Where Your Dreams Become Reality
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ING NYC Marathon to Over More Prize Money for Women Than Men The woman's winner of the 2005 ING New York City Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, November 6, will automatically earn a special bonus lifting her total prize to $130,000, the highest ever offered in the history of marathoning. ING, the Dutch financial services giant which is the primary sponsor of the event, is offering special bonuses of $30,000, $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 to the top-4 women over the finish line which will be cumulative with the race's regular prize money. The bonuses, part of the Run for Something Better charity program which will also donate $150,000 to two not-for-profit organizations which provide fitness programs for city childern, have the botton line impact of raising the women's total prize money purse by $65,000 above what will be available to the men. "In collaboration with our partners at ING, New York Road Runners takes another milestone step in the support and encouragement of women's running," said Mary Wittenberg, president and CEO of New York Road Runners and the race director of the ING New York City Marathon. She addressed a group of journalists yesterday at a luncheon held at San Domenico, a restaurant on Central Park South in the 26th mile of the marathon. The race also announced three top women who will compete in the marathon: Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands, Marie Davenport of Ireland, and Jen Rhines of Ardmore, Penn. Kiplagat, 31, is widely regarded as one of the best all-purpose road runners in the world and has a marathon personal best time of 2:22:22. Davenport, 30, will be making her marathon debut after being forced to withdraw from last year's marathon in New York with an ankle injury she sustained just one week before the race. Rhines, 30, was third at last year's U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon and has a career best time of 2:29:57. "I am grateful to the ING New York City Marathon and New York Road Runners for their commitment to women's running, from their showcasing of the professional women's marathon start to the 34-year-old Circle of Friends New York Mini 10-K, the world's original women-only road race," said Rhines. The regular prize money for both men and women will be as follows and is doubled for U.S. citizens: $100,000-$45,000-$30,000-$20,000-$15,000-$10,000-$7,500-$5,000-$2,500-$1,000. Wittenberg also reported yesterday that the race has over 85,000 applicants of which about 53,000 will be permitted entry, the most of any marathon in the world.
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