CNU to hold annual 5K Race and Mile Walk on Sept. 13
Proceeds to benefit Alumni Scholarship Fund
News Release - August 12, 2008
Public's contact for publication:
Mark Bernecker
Race Director, (757) 220-9426
Media Contact:
Lori Jacobs, (757) 594-7961
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) - Christopher Newport University's Alumni Society and the Peninsula Track Club presents the 8th annual CNU Alumni Society / Oyster Pointer 5K Race and Mile Walk on Saturday, September 13.
This PTC Grand Prix event follows a flat, fast course through the beautiful Riverside Community in Newport News. The walk begins at 8 a.m., and the run at 8:30 a.m. behind the parking garage of CNU's Ferguson Center for the Arts.
Early registration for the walk is $8 prior to September 1, and $10 thereafter. Early registration for the run is $15 prior to September 1; $20 thru Sept. 12 and $25 for day-of registration. Students and military personnel are $10.
Top Female Finisher and Top Male Finsher will be awarded cash prizes of $150. Second and third place finishers will receive $75 and $25, respectively.
Proceeds will benefit the CNU Alumni Scholarship Fund. Please call race director Mark Bernecker at (757) 220-9426 or visit alumni.cnu.edu/5krun for more information.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 5,000 students in rigorous academic programs through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Joseph W. Luter III College of Business and Leadership and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.