Nixon library hosts 5K race to commemorate Title IX

YORBA LINDA

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Jude Tenorio, 15, is the men’s winner of Saturday’s Nixon 5K for Title IX race from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum to the El Cajon Trail in Yorba Linda. The Nixon Foundation presented the contest. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL KITADA

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The Nixon Foundation hosted the 5K to mark Title IX’s enactment.

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By Heather McRea

hmcrea@scng.com

When President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law 51 years ago, the landmark legislation prohibiting sex discrimination led to the expansion of female participation in athletics.

Celebrating Title IX’s breakthrough for females and sports, the Nixon Foundation hosted a 5K race as part of its anniversary events last year and brought the event back on Saturday.

Participants ran and walked Yorba Linda’s El Cajon Trail from the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.