“ Tiffany has been privileged to partner with New York Road Runners for the ING New York City Marathon for more than 20 years,” said Tom O’Rourke, vice president of business sales. “ During that time we have increased our participation with the creation of awards for additional categories of runners, and now we have the pleasure to design jewelry and accessories that will serve as mementos of a great personal achievement.”
Tiffany & Co. has launched a commemorative collection of jewelry and accessories that, along with the awards Tiffany creates for runners in each category, celebrates the 40th running of the ING New York City Marathon. Runners can personalize the collection with name, time and the year to mark their marathon experience.
The collection is crafted with renowned Tiffany quality and includes a sterling silver bracelet and tag pendants, key ring, money clip, pen and pewter picture frame, along with crystal mugs, tumblers and an apple paperweight. Each item is etched with the official ING New York City Marathon logo.
The collection’s 11 items may be purchased through January 1, 2010 at www.tiffany.com/ingnycmarathon or via a link on New York Road Runners’ website (www.nyrr.org); at Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue and Wall Street stores, October 26 — November 8; and at the Tiffany & Co. booth at the Marathon Expo at the Javitz Center, October 29 — October 31.
Male and female runners who finish in first, second and third place in the open division and first place male and female finishers in the wheelchair division will receive the Samuel Rudin Trophy, which the Rudin family commissioned Tiffany to design and create in 1984. The trophy, a sterling silver tray featuring the course of the race highlighted in blue enamel on an etched map of the five boroughs, is handcrafted and hand engraved by master silversmiths in the company’s hollowware workshop in New Jersey.
Runners who finish in the top 10 and competitors in all categories will receive awards from Tiffany’s exclusive collection of crystal designs. The awards are etched with the inscription “ 40th Running” and the date, as well as NYRR and ING New York City Marathon logos. Categories include overall finishers, top age group finishers, top team finishers, top finishers from each of New York’s five boroughs, top wheelchair finishers and top handcycle finishers. There is also a crystal award for top NYRR volunteers, as well as top company foundation awards, the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge award, the Gwendolyn Clark and the Abel R. Kiviat Memorial awards, and the Alberto Salazar honor for the first American male and female to finish the marathon.
In addition to the Rudin trophy, the first, second and third place finishers in the open division and first place male and female finishers in the wheelchair division will receive medals commissioned by the NYRR. The 18 karat gold vermeil, sterling silver and bronze medals, measuring ¼-inch thick and 3½ inches high, feature a raised motif of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the marathon’s starting point, encircled by the five boroughs that host the event: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. On the reverse, the date and NYRR logo are framed by the well-known lyric, “ If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, New York, New York.”
The collection’s 11 items may be purchased through January 1, 2010 at www.tiffany.com/ingnycmarathon or via a link on New York Road Runners’ website (www.nyrr.org); at Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue and Wall Street stores, October 26 — November 8; and at the Tiffany & Co. booth at the Marathon Expo at the Javitz Center, October 29 — October 31.
Scheduled for Sunday, November 1, the ING New York City Marathon is the premier event of New York Road Runners and one of the world’s great road races, with over 42,000 participants representing all 50 states and over 100 countries, as well as two million spectators and more than 300 million television viewers worldwide.
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