by Melissa Charles | -
Nutrilite-sponsored
athlete Jenn Stuczynski took first place at the California Invitational Relays yesterday!!
Here's a quick recap from yesterday's meet:
- Jenn set a meet record in the pole vault at 15 feet, 5 inches on her first
vault of the day.
- According to news
reports, Jenn – the only American woman ever to clear 16 feet - easily cleared
16 feet in warm-ups.
- She easily beat Stacy
Dragila’s meet record of 15 feet, 1 inch while the former pole vault Olympic
gold medalist watched.
- Jenn barely failed in
three straight tries at 16-0 3/4, which would have bested her own U.S. record.
Here’s a quote from the
International Herald Tribune:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/11/sports/RUN-California-Relays.php"All three times, I
was over (the bar)," Stuczynski said after her outdoor season debut.
"I just couldn't get the standards right. I knew I didn't have a lot of
jumps in me, so we came in high to try to get record jumps. I could feel
the heat."
by Melissa Charles | -
NEW Team Nutrilite Track & Field Poster!! Be the first to get it at the Adidas Track Classic in L.A. on May 18!
All attendees at the Nutrilite-sponsored Adidas Track Classic will be able to pick up a FREE Team Nutrilite Track & Field poster, featuring Nutrilite-sponsored athletes Asafa Powell, Liu Xiang, Sanya Richards and Jenn Stuczynski.
In addition, Sanya Richards (American Record Holder 400-meter sprint) and Jenn Stuczysnki (American Record Holder Women's Pole Vault) will be signing autographs in the Nutrilite tent following their events.
It's gonna be a great event!! Hope to see you there!
More information about the Adidas Track Classic is available at www.adidastrackclassic.com.
Tickets can be ordered by calling Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 213-480-3232
or visiting www.ticketmaster.com. For
group ticket information, call 877-234-8425 or visit www.aegtickets.com
by Melissa Charles | -
All Quixtar Independent Business Owners (www.quixtar.com) that attend the Nutrilite-sponsored Adidas Track Classic, will receive a free event t-shirt! All they need to do is print out this coupon, fill it out, and bring it with to the event. (The coupon can be redeemed at the Nutrilite tent.)
More information about the Adidas Track Classic is available at www.adidastrackclassic.com. Tickets can be ordered by calling
Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 213-480-3232 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com.
For group ticket information, call 877-234-8425 or visit www.aegtickets.com
GIFT COUPON: For a full-size version, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamnutrilite/2406440034/sizes/o/
Here is the T-shirt design! It will be printed in reverse on black T-shirts.
by Melissa Charles | -
I just want to take a quick second to share with you the press release that just came out about the upcoming adidas Track Classic. As you may or may not know, Nutrilite is the exclusive vitamin, mineral and supplement brand of this premier track & field event for the first time this year, and we're really excited about showcasing our brand and products at this event. In addition to a significant presence at the event, there will also be national and local advertising featuring Nutrilite-sponsored athletes:
National TV Advertising: There will be four 30-second Nutrilite commercial spots and opening and closing billboards on ESPN. Plus there will be one television broadcast entitlement and on-screen graphic (Ex: Nutrilite Women's Pole Vault). The adidas Track Classic will begin at 12:30 p.m. on May 18 at The Home
Depot Center, on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills, and
will be broadcast live on ESPN from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. PT (4 p.m.-6 p.m. ET).
Local Print Advertising: There will be a half-page Nutrilite ad in the LA Time—Sports Section.
Here's the press release:
CARSON, Calif. (April 2, 2008) – A trio of reigning World
Champions – Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix and Jeremy Wariner – are set to compete at the adidas Track Classic on May 18, organizers announced today. Among
them, they brought home eight gold medals from the 2007 World Championships,
and all three are destined for the Olympic spotlight later this summer.
The adidas Track
Classic will begin at 12:30 p.m. on May 18 at The Home Depot Center, on the
campus of California
State University,
Dominguez Hills, and will be broadcast live on ESPN from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. PDT (4
p.m.-6 p.m. EDT).
Gay, who won gold at 100 meters, 200 meters and the
4x100-meter relay in Osaka,
was named 2007 male IAAF Athlete of the Year in track and field by the sport’s
international governing body. Among his many other honors last year, Gay was
ranked #1 in the world at 100 and 200 meters by Track & Field News magazine, which also named him Man of the
Year.
Felix also won three gold medals at the World Championships,
at 200 meters and both the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays. In defending her
200-meter title, the Los Angeles
native ran 21.81 seconds, the fastest time in the world by any woman in the
last eight years. A 2004 Olympic silver medalist, the 22-year-old finished the
year ranked not only #1 in the world at 200 meters, but #3 at 400 meters and #6
at 100 meters. For their efforts, Felix and Gay were named the 2007 Jesse Owens
Award winners as the top track-and-field athletes in the United States.
Wariner, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400 meters and
the 4x400-meter relay, was also ranked #1 in the world for 2007 after defending
his World Champion titles. Dominant at the distance for the past three years,
Wariner notched six of the top 10 times in the world last year; his winning
time of 43.45 seconds in Osaka
topped the 2007 list. The events at which the three athletes are competing will
be announced soon.
Produced by Global Athletics & Marketing, Inc., the adidas Track Classic is the second stop
of USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series. Tickets, from $40 (finish
line) down to $10, are now available by calling Ticketmaster at 213-480-3232 or
visiting www.Ticketmaster.com. For group
sales, call 1-877-AEG-TICKETS. Visit the event website at www.adidasTrackClassic.com for
updates and more information.
by Melissa Charles | -
Check out this new Nike commercial featuring Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Asafa Powell. The commercial is for Nike+, a device that tracks your runs through distance, time and
calories burned. Nike+ is made to fit into the sole of Nike shoes and transmit
information to an iPod Nano. (My sister just got this for her birthday and loves it!!)
Agency Wieden + Kennedy tapped Identity to produce the spot, which
features Nike athletes from around the world: Kaoru Uno (Japanese
K-1 fighter), Ronaldo, Maria Sharapova, Martin Lel, Robert Cheriyot (Kenyan
marathoners), Asafa Powell (world's fastest man), and Dai Tamesue (hurdler).
by Melissa Charles | -
The new website for the 2008 Adidas Track Classic is now live! Check it out at http://www.adidastrackclassic.com
This Nutrilite sponsored meet draws
top talent from around the world, racing at record-setting paces. Runners take
their marks, get set, and go at the Home
Depot Center,
and it’s all televised on ESPN.
LOCATION:
Home Depot Center in Carson, California
DATE:
Sunday, May 18, 2008
TIME:
12:30p.m. – 3:00p.m.
TV:
ESPN LIVE
1:00p.m. – 3:00p.m. Pacific
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW:
Tickets for the 2008 adidas Track Classic can be purchased by calling
Ticketmaster Charge-by-Phone at 213-480-3232 or via the Ticketmaster
website.
-- Finish Line:
$40
-- Homestretch: $25
-- Backstretch: $10
by Melissa Charles | -
Good afternoon!
Below are some behind-the-scenes pictures from Jenn's Nutrilite video shoot! The video shoot was in Miami, and we did a day shoot and a night shoot. Talk about a superstar - We waited to start the night shoot until it was pitch black outside, and then had her pole vault in the dark, blinded by spotlights... after she had already pole vaulted all morning! She rocks!
Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Jenn Stuczynski is the American Record Holder for the Women's Pole Vault.
Enjoy! :-)
by Melissa Charles | -
Below are behind-the-scenes photos from Sanya's Nutrilite photo/video shoot! (The photo shoot recently took place in Dallas, Texas.)
Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Sanya Richards is the current American Record Holder for the 400-meter sprint.
Enjoy!!!
by Melissa Charles | -
Check out the March 3, 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated!!!
On page 56 there's an awesome picture of Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Jenn Stuczynski in her training site in Churchville, N.Y. (It's part of the article "The Road to Beijing: Olympic Training Towns."
Quote from the article:
"In 1996 pole vaulting coach Rick Suhr built an unusual 4,000-square-foot training site, putting two Quonsot huts end-to-end to create space for a 120-foot-long synthetic-surfaced runway leading to a vaulting pit. There is no insulation against winter temperatures, which drop into single digits."
CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE!
The picture from the article is available on www.sipictures.com
From the home page, click on "Begin Your Search for Sports Illustrated Photos." Then Search for Jenn Stuczynski - It's the image of her running in the tunnel.
by Melissa Charles | -
Results from the 2008 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
JENN:
At the 2008 IAAF
World Indoor Championships in Valencia,
Spain
on March 8, 2008, Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Jenn Stuczynski brought home the silver medal in the women's pole vault with her clearance of 4.75 meters/15 feet 7 inches. Reigning Olympic and World
champion Yelena Isinbayeva won the competition at the same height, but with
zero misses, while Stuczynski had a miss at that height.
Congrats!!!! 4.75 meters indoors
is a personal best for Jenn!!!
LIU:
China's star hurdler and Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Liu Xiang
finished first to snatch the title in men's 60-meter hurdles. Liu finished in
7.46 seconds winning the gold medal, his first of such event, though he is the
world champion and world record holder in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles.
Liu’s biggest competition, Dayron
Robles, was surprisingly eliminated in the heats. Dayron who last month ran the
second fastest time ever of 7.33 seconds, was expected to give Liu a run for his
money but stayed in his blocks and stood up at the start of his heat as the gun
went, expecting a false start to be called. However, the judge did not call
back the race. Dayron made a vain effort to try to get back into his running
but finished last before leaving the track in tears.
by Melissa Charles | -
Nutrilite-sponsored athlete Liu Xiang will be starting his Olympic season at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain this weekend!
Some stats:
-- After five months of close-door training, this will be his first race of the new season!
-- Liu's personal best in the 60-meter hurdles is 7.42 seconds.
-- The current World Record for the 60-meter hurdles is 7.30 seconds.
-- Liu's biggest competition: Dayron Robles. (Dayron ran the 60-meter hurdles in 7.33 seconds on Feb. 8, 2008.)
The men's 60-meter hurdles is on Saturday. Check back here for updates!
Home page for the 2008 World Indoor Track & Field Championships. Click here.
Read about Liu going to the World Indoor Championship. Click here.
(Me & Liu at the Prefontaine Classic last year!)
by Melissa Charles | -
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira – “Ronaldinho” to fans – has international
appeal!
If you’re
not currently a fan of the world’s most popular sport – soccer – get ready to
start following Futbol Club Barcelona. That’s the team Ronaldinho (pronounced row-nal-deen-yo) plays for.
He is an international superstar, and a recent BBC news report called him, “the
most marketable player in the world.”
The brand of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements that
he’s chosen to endorse through 2010? Nutrilite, of course! The deal was
announced to the world during a press conference on February 28 in Barcelona, Spain.
View a video of the announcement at www.nutrilite.com after 4:00 p.m. EST time today!
Ronaldinho and his team are currently gearing up for the
2010 World Cup. His star power and global visibility will be an asset for Amway
affiliates around the world, including North America,
where soccer is the most popular sport among Hispanic Americans.
Team Nutrilite is a worldwide effort that embraces active
individuals at every level, in any sport, who have a passion for the Nutrilite
brand and are committed to achieving their potential while striving for optimal
health.
by Melissa Charles | -
¡Amway
global tiene el gusto de anunciar el patrocinio superestrella del fútbol soccer!
El equipo Nutrilite™
tiene el gusto de anunciar su patrocinio exclusivo de la superestrella de
fútbol internacional: El jugador número 10 del equipo Barcelona, Ronaldo de
Assis Moreira, o Ronaldinho como le conocen sus fans alrededor del mundo. El
atleta representará la marca Nutrilite
a nivel mundial.
El patrocinio fue anunciado desde una rueda de prensa en Barcelona el 28 de
febrero en España donde Ronadinho expresó su orgullo en ser parte de la familia
de atletas patrocinados por Amway en apoyo de la marca Nutrilite. La lista excepcional de atletas incluye: Sanya
Richards, dos veces ganadora del campeonato Golden Gala, Liu Xiang, quien
mantiene el record en salto de obstáculos; Asafa Powell, quien mantiene del
record mundial en carreras de 100 metros y Jenn Stuczynski, quien lleva el
record en los Estados Unidos de salto con garrocha.
La conferencia de prensa podrá verse a finales del día en www.nutrilite.com por
transmisión remota. ¡No te la pierdas!
Sin duda, siendo uno de los mejores jugadores de fútbol del mundo, Ronaldinho
te ofrece la manera perfecta de entablar una conversación con tus clientes y
prospectos sobre los productos de salud deportiva. Se avecina la temporada de
fútbol y este es el mejor momento para promover tus productos con un público
que admira y apoya al jugador número 10 del equipo Barça
Mira y muestra a tus clientes este estremecedor anuncio con
una filmación increíble de Ronaldinho en acción. En breve tendrás a tu
disposición folletos del Equipo Nutrilite
para vigorizar tus ventas de nutrición deportiva. También visita el blog de
Voces Latinas en www.opportunityzone.com
para opinar al respecto.
De esta manera, Quixtar continúa su compromiso en respaldar atletas de alto
calibre a nivel mundial para apoyar nuestro mensaje de Lo Mejor de la Naturaleza – Lo Mejor de la Ciencia. Quixtar
también tiene un compromiso de ofrecer apoyo continuo a los IBO de habla
Hispana en los Estados Unidos.
by Melissa Charles | -
Check out the new video!! WHO'S NEXT??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chki-Wd0pqE
Q: Why isn't Jenn in the video?
A: Only globally sponsored Team Nutrilite athletes are shown in this video clip, which was developed by Global Marketing. Jenn Stuczynski's Team Nutrilite sponsorship is just for North America.
by Melissa Charles |
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There will be an announcement on Feb. 28 for the next globally sponsored Team Nutrilite Athlete!!
This athlete will be unveiled at a global press event in Barcelona, Spain.Tune into Nutrilite.com on the day of the event for more details and to watch video of the event. (Videos will be posted to Nutrilite.com between 1 - 2 hours after the live event.)
More information to follow!
