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Christine Hyde Joins USRA Media/Public Relations Staff

The U.S. Racquetball Association announced that affective July 1, Christine Hyde (Spartanburg, S.C.) joined its staff in Colorado Springs as the media and public relations coordinator.

Hyde joins the organization after serving six months with the U.S. Olympic Committee's Media and Public Affairs Division, where she was the primary liaison for the division with all the USOC's national governing bodies. She was also the author of the USOC's bi-weekly media newsletter Newsbeat, in addition to writing for Olympic Beat and Olympian Magazine. While with the USOC, she created a feature series, Athlete Spotlight, designed to highlight Olympic and Pan American hopefuls often overlooked by the media.

Prior to joining the USOC, Hyde worked at the University of South Carolina Spartanburg Athletic Department as its publicity and public relations coordinator. She managed the media and public relations efforts at three NCAA tournaments, including the 1999 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Final Four.

In addition to her experience working with the media, she has also been a member of the press. Hyde worked for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal sports department, a New York Times newspaper, in addition to serving as sports editor of her university's student newspaper. She is also currently serving as editor of Weightlifting USA, the quarterly magazine for USOC's national governing body for the sport of weightlifting.

Hyde is a 1998 graduate of the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, where she received a bachelors of arts in communication journalism. While in school, she performed her cognitive work in sports marketing.

In her first major role with the USRA, Hyde will attend the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, July 23-Aug. 8, as the U.S. press officer for the sport of racquetball, in addition to serving with the media staff of the USOC.

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