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134 Entered for U.S. Olympic Team Trials
- Men's Marathon in New York City INDIANAPOLIS - The largest field since 1984 is set to line up on Saturday, November 3 for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon in New York City, USA Track & Field (USATF) and the New York Road Runners (NYRR) have announced. Among the entrants are four previous national marathon champions, the U.S. marathon record holder and an Olympic medalist. A total of 134 men, out of 179 qualifiers, have officially entered the race that will name the first three members of Team USA's Track & Field team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The final entry list includes 2004 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi (San Diego, Calif.), 2004 Olympic Trials champion Alan Culpepper (Lafayette, Colo.) and U.S. marathon record holder Khalid Khannouchi (Ossining, N.Y.). Also making a bid for the team will be two-time U.S. Olympian Abdi Abdirahman (Tucson, Ariz.); Brian Sell (Rochester Hills, Mich.), who made a brave attempt to surprise the field at the 2004 Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon in Birmingham, Ala.; U.S. record holder for the half-marathon Ryan Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) and 2004 Olympic marathoner and 10,000 runner Dan Browne. U.S. Olympic Team Trials
- Men's Marathon by the numbers: For a complete listing of entrants and more Trials information, visit: www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon-Men Also check out NYRR's "Chasing Glory," a seven-week series of features and web videos offering exclusive athlete and coach interviews and insight at: NYRR.org/chasingglory ABOUT THE RACE A media package featuring national broadcast coverage and live web streaming will bring the Olympic Trials Marathon action to marathon fans for the first time since 1996. The start will be shown live nationally on NBC's "Today Show" beginning at 7:35am and the race will be streamed in its entirety via the web at NBCSports.com. In addition, a 30-minute highlight show will be broadcast nationally on NBC on Saturday afternoon at 1:30pm EST. Athletes in the Olympic Trials will be competing for $250,000 in prize money with $60,000 going to the Trials champion. Included in the prize funds provided by NYRR will be an additional $20,000 training stipend (payable post-Beijing) for each of the three athletes who compete in the Olympic Games. |
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Return to top / Return to main page Inaugural World Marathon Majors Series
to Conclude at ING New York City Marathon NEW YORK CITY - (October 25, 2007) - Nearly two years have passed since organizers of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announced the formation of the World Marathon Majors (WMM), and 10 events, including the IAAF World Championships, have been run since the WMM Series was launched at the 2006 Boston Marathon. Just one race - the 2007 ING New York City Marathon - remains before the inaugural WMM Series champions will be presented with their share of the $1 million jackpot at a special luncheon on Monday, November 5. Remarkably, after 10 events - and 262 miles of racing - the women's WMM Series champion has yet to be decided. Of the 32 women who have earned WMM points, just two remain in contention for the title: Gete Wami (ETH) and Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT). With $500,000 at stake, in addition to the ING New York City Marathon prize purse, the two women will race head-to-head through the streets of New York. A win for either would clinch the title, but anything less than victory opens up an intriguing number of potential results. Wami leads with 65 points; however she will be running New York on short rest, having won Berlin just five weeks ago. Prokopcuka, meanwhile, trails Wami by 10 points on the leaderboard but will be fully rested and looking for her third consecutive victory in the Big Apple. Neither woman will have an easy road to victory, however, as the New York field includes, among others, Boston champion Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS), world champion Catherine Ndereba (KEN) and world record holder Paula Radcliffe (GBR). There are 31 different scoring scenarios between Wami and Prokopcuka, three of which involve a tie atop the leaderboard. In the event of a tie, head-to-head competition in WMM events would be the first tie breaker. Prokopcuka therefore holds the advantage in case of a tie since she and Wami will be racing head-to-head for the first time in New York. Of course, that is but one of the many possible scenarios that could play out. Among the others: a) If Prokopcuka wins New York, she wins the
WMM Series. On the men's side the picture is far simpler. Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN) took the early Series lead with a win at the 2006 Boston Marathon and has never looked back. Subsequent victories in Chicago and again in Boston solidified his hold on the top spot, and a fourth-place finish in Chicago earlier this month clinched the WMM Series title. Trailing Cheruiyot's 80 point total is Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), who twice won the real,-Berlin Marathon to earn his 50 points. Entered in the 2007 ING New York City Marathon are Martin Lel (KEN; 3rd, 40 pts), Stephen Kiogora (KEN; 5th, 25 pts), and Marilson Gomes dos Santos (BRA; 5th, 25 pts). The past two years have been about more than the chase for the WMM title, however. A total of 71 men and women have earned points in the two-year series, one world record and 14 national records were established, and one race after another was decided by a thrilling finish. Among the many highlights from 2006-07: April 17, 2006: Cheruiyot sets a Boston Marathon
course record of 2:07:14. For complete 2006-07 World Marathon Majors Series standings, visit: WorldMarathonMajors.com Return to top / Return to main page Lagat, Cheptanui Win Saint John's Santa Monica
5000 SANTA MONICA, Calif. - (October 21, 2007) - In a commanding performance along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, Kenyan Haron Lagat successfully defended his title and held off countryman Richard Kimeli to win the Los Angeles Sports and Fitness (LAS&F) Invitational at the 2nd Saint John's Santa Monica 5000 on Sunday in 14 minutes, 5 seconds to 14:14. Lagat, 24, also broke his course record by 6 seconds. 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. In the women's 5K race, Kenyan Caroline Cheptanui won in 16:18, with Everlyne Lagat runner-up 9 seconds back and Genevieve Graff claiming third with a time of 17:18 In the accompanying 10K, Sergio Reyes of Palmdale and Christine Bolf of Los Angeles were victorious in 30:10 and 35:53 (course record), respectively. The post-race party on the Pier featured several live bands including Adam Smith's Acoustic Project and Daniel Dupont, plus loads of fun for children including balloon animals, face painting and more. Race proceeds will benefit the new Saint John's Health Center Emergency Department. In response to the community's growing needs for health services, coupled with hospital and emergency room closings, Saint John's Health Center is expanding its Emergency Department. The enhancements will streamline triage and treatment of Emergency Room patients to improve efficiency and quality of care. "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. 2nd Saint John's Santa
Monica 5000 MEN WOMEN 10K WOMEN Complete race results, photos and more at: SantaMonica5000.com Return to top / Return to main page What Does It Take to Run One of the World's
Toughest Road Races? BOSTON - How do you run 26.2 miles if you have trouble making it around the block? With good coaching, discipline and lots of group support - as NOVA shows when it follows 13 sedentary people through a nine-month regimen designed to prepare them for the grueling Boston Marathon®, on Marathon Challenge, airing Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 8:00pm ET/PT on PBS (check local listings). Created in cooperation with the Boston Athletic Association®, which granted NOVA unprecedented access during the 111th Boston Marathon®, and Tufts University, the film takes viewers on a unique adventure inside the human body, tracking changes in the runners' bodies. Every year thousands of athletes from across the globe flock to Boston to run the city's marathon, known worldwide as the ultimate test of stamina and endurance. Marathon Challenge also features special participation by Olympian and three-time Boston Marathon champion Uta Pippig who helped coach and inspire NOVA's runners throughout their training. Donald Megerle, director of Tufts' Annual President's Marathon Challenge, served as head coach for the group, which ranges in age from 22 to 60 and includes prospective runners with a wide range of medical histories and backgrounds. The common factor: none has ever run a marathon before and all are out of shape. Marathon Challenge gives a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges, frustrations, and joys of renouncing a sedentary lifestyle to train the body to do what it evolved to do millions of years ago: run long distances across the open savannah - or, in this case, along greater Boston's picturesque roadways. In the course of the program, NOVA covers the physiology of running with stunning inside-the-body computer graphics showing how the body adapts to the demands of long distance locomotion. Also featured are noted sport medicine experts Timothy Noakes of the University of Cape Town, bio-anthropologist Daniel Lieberman of Harvard University, and author and nutritionist Miriam Nelson of Tufts University. To meet the 13 marathon novices and for more information on the show, go to: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director |
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