UNIVERSITY NEWS - MARCH 2004

MEDIA CONTACT: Randy Goin, Jr.
954-762-5275, rgoin@fau.edu

Schnellenberger Unites FAU Territory With Football Unity Run

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (March 19, 2004) -

In an effort to symbolically unite all the communities Florida Atlantic University serves, FAU Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger will spread his team to the north and south edges of FAU territory and relay-run them back to the Boca Raton campus in the first ever FAU Football Unity Run.

On Saturday, March 20, one group of players will run south from the FAU Jupiter campus while another group will run north from the FAU Davie campus. The team running the Broward county leg, escorted by the Broward Sheriff's Office, will depart Davie around noon and head east in order to reach Fort Lauderdale Beach between 3 - 4 p.m.

FAU football players, in jerseys and helmets, will run along AIA drawing the attention of thousands of spring-breakers and other beachgoers. Additionally, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle and Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce President Christopher Pollack, both distinguished FAU alumni, will join Coach Schnellenberger in the Fort Lauderdale Beach leg of the relay. (NOTE: Best viewing of the run will be between Las Olas Boulevard and Beachplace from 2:45 to 3:15 p.m.)

In addition, a group of FAU alumni will gather at Shula's on the Beach restaurant at the Sheraton Yankee Trader (321 North Fort Lauderdale Beach) at 3 p.m. to cheer the runners as they travel along A1A. (NOTE: Naugle, Pollack, Schnellenberger, FAU administrators and other alumni will be available at Shula's for photos and media comment at 3:15.)

The Unity Run will conclude around 6 p.m. at the Tom Oxley Center on the Boca Raton campus. For more information, contact Randy Goin, Jr. at 954-762-5275 or rgoin@fau.edu
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