1.   On the other hand, elite wheelchair racers have criticized the Road Runners Club in the past for treating them as second-class entrants.

2.   Some elite wheelchair athletes have become professionals, attracting sponsorships and living on their purses.

3.   Some elite wheelchair racers, like Franz Nietlispach of Switzerland, have become professionals, touring from event to event and getting endorsements from major corporations.

4.   Such said the competitive division would attract more elite wheelchair athletes, and he predicted the field would grow with the addition of prize money next year.

5.   These competitors would already be on the course when elite wheelchair racers sped by.