Racing the Bar 2008
2nd
Annual Track & Field Championship
Thursday, July 10, 2008
5:00
– 9:00 PM
Who will
be the fastest Firm in NYC?
The 2nd
Annual Racing the Bar Track &
Field event for Interns and Summer
Associates will be held at Icahn Stadium
on Randall’s Island on Thursday,
July 10, 2008 from 5:00 – 9:00 PM.
It
will be an exciting evening of fun and
challenging Track and Field events and
social activities for people of all
levels and abilities.
A
Racing the Bar trophy will be
presented at the end of the evening to
the firm who has earned the most points.
Points are awarded to the top eight
finishers in each event. The top awards
will be given in two categories- firms
competing with less than 50 associates,
and those with more than 50 associates.
Medals will be awarded to individual
and/or team winners for each event.
Events
will include:
·
Relay
Race – 4 people per team running 100
meters each (each team must have at
least one woman)
·
Individual 100 meter Dash (Men’s and
Women’s Division)
·
Individual 400 meter Dash (Men’s and
Women’s Division)
·
Long
Jump (Men’s and Women’s Division)
·
Turbo
Javelin (Men’s and Women’s Division)
·
Potato
Sack 40 meter Race (co-ed)
·
Water
Balloon Toss
Check in
and registration begins at 4:30 PM, the
event will officially kick off with the
National Anthem at 5:00 and activities
will run till 8:30 PM. Each firm will
receive color-coded team t-shirts. Firms
are encouraged to bring their own signs
and banners to generate team spirit. A
delicious Barbeque Dinner and
refreshments by R. Cano Events will be
served throughout the evening.
Money
raised from this event will underwrite
the Randall’s Island Kids (RIK) free
sports and camp programs on the Island.
Currently, the Randall’s Island Sports
Foundation (RISF) provides more than
14,000 under-resourced children,
primarily from Harlem and the South
Bronx, with free Randall’s Island Kids (RIK)
programming including RIK Camp, RIK
Sports, RIK Nature, RIK Dance and the
Jesse Owens Track & Field Club. 
RISF
will be responsible for running the
entire event.
Firms need only schedule a bus and bring
their Associates for an exciting evening
of fellowship and spirited competition.
Costs for Racing the Bar will be
$250 per Summer Associate and $150 for
all others.
For
information, please contact: Nichole
Spates, Randall’s Island Sports
Foundation, 212-830-7716,
nichole.spates@parks.nyc.gov
