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Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Colbeck Capital Supports Inaugural Event to Benefit p1440 Foundation and Water Safety on Long Island's South Fork
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colbeck Capital Management, a leading middle-market private credit firm focused on strategic lending, today announced its support of Hampton Volley, a community event hosted by three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and CONTRA. The event taking place Tuesday, July 22 at Kirk Park Beach is free and open to the public. Net proceeds will directly benefit p1440 Foundation and Hampton Lifeguard Association (HLA). p1440 Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded by Kerri Walsh Jennings, seeks to use sport as a platform for personal growth and community development. Named for the 1,440 minutes in a day, the Foundation's mission is to expand access to beach volleyball nationwide, supporting individuals of all ages and skill levels by creating inclusive spaces to learn and play. The HLA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to supporting vital water safety and rescue initiatives in Long Island's South Fork, raising funds to support a wide range of safety and training programs. Support from sponsors like Colbeck Capital helps ensure these organizations can continue expanding their impact and provide critical programs that benefit youth, families, and athletes across the region. To learn more about the event or attend, please click here. About Colbeck Capital Management Colbeck Capital Management ( is a leading, middle-market private credit manager focused on strategic lending. Colbeck originates senior secured loans to companies going through periods of transition, providing creative capital solutions. Colbeck sponsors its portfolio companies through consistent engagement with management teams in areas such as finance, capital markets and growth strategies, distinguishing itself from traditional lenders. Colbeck was founded in 2009 by Jason Colodne and Jason Beckman and currently manages $3+ billion of invested and committed capital. Colbeck's principals have extensive experience investing through different market cycles at leading institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Colbeck Capital Supports Inaugural Event to Benefit p1440 Foundation and Water Safety on Long Island's South Fork
NEW YORK, July 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colbeck Capital Management, a leading middle-market private credit firm focused on strategic lending, today announced its support of Hampton Volley, a community event hosted by three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and CONTRA. The event taking place Tuesday, July 22 at Kirk Park Beach is free and open to the public. Net proceeds will directly benefit p1440 Foundation and Hampton Lifeguard Association (HLA). p1440 Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity founded by Kerri Walsh Jennings, seeks to use sport as a platform for personal growth and community development. Named for the 1,440 minutes in a day, the Foundation's mission is to expand access to beach volleyball nationwide, supporting individuals of all ages and skill levels by creating inclusive spaces to learn and play. The HLA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to supporting vital water safety and rescue initiatives in Long Island's South Fork, raising funds to support a wide range of safety and training programs. Support from sponsors like Colbeck Capital helps ensure these organizations can continue expanding their impact and provide critical programs that benefit youth, families, and athletes across the region. To learn more about the event or attend, please click here. About Colbeck Capital Management Colbeck Capital Management ( is a leading, middle-market private credit manager focused on strategic lending. Colbeck originates senior secured loans to companies going through periods of transition, providing creative capital solutions. Colbeck sponsors its portfolio companies through consistent engagement with management teams in areas such as finance, capital markets and growth strategies, distinguishing itself from traditional lenders. Colbeck was founded in 2009 by Jason Colodne and Jason Beckman and currently manages $3+ billion of invested and committed capital. Colbeck's principals have extensive experience investing through different market cycles at leading institutions, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. View source version on Contacts Media Contacts Jonathan Warren/Jared KimmelGasthalter & Co.(212) 257-4170colbeck@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Felix, Serena go into Team USA HoF along with an icon who paved the way for women: Anita DeFrantz
FILE - United States head coach Mike Krzyzewski shouts from the sidelines during the men's gold medal basketball game against Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) FILE - United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings digs for a ball while playing Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - Serena Williams, of the United States, chases down a return during her loss to Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) FILE - Allyson Felix, of the United States, smiles after taking the bronze, in the final of women's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) FILE - IOC member Anita DeFrantz, of the United States, attends the start of the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) FILE - IOC member Anita DeFrantz, of the United States, attends the start of the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) FILE - United States head coach Mike Krzyzewski shouts from the sidelines during the men's gold medal basketball game against Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) FILE - United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings digs for a ball while playing Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE - Serena Williams, of the United States, chases down a return during her loss to Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) FILE - Allyson Felix, of the United States, smiles after taking the bronze, in the final of women's 400-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) FILE - IOC member Anita DeFrantz, of the United States, attends the start of the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — In some ways, one of the longest-serving members of the International Olympic Committee, Anita DeFrantz, paved the way for the new president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, to get to where she is today. That why Coventry, the first female leader of the IOC, pulled a big surprise Saturday. She traveled to Colorado Springs to watch DeFrantz, a trailblazing Olympic rower in 1976 and IOC member since 1986, get inducted into the Team USA Hall of Fame. Advertisement 'She opened up so many doors, for me and for so many others,' said Coventry, who took over as president last month, in an interview with The Associated Press before the ceremony. 'I'm extremely grateful for that. I know that I've got to make sure I do that for other women.' The 72-year-old DeFrantz is part of a class that includes eight individual women — among them 11-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix, four-time Olympic champion Serena Williams, three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings and 2012 all-around gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas. Also inducted Saturday were Bode Miller, Mike Krzyzewski, Phil Knight, Steve Cash, Susan Hagel, Flo Hyman and Marla Runyan, along with the 2010 four-man bobsled team and the 2004 women's wheelchair basketball team. Coventry showed up for DeFrantz, who played an important role in moving votes toward the five-time Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe in the seven-person race to succeed Thomas Bach earlier this year. Advertisement This was one of Coventry's first big — albeit low-key — trips in the new role, and DeFrantz was shocked to see the new president standing there as she got out of her car to head into the ceremony at the Broadmoor. DeFrantz described herself as a little lonely when she went to her first IOC meeting in 1986. 'I walked in and I thought, 'This is odd,'' she said. 'It was this cavernous room' and she was one of only five female committee members there. One of her main goals in becoming a shaper of world sports policy: 'We had to help people open their minds a little." While, in some ways, the Olympics has been ahead of its time in the effort to bring women into big-time sports — 22 women participated in the 1900 Olympics while, for instance, it took until 1981 for the NCAA to sanction women's basketball — it has also shined a global spotlight on some inequities that have existed for decades. Advertisement Women's rowing didn't debut at the Games until the 1976 Olympics where DeFrantz and her teammates won bronze. Only last year did the Olympics achieve gender parity, with women making up half of the approximately 10,500 athletes, according to the IOC. DeFrantz, a vice president of the 1984 LA organizing committee, helped spark that progress. She served as chair of the IOC's women in sport commission for 20 years. She became a member of the IOC executive board in 1992 and was elected as the IOC's first female vice president in 1997. A generation later, Felix began her own fight to highlight the way women were treated when they became pregnant. She forced a seismic change in contract terms that, for decades, had given little leeway to female track stars who put careers on hold to have babies. Felix is now a member of the IOC, as well — following in the footsteps of both DeFrantz and Coventry as Olympic athletes who now have seats at the decision-making table. Advertisement 'I feel really blessed to come after Anita and I've told her this many times, she has paved the way,' Felix said. 'She's a game-changer. Just what she's seen and contributed to is incredible. For someone like me, it's just wanting to carry on her legacy." DeFrantz's honor comes at yet another tenuous time for women in sports, punctuated by headline-grabbing debates about eligibility and gender testing in track, boxing, swimming and other sports that will likely bring leaders like Coventry and DeFrantz into the mix. Coventry said it's important to 'protect the female category,' and has signaled that the IOC will take a more active role in setting guidelines for participation. But for the 41-year-old president, this was a night for celebrating a mentor who made her role in today's debates possible. 'It's all about letting people have opportunities,' DeFrantz said. 'You can't make an Olympian. But you can open the door to possibilities.' ___ AP sports:
USA Today
09-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LA Olympics to include new mixed-gender team events in golf and gymnastics
LA Olympics to include new mixed-gender team events in golf and gymnastics Show Caption Hide Caption Kerri Walsh Jennings discusses Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 2028 Legendary volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings discusses the Olympics coming to Los Angeles and how the birthplace of beach volleyball, Santa Monica, will take center stage. The 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will feature an expanded program with new mixed-gender team events in several marquee sports, including golf and gymnastics. The International Olympic Committee announced the new mixed-gender events Wednesday when it unveiled the entire sport program for the 2028 Summer Games. They will help bring a team twist to Olympic golf, which previously only featured individual men's and women's competition, and a new dimension to gymnastics, where team competitions at the Olympics had been divided by gender. The IOC will also debut a 4x100 mixed-gender relay in track and field, to go along with the mixed 4x400 that has been contested at the past two editions of the Summer Olympics. "The mixed events are a real true embodiment of gender equality − men and women competing in the same team, on the same field of play for their country," IOC sports director Kit McConnell said in a news conference. "We've seen the real success of these (mixed-gender events). They bring something incredibly special for the athletes involved." Mixed-gender team events are rare in both golf and gymnastics, but not entirely unheard of. In golf, the Grant Thornton Invitational has been contested since 2023 and features 16 teams, each made up of one player each from the PGA and LPGA Tours. And in gymnastics, there is the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup in which men and women compete on mixed-gender teams. McConnell said the International Gymnastics Federation must finalize the format of the Olympic mixed event by the end of May. As part of its announcement, the IOC also confirmed the number of teams and athletes who will compete in the five sports that are being added to the Olympic program for the Los Angeles Games: Baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash. The four team sports being added will each include six men's teams and six women's teams, while squash will include 16 men and 16 women competing individually. In flag football, which is perhaps the most intriguing of the additions, each team will consist of 10 athletes. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said last week that the league and players' union will likely make a decision in the next few months on whether NFL players can compete at the Games. Among the other big changes to the sports program for Los Angeles: For the first time in Olympic history, the soccer competition will feature more women's teams (16) than men's (12). McConnell attributed this change, in part, to the United States' standing as "the home of the highest levels of popularity" of the women's game. Swimming will add six new medal events in the sport's shortest distance, 50 meters. In addition to the 50-meter freestyle, which is currently an Olympic event, Los Angeles will also have the 50-meter backstroke, 50-meter breastroke and 50-meter butterfly. There will be 12 teams per gender in 3x3 basketball, a significant increase from the 2024 Paris Olympics, which featured eight. The 32 new quota spots in 3x3 basketball were taken directly from breaking, which was an Olympic sport for the first and likely only time in Paris last summer. McConnell said the core sports program for the Los Angeles Olympics will feature the same number of quota spots as the 2024 Paris Olympics: 10,500. The five new sports will add 698 athletes, on top of the quota. The IOC announced that women will make up 50.5% of the athlete pool at the 2028 Games. And, for the first time, each team sport will have the same number of women's teams as men's teams, or more. Contact Tom Schad at tschad@ or on social media @
