Reception Celebrates Upcoming Games, Heritage
RTWGC Vice Chairman Hawley Maclean and his wife Daphine will open up their home for a reception commemorating next month’s London Summer Games and Reno-Tahoe’s Olympic heritage on Friday evening, June 22. Click here to order tickets for the reception. Tickets are limited. Olympians Vitaly Scherbo, Limin Liu and Jill Savery will attend the reception […]
Continue Reading...Olympians Abound in Celebrity Golf Field
You won’t have to look too far down the alphabetical list of golfers playing in next month’s American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Edgewood-Tahoe to find Olympians. Ray Allen, the second name on the list and a member of the 2000 U.S. Men’s basketball gold medal winning team, is one of 17 Olympians in the […]
Continue Reading...Kids Make “World Fit” a Walking Success
Hundreds of Northern Nevada elementary and middle school students put on their walking shoes this spring and racked up the miles during the Reno-Tahoe’s first year in the “world Fit” walking program. The RTWGC brought “World Fit” to Reno’s Glenn Duncan Elementary School and Sparks Middle School. Students walked daily from the middle of April […]
Continue Reading...Reno’s Weiss to Swim in U.S. Olympic Trials
Reno High grad Michael Weiss is building momentum for his shot to swim in the London Summer Games. The University of Wisconsin junior won a pair of events at the recent Mutual of Omaha Swimvitational. Weiss won the 400 meter individual medley and the 400 meter freestyle in one of the top “dry run” events […]
Continue Reading...Reno-Tahoe Well Represented at Olympic Track & Field Trials
Five Reno-Tahoe athletes, including a high school sophomore, have qualified to compete during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon from June 22– July 1. Three pole vaulters, two of whom trained through Reno Tahoe Athletics in the past, set personal bests in meeting qualifying marks. Mike Arnold, a Carson High grad […]
Continue Reading...Sparks’ Dalton to Compete at Olympic Gymnastics Trials
Spanish Springs High School graduate Jake Dalton is one step closer to a spot on the U.S. Men’s Olympic Gymnastics team after a strong showing at last weekend’s Visa National Championships. Dalton, now a junior at the University of Oklahoma, finished 4th in overall points and is one of the fifteen men who will compete […]
Continue Reading...International Olympic Update
2012 is a year of heavy activity in the world of international sports with both a potentially iconic Olympic Games and a strong array of other events and competitions. These events and their related issues are likely to impact future Olympic bids – both summer and winter. The following update covers the full range of […]
Continue Reading...Save the Date 2012 Hall of Fame Dinner
The RTWGC will induct the next class of inductees into the Reno-Tahoe International Sports Hall of Fame Saturday, November 17at the Atlantis Resort Spa Casino in Reno. The ceremony for the 2011 class included Alex Cushing, Lynette Davis, Shane McConkey, Tamara McKinney, Wayne Poulsen, Daron Rahlves and Franz Weber and attracted a sellout audience of […]
Continue Reading...Olympian Jill Savery Embracing Our Planet Through Sport
Traveling to far off destinations used to be limited to booking an airline, packing a bag and fumbling with the language. Today, an average of 55 million tourists seek a travel experience that immerses them in the areas they’re visiting…from local customs, geography, environment, economics and more. It’s called Geotourism and it is driven strongly […]
Continue Reading...Olympians and McDonald’s Help Kickoff “World Fit” Walking Program at Schools
Olympians Torrey Palmer and Tamara McKinney will help Sparks Middle School and Glenn Duncan Elementary School in Reno launch the “World Fit” walking program on Monday, April 16th. The pair will be at Sparks Middle School at 2:00 pm and then at Glenn Duncan Elementary at 3:30 pm. “World Fit” is a program developed by […]
Continue Reading...Nevada and California Leaders Unveil Joint Effort to Explore Bid for Olympic Winter Games in the Lake Tahoe Region
Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition and California Winter Games Committee Join Forces with the Creation of Lake Tahoe Winter Games Exploratory Committee [Olympic Valley, Calif.] April 5, 2012 – Fifty-two years after the Olympic flame was first ignited in the Tahoe region, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Nevada Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki announced the formation […]
Continue Reading...Jon’s Jottings
. . . from the desk of the RTWGC Chief Executive Officer Three months into the New Year and 2012 is shaping up as an amazing time for the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition. The year began with a very memorable RTWGC International Sports Hall of Fame Dinner Gala. Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Games organizer […]
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