Bingham To Run First Professional Race

All-American Michael Bingham will compete in his first professional event Saturday evening at the Avian London Grand Prix.

The Grand Prix will take place at the Crystal Palace in London and Bingham will run the 400-meter dash.

Bingham, who recently signed with Ultimate Performance Sport Management, will then run one more race before joining his Great Britain teammates at the 2009 World Championships on August 15-23, in Berlin, Germany.