FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

- April 5, 2010 -

THE PENN RELAYS PARTNERS WITH FLOTRACK TO PROVIDE LIVE AND ARCHIVED ONLINE VIDEO COVERAGE OF THE 2010 PENN RELAYS

 

PHILADELPHIA – The Penn Relays is partnering with Flotrack to provide exclusive, comprehensive Live and archived video coverage of the 2010 Relays. The Penn Relays will take place on April 22-24, in Philadelphia at Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania. The Penn Relays is the oldest most attended track and field competition in the United States, with over 22,000 competitors and 110,000 fans expected for the 2010 edition.

 

Flotrack will provide LIVE streaming coverage of the competition, interviews with athletes, and archived video via thepennrelays.com and on www.flotrack.org on April 22-24th. Flotrack, based out of Austin TX, is the leading online media source for videos track and field and the sport of running. Flotrack is part of Flocasts, an online sports media and technology company specializing in online video technology.

 

Mark Floreani, founder of Flotrack expressed his excitement, “The Penn Relays has the biggest turn out and loudest fans in track and field, and we are excited to broadcast the historic event with cutting edge technology to fans worldwide.”

 

“This will be the fourth year that the Penn Relays will have on-line video streaming in association with Flotrack.  Each year's production has show an improvement over the preceding year, and we anticipate this year's coverage will be the best ever, with live streaming for much of the three days.  If you can't get a ticket to Franklin Field, the Penn Relays website with Flotrack's video streaming is the way to go.” said Dave Johnson, Director of the Penn Relays, about officially partnering with Flotrack.

 

The Penn Relays will draw competitors from around the world to compete at the Relays including high school, collegiate, professional, and master’s runners competing in over 300 events. 

 

Live and archived videos will be available beginning April 22 via thepennrelays.com and at flotrack.org.