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Article: Money talks, Owens listens Former Liberty star looks forward to running for adidas
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Ashley Owens didn't enjoy running for a college scholarship.
In the two years since she departed Liberty as the nation's top
high school sprinter, she has zoomed in -- and out -- of LSU and
UNLV.
Now, she's running for cash. In April, she signed to run for
adidas.
Her five-year contract, she said, will pay $80,000 annually along
with $12,000 per year for college expenses.
Spencer Nell, global marketing manager for adidas, confirmed Owens
signed a "multi-year" contract that includes "academic support."
"We believe there is no limit to what she can achieve if she sets
her mind to it," Nell said in an e-mail.
Owens, 20, talked recently by phone from her dorm room at UNLV,
where she was ...