Olympic Day Family Festival – June 23rd
Have you ever tried pole vaulting or curling? Ever run a race and won a medal? Reno-Tahoe families will once again have the chance to try many of the sports included in the Olympic Winter and Summer Games and meet Olympians and Paralympians during the Olympic Day Family Festival Saturday, June 23at Mackay Stadium on […]
Continue Reading...Olympians Abound in Celebrity Golf Field
You won’t have to look too far down the alphabetical list of golfers playing in next month’s American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Edgewood-Tahoe to find Olympians. Ray Allen, the second name on the list and a member of the 2000 U.S. Men’s basketball gold medal winning team, is one of 17 Olympians in the […]
Continue Reading...Kids Make “World Fit” a Walking Success
Hundreds of Northern Nevada elementary and middle school students put on their walking shoes this spring and racked up the miles during the Reno-Tahoe’s first year in the “world Fit” walking program. The RTWGC brought “World Fit” to Reno’s Glenn Duncan Elementary School and Sparks Middle School. Students walked daily from the middle of April […]
Continue Reading...Reno’s Weiss to Swim in U.S. Olympic Trials
Reno High grad Michael Weiss is building momentum for his shot to swim in the London Summer Games. The University of Wisconsin junior won a pair of events at the recent Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational. Weiss won the 400 meter individual medley and the 400 meter freestyle in one of the top “dry run” events […]
Continue Reading...Reno-Tahoe Well Represented at Olympic Track & Field Trials
Five Reno-Tahoe athletes, including a high school sophomore, have qualified to compete during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon from June 22– July 1. Three pole vaulters, two of whom trained through Reno Tahoe Athletics in the past, set personal bests in meeting qualifying marks. Mike Arnold, a Carson High grad […]
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