After 150 Kentucky Derbys, Louisville Knows Sports

Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 14, 2023 – With nearly 2,700 registered participants, the Louisville Sports Commission’s Urban Bourbon Half Marathon went off this morning under cool, overcast skies at race start.

Steven Matthews of Evansville, Ind., won the men’s division in a time of 1:10:38, edging second-place finisher Ali Faraji-Tajrishi of Louisville, Ky., who clocked a time of 1:14:11. Caroline Gosser of Louisville, Ky., won the women’s division in 1:21:02, ahead of second-place finisher Sydney Larkin of Louisville, Ky., who finished in 1:23:50. Reagan Murphy of Louisville, Ky., won the non-binary division with a time of 2:13:46.

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Louisville, Ky. – Oct. 3, 2023 – With 550 registered participants, the sold-out Norton Sports Health 4-Miler went off Monday evening under clear conditions. The race was held in Iroquois Park with a course that took race participants through the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular trail to the finish line.

Seth Snider-Hayes of Louisville, Ky., won the men’s division in a time of 24:46.45, ahead of second-place finisher Eric Engelbrecht of Louisville, Ky., who clocked a time 25:49.67. Kat Percy of Louisville, Ky., won the women’s division in 27:52.00 beating Laura Berklite of Cincinnati, Ohio, who finished in 31:12.63. Ken Schuck won the non-binary division with a time of 38:37.05.

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– Popular host venue returns to host first IRONMAN branded event since 2019

– Inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Louisville triathlon scheduled to take place Aug. 18, 2024; General registration to open Sept. 27, 2023, and can be accessed by visiting, www.ironman.com/im703-louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. / TAMPA, Fla. (Sept 19, 2023) – IRONMAN announced today that Louisville, Ky., will once again host an IRONMAN^®-branded event with the new IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Louisville triathlon scheduled to take place on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Louisville first hosted a full-distance IRONMAN triathlon from 2007 to 2019 and the new event brings this iconic Kentucky venue back to the IRONMAN 70.3 racing circuit. General registration for the 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 Louisville triathlon will open on Wednesday, Sept 27, 2023, by visiting, www.ironman.com/im703-louisville.

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Louisville, Ky. – Sept. 9, 2023 – With more than 300 registered participants, the annual Louisville Pure Tap® 5K went off this morning under cool, partly cloudy conditions at race start. Race participants followed a course that took them through Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Shawnee and Chickasaw Parks.

Kyle Bowling of Louisville, Ky., won the men’s division in a time of 16:51.02, ahead of second-place finisher Ethan Ennis, who clocked a time of 18:16.35. Megan Cole of Versailles, Ind., won the women’s division in 19:17.49, beating Maria Galvin of Louisville, Ky., who finished in 19:50.25. Sarah Brian won the non-binary division.

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Louisville, Ky. – Aug. 3, 2023 – Fifty-three players, representing all 10 conferences plus two of the independents that compete for the Football Bowl Series, have been selected for the Paul Hornung Award Pre-Season Watch List.

Now in its 14th season, the Paul Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission in memory of the late football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung. The winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award dinner in Louisville, Ky., in March 2024.

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