2 February 2006
Olympic gold medallist Mr Herb Elliott will present a trophy to seven champion Monash University walkers at the university's Caulfield campus, this Friday, 3 February.
The seven university staff have been declared winners of the Global Corporate Challenge virtual walk, of which Mr Elliott is patron.
Just over 10,000 walkers, in 1430 teams from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US competed in the challenge. Between 26 May and 8 November, participants "virtually" walked from Arnhem Land to Antarctica .
The Monash team led from the start and racked up more than 27 million steps to be declared the winners.
The Global Corporate Challenge encourages people to improve their health and wellbeing by competing against other teams in the "virtual" walking race.
Mr Martin Doulton, general manager, Monash Sport, was a member of the university's winning team.
"Our team should be proud of its contribution to the massive combined event total of over 15 billion steps in this Global Corporate Challenge," Mr Doulton said.
What: Global Corporate Challenge trophy presentation
When: 10 am, Friday 3 February 2006
Where: The Clayfield Room, Monash University , Caulfield Campus.
For more information contact Ms Penny Fannin, Media Communications, Monash University on +613 9905 5828 or 0417 125 700.
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