NEW SPORTS AGENCY FORMED TO REPRESENT TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES

Newly certified USATF and IAAF athlete representative Christopher Mengel has formed a sports agency, Elite Runner Management LLC, to represent elite track and field athletes.  The mission of the agency is to empower athletes to achieve their personal best.

Mengel, an attorney with offices in metropolitan Detroit, combines more than 30 years of practicing law with an avocation for long distance running.  He took the exam to become an agent at USATF’s 2012 annual meeting in Daytona Beach. Mengel will use his new position to advocate on behalf of elite athletes. “For far too long, these talented and gifted athletes have gotten the short end of the stick,” he said.  “Unfortunately, being the best on the track or on the roads does not pay your rent or provide you with medical insurance. My goal is to use my training, education, and experience as a lawyer to represent and negotiate deals on behalf of my clients which will provide them with the necessities of life so that they can concentrate on what they do best: to train and to perform.”

Along with the formation of Elite Runner Management, Mengel also announced the signing of the agency’s first two elite athletes: Luke Humphrey, a 2:14 marathoner, long time member of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, and author of the book Hansons Marathon Method - A Renegade Path to Your Fastest Marathon (2012 Velopress); and Tim Young of Fredericksburg, Virginia, a 1:04 half-marathoner and two time winner and course record holder of the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon.

CONTACT:

Christopher Mengel

ELITE RUNNER MANAGEMENT LLC

1281 N. Oxford Road

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236

cell: 313-492-5861

e-mail: [email protected]