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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cora Zaletel
April 3, 2006 Executive Director, 
Development and Communications
(719) 549-2810

   

CSU-Pueblo Sponsors Seventh Annual X-Challenge Competition
 

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Run, bike, throw, swing, or row your way to Colorado State University – Pueblo campus for the seventh annual X-Challenge scheduled on Saturday, April 15, 2006. This year’s competition will be a continuous adventure race format.

Registration now is underway for this extreme adventure race competition in which teams of two (men’s, women’s, and coed teams) compete in a mountain bike relay, a Frisbee golf relay, a kayak/run relay, and a ropes/challenge course for each team’s share of prizes and the esteemed honor of being named the 2006 X-CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS.

This event is sponsored by students in the CSU-Pueblo Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion and Recreation, in conjunction with the University’s Experiential Learning Center. Registration is being taken online at http://www.active.com click on Individual Sports search under CSU-Pueblo X-Challenge.

Registration fees are $40 for student teams and $50 for non-student teams. The competition is open to individuals age 16 and up. All participants will receive a t-shirt, food, refreshments, and the chance to win “out” door prizes. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. the morning of the competition with an awards ceremony to follow.

For more information about the CSU-Pueblo X-Challenge, call (719) 549-2381, or visit our web site http://ceeps.colostate-pueblo.edu/exhpr/xchallange.htm


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