UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN SCIENTIST CHOSEN TO HEAD UP PROMUS U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS WEBSITE

A diehard racquetball player for the past 26 years, Ed Arias (Madison, Wis.) was recently appointed to the 3rd Promus Hotel Corporation U.S. OPEN Racquetball Championships tournament committee. The annual USRA event will be held Nov. 17-21, 1999 at The Racquet Club of Memphis (Tenn.).

Arias will be in charge of developing and maintaining an increased online presence for the Promus U.S. OPEN. A Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Arias earned his doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Illinois-Chicago in Sept. 1997.

"My vision for the Promus U.S. OPEN website is to present the most extravagant event in racquetball in the most extravagant way to the Internet community," Arias said. "We are going to show the world what the sweetest flavor of racquetball is . . . on an on-demand basis. It will not only have audiovisual capabilities via videoconferencing and perhaps videostreaming, but also interactive areas (chatrooms) where people who could not attend can chat with various officials, pros and amateur players."

Promus U.S. OPEN tournament director Doug Ganim was pleased with the selection, saying, "We're very excited to welcome Ed Arias to the Promus U.S. OPEN tournament committee. His expertise in the area of website design will help us grow this event into the next millennium."

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- HEAD delivers Largest Sponsorship in Racquetball History
- Tournament of the Americas moves to Baja California, Mexico from Houston
- Road to Pan Am Games Begins in Houston
- Portland to Host '99 Wilson National High School Championships
- Univ./Wisconsin Scientist Ed Arias chosen as Promus U.S. OPEN Webmaster
- Penn selected as Official Racquetball for IRF & PARC

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