Conoco Rodeo Run Raises a Million Dollars for College Scholarships.Sports Editors/News Desk NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com HOUSTON--(BW SportsWire)--Feb. 10, 2001 Nearly 5,000 runners "hoofed it" today during the 14th Annual Conoco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COCA)(NYSE:COCB) 10K Rodeo Run, beginning at Texas and Louisiana streets and ending at Enron Field. Thousands of cheering spectators lined the streets to watch the race and the Houston Livestock Show The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. & Rodeo Parade, two annual events that have become a Houston rodeo tradition. Top finishers included: Race Category Name Age Time Hometown Overall Male Justin Chaston 32 31:04.7 Houston Overall Female Desiree Owen 35 36:19.6 Kingwood, TX Masters Male Joe Flores 41 32:29.6 Humble, TX Masters Female Margo Braud 42 38:54.9 Austin, TX Wheelchair Male Ramiro Bermudez 41 25:08 Houston Wheelchair Female (No Wheelchair Female) With strong support from Houston runners, Conoco raised $90,000 for the Rodeo Educational Fund, which provides college scholarships to Texas youth. This contribution takes Conoco over the $1 million mark in giving throughout the race's 14-year history. The 14-year effort involved more than 10,000 Conoco employees, retirees, and their family members volunteering more than 80,000 hours of race coordination time and more than 70,000 runners clocking just over 6 million miles. Two of the world's most famous distance runners, marathoners Frank Shorter Frank Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American distance runner and winner of the marathon race at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Born in Munich, Germany, where his father, physician Samuel Shorter, served in the army, Frank Shorter grew up in Middletown, New York and and Bill Rodgers People named Bill Rodgers:
Houston Astros “Astros” redirects here. For other uses, see Astros (disambiguation). The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. owner Drayton McLane officially started the historic race, and Astros mascot, Junction Jack Junction Jack has been the mascot character for the Houston Astros baseball team since March, 2000. He is a 7-foot (2.13 meter) tall rabbit dressed as a railroad engineer. Other characters include Junction Julie and Junction Jesse. , hopped in to deliver $100 of Conoco gasoline to costume contest winners, Marilyn Bullard and Faith Ballard. The two race finishers earned their awards by jazzing up their running togs Western-style. Comprehensive race results are posted on the Conoco Rodeo Run Web site located at www.conocorodeorun.com, which also features streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. of runners crossing the finish line. Runners can download the file for individual use. No other Houston race offers this unique feature. Each overall race winner received a custom-etched glass trophy, an official "Go-Texan" cowboy hat, and two round-trip domestic airline tickets. The top three finishers in each age category received a running shoe trophy. The unexpected occurred during post race festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . Conoco contractor, Charlie Carlos, had plans to "race to the alter," proposing to his prospective bride. Carlos sang a country and western ballad before "popping the question" to his surprised fiancee, who readily accepted - just in time for Valentine's Day. Conoco is a major, integrated energy company active in more than 40 countries. PHOTOS: Conoco Rodeo Run Runners Stampede for Scholarships at Race Start Shorter and Rodgers finish the race and rest against a 1930s-style Conoco gas pump at Enron Field. Note: Photos of Conoco Rodeo Run runners at race start is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.021001/bb1 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.021001/bb1a |
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