FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2016 BMW Dallas Marathon to stream live on WFAA.com; three-hour broadcast
airs on WFAA-TV December 11
Follow all the action in 2016 BMW Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon, Behringer
Relay and Pro Relay Challenge
DALLAS (December 8, 2016) - WFAA-TV, the Dallas-Fort Worth ABC affiliate,
will air the 46th BMW Dallas Marathon, Half Marathon and Behringer Relay
live on Sunday, December 11. The exclusive home of the BMW Dallas Marathon
broadcast since 2005, WFAA's live, high-definition coverage begins at 8
a.m. CST from the BMW Dallas Marathon start/finish line in downtown Dallas.
Three hours of live race footage will also be streamed online at WFAA.com.
Viewers can tune in for race commentary and analysis, as well as feature
coverage of the Pro Relay Challenge, which partners five professional and
Olympic Trials qualifying runners with each of Dallas' professional sports
franchises in a competitive relay race. The race broadcast will include
guest appearances by Rio 2016 Olympics Team USA runners Meb Keflezighi and
Desi Linden, and viewers will enjoy highlights of this year's race
partnership with BMW, which brings more than 100 BMW cars to the 26.2-mile
course, and watch the drama unfold as local athlete and 2015 Dallas
Marathon champion Logan Sherman seeks back-to-back marathon victories.
Hosts Juli Henner-Benson and Todd Whitthorne anchor the BMW Dallas Marathon
broadcast, with course analysts Mike Leslie, Sonia Azad and Ted Madden.
WFAA meteorologist Colleen Coyle will be running in the BMW Dallas Half
Marathon as part of the 2016 Last Woman Running promotion, raising money
for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.
In addition to the downtown start/finish line set, WFAA will use a
multitude of cameras on race day to capture course footage, including
specially built motorcycles, helicopters and more. For more information,
visit BMWDallasMarathon.com or WFAA.com.
BMW DALLAS MARATHON BROADCAST TEAM
Juli Henner-Benson, Host
Benson represented the United States in the 1500-meter run at the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta and currently serves as coach to the United States
Air Force Academy cross-country program, a role she has held since 2009. In
2013 she was selected as assistant coach for the U.S. team at the IAAF
World Championships in Moscow, Russia. Benson is a veteran marathon
commentator, having contributed regularly to race broadcasts for the New
York City, Boston, Los Angeles and BMW Dallas Marathon. A graduate of James
Madison University, Benson currently lives in Highlands Ranch, CO, with her
husband Robert.
Todd Whitthorne, Host
Whitthorne has enjoyed an Emmy award-winning broadcast career, and is
recognized as one of the country's leading public speakers on health and
wellness. The marathoner produced and hosted a nationally syndicated radio
program for eight years and has served as co-host of the BMW Dallas
Marathon race broadcast since 2005. Whitthorne is a graduate of UCLA with a
Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and exercise physiology.
About the BMW Dallas Marathon
The Dallas Marathon is a nonprofit organization with a focus on promoting
health and physical fitness through running events and related activities.
Dating back to 1971, the organization hosts year-round events culminating
with Dallas' largest and Texas' oldest running marathon: the BMW Dallas
Marathon. Now in its 46th running, the marquee race attracts runners from
across the globe and hundreds of thousands of spectators to Dallas' largest
single-day sporting event. The BMW Dallas Marathon racecourse highlights
iconic Dallas landmarks and is recognized as the official marathon of the
city of Dallas. Since naming a primary beneficiary in 1997, the Dallas
Marathon has donated more than $3.8 million to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
for Children. For more information, visit dallasmarathon.com.
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