McBarnette taps PR Newswire to publicize Albuquerque entry
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The news release continues:
When he is not competing in national and world masters championships, Bruce Olvin McBarnette competes against athletes half his age at meets on the East coast between Boston, Massachusetts and Durham, North Carolina. Bruce Olvin McBarnette, who is also President of Summit Connection LLC, a real estate investing firm, has a personal record of 7 feet 1 inch in the high jump. Bruce Olvin McBarnette often gives speeches to inspire young people and athletes around the country.
This is the first time the USA Masters Track and Field Championship is being held in Albuquerque.
USA Track and Field seemed pleased with the job the Albuquerque Convention Center did in hosting the USA Track and Field Championships (which is not an age group competition) in 2010.
Media Contact: Josette Young, Summit Connection LLC (703) 404-8429, mcbarnette@mcbarnette.com
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Good for Bruce, for having the balls to do this sort of highly informative self-publicity. What might happen if we all did it?
Way to go, Bruce. As the good ol’ boys here in Hicksville would say, “Ahm trahn.”(of course, that’s said in slow motion).Smartty
I agree with Tom. Bruce (and anyone else who issues a press release) has some personal or business reasons for putting the information out, and in his case, given who he is and what he’s accomplished, his release is just as valid or moreso than most of what comes across the wires. I think it’s great.
Way to go, Bruce. Nothing wrong with self-publicity, especially when meets are publicized as well.
In fact, Bruce and other champs of his caliber should put together press kits with photos, etc., and distribute them to major media outlets before Nationals and Worlds. Exposure for individual athletes benefits Masters Athletics in general.
As the saying goes, “a rising tide lifts all boats”.
Agree with Tom, Smartty, Doug, and Rob. Masters T&F needs a ton of publicity, and who better than Bruce McB. to get us started?
Note that from an historical perspective, Albuquerque represents a test, as it will be only the second indoor nationals to “stray” from the Eastern seaboard in a decade and a half. Nationals were held in Greensboro (NC) in 1996, Boston in 1997-2004, Nampa (Idaho) in 2005, Boston in 2006-2008, Landover (Maryland) in 2009, and Boston in 2010.
Unfortunately, the only meet in the 1996-2010 period to draw poorly was Nampa in 2005. In fact, it did not even draw 600 competitors. Thus, I (and others) will be closely watching Albuquerque to see whether we can stray from the East Coast and be successful.
Albuquerque should be a haven for sprinters with its wonderful track and altitude. I will be using the 60 dash as a proxy for strength of entry (much easier than counting all the entrants). Right now Albuquerque has 12 entrants in the 60 dash. In 2009, Landover had 244 in that event, and Boston had 206 in 2010. Thus, Albuquerque has some work to do to catch up (regular deadline for entries is in early February).
Let’s bring on the publicity.
I do not see the link for the championship on this web site. I found the web site somewhere else, but it does not show him registered. It is always great to have him compete.
Tip for Bruce and others interested in publicity:
Supply media with photos of yourself in actual competitions; not just head shots or shots of just standing in a stadium.
Competition photos speak volumes; head shots and static photos do not.
way to go bruce… any publicity that can promote masters track and field is well worth the ink… best wishes for a great year ( to all… )
I’m impressed he spent $75 to post this on PR Newswire.
I’m tickled to see so many folks responding to promoting masters. In public, around this tiny burg, I’m only seen in a training outfit. There’s no track suitable, so I train on the roads 2-3 times a day. People are always stopping me to ask my age. “You can’t be THAT old.” In warm weather, I only wear a pair of shorts. I’ll get a horn and a wave from a local gal driving a white van selling either horse food or hot cereal. Big letters advertising OATS. What? That’s the old folks? Well, hell, if I see granny panties comin’ out the windows, I’ll let you know. Smartty
Hey Peter,
In Boston last year, we had something like 600 entries in the last week including late entries. We tend to wait til the last minute….
Mike Travers
Interesting, Mike. I did look at my notes for Boston 2010 as well as those for Landover 2009. We are miles behind where Landover was at this point, while versus Boston 2010, things do not look so bad.
Thus, the key issue is whether we follow the pattern of Landover 2009, Boston 2010, or some other meet. Or maybe Albuquerque 2011 will have an entirely new pattern. We will see over the next few weeks (regular deadline is February 7).
I just did a complete count: we have 40 entrants for Albuquerque. In contrast, Landover 2009 had well over 100 at this point (133 at the very least). And yet, Boston 2010 had very few at this stage. I will follow this closely.
this is good we need to pump the sport more if we can get the rec from the areas we live in maybe we can start getting more support from local biz,and companys in the citeys that we live in better track masters then local cow chip throwing champ,hogg calling and spitt contest,
If I attend, I would love to set up a live webcast in Albuquerque. Anyone know if I would need the blessings of the USATF gods?
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