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Article: Nextel Tracks Crucial Start of Elite Women Marathon Runners in 2nd Year as B.A.A. Boston Marathon Official Wireless Sponsor.
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- April 13, 1999
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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999--
Nextel Communications, now in its second year as the official and exclusive wireless telecommunications sponsor of the Boston Marathon, will have an expanded crucial role: reporting times of elite female runners for the first five miles and tracking the elite top 15 male and female runners and five wheelchair division athletes every five miles and every five kilometers throughout the course.
The first five miles are the most complicated part of any Marathon, but especially in Boston where thousands of runners are packed heel-to-toe on the narrow roads. Guy Morse, Boston Marathon race director of the Boston ...