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Former Champions Reyes, Faber Headline 2014 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon

$145,000 Purse Set for USA Mens & Womens Marathon Championships

St. Paul, Minn. September 4, 2014 Former champions Sergio Reyes (Palmdale, Calif.) and Jeannette Faber (Pegram, Tenn.) will headline the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on October 5, which will host the 2014 USA Mens and Womens Marathon Championships.

Reyes, who won the USA Marathon title at the 2010 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, seeks to improve upon his 4^th-place finish at the event a year ago. Reyes led last years race in the late-going, setting a personal best of 2:13:34 on the challenging course from downtown Minneapolis to the Minnesota State Capitol grounds in St. Paul. This years competition will mark the ninth time the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon has hosted the USA Mens Marathon Championship.

Faber won the 2012 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in 2:32:37 in what was her 13^th straight personal best for the distance. Faber, who represented the United States in the marathon at last summers IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Moscow, returns to the race recognized as The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America^® for the first time since her victory. The USA Womens Marathon Championship is making its eighth visit to the event and ninth stop in the Twin Cities.

Competitors in the USA Championships will be racing for $145,000 in prize money, including $25,000 for the winners and an additional $25,000 course record bonus should the mens champion break Phil Coppesss mark of 2:10:05 set in 1985 or the womens winner better the record shared by Zinaida Semenova (2001) and Irina Permitina (2004) at 2:26:51.

Were honored to host the USA Championships again and were always pleased to welcome back former champions, Twin Cities In Motion Executive Director Virginia Brophy Achman said. Offering developmental and championship racing opportunities for American athletes with Olympic aspirations is part of our mission at Twin Cities In Motion. Were glad to partner with USA Track & Field in that effort.

In addition to the USA Marathon Championships, the race will host the USA Masters Marathon Championships, the national championship for athletes 40 years old and older. This year will mark the 24^th-straight year that the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon has played host to the USA Masters Championships.

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend kicks off on Friday, October 3 with the Health & Fitness Expo at RiverCentre in St. Paul. Activities continue on Saturday, October 4 with the TC 10K, presented by Sprint, the TC 5K Run/Walk, presented by Fredrikson & Byron, and the Medtronic TC Family Events, all held on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul. The weekend culminates with the 16th running of the Medtronic TC 10 Mile and the 33rd annual Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 5.