Exciting new sprint competition offers bonus points at all six races

• Bonus points available at different locations at each AbbottWMM event
• Eight additional AbbottWMM ranking points available at each race
• Adds element of excitement and extra competition for the Series XII title

Starting at the first event of Series XII of the Abbott World Marathon Majors - the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on September 16 - wheelchair athletes will be able to score a potential eight bonus points in the new AbbottWMM Bonus Points competition.

Kaitlin Goodman, Erika Kemp, and Samantha Nadel join B.A.A.

BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced today the addition of three athletes joining the B.A.A. High Performance Team. Bringing both professional and collegiate experience with them, Kaitlin (Gregg) Goodman, Erika Kemp, and Samantha Nadel join a B.A.A. roster led by High Performance Coach Ricardo Santos.

BOSTON —The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) announced it is implementing changes and a new framework for the Boston Marathon’s Athletes with Disabilities (AWD) Divisions and Programs. The changes will provide a greater range of opportunities for athletes with disabilities to participate and compete, and will further align AWD policies with existing Boston Marathon policies and the Paralympic Movement. The changes include John Hancock increasing the Push Rim Wheelchair Division prize purse to $125,000 to recognize top performers.

Global tour of qualifying events begins with the 2018 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON

• More than 50 age group qualifying events around the world
• One year for participants to earn two qualifying times and a place at the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships in London, 2020
• Qualifying period runs from Sept. 16, 2018 – Sept.

Field size will be 30,000 official entrants for the 123rd running on April 15

BOSTON -- Registration for the 2019 Boston Marathon opens on Monday, September 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The B.A.A. will use the same process to register qualified runners as it used in the 2012 through 2018 Boston Marathons, allowing the fastest qualifiers to register first.

Registration will be held entirely online at www.baa.org, and qualifying performances run since September 16, 2017 may be submitted for entry.