FRANKFURT MARATHON RELEASES ELITE FIELDS
By David Monti
(c) 2011 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission.

Organizers of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon have released their elite fields.  The race will celebrate it's 30th edition on Sunday.  The course records are held by Kenyans Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (2:04:57) and Caroline Cheptonui Kilel (2:23:25), both of which were set in 2010.

The athlete list are as follows (with personal best times):

MEN:
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich  KEN  2:04:57
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot  KEN  2:05:52
Deriba Merga              ETH  2:06:38
Philip Sanga              KEN  2:07:10
Levy Matebo              KEN  2:07:31
Wilfred Kigen            KEN  2:07:33
Shentema Gudisa          ETH  2:07:34
Deressa Chimsa Edae      ETH  2:07:39
Siraj Gena Amda          ETH  2:08:39
Henry Sugut              KEN  2:08:40
Dickson Kiptolo Chumba    KEN  2:08:45
Silas Toek                KEN  2:09:09
Albert Matebor            KEN  2:09:16
Raymond Kandie            KEN  2:09:23
Lusapho April            RSA  2:09:25
Tesfaye Eticha            ETH  2:10:05
Henryk Szost              POL  2:10:27
Duncan Koech              KEN  2:10:27
Damt Kuashu Taye          ETH  2:10:31
Dino Sefir                ETH  2:10:33
Günther Weidlinger        AUT  2:10:47
Abdellatif Meftah        FRA  2:10:53
André Pollmächer          GER  2:13:09

WOMEN:
Merima Mohammed          ETH  2:23:06
Rita Jeptoo              KEN  2:23:38
Agnes Kiprop              KEN  2:24:07
Mamitu Daska              ETH  2:24:18
Sabrina Mockenhaupt      GER  2:26:21
Fate Tola                ETH  2:26:21
Aniko Kalovics            HUN  2:26:43
Liz Yelling              GBR  2:28:33
Alena Samokhvalova        RUS  2:28:47
Lisa Weightman            AUS  2:28:48
Kirsten Marathon Melkevik NOR  2:29:12
Susanne Hahn              GER  2:29:26
Beata Rakonczai          HUN  2:29:54
Tatyana Borisova          KGZ  2:30:35
Andrea Mayr              AUT  2:30:43
Volha Dubovskaya          BLR  2:31:41
Flomena Chepchirchir      KEN  Debut