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WICHITA, Kan. – December 22, 2016 – With the 2016 Running USA Industry Conference set to take place February 10-12, finishing the day before the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon, much of the focus at this year’s event will undoubtedly revolve around the Olympic Trials, the athletes hoping to make Team USA and the incredible festivities that showcase the sport to the world once every four years.
With so much Olympic-level excitement, Running USA is proud to announce three-time Olympian Devon Harris as our keynote for the Running USA Industry Conference. Harris, who hails from Jamaica and qualified for the Winter Olympics in the bobsled, offers a truly inspiring story, one that was told in the Disney movie Cool Runnings.
“We’re extremely excited to have Devon Harris keynote this year’s event,” said Christine Bowen, Running USA Director of Programming, Education and Activation. “His accomplishments as an athlete and human being are remarkable and his message is a perfect fit for this year’s conference.”
At the heart of Harris’ message are the lessons he has learned of the power of persistence over a variety of obstacles in order to live one's best life. His mission is to bring this message to Running USA attendees and how everyone can keep striving and working for their dreams every day of their professional, as well as personal, lives.
For more information on the Running USA Industry Conference program, please visit: https://www.runningusa.org/program-schedule.
About Running USA
Running USA is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization devoted to improving the status and experience of distance running and racing in the United States through collective marketing and promotions, information and communications within the industry and to the national media, services to events and industry members, and the development of American world class stars. It seeks the advancement of the sport and the provision of value to each of its members' events and businesses.
For more information, visit RunningUSA.org.
