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K.C. Flyers Track Club, Inc.

presents

The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic

Established by
K.C. Flyers Track Club

May 24-25, 2003

Hoezel Stadium
Center High School
8715 Holmes
Kansas City, Missouri

FLYERS TRACK CLUB, INC.
P.O. Box 22457
Kansas City, Missouri 64113-0457
Kenneth Ferguson

(816) 235-2386

• MEET REGISTRATION FORMS MUST BE IN BY MAY 19, 2003
• COMPETITION BEGINS AT 9:00 A.M. MAY 24

     The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic, a premier track & field event, is celebrating its sixth year. The 650 Acathletes who competed in The 2002 Memorial Day Classic came to Kansas City from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas, and Missouri. The event was televised by 13 cable TV stations, with a potential viewing audience of over 8.7 million persons.  Why is the Memorial Day Classic called an Acathletic® event, and why do we refer to competitors as Acathletes®?

     It is an Acathletic® event because, the term "Acathletic®," emphasizes the relationship between academics and athletics.  An Acathlete® is an individual who participates in organized athletics and who is committed to academic achievement; one who seeks to further academic goals through athletic involvement.

    An Acathlete® seeks to become a whole person, for the race is not always given to the swift, but to those who stay the course.

The term "Acathletic®" is a registered trademark of Acathletics®, Inc.

Metro Sports, Kansas City's 24-hour sports channel will provide taped delayed  broadcast coverage of  The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic.  Coverage will include all final events and highlights of preliminaries rounds of the competition.  The first broadcast will be on Sunday evening following the meet.  There will be three additional broadcast during the week following the Memorial Day Classic.  You will can view the meet on Time Warner Cable Kansas City, channel 30, Time Warner Cable Overland, channel 20B, and on Jones Intercable channel 38 in Missouri and channel 68 in Kansas.

     The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic will  also be televised in St. Louis, and Joplin Missouri, Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Omaha, Nebraska.  We are currently working to televise "The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic" in DesMoines, Iowa, Madison, Wisconsin, Los Angles, California, and Chicago, Illinois.

  COMPUTERIZED TIMING

     Finishlynx is the official timing system this year.  Timing will be done with Finishlynx's system, a new computerized timing system.  Finishlynx is the world's most technologically sophisticated sports timing and results integration system. Finishlynx is the world's first color digital photofinish system and is a world leader in the field of sports event timing. BECAUSE WE WILL BE USING THE FINISHLYNX TIMING SYSTEM, THERE WILL NO MEET DAY REGISTRATION.

MEET PHOTOGRAPHER

     LeBON Associates, Inc., an innovative imaging technology specialist is the Official Meet Photographer for The Year 2003 Memorial Day Classic.  Individual photographs, team photographs, and photographs of the top five finishers may be ordered during the meet.

THE MICHAEL L. CARR ACATHLETIC® AWARD

The Michael L. Carr Acathletic® Award was established to honor the former president and head coach of the Royal Knights Track Club of St. Louis, Missouri. Michael L. Carr’s special love for youth led him in 1959 to create The Royal Knights Track Club of St. Louis, Missouri, where he served as the president from 1959 to January 7, 2003 when he left this life. Michael L. Carr‘s dedication to young people went well beyond concerns for their athletic performance. Mike knew the importance of educational, he continually encouraged young people throughout St. Louis to apply the disciple they learned through sports to their academic life. Michael L. Carr’s dedication to education and athletics and his commitment to the Memorial Day Classic is why this ward was named for him.

Michael L. Carr’s legacy is great. When we first told Mike about the emphasis The Memorial Day Classic would place on academics, Mike made a commitment to bring the Royal Knights to Kansas City every year to celebrate Acathletics. Michael L. Carr kept his promise; he attended every Memorial Day Classic until his untimely passing on January 7, 2003. We hope that every young person who receives this award will honor Michael L. Carr by reaching academic height that he would be proud of.

Each track club is asked to nominate a female and male athlete from each age group for The Michael L. Carr Acathletic® Award. The nominee need not be the greatest athlete on your team. However, they demonstrate must that the disciple, commitment and goal setting necessary to be a successful athlete has been applied to make them successful students. The Michael L. Carr Acathletic® Award for each age group will be announced during The 2003 Memorial Day Classic. For more information, go to http://www.memorialdayclassic.org/award.

PICTURES FROM 200 MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC

     Check out the Pictures from The 2002 Memorial Day Classic.  If you are interested in purchasing a CD of all meet pictures, from which you can order individual photograph, call Mike Johns, LeBON Photo, (913) 681-2222.

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