Linda Yalem Memorial Run To Be Held Sept. 26

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- More than 1,600 individuals are expected to race, run, jog, stroll or walk as part of UB's 10th Annual Linda Yalem Memorial Run, to begin at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 26 on the North Campus.

The 5K U.S.A. Track and Field certified course, part of The Buffalo News Runner of the Year Series, will start and finish near Alumni Arena.

Held in memory of a UB student who was assaulted and murdered while jogging on a bike path near the North Campus, the event promotes personal-safety awareness and supports campus-based, crime-prevention programs.

Advance registration is $13 per person if postmarked by Sept. 22. Registration on race day is $16. The cost for students is $10. Checks should be made payable, in U.S. funds only, to the UB Foundation, Inc.

Pre-registration application forms and race packets will be available from 4-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Alumni Arena. Packets also may be picked up at the arena from 8-9 a.m. on race day.

Registration forms also will be available on the North Campus in 350 Student Union, at the lobby counter of the union and in 130 Alumni Arena, and in 65 Farber Hall and at the Harriman Hall lobby counter on the South Campus. In addition, they will be available at residence-hall offices on both campuses.

Customtee Active Wear will provide each participant with a free long-sleeve, mock-neck tee-shirt and a special prize for those who wear a 1990 Linda Yalem Run tee-shirt. Finishers also will receive a free safety item.

Awards will be given to the overall male and female finishers in the open division, the top-three male and female finishers in five-year age and wheelchair categories, the top race walkers and the top UB male, female, faculty/staff, student and residence-hall finishers.

There also will be a drawing for two trips for two and finish-line tickets to the New York City Marathon, plus other prizes, including merchandise and gift certificates.

Following the award ceremony, a kids' dash will be held.

For more information, call 716-645-3141 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, or visit the Web site at http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/events/lyr/.

Finish-line results will be provided by Emery Fisher Race Crew and Don Mitchell Runtime Services.

UB sponsors are the Bulls, the Office of Student Affairs, the Anti-Rape Task Force-Sub-Board I Inc., the Student Association and the Faculty Student Association.

Community sponsors are Mrs. T's Pierogies, Tops Friendly Markets, New York Road Runners Club Inc., 101.1 The River, Montana Mills Bread, Coca-Cola and Century Printing and Graphics Inc.

Run supporters are Starbucks Coffee, Customtee Activewear, Anderson's Custard and Roast Beef, Gordon Highlanders Pipe Band and Color Guard, Women's Health Initiative, Niagara Walkers, Runner's World, Health Care Plan, US Airways and New York Army National Guard.