Citi wins New York’s Bloomberg Square Mile Relay

More than 75 teams from New York’s leading financial companies raced against each other at the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay in the heart of the Financial District. Champions Citi took the coveted trophy and the title of “Fastest Firm In The City”, completing ten laps of the new one-mile course in 53 minutes and 22 seconds.

Citi Captain Youcef Mami said after the race: “Thank you to everyone at the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay for a fantastic event.  We put in a lot of training for the race but we weren’t sure how we would match up to the other teams as it’s so competitive.  We would like to thank all of the other teams for such a great race. We are thrilled to have come out on top and we will be back next year to defend our title!”

Coming in close behind Citi in second place was Barclays, with Deutsche Bank in third place.  Individually, the fastest runner of the night, with a time of 4:42, was Logan Yu from Citi,  and capturing the award for ‘Fastest Mixed Team’ was The D.E. Shaw Group, beating 25 other teams to clinch the title in a time of 01:02:45.

Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg LP, who ran tonight’s race for his third year in a row,  said: “It was great to see our clients, partners and friends join us in a race that embodies the importance of speed, teamwork, and giving back – three values that we celebrate at Bloomberg. Congratulations to the winning team from Citi.”

On race night, there was also recognition for The Extra Mile: a community-led initiative by Bloomberg Square Mile Relay that creates an impact way beyond the finish line and contributes to philanthropy in a bigger, better way throughout the year. In New York, The Extra Mile has teamed up with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to harness the power of sport to engage local kids from across the city. Ahead of race night, runners were invited to go The Extra Mile by joining “Community Day”, which was held at the finish line of the sixth annual 9/11 Memorial & Museum 5K, where kids and their families got a chance to take part in sporting activities and learn new ways to stay active.

This summer, in conjunction with the June 27 opening of “Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11,” a special exhibition which explores how sports and athletes helped to unite the country, console a grieving nation and give us a reason to cheer again following the 2001 attacks, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, together with Bloomberg Square Mile Relay organizers, will also host a special event for young people from sport-for-social change programs across the city, as well as relay participants and Bloomberg employees.

Nick Keller, CEO of event organizer, Square Mile Sport, said “The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay is an unparalleled sporting event that offers the city’s leading institutions an opportunity to come together for a night of camaraderie, competition, teamwork, celebration and networking, in support of a special cause.  It’s fantastic to see the same level of enthusiasm, competitive spirit and teamwork from New York City’s business community on display again for the third running of the race here and with an ever-increasing number of runners,  the race continues to grow and we look forward to returning in 2019.”

The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay New York will return next year, but the baton now passes to Tokyo on May 17, and then to San Francisco on August 2. 11 cities across the world now host the global relay series, including Dubai, London, New York, Paris, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Tokyo. For more information visit squaremilerelay.com

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