2017 Camel City Elite Event by Event Preview

5th edition to award more than $40,000 in prize money and bonuses; RunnerSpace live stream

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – (February 2, 2017) – JDL Fast Track has brought together some of America’s best professionals and rising stars for its 5th Camel City Elite, to be held in Winston-Salem, NC, on Saturday, February 4. The annual indoor meet, featuring one of the largest prize purses in the U.S. indoor track & field season, will award more than $40,000 in prizes and bonuses in six events: men’s & women’s 800m, men’s & women’s mile and men’s & women’s 3000m. Each race will award prize money of $4000 (winner), $2000 (runner-up), $1000 (third) and $500 (fourth). Additionally, there is a $1000 bonus to the winner of each race if an event record is broken.

The Camel City Elite meet is packaged into an exciting one hour and forty minute window. It will be streamed live online at www.jdlfasttrack.com as part of the RunnerSpace +Plus subscription package which starts at $12 a month.

Download the timetable and entry list HERE.

Camel City Fast Facts

●       5th edition, offering more than $50,000 in prizes and bonuses

●       Since 2013, $115,500 in prize money has been awarded funded by the unique Camel City Foundation Crowd Fund as well as through corporate sponsorship.

●       Olympic medalists, Olympians, world & national champions and collegiate All-Americans have all competed at JDL Fast Track including Decathlon world record holder & two-time Olympic champion, Ashton Eaton; 2016 Olympic 1500m gold medalist, Matthew Centrowitz; 2013 World Champion in the 110m Hurdles, David Oliver; World Championship silver medalist at 800m, Melissa Bishop; American record holder at 1500m and 5000m, Shannon Rowbury.

●       Indoor facility, opened in 2012, features a 200m Mondo flat track

Schedule of Events & Previews

All times below eastern standard time

2:15pm - Women’s Camel City 3000m

Facility Record: 8:56.52, Kerri Gallagher (Nike), 2016

●       Shalaya Kipp (unattached), 2012 Olympian for Team USA in the steeplechase

●       Allie Buchalski (Furman), NCAA All-American in cross country

●       Rachel Koon (NC State), NCAA All-American in cross country

2:35pm - Men’s Camel City 3000m presented by Salem Sports

Facility Record: 7:48.48, Garrett Heath (Brooks Beasts TC), 2016

Drew Hunter set national High School record of 7:59.33 in 2016

●       Paul Chelimo (US Army), 2016 Olympic 5000m Olympic silver medalist

●       Lee Emanuel (HOKA ONE ONE), finalist at the 2016 World Indoor championships at 3000m for Great Britain

●       Riley Masters (unattached), 2016 Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix Tour men’s champion

●       Troy Reeder (Furman), NCAA All-American in cross country

●       Amon Terer (Campbell), NCAA All-American in cross country

●       Jacob Thomson (Kentucky), NCAA All-American at 10,000m

3:00pm - Women’s Camel City 800m

Facility Record: 2:02.10, Melissa Bishop (Nike), 2016

●       Melissa Bishop (Nike), two-time Canadian Olympian; 2015 IAAF World Championship 800m silver medalist

●       Hanna Green (Virginia Tech), NCAA Indoor 800m runner-up

●       Hannah Segrave (Milligan), NAIA Indoor & Outdoor 800m champion

3:10pm - Men’s Camel City 800m presented by Total Sports US

Facility Record: 1:48.27, Brandon Johnson (Nike), 2015

●       Edward Kemboi (Nike), 2015 NCAA indoor/outdoor champion at 800m

●       Eliud Rutto (Mid Tennessee State), NCAA Indoor 800m runner-up

3:40pm - Women’s Camel City Mile

Facility Record: 4:22.66 Shannon Rowbury (Nike Oregon Project), 2015 - North Carolina state record; 6th individual all-time indoor Mile

●       Stephanie Garcia (New Balance), represented the United States at the 2015 World Championships in the steeplechase

●       Rachel Schneider (Under Armour), 2015 NACAC gold medalist at 1500m

●       Erin Teschuk (ASICS Furman Elite), represented Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the steeplechase

●       Nevada Mareno (unattached), 2015 New Balance Nationals Indoor mile champion; Leesville Road High School, Raleigh, NC

3:50pm - Men’s Camel City Mile presented by Champion

Facility Record: 3:54.02, Matthew Centrowitz (Nike), 2016 - North Carolina state record

●       Leo Manzano (HOKA ONE ONE), 2012 Olympic silver medalist

●       Nate Brannen (unattached), a three-time 1500m Olympian for Canada

●       Andy Bayer (Nike), 2015 NACAC gold medalist in the steeplechase

●       Chad Noelle (ASICS Furman Elite), 2015 NCAA champion at 1500m

●       Robert Heppenstall (Wake Forest), NCAA All-American at 800m

ABOUT JDL FAST TRACK

JDL Fast Track is a privately owned facility that is quickly becoming one of the premier indoor track & field venues in the southeast. Opened in 2012, the facility houses a 200-meter oval track with a Mondotrack FTX surface—the same surface used at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. With a seating capacity of 1,700, ten HD televisions showing real-time field event results, and five high definition projector screens for video playback, JDL Fast Track offers fans a unique track & field experience.

To-date, JDL Fast Track has hosted four national championships: 2014 NCAA Division II, 2015 NCAA Division III, 2015 USATF Masters Indoor and 2016 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

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