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USATF announces HOKA as sponsor of Middle Distance Classic

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
December 8, 2014
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While this announcement came last week, yours truly was at the Running Event, checking out new products, learning about the vagaries of our industry and chatting with our business peeps. I was chatting with a particular running store owner, who noted how well HOKA was doing for him. His next comment was what I wanted you to hear: “It is good to see HOKA stepping up to the plate, and sponsoring races, clubs and athletes. This is how HOKA grows, how HOKA helps us grow and how the sport grows. Too many damn brands think there is some mystical method that brings success. It is all about building great product and getting that product to runners. “


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I am also happy to see USA Track & Field reaching out on the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic. I estimate that the major running brands, with adidas and Nike doing the most, put over $100 million into the infrastructure of the sport each year. 

The Oxy Performance meet could have been sunk, were it not for the support of the HOKA ONE ONE company. A near perfect event, at a near perfect time, the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic needs better social media and we applaud USATF.TV doing live streaming. 

RunBlogRun applauds HOKA ONE ONE and USATF for working together on this project! 

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USATF announces HOKA as sponsor

of Middle Distance Classic

ANAHEIM, Calif. – HOKA ONE ONE has come aboard as title sponsor of USATF’s 2015 Middle Distance Classic meet, USATF CEO Max Siegel announced Tuesday.

 

As part of the sponsorship, the newly renamed HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic will feature double athlete prize money and a television-quality webcast on USATF.tv. Previously a USATF developmental meet, the 2015 HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic and its webcast will now be part of the USATF Championship Series, USATF’s premier series of international-caliber meets in the United States.

 

Siegel will officially unveil the partnership to USATF membership during his State of the Sport address Tuesday evening at USATF’s 2014 Annual Meeting opening session, noting that HOKA marks USATF’s ninth sponsor contract since 2012.

 

“HOKA’s entitlement of the Middle Distance Classic marks a new avenue of sponsorship for USATF and its athletes,” Siegel said. “Event-specific partnerships such as this enable us to elevate developmental meets into events that provide more money and more exposure for U.S. athletes. We are thrilled that HOKA has made this commitment to the sport and our athletes. We look forward to a 2015 HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic that is bigger and better than ever.”

 

“HOKA ONE ONE is proud to sponsor one of the most important middle distance meets in the country,” said Jim Van Dine, Brand President.  “While HOKA’s roots started in ultra running, we are very committed to the sport of track and field, and believe that sponsoring this meet will introduce HOKA to an entirely new group of track and field athletes and fans.”

 

Previously held each May at Occidental College, the Middle Distance Classic provides competitive opportunities for elite athletes at distances from 800 through 5,000 meters. Virtually every top American middle-distance runner has competed at the meet the last two years, including Olympic or World Championships medal winners Leo Manzano, Galen Rupp, Jenny Simpson, Matt Centrowitz, Brenda Martinez, Shannon Rowbury and Nick Symmonds, as well as stars such as Molly Huddle, Mary Cain and Will Leer.

 

In addition to prize money and an upgraded webcast, the partnership includes cross-promotion of the event, HOKA branding as part of the webcast, social media promotion, branding and signage. An event logo for the HOKA ONE ONE Middle Distance Classic will debut in early 2015.

 

About USATF

USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the country’s #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org.

About HOKA ONE ONE

HOKA ONE ONE is the fastest growing, premium running shoe brand in the world. Two life-long runners launched HOKA in 2009, after years spent handcrafting and shaping lightweight shoes with extra-thick midsoles. Initially embraced by ultrarunners because of their enhanced cushioning and inherent stability, HOKA now offers shoes for all types of runners who enjoy the unique ride the shoes provide. For more information, visit www.hokaoneone.com.

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    Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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