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2009 Peachtree / USA 10k Champs Recap / Results

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USA 10k Title Recap

ABDIRAHMAN WINS THIRD USA 10-K TITLE
By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission

Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz., won his third consecutive USA 10 km road running title today at the Atlanta Journal Constitution Peachtree Road Race.  Finishing sixth overall within an international field, the three-time Olympian hit the finish line in Piedmont Park in 28:11, equalling his personal best time.  Two-time Olympian Anthony Famiglietti of Knoxville, Tenn., finished second in 28:15, his fastest-ever 10 km time on the roads.  James Carney of Boulder, Colo., was third in 28:19, also a personal best.

At the recent USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., Abdirahman finished 8th in the 10,000m, the distance at which he has won the USA title four times.  He was also the USA 10 mile champion in 2005.

In addition to the race's open prize money, there was a separate purse for American men.  Abdirahman won $10,000 from the USA purse, while Famiglietti collected $6,000 and Carney $4,000.

Results of the championship can be see here: http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAMens10kmChampionship/results.asp

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Peachtree Recaps

ATHLETE DISQUALIFIED AT PEACHTREE ROAD RACE
By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission

In an unusual move, the organizers of yesterday's Atlanta Journal Constitution Peachtree Road Race disqualified a top finisher for unsportsmanlike conduct.

"After further review of an unsportsmanlike conduct protest filed after the AJC Peachtree Road Race regarding men's fourth place finisher, Tadese Tola, the Atlanta Track Club has made the decision to disqualify Tola," said spokesperson Tracy Lott in a statement.  "Fifth place finisher Boaz Cheboiywo filed the protest after being elbowed by Tola in the final 30 meters of the race."

As a result of the disqualification, all finishers below Tola were elevated by one position.  Although this did not have a direct affect on the USA Men's 10-K Championship which was conducted as a race within the race, it did mean that the USA championship finishers were able to win larger cash prizes from the open purse.

Yesterday's AJC Peachtree Road Race was the 40th running of the event.

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KITWARA AND CHEPKURUI WIN BIG BONUS AT PEACHTREE
By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission

Kenyans Sammy Kitwara and Lineth Chepkururi not only won their first Atlanta Journal Constitution Peachtree Road Races today, but will share in the $35,000 Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) bonus.  This means each athlete will take away $32,500 in prize money and bonuses from the Peachtree, America's largest 10-K.

According to a story posted to the website of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Kitwara clocked 27:21, the fastest winning time at Peachtree since Kenyan Joseph Kimani set the course record of 27:04 in 1996.  It was Kitwara's first appearance at Peachtree, and his fifth consecutive road racing victory.  Chepkurui's finish time was not reported.

The PRRO bonus was available to any athlete who won one of the previous PRRO circuit races in the 2008/2009 season, and then won the Peachtree, the series final.  Kitwara won the World's Best 10-K last February and Chepkurui won both the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Miler and the Lilac Bloomsday 12-K in April and May, respectively.

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Preview

KITWARA'S WIN STREAK ON THE LINE AT PEACHTREE TOMORROW
By David Monti
(c) 2009 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

Sammy Kitwara's road running win streak of four victories this year will be on the line at tomorrow's 40th running of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, Ga., which features a huge invited field, including many top Americans who will contest the USA Men's 10-K Championship.

Kitwara's road racing season began back in February with a course record victory at the World's Best 10-K in San Juan, P.R. (27:26).  Then in Holland last March at the Fortis City-Pier-City Half-Marathon, Kitwara scored the biggest victory of his career, beating Haile Gebrselassie in a sprint finish by three seconds in 59:47.  Kitwara then won the Bay to Breakers 12-K in San Francisco, Calif., last May in a course recrod 33:31, picking up $40,000 in prize and bonus money. His most recent vectory was back in Puerto Rico at the Abraham Rosa Int'l 10-K in Toa Baja on May 31, where he ran 28:32.

Tadese Tola, the Ethiopian who won the Healthy Kidney 10-K in New York's Central Park last May in a course record 27:28, looks to be Kitwara's chief rival at Peachtree.  Tola's compatriot and 2008 world junior cross country champion, Ibrahim Jeilan, and Moroccan road specialist Ridouane Harroufi should also contest for the overall title.

The top Americans, who will be competing for both an open and USA prize money purse, include Olympians Anthony Famiglietti (27:37.47 PB)and Abdi Abdirahman (27:16.99 PB).

The women's race appears to be a close match between Kenyans Lineth Chepkuri and Alice Timbilili and Ethiopians Amane Gobena and Abebu Gelan.  Bahrain's Nadia Ejjafini whould also be in the mix.

The Peachtree serves as the series final for the Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) 2008/2009 season.  Any athlete who has earned at least one PRRO race victory will be eligible to share in a $35,000 bonus if he or she wins the Peachtree.  The eligible athletes are Kitwara (who won the World's Best 10-K), Harroufi (who won the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-Mile) and Chepkurui (who won both the Cherry Blossom and the Lilac Bloomsday Run).

Exclusing the PRRO bonus, the even'ts prize money purse totals $111,300, larger than many marathons.

The complete list of invited athletes is attached.

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Top 100 Results

1 SAMMY KITWARA NAIROBI
KEN OPEN MEN 22 M 27:22 27:22
5 RIDOUANE HARROUFI ALBUQUERQUE NM MAR OPEN MEN 27 M 28:02 28:02
4 GASHU IBRAHIM JEILAN

ETH OPEN MEN 19 M 28:02 28:02
3 TADESE TOLA*

ETH OPEN MEN 21 M 28:05 28:05
12 BOAZ CHEBOIYWO YPSILANTI MI KEN OPEN MEN 30 M 28:05 28:05
6 TESFAYE BEKELE

ETH OPEN MEN 25 M 28:08 28:08
10 ABDI ABDIRAHMAN TUCSON AZ
OPEN MEN 32 M 28:11 28:11
7 ROBERT LETTING ALBUQUERQUE NM KEN OPEN MEN 24 M 28:14 28:14
8 ANTHONY FAMIGLIETTI KNOXVILLE TN
OPEN MEN 30 M 28:15 28:15
11 JAMES CARNEY BOULDER CO
OPEN MEN 31 M 28:18 28:19
13 DANIEL KIPKOECH

KEN OPEN MEN 22 M 28:38 28:38
133 ERNEST KEBENEI MARIETTA GA KEN OPEN MEN 24 M 28:42 28:42
15 STEPHEN CHEMLANY SLEEPY HOLLOW NY KEN OPEN MEN 26 M 28:42 28:43
25 IAN BURRELL FLAGSTAFF AZ
OPEN MEN 24 M 28:42 28:42
23 PATRICK SMYTH SALT LAKE CITY UT
OPEN MEN 22 M 28:48 28:49
14 ED M MORAN WILLIAMSBURG VA
OPEN MEN 28 M 28:50 28:50
19 ANDREW CARLSON FLAGSTAFF AZ
OPEN MEN 27 M 28:52 28:53
159 ELKANAH K KIBET AUBURN UNIVERSITY AL KEN OPEN MEN 23 M 28:57 28:57
33 FOREST BRADEN SPOKANE WA
OPEN MEN 26 M 29:03 29:04
17 JASON HARTMANN BOULDER CO
OPEN MEN 28 M 29:04 29:04
27 ANTONIO VEGA SAINT PAUL MN
OPEN MEN 25 M 29:04 29:05
30 STEPHEN FURST RALEIGH NC
OPEN MEN 23 M 29:04 29:05
26 JUSTIN YOUNG SUPERIOR CO
OPEN MEN 29 M 29:08 29:08
253 GIRMA MECHESO ATLANTA GA
OPEN MEN 21 M 29:26 29:27
125 JEREMY R CRISCIONE GAINESVILLE FL
OPEN MEN 22 M 29:29 29:29
18 JOSH MOEN ST LOUIS PK MN
OPEN MEN 27 M 29:30 29:30
37 TOMMY NEAL COLORADO SPRINGS CO
OPEN MEN 26 M 29:32 29:33
21 EDWARDO TORRES BOULDER CO
OPEN MEN 28 M 29:39 29:39
141 TONNY OKELLO MOBILE AL
OPEN MEN 25 M 29:41 29:42
22 CELEDONIO RODRIGUEZ FLAGSTAFF AZ
OPEN MEN 28 M 29:43 29:43
31 NICK ARCINIAGA ROCHESTER MI
OPEN MEN 26 M 29:44 29:46
136 BOBBY MACK RALEIGH NC
OPEN MEN 24 M 29:46 29:47
32 STEPHEN HAAS BLOOMINGTON IN
OPEN MEN 26 M 29:46 29:47
20 LUKE HUMPHREY ROCHESTER MI
OPEN MEN 28 M 29:50 29:51
28 JOSHUA GLAAB SUPERIOR CO
OPEN MEN 26 M 29:55 29:56
29 MOHAMED TRAFEH FLAGSTAFF AZ
OPEN MEN 24 M 30:06 30:06
16 BRIAN SELL ROCHESTER MI
OPEN MEN 31 M 30:17 30:18
164 ANDREW S DUMM WASHINGTON DC
OPEN MEN 24 M 30:24 30:25
34 CHRISTIAN WAGNER COLUMBUS IN
OPEN MEN 23 M 30:25 30:26
36 MICHAEL KILBURG ROCHESTER MI
OPEN MEN 24 M 30:28 30:28
162 ALLEN WAGNER BETHAYRES PA
OPEN MEN 28 M 30:36 30:38
130 ANDREW HEATH ATLANTA GA
OPEN MEN 25 M 30:41 30:41
35 NATE PECK LENOIR NC
OPEN MEN 24 M 30:52 30:52
102 YEVGENY SIROTIN

UKR MASTERS MEN 40 M 30:56 30:57
100 SEAN WADE HOUSTON TX
MASTERS MEN 43 M 31:04 31:05
24 WILSON KOMEN WASHINGTON DC
KEN OPEN MEN 31 M 31:14 31:14
101 PAUL AUFDEMBERGE REDFORD MI
MASTERS MEN 44 M 31:14 31:15
127 ANDREW FULLER ROME GA
OPEN MEN 24 M 31:18 31:19
220 NATHAN HASKINS STOCKBRIDGE GA
OPEN MEN 20 M 31:29 31:32
61 LINETH CHEPKURUI

KEN OPEN WOMEN 21 F 31:30 31:31
69 MESERET MENGSITU

ETH OPEN WOMEN 19 F 31:31 31:32
65 ALICE TIMBILILI

KEN OPEN WOMEN 26 F 31:33 31:33
126 JOHN FLOR ORLANDO FL
OPEN MEN 26 M 31:37 31:38
150 JOEY ZINS INDIANA PA
OPEN MEN 30 M 31:40 31:41
63 ABEBU GELAN

ETH OPEN WOMEN 19 F 31:44 31:45
105 PAUL MWANGI CINCINNATI OH KEN MASTERS MEN 42 M 31:46 31:46
122 JARED CARSON SMYRNA GA
OPEN MEN 23 M 31:51 31:52
62 AMANE GOBENA

ETH OPEN WOMEN 26 F 31:52 31:52
501 CHAD T NEWTON PISGAH FOREST NC
OPEN MEN 39 M 31:53 31:55
129 SAMUEL B GILLESPIE DECATUR GA
OPEN MEN 23 M 31:57 31:57
73 IRENE LIMIKA

KEN OPEN WOMEN 29 F 32:11 32:11
124 KEVIN CLARY ATLANTA GA
OPEN MEN 27 M 32:15 32:15
71 EDNA KIPLAGAT

KEN OPEN WOMEN 29 F 32:17 32:18
398 ALAN HORTON KNOXVILLE TN
OPEN MEN 28 M 32:20 32:23
148 ORINTHAL STRIGGLES ELGIN SC
OPEN MEN 33 M 32:21 32:22
313 MATTHEW HICKEY LAWRENCEVILLE GA
OPEN MEN 21 M 32:22 32:25
265 KIRUBEL ERASSA GRAYSON GA
OPEN MEN 16 M 32:25 32:27
417 DAVE JOHNSTON XENIA OH
OPEN MEN 35 M 32:26 32:29
179 JOHN REICH SCOTTSDALE AZ
MASTERS MEN 40 M 32:29 32:30
424 PATRICK HYNES BROOKLYN NY
OPEN MEN 26 M 32:35 32:41
66 BELIANESH GEBRE

ETH OPEN WOMEN 21 F 32:35 32:36
103 TRACY LOKKEN BEAVER GROVE MI
MASTERS MEN 43 M 32:39 32:39
144 BEN R PAYNE COLUMBUS MS
OPEN MEN 27 M 32:41 32:41
64 NADIA EJJAFINI

BRN OPEN WOMEN 28 F 32:43 32:43
158 JOSH MYERS JACKSONVILLE FL
OPEN MEN 21 M 32:45 32:46
457 MATT BIERLEIN BLACKSBURG VA
OPEN MEN 24 M 32:47 32:50
139 LUEL NGURU CLARKSTON GA KEN OPEN MEN 33 M 32:48 32:49
121 WILLIAM P BLANCETT HOUSTON TX
OPEN MEN 34 M 32:48 32:50
485 GREG JOHNSON ALPHARETTA GA
OPEN MEN 22 M 32:48 32:55
147 PATRICK REAVES SILVER SPRING MD
OPEN MEN 24 M 32:50 32:51
460 KURT R ROESER NAPLES FL
OPEN MEN 22 M 32:51 32:54
79 NERIAH ASIBA

KEN OPEN WOMEN 26 F 32:51 32:51
70 HYVON NGETICH LAS CRUCES NM KEN OPEN WOMEN 24 F 33:01 33:01
180 MATTHEW D WHITIS COLUMBIA SC
MASTERS MEN 41 M 33:04 33:06
76 HIRUT MANDEFRO

ETH OPEN WOMEN 23 F 33:06 33:06
458 DAVID W BELL ATLANTA GA
OPEN MEN 25 M 33:06 33:11
87 ILSA PAULSON NEW YORK NY
OPEN WOMEN 20 F 33:09 33:09
74 SALLY MEYERHOFF EUGENE OR
OPEN WOMEN 25 F 33:10 33:11
80 ALLISON GRACE BLOWING ROCK NC
OPEN WOMEN 26 F 33:11 33:12
106 VALENTIN ALVAREZ MARIETTA GA MEX MASTERS MEN 40 M 33:11 33:13
154 JORDAN R BRYDEN CALGARY AB CANADA OPEN MEN 22 M 33:11 33:11
242 ENRIQUE SANCHEZ ATLANTA GA
OPEN MEN 22 M 33:25 33:29
396 DANIEL JULIAN SWEETWATER TN
OPEN MEN 27 M 33:30 33:35
81 KELLY JASKE PORTLAND OR
OPEN WOMEN 32 F 33:31 33:32
132 PEYTON HOYAL THOMASTON GA
OPEN MEN 20 M 33:33 33:34
83 MELISSA WHITE OAKLAND MI
OPEN WOMEN 28 F 33:37 33:37
464 VARICK THERON CLAY HUNTSVILLE AL
OPEN MEN 28 M 33:41 33:45
134 ROBERT B KILLIAN HAWTHORNE LA
OPEN MEN 27 M 33:42 33:43
395 LUCAS R SIEB SCOTTSBORO AL
OPEN MEN 16 M 33:43 33:47
351 JONATHAN HORN DALLAS GA
OPEN MEN 21 M 33:44 33:50



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