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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brittany R. Vajda Communications Director J&A Racing 7574121056 [email protected] J&A RACING ANNOUNCES RECEPIENTS OF THE 2015 YOUTH FITNESS INITIATIVE AWARDS January 7, 2015 VIRGINIA BEACH J&A Racing is pleased to announce that Shelton Park Elementary School, Truitt Intermediate School, Bayside Middle School, Virginia Beach Middle School, Bayside High School, and Norview High School have been selected as the recipients of the 2015 J&A Racing Youth Fitness Initiative Awards as part of the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon Weekend. The Youth Fitness Initiative program was started in 2012 as a means of ensuring more deserving students would be able to participate in two of the youth running events of the Shamrock Marathon Weekend. Elementary schools are awarded free race entries to the Operation Smile Shamrock Final Mile, and middle and high schools are awarded free race entries to the ACCESS College Foundation 8k Student Challenge – part of the TowneBank Shamrock 8k. Each school will also receive coaching support and guidance for their running programs from J&A Racing staff. “We are very pleased to award these schools for their dedication to youth fitness,” said J&A Racing Coowner, Jerry Frostick. “We are excited to work with these amazing students as they set and accomplish new fitness goals!” Additional information on J&A Racing’s youth fitness programs can be found at www.jandaracing.com/jaracingyouth fitnessprograms. ### About J&A Racing J&A Racing is a nationally recognized race management company based in Virginia Beach, Virginia with a mission to promote and support healthy lifestyles and the sport of running through the development and growth of their running events throughout Hampton Roads. Founded in 2003 when J&A Racing owners Amy and Jerry Frostick first took over the Shamrock Sportsfest, the Yuengling Shamrock Marathon Weekend has become one of the most popular events in the country, growing from 3,000 participants to a record 30,000 in 2014. J&A Racing’s portfolio of fun, festive and family oriented events for runners at all stages in life has expanded to include the Halloween themed Anthem Wicked 10K and Old Point National Bank Monster Mile, the Bon Secours In Motion ODU Big Blue 5K, the Christmas themed SurfnSanta 5 miler, the Crawlin' Crab Half Marathon & 5K and the Blue Moon Harbor Lights Half Marathon and 5K. For information on all of the J&A Racing events, please visit http://www.jandaracing.com/.

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FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  Media  Contact:  Brittany  R.  Vajda    Communications  Director  J&A  Racing  757-­‐412-­‐1056    [email protected]   J&A  RACING  ANNOUNCES  RECEPIENTS  OF  THE  2015  YOUTH  FITNESS  INITIATIVE  AWARDS    January  7,  2015-­‐  VIRGINIA  BEACH  -­‐  J&A  Racing  is  pleased  to  announce  that  Shelton  Park  Elementary  School,  Truitt  Intermediate  School,  Bayside  Middle  School,  Virginia  Beach  Middle  School,  Bayside  High  School,  and  Norview  High  School  have  been  selected  as  the  recipients  of  the  2015  J&A  Racing  Youth  Fitness  Initiative  Awards  as  part  of  the  Yuengling  Shamrock  Marathon  Weekend.    The  Youth  Fitness  Initiative  program  was  started  in  2012  as  a  means  of  ensuring  more  deserving  students  would  be  able  to  participate  in  two  of  the  youth  running  events  of  the  Shamrock  Marathon  Weekend.    Elementary  schools  are  awarded  free  race  entries  to  the  Operation  Smile  Shamrock  Final  Mile,  and  middle  and  high  schools  are  awarded  free  race  entries  to  the  ACCESS  College  Foundation  8k  Student  Challenge  –  part  of  the  TowneBank  Shamrock  8k.    Each  school  will  also  receive  coaching  support  and  guidance  for  their  running  programs  from  J&A  Racing  staff.    “We  are  very  pleased  to  award  these  schools  for  their  dedication  to  youth  fitness,”  said  J&A  Racing  Co-­‐owner,  Jerry  Frostick.      “We  are  excited  to  work  with  these  amazing  students  as  they  set  and  accomplish  new  fitness  goals!”    Additional  information  on  J&A  Racing’s  youth  fitness  programs  can  be  found  at  www.jandaracing.com/ja-­‐racing-­‐youth-­‐fitness-­‐programs.    

###  About  J&A  Racing  J&A  Racing  is  a  nationally  recognized  race  management  company  based  in  Virginia  Beach,  Virginia  with  a  mission  to  promote  and  support  healthy  lifestyles  and  the  sport  of  running  through  the  development  and  growth  of  their  running  events  throughout  Hampton  Roads.    Founded  in  2003  when  J&A  Racing  owners  Amy  and  Jerry  Frostick  first  took  over  the  Shamrock  Sportsfest,  the  Yuengling  Shamrock  Marathon  Weekend  has  become  one  of  the  most  popular  events  in  the  country,  growing  from  3,000  participants  to  a  record  30,000  in  2014.    J&A  Racing’s  portfolio  of  fun,  festive  and  family  oriented  events  for  runners  at  all  stages  in  life  has  expanded  to  include  the  Halloween  themed  Anthem  Wicked  10K  and  Old  Point  National  Bank  Monster  Mile,  the  Bon  Secours  In  Motion  ODU  Big  Blue  5K,  the  Christmas  themed  Surf-­‐n-­‐Santa  5  miler,  the  Crawlin'  Crab  Half  Marathon  &  5K  and  the  Blue  Moon  Harbor  Lights  Half  Marathon  and  5K.    For  information  on  all  of  the  J&A  Racing  events,  please  visit  http://www.jandaracing.com/.