Dr. Norbert Sander to Receive Abebe Bikila Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Sport of Distance Running at Event

Nearly 2,000 NYC students will participate in NYRR’s largest youth running event of the school year to kick off TCS New York City Marathon Race Week on Saturday, October 25th, 12 p.m. at The New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory, 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between 168th and 169th Streets. Press check-in begins at 11:30 a.m.

The NYRR Youth Jamboree, presented by Tata Consultancy Services, will feature a variety of free track & field events including relays, runs, long jump, and shot put for kids of all abilities in pre-K through high school. The day will also feature two special 55-meter dashes – one for pre-K students, and the “Forever Young Invitational” for seniors aged 75+, which will include more than a dozen participants in their 70s and 80s, as well as 99-year-old Ida Keeling, who recently broke the 100-meter world record. The groups will each be on hand to cheer and present each other with finisher ribbons.

As part of the event, NYRR will present President and Executive Director of the Armory Foundation and the 1974 New York City Marathon champion Dr. Norbert Sander with the Abebe Bikila Award for his outstanding commitment and contributions to the sport of distance running. For more information on Dr. Norbert Sander, please click here to read the press release announcing him as the recipient of the award.

DATE: Saturday, October 25th

TIME: 11:30 AM: Press check-in 12-2:00 PM: Award Presentation and Races 2-4:00 PM: Track & Field Events Continue

PLACE: The New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between 168th and 169th Streets

New York Road Runners and the TCS New York City Marathon

The TCS New York City Marathon is the most popular and inclusive marathon in the world, attracting the world’s top professional athletes and a vast range of recreational runners. The race began in 1970 with just 127 entrants racing four laps of Central Park. Today, an estimated 50,000 runners from around the world tour New York City’s five boroughs. Millions of fans cheer the runners from the streets and watch the global television broadcast. The race is part of the World Marathon Majors, an alliance of the world’s six most important marathons that each year determines the world’s top male and top female marathoner. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, is the Premier Partner of NYRR and is in its inaugural year as title sponsor of the TCS New York City Marathon. To learn more, visit www.tcsnycmarathon.com. The TCS New York City Marathon is the premier event of New York Road Runners. Founded in 1958, New York Road Runners has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization, whose mission is to help and inspire people through running, to Run for Life. NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, youth initiatives, school programs, and training resources that provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors, with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to run for life. More than 200,000 students are served locally and nationally through NYRR’s free youth running programs, events, and resources, including more than 120,000 in New York City’s five boroughs. To learn more, visit www.nyrr.org. About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPS, infrastructure, engineering, and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has more than 305,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $13.4 billion for year ended March 31, 2014 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.