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Return to top / Return to main page Cheruiyot, Adere Win LaSalle
Bank Chicago Marathon Crowns CHICAGO - (October 22, 2006) - Robert K. Cheruiyot of Kenya outsprinted countryman Daniel Njenga on Sunday to win an exciting LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds. In the women's fast race, Berhane Adere of Ethiopia stayed back and attacked late to win in 2:20:42. Russian Galina Bogomolova was second in 2:20:47 and Benita Johnson of Australia moved up to third in 2:22:36. The race - with 34,698 official starters - was run on a blustery day with light rain, strong winds from the west and temperatures in the low 40s F. As Cheruiyot was finishing, he slipped and fell backwards, hitting his head on the ground. The two-time winner of the Boston Marathon and new leader of the World Marathon Majors series was evaluated on site and taken to a local hospital for precautionary purposes where he will be held overnight for observation. Njenga, who with Cheruiyot, broke away from Jimmy Muindi of Kenya with less than two miles to go, finished in 2:07:40. It was the third time in five tries at Chicago that he placed runner-up; he finished third the other two times. Muindi hung on for third in 2:07:51, while American and two-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman of Tucson, Ariz. had a major breakthrough to take fourth place in a personal record 2:08:56, the fifth U.S. male under 2:09. Kenyan Robert Cheboror tried to stay with the lead pack, but faded after 20 miles and finished fifth in 2:09:25. American Brian Sell of Rochester Hills, Mich. was sixth in 2:10:47, also a PR. In the women's race, Adere and Bogomolova passed early leader Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania who faded to fifth after running a sub-2:17 course record pace for 16 miles. She had led the race by two minutes, 12 seconds before slowing down. Bogomolova and Adere passed Tomescu-Dita just past the 24 mile mark. The pair ran with each other until Adere stepped up the pace at 25.5 miles. Bogomolova tried to close the gap and did briefly on the incline just before the final turn. Madai Perez of Mexico moved up with Johnson and grabbed fourth place in 2:22:59. The top four women also set respective national records. 2004 Chicago champion Tomescu-Dita placed fifth in 2:24:25, while countrywoman Nuta Olaru finished sixth in 2:25:37. Two-time Olympian Elva Dryer from Gunnison, Colo. was the first U.S. woman in 2:31:48 (her debut), 12th overall. With their wins, Cheruiyot and Adere vaulted into the World Marathon Majors Series lead. The next WMM race is the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 5. For current standings, visit: WorldMarathonMajors.com 29th LaSalle Bank Chicago
Marathon MEN WOMEN For complete results, go to: ChicagoMarathon.com Return to top / Return to main page Lagat, Chebet Take Saint John's
Santa Monica 5000 Titles SANTA MONICA, Calif. - (October 22, 2006) - In a thrilling finish down Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, Kenyan Haron Lagat successfully held off Cal State Long Beach's Jimmy Grabow to win the Los Angeles Sports and Fitness (LAS&F) Invitational at the Inaugural Saint John's Santa Monica 5000 on Sunday as both were timed in 14 minutes, 11 seconds. Lagat won $1000 for his victory, along with a $500 time bonus for breaking 14:20. The LAS&F Invitational, which was first run in 2004 in Agoura Hills, brings together the best athletes in Southern California to compete in the Championship of L.A. Road Racing. "The LAS&F Invitational is the stage for California's best to compete. It makes for outstanding competition, a great race and also a wonderful event to watch," said LAS&F Publisher Danny Greenberg. Lagat, who volunteers as a Student Assistant Coach for Cross Country and Track at Texas Tech while completing his final year of school, said, "The lead pack set a really fast pace. I struggled in the second mile and was tired at the end, but I refused to lose." In the women's 5K race, Kenyan Emily Chebet easily won in 16:16, in her first race in the United States. "I felt good and loved the course. I'll be back next year." Sylvia Mosqueda, 40, from South Pasadena led the women's race in the beginning, but Chebet passed her at mile 1.5 and never looked back. "I ran the first mile at a 5:03 pace, which was too fast for my conditioning," Mosqueda said. The winners in the 10K race were Edward Muge from the AmeriKenyan running club in Santa Fe, who finished in 29:42 and Kelly Flathers from Huntington Beach in 36:40. The festivities began early Sunday morning under overcast skies and 60 degrees as L.A. Roadrunners Coach Pat Connelly led a group stretch and his famous "Fire It Up" chant. The inaugural race, which attracted 1,502 runners, got underway at 8:00am as Grey's Anatomy Actor Isaiah Washington fired the starting gun. Other celebrities involved with the race were JAG Actor David James Elliott, C.S.I. Actress Yeniffer Behrens, Actress Lisa Arturo from "American Pie 2" and "Jackass 2," Alex Bell and Kim Powers from "Survivor" and 2005 Miss Massachusetts Cristina Nardozzi. The post-race Party on the Pier featured several live bands including Los Angeles-based "Kelly's Lot," "New Maximum Donkey," "Seeking Zenith," and "For Pete's Sake." Participants also enjoyed a pancake breakfast served by "Survivor's" Kim Powers, gait analysis performed by Coach Pat Connelly and activities for children including balloon animals, face painting and a magician who works with live animals. Race proceeds will help build the new Saint John's Emergency Department. With 30,000 patient visits each year, the Saint John's 24-hour Emergency Department provides life-saving services to the community each and every day. It also features a Fast Track program to provide care for life's minor bumps and bruises. "Saint John's has served the people of Santa Monica and neighboring communities for over 60 years. We are pleased to be the beneficiary of such a wonderful health and fitness event right here in our own community," said Robert O. Klein, Saint John's Vice President of Foundation and Health Center Relations. Inaugural Saint John's Santa
Monica 5000 5K WOMEN 10K WOMEN More results at: SantaMonica5000.com Return to top / Return to main page Contact: Chris Brienza, (212) 808-1358; Chris.Brienza@Rodale.com Runner's World Ranks 40 Most Influential People and
Moments in Running Over the Past 40 Years NEW YORK - (October 16, 2006) - American marathon legends Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar, along with women's running pioneers including Grete Waitz, Joan Benoit Samuelson and Kathrine Switzer, are among the enduring names and moments named to Runner's World magazine's list of the 40 Most Influential People and Moments in Running over the past 40 years. The list, featured in the current (November) issue of the magazine, was compiled in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Runner's World, the largest running magazine in the world and the global authority on running information. The list, which runs in chronological order and begins with Kansas teenager Jim Ryun's world record 3:51.3 mile in 1966, includes runners, coaches, doctors and business pioneers - and some who are nearly a combination of all four, such as Nike co-founder Phil Knight, his renowned Oregon coach, Bill Bowerman; marathoner / Power Bar founder Brian Maxwell and Marty Liquori, one of the world's top 1500 and 5000 meter runners as well as "the first businessman-runner," according to USA Track & Field CEO Craig Masback (himself a part of the list on the strength of his athletic and administrative successes). The individuals and moments chosen were cited by Runner's World editors because of their "stunning achievements, inspiring ideas and bold exploits (that) were revolutionary in their time, but the true measure of their impact is their lasting legacy." Among the male runners included are Shorter, the gold medal winner in the marathon at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich; Rodgers, who won four Boston Marathons and four straight NYC Marathons; Salazar, who won Boston and also joined Rodgers as one of only two men to ever win the NYC Marathon three straight years and Steve Prefontaine, the Oregon runner and U.S. Olympian who at one point held all seven U.S. records from 2000 thru 10,000 meters before his tragic death at age 24. Benoit Samuelson, who won the first women's Olympic Marathon at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and also won Boston, Chicago and other major marathon titles, is among the women whose impact is cited on the Runner's World list. She is joined by Waitz, the winner of an unprecedented nine NYC Marathon titles; Switzer, the first woman to ever officially run the Boston Marathon in 1968 and the winner of the 1974 NYC Marathon and Nina Kuscsik, who captured both the Boston and New York City Marathons and whose activism on behalf of female athletes helped lead to the creation of the women's Olympic Marathon in 1984. Alongside those indisputable running legends are some surprising names: Oprah Winfrey's 4:29 time at the 1994 Marine Corps Marathon certainly didn't challenge the race's elite runners, but it is credited with influencing the nation's female running boom that shortly followed, including a 25% increase in female entrants into the next year's Marine Corps Marathon. Likewise, Rosie Ruiz is most closely associated with her bogus "win" at the 1980 Boston Marathon, but it was because of her chicanery that race checkpoints (including video) and computerized tracking systems were soon incorporated into road racing. Also included are several individuals who helped spark running's growth throughout the country by their actions, words or both. Author Jim Fixx spawned perhaps the nation's biggest-ever running boom when he wrote The Complete Book of Running, which at the time of its publication in 1977 became the best-selling hardcover nonfiction book ever. New York City Marathon race director Fred Lebow helped found the race in 1970, expanded it to include all five NYC boroughs in 1976 and grew it into the largest marathon in the world and the late George Sheehan, M.D. created a huge, devoted following with his musings on running and life, including a New York Times number one bestseller (Running and Being) in 1978. The final noteworthy moment over the past 40 years listed by Runner's World: the 2004 Olympic Marathon medals by Meb Keflezighi (silver) and Deena Kastor (bronze), which revived U.S. standing in international distance running as the U.S. became the only country to medal in both marathons. For more information on the list, visit: RunnersWorld.com or get your copy today at newsstands. Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director |