Music City Distance Carnival 2005

Nashville, TN

Meet Information

Music City Distance Carnival
Saturday June 4th
Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt Univ.)

This will be a distance-only (800m & up) meet under the lights at Vandy\'s new Mondo track facility.

There will be seeded 800m, 1 mile, and 5000m heats for just about all ages/abilities, and there are invitational events (with strict entry guidelines( for 800m, 1 mile, 3000m S/C, 5000m, and 10,000m.

Come run a race (or two) and then watch some of the best open/post-collegiate runners east of the Mississippi run. 2-time Olympian Robert Gary will run the steeplechase. 28:28 10K guy Patrick Gildea is slated to run the 5000m. Johnson City-based Brit, Catherine Berry, who has run 15:19, will run the women\'s 5000m, seeking a World Champs qualifier, and 43-year-old Tony Young will attempt to take down the masters (over-40) world record for the mile, currently at 4:02.51. Also slated to run that mile are Andrew Bumbalough and Texan Scott MacPherson. Jill Skinner will make her 5K debut at this meet.