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The inaugural race had a field consisting of eighty-four runners. [1] Today the race is often run by 12,000 to 18,000 runners. [2] [3] The United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympics helped gain the Bix 7 exposure. Bill Rodgers, the world's top distance runner at the time, was unable to compete in Moscow, so he went to Davenport instead. [4]
Winning the race four times, Benoit has run the Bix 7 road race in Davenport, Iowa, annually since 1983. A bronze statue of Benoit and Bill Rodgers was erected near the Bix finish line in 2007. [15] [16] Benoit resides in Freeport, Maine, [17] where the high school athletic complex is named the "Joan Benoit Samuelson Track and Field". [18]
Rodgers has run the Bix 7 road race in Davenport, Iowa, every year since 1980, earning the local nickname "Bix Billy". A bronze statue of Rodgers and Joan Benoit Samuelson was erected near the Bix finish line in 2007.
Bix 7 Road Race and Memorial Jazz Festival refers to a pair of related, but separate, events held on consecutive weekends: Bix 7 Road Race;
Marathon, half-marathon, 10 km, 10 km wheelchair race, 3 km wheelchair race 73,070 [18] 12 Round the Bays: Auckland: New Zealand: 10 March 2013 8.4 km 70,000 [19] 13 JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Frankfurt Germany 7 June 2018 5.6 km 64,377 [citation needed] 14 Lilac Bloomsday Run: Spokane, Washington: United States: 5 May 1996 12 km 61,298 [20 ...
Prior to the playoffs, the Cup Series will have 26 regular season races as well as the NASCAR All-Star Race on May 18. The schedule features ovals of various sizes, road courses, an oval/road ...
In July 2020, the men's and women's Minnesota Distance Elite teams won the Quad-Cities Times Bix 7 elite team challenge. [205] [206] Katy Jermann won the women's race with a time of 37:48, while Breanna Sieracki finished second with a time of 38:38. Joel Reichow won the men's race with a time of 33:08, while Kevin Lewis finished second with a ...
NASCAR All-Star Race: 7 p.m. CT on Sunday, May 18 at North Wilkesboro Speedway (FS1) Coca-Cola 600: 5 p.m. CT on Sunday, May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Prime Video)