Press Release - Odds and Ends - 2/22/23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            Distance runner Kevin Salvano signs agency contract 
                       with Elite Runner Management          

         Notre Dame alum recently finished 9th in Houston Marathon

GROSSE POINTE (MI) -  Kevin Salvano, a Notre Dame graduate and Olympic 
Trials qualifier in the marathon, has signed an agency contract with Elite 
Runner Management (ERM), the Michigan based sports agency headed by Chris 
Mengel.

"Kevin Salvano had a fabulous start to his pro career when he ran 2:16:39 
to place ninth in last month's highly competitive Chevron Houston Marathon. 
To run perfectly even splits [1:08:29 and 1:08:10] as a non-elite entry in 
a World Athletics' gold label race is pretty impressive," Mengel said. "It 
was both his marathon and road racing debut. I am very pleased that Kevin 
has chosen my agency to be a part of his professional journey. Houston is 
only the beginning."

When asked about his new partnership with Elite Runner Management, Salvano 
said that "[i]n any relationship, trust is front and center and I feel that 
trust with Chris. I'm confident that Chris and ERM will give me the chance 
to compete in major races, to drop my marathon time, and to beat guys that 
are within my wheelhouse."

After suffering an injury his freshman year and almost giving up the sport, 
Salvano recovered to have an outstanding collegiate career at Notre Dame. 
Among his college accomplishments, Salvano was a Great Lakes All-Region 
cross country selectee and captained the 2019 Fighting Irish team to a 2nd 
place finish at the ACC Championships and to 8th place at the NCAA D1 
National Cross Country Championships. He has a personal best of 28:54 for 
10,000 meters and earned All-ACC honors by finishing 4th at that distance 
at the ACC outdoor championships.

A 2016 graduate of Buffalo Grove High School, a northwest suburb of 
Chicago, Salvano was All-State for three years in cross country and the 
Illinois 3A individual state champion his senior year. He has a master's 
degree in accounting from Notre Dame and is a licensed CPA working in 
finance for a firm in Chicago.

Salvano's immediate plans include running Grandma's Marathon in Duluth in 
June and then a Fall marathon, perhaps in his hometown of Chicago.

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