FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon Awards $80,000 for Charity at
2014 Marathon Awards Celebration
60 Separate Awards Presented to Top Open, Corporate Cup and
Government Cup Relay Teams and Charity Partners
DENVER - The Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon awarded $80,000 to the top
relay teams in the Open Marathon Relay, Corporate Cup and Government Cup
Relays at the 2014 Marathon Awards Celebration. The top teams received a
trophy to keep and a cash award, ranging from $750-$2,500, which they gave
to the Charity Partner of their choice.
More than 17,000 runners registered for the events of the 9th annual Kaiser
Permanente Colfax Marathon on May 17-18, 2014; a 24 percent increase from
2013, when the race distributed $50,000 to charity. One in four registered
to run for one of the 151 Charity Partners that used the race to raise
money for their cause.
"With the increase in registrations and the number of charity partner
runners, we are able to give back more to our charity partners," said
Andrea Dowdy, CEO of the Colfax Marathon. "As a nonprofit, our mission is
to encourage fitness in our communities, and celebrate those who are doing
it well. When you put Colorado's largest corporate race together with one
of the largest charity partner programs in the country, you get great local
involvement."
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock delivered welcome remarks to the top
Corporate, Government and Open relay teams, as well as the individual men's
and women's winners in the Marathon, Half Marathon and Urban 10 Miler.
"This was an exciting year for the Kaiser Permanente Colfax Marathon," said
Jandel Allen-Davis, MD, Kaiser Permanente's vice president of government
and external relations. "It was particularly inspiring to see more than 400
teams, mostly from the business community, getting away from their desks
and running for health and charity as part of the Corporate and Government
cup relays. We're proud to be involved in this great community event and we
look forward to continuing our work to help Coloradans thrive."
Several other special awards are presented, including a $1,000 award to
Brianne Nelson for setting a new event record in the Women's Half Marathon
in 1:16:07; the "Brass Nozzle" Award, a trophy that the fire departments of
Aurora, Denver and Lakewood compete for each year, going to the Men's West
Metro Fire relay team; and the "Sole of the Law" Trophy, awarded to the
fastest law firm relay team, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's Co-Ed team.
Additionally, The Denver Post Community Foundation, as a beneficiary of the
Bellco Colfax 5K, awarded $10,000 in grants to four local nonprofits
serving youth, fitness and disabilities: Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Colorado, Denver Children's Advocacy Center, Joshua School of Denver and
Rocky Mountain Human Services.
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