{"id":687578,"date":"2022-09-21T09:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merrell-signs-two-professional-trail-running-athletes\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:44:37","slug":"merrell-signs-two-professional-trail-running-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merrell-signs-two-professional-trail-running-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"MERRELL SIGNS TWO PROFESSIONAL TRAIL RUNNING ATHLETES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Elite trail runners Aum Gandhi and Rachel Tomajczyk make for the brand’s first-ever U.S. athletes<\/i>\n <\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>, Sept. 21, 2022<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Merrell\u00ae<\/a>, the world’s leading outdoor footwear brand, announced it has added trail runners Aum Gandhi<\/a>\u00a0and Rachel Tomajczyk<\/a>\u00a0to its roster of global athletes.<\/p>\n

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Gandhi and Tomajczyk are the inaugural members of Merrell’s U.S. trail running team. The duo is supported by the brand through apparel, footwear, sponsorship, and travel to races.<\/p>\n

“We’re proud to have dedicated, disciplined athletes like Aum and Rachel on our team,” said Jessenia Flores<\/span>, marketing manager at Merrell. “Both athletes’ values match Merrell’s, and their impressive running resumes paired with a passion for the sport and trail community is inspiring to all.”<\/i><\/p>\n

Gandhi is an endurance athlete from California<\/span> with a focus on long-distance running. In 2021, he podiumed the Aravaipa Running Across the Years 72-hour race as the 3rd overall male. Gandhi is training to compete in the Moab 240 this October, where he will be the first runner ever to represent India<\/span> in the race. He is also co-owner of Run Tri Bike<\/a>, an endurance sports magazine focused on inclusion and support for all in endurance sports.<\/p>\n

Through racing, Gandhi also raises funds for The Richstone Family Center<\/a>, a California<\/span> non-profit organization focused on ending abuse, generational trauma, and domestic violence.<\/p>\n

\n Texas<\/span>-native Tomajczyk made the Olympic Trials in steeplechase in 2016 and a USA<\/span> Team in cross country. After a few years of running professionally on the track, she discovered trail running and made the transition from track to trails in the summer of 2021. Tomajczyk has since placed:<\/p>\n