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Show t y" "r 1 1 -r.. m s'-sfk V. ss : Despite a cold, rainy day for the first annual President s Day Race nnfn..yfi n. up held in Bountiful last year, more than 400 persons of all ages PE5IuEnT W DAY klAUfc participated. Now it's time to register for the second annual affair to be held on Monday, Feb. 16, at 9 a.m. Pre-registration deadline is Saturday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m. BOUNTIFUL The second annual President'! Day Race which drew more than 400 entrants in its first outing last year is scheduled Monday, Mon-day, Feb. 16, according to De-nnis De-nnis DeBoer, parade chairman. SPONSORED by the Davis County Clipper and Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce, the racers will follow a route of 3,000 meters (3.1 miles) from downtown Bountiful to a point of about 1700 South and re-v turn. (A sketch of the routs appears in today's Clipper). Participants are encouraged to register early to save money on the entrance fee as well as waiting time during registration. reg-istration. Pre-registration is available weekdays until 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, at De Boer's Running Store, 167 South Main, Bountiful. PRE-REGISTRATION cost is $4 and will include a "T" -shirt. Registration on the day of the raca, from I to 8:45 a. m. , will be $6 which will also include in-clude a "T" shirt. All participants will be eligible to win prizes donated by Bountiful area merchants, said Mr. DeBoer. WINNERS OF each category categ-ory will receive ribbons and the first place male and female winner, regardless of age or sex, will receive a trophy. Runners will be placed in . categories according to age and sex. There will be groups of 1 1 years of age and under, 60 and over, and a division for wheelchair participants, in addition to several age groups in between, Mr. DeBoer explained. ex-plained. RUNNERS WILL gather at a point between Main and 100 fast on 100 South on the south side of the LDS Bountiful Tabernacle. Starting time is 9 : t.jit.und runners not reg-i reg-i istcred by 8:45 a.m. will not be i entered. , Assembling at mid-block on 100 South, the runners will go east to 100 E., north to Center, west on Center to Main, south on Main to 1500 South, south on 200 West to 1700 South, east to 75 East, north on 75 East to 1400 South, east on 1400 South to 100 East, and north on 100 East to Center Street and the finish line. BOUNTIFUL police will direct runners along the route and spotters will be stationed at various points to aid runners in following the proper route. Mr. DeBoer said 300 to 500 runners are expected this year and it's important that participants partici-pants pre-register for the race to avoid confusion and perhaps a long wait for registration. reg-istration. He emphasized that only those who pre-register will be eligible for the drawing for prizes from local merchants. mer-chants. THE COURSE record is held by Phillip Petersen, of BYU and a resident of Phoenix, with a time of 15 minutes mi-nutes 45.5 seconds. The best women's time is 21 minutes 10.9 seconds held by Mary Jane Cannon of Salt Lake City, grb 0 i : iJUii Presidents' Day S. i! RACE ROUTE ! |