
information about Silicon Laboratories, please visit www.silabs.com.
About Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated
to educating young people about business, economics and free
enterprise. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement
offers in-school and after-school programs for students in grades
K-12. JA programs focus on seven key content areas: business,
citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/character, financial
literacy and career development. For more information, visit
www.ja.org.
About RunTex Events
RunTex Events develops and services hundreds of runs, triathlons,
duathlons and walks in the Central Texas region. RunTex Events helps
build events that provide a platform to raise awareness and money for
non-profits and community connection for the business sector. For more
information, visit www.runtex.com.
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