{"id":52765,"date":"2018-12-17T03:48:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T07:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=52765"},"modified":"2019-01-17T17:31:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T21:31:42","slug":"first-ever-baby-races-set-for-upcoming-basketball-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_17_2018\/first-ever-baby-races-set-for-upcoming-basketball-games","title":{"rendered":"First-ever baby races set for upcoming basketball games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UT fans can see if their baby is the fastest crawler during two upcoming men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s home games in the first-ever Toledo Rockets&#8217; Baby Race presented by Kroger.<\/p>\n<p>The first race will take place during the men&#8217;s contest vs. Penn Saturday, Dec. 29, with the second occurring at halftime of the women&#8217;s game vs. Ball State Saturday, Jan. 5. Tip-off time for both contests is set for 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_17_2018\/first-ever-baby-races-set-for-upcoming-basketball-games\/baby-races-web\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52767\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/baby-races-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-52767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/baby-races-web.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/baby-races-web-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>A maximum of five babies will compete in each race with one parent at the starting line and one parent at the finish line. The winning baby will receive a $100 Kroger gift card.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals need to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/utrockets.com\/babyrace\">utrockets.com\/babyrace<\/a> to register. Registration will close Thursday, Dec. 27, at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>Each family selected to compete in the race will receive two free tickets and have the option to purchase additional tickets at a discounted price.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, contact Adam Simpson in Athletics at <a href=\"mailto:adam.simpson@utoledo.edu\">adam.simpson@utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On your mark, get set, crawl! The first-ever Toledo Rockets&#8217; Baby Race will take place during men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball games Saturday, Dec. 29, and Saturday, Jan. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52765"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53042,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52765\/revisions\/53042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}