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About Podium
Podium Sports Marketing®
The Minnesota Half Marathon is brought to you by Podium Sports Marketing, Inc.
At Podium we are passionate about the joy of sport and all the rewards an athletic lifestyle can provide. This is truly why we do what we do.
Our company is rooted in the Olympic movement, with deep experience in event magement, event marketing, collegiate athletics, sponsorship sales, representation, fulfillment and the production of graphics for sports organizations.
At every turn, we aim to provide the highest quality experience possible to our participants, clients, partners, sponsors, vendors and the municipalities that we work with.
Podium Sports Marketing is driven by three partners with a long history in sports management: Adam Kocinski, Marilyn Franzen and Mike Cofrin.
Combined we offer over 60 years of sports management experience. The 1,500 + events that we have produced have involved some 650,000 participants. We have also generated and managed millions of dollars for the sports organizations we have represented.
