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The Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon is a marathon held in Columbus, Ohio, United States. First run in 1978 and held annually since 1980, it features a flat, fast course which saw nearly 20 percent of finishers qualify for the Boston Marathon in 2010. The event has sold-out in mid-August the past eight years.
September 4 – 2024 Apalachee High School shooting: Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. [ 8 ] September 27 – At least 25 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are reported to be without power due to high winds and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia.
The Georgia National Fair is a state-sponsored fair that is held every October on the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter in Perry, Georgia, United States. The Georgia National Fair is now an 11-day fair. It was first held in 1990 with an attendance of 270,000 people. [2] It has grown to attract an annual average of over 565,500 ...
Columbus Marathon: Columbus, Ohio ... Empire State Marathon: Syracuse, New York ... Green Bay Marathon (defunct 2024) Green Bay, Wisconsin
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]
The Columbus Marathon and Race for the Cure 5K events are held annually in downtown Columbus as well. The Columbus area is also home to the high school rugby state championships, which features both a boys and girls competition. The 2012 championships drew over 1,500 spectators, and the 2013 championships were broadcast on Time Warner Cable. [35]
Adirondack Marathon; Akron Marathon; Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon; Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon; Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon 4; Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon 5
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama . It is the county seat of Muscogee County , with which it officially merged in 1970; the original merger excluded Bibb City , which joined in 2000 after ...