In high school, he joined the cross country and track teams, and even though he was one of the slowest members ("It was painful," he said), he loved running, and he loved bringing runners together. "Organized sports wasn't something that was available to us, but when I was really young, everybody wanted to be the fastest kid on the block." "Being born and raised in the Bronx, my mom was a maid and my dad was a janitor - blue collar, hard workers," he said.
Metellus, 47, is being promoted from vice president of events at NYRR, an organization he has worked with since 2001. "For me in this position, it will shed a tremendous light on the talent that's out there, the ability that is out there, the chance that you may be opening up the doors for ," said Metellus. Jim Heim, the marathon's race director for the past 13 years, along with others in leadership roles, stepped down in January. The announcement from New York Road Runners comes on the heels of large-scale allegations of sexism and racism by current and former employees, first made in the fall of 2020. Ted Metellus has been named the race director of the TCS New York City Marathon, making him the first Black race director of any of the Abbott World Marathon Majors races. Ted Metellus named race director of TCS New York City Marathon
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