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ADVISORY/Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee to Host 20th Anniversary Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon at Griffith Park on April 22.


Sports & Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  (April 22)

--(BW SportsWire)

WHAT:    The 20th Anniversary Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon,
         the largest five-person relay marathon in the United States.

WHEN:    Sunday, April 22

         Media Check-in -- 7 to 7:30 a.m.
         Relay Marathon Start -- 8 a.m.
         Celebrity Race Starts -- 10:30 a.m.
         (All media credentials will be available at the media tent
          adjacent to the VIP/Celebrity compound on Sunday, April 22.
          Call to obtain media parking passes and event maps.)

WHERE:   Griffith Park, Los Angeles

WHO:     Marathon host Jackie Joyner-Kersee, more than 35,000 people
         including runners, spectators and Hollywood celebrities
         including Tracy Scoggins ("Babylon 5"), Alex Donnelly ("Young
         and the Restless"), Jose Solano ("Baywatch") and others. (A
         complete list of celebrity participants is below.)

DETAILS: The relay marathon is composed of numerous divisions,
         according to age, gender and corporate/industry affiliation.
         Race teams are composed of five people, with each individual
         running 5.2 miles before passing the baton. There are also
         special categories for the very young -- like the Diaper
         Dash, the Children's Race and a special celebrity race.

WHY:     For more than three decades (since 1962) Saint John's Child
         and Family Development Center has been committed to meeting
         the emotional, educational and developmental needs of
         children, adolescents and their families. The Center's
         primary service focuses on the treatment of children exposed
         to child abuse, depression, physical and emotional
         disabilities and pre-natal exposure to drugs and alcohol. The
         Relay Marathon has raised $7.1 million for the Center.


     Celebrity Participants for the Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon

--   Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Olympic Gold Medalist)
--   Johnny Grant (Honorary Mayor of Hollywood)
--   Real Andrews (General Hospital, Triathlete, Ironman)
--   Lee Baca (Los Angeles County Sheriff)
--   Jennifer Blanc ("Dark Angel")
--   Alex Donnelly ("Young and the Restless")
--   Elisa Donovan ("Sabrina, The Teenage Witch")
--   Andrea Evans ("Passions")
--   Danso Gordon
--   Laura Elena Harring
--   Walter Koenig ("Babylon 5," "Chekov" on "Star Trek")
--   Bonnie Jo Laflin
--   Shawn Parr
--   Tracy Scoggins ("Babylon 5")
--   Greg Siff (Disney Channel's "Z Games")
--   Jose Solano ("Baywatch")
--   Randy Vasquez ("JAG")
--   John J. York ("General Hospital")
--   "City Guys" Cast Team
--   "Good Day LA" Team
--   "Port Charles" - Cast team
--   KCAL News Team (David Goldstein)
--   KTLA Morning News Team
--   KNBC News Team - Conan Nolan is the team captain
--   "EXTRA" Team (Phil Shuman, Dayna Dovin, Jerry Penacoli plus
                                                         2 others TBD)
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