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Columbus To Host Half Marathon Championships

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published January 17, 2013 at 7:17 AM EST

Columbus will host a national championship sporting event in three years.Organizers of the Capital City Half Marathon say the city has been selected to host the USA Half Marathon National Championships in 2016 and 2017. More than 150 of the nation's top runners will compete, with a chance to qualify for the world championships.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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