GATORADE/STEELERS 5K RACE, FITNESS WALK AND KIDS’ KICKOFF RUN THIS SUNDAY AT HEINZ FIELD
 
Participants Urged to Arrive Early and Free Parking is Available
 
 
The 21st annual Gatorade/Steelers 5K Race, Fitness Walk and Kids’ Kickoff Run will be held this Sunday, August 30, at 9 a.m. at Heinz Field. Race day registration and packet pickup begin at 7 a.m. in the Great Hall at Heinz Field.
 
Due to the large numbers expected to attend, all participants are urged to arrive no later than 8 a.m. Free parking is available in Gold Lots 1 and 2.
 
Steelers Hall of Fame wide receiver John Stallworth is serving as the chairman of the event. Co-chairpersons are Michele Michaels of WDVE-FM and Jon Burnett of KDKA-TV 2. Other former Steelers will also participate.
 
Online registration, presented by Reebok, is now closed. Race day registration fees are $20 for the 5K Race and Fitness Walk and $15 for the Kids’ Kickoff Run.
 
The 5K Race is a competitive event sanctioned by USA Track and Field with a 3.1-mile level course on the North Side highlighted by a spectacular finish along the warning track in Heinz Field. The fastest man and woman in open competition each win a trip for two to the Steelers-Browns game in Cleveland on December 10. In addition, prizes are awarded to the top five male and female finishers, the top three in each of fourteen age groups, the nose tackle division for men 200 pounds and over, and the top two male and female finishers in the wheelchair division.
 
The starting gun sounds for the runners and walkers at 9 a.m. The Kids’ Kickoff Run, a 40-yard dash along the south endzone of Heinz Field, will take place at 10 a.m.
 
Gatorade is the title sponsor of the race. Major sponsors include Giant Eagle, Dean’s,
Reebok, UPMC St. Margaret, KDKA-TV 2, WDVE-FM and Fox Sports Radio 970.
 
Proceeds from the race go to the Art Rooney Scholarship Fund, which was established in memory of the late founder of the Steelers who died in August of 1988 after living most of his life on the North Side. Each year a $10,000.00 scholarship in Art Rooney’s name is presented to a graduating senior from each of the three high schools on the North Side -- Oliver, Perry and North Catholic. Each school nominates three students who have been accepted to college and are in need of financial aid.
 
For more information on the Gatorade/Steelers 5K, please call 412/697-7713 or visit www.steelers.com.