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 |