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Apr-24-2007
Country Music Marathon Releases Elite Fields
by David Monti
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
The spring marathon continues in earnest with the 8th edition of the Country Music Marathon and Half-Marathon this Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. Elite Racing, the California company which founded and manages the event, has released their elite fields:
MEN -
1) Jomo Kororia, 26, KEN, 2:11:07 PB, 1st 2003 Country Music Marathon, 4th
2006 Country Music Marathon
2) Luke Kibet, 33, KEN, 2:10:18, 1st 2004, 2nd 2005 & 3rd 2003 Country Music Mar.
3) Fekadu Degefu, 31, ETH, 2:12:24, 3rd 2006 Country Music Marathon, 2nd
2007 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona
4) Belay Wolashe, 38, ETH, 2:10:57, 4th 2006 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona
5) Yuriy Hychun, 30, UKR, 2:14:23, 3rd 2005 Country Music Marathon, 5th
2006 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona
6) Barnabas Rutto, 30, KEN, 2:10:53, 1st 2006 Hangzhou Marathon
7) Thomas Kamau, 28, KEN, 2:17:17, 4th 2004 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon
8) Simon Wangui, 28, KEN, 2:10:35, 3rd 2006 LA Marathon, 8th 2006 Bay to Breakers
9) Yevgeni Bozhko, 31, UKR, 2:13:13, 2nd 2006 Dallas White Rock Marathon
10) Hugo Jimenez, 32, COL, 2:15:24, 9th 2006 Country Music Marathon, 8th
2004 Country Music Marathon
11) Juan Cardona, 32, COL, 2:14:30, 5th 2006 Country Music Marathon, 2nd
2007 ING Miami Marathon
12) Luis Fonseca, 30, VEN, 2:11:49, 2007 San Sebastian Half, 2006 Nat.
5,000m Champion
13) Constantino Leon, 33, PER, 2:29:22, 5th 2007 Carerra International Pilsen 10k
14) Halefom Abebe, 25, ETH, 2:12:52, 2nd 2005 Treviso Marathon, 8th 2007 Dubai Marathon
15) Oleg Kulkov, 28, RUS, 2:17:16, 3rd 2006 Dresden Marathon
16) Urgessa Woyessa, 24, ETH, 2:20:16, 3rd 2006 Broad Street 10 Mile
17) Philip Tanui, 3, KEN, 2:09:56, 7th 2006 Country Music Marathon
18) Nikolai Kerimov, 38, RUS, 2:11:46, 1st 2003 White Knights St. Petersburg Marathon.
WOMEN
1) Tatiana Mironova, 37, RUS, 2:32:28, 1st 2006 Country Music Marathon, 3rd
2005 Country Music Marathon
2) Abeba Tola, 29, ETH, 2:29:54, 5th 2006 P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona, 3rd 2007 L.A. Marathon
3) Alem Ashebir, 24, ETH, 2:39:39, 10th 2006 Real Berlin Marathon
4) Hirut Legesse, 25, ETH, 2:45:33, 6th 2007 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
5) Iraida Pudovkina, 25, RUS, 2:42:09, N/A
6) Svetlana Pretot, 35, FRA, 2:32:14, 1st 2006 Nantes Marathon
7) Olena Shurkhno, 29, UKR, 2:37:50, 1st 2006 Munster GER Marathon CR
8) Suzy Schumacher, 37, USA/AZ, 2:46:29, N/A
9) Jenny DeWeese, 29, USA/NC, 2:44:55, 26th 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
The race winners will receive $17,500 in prize money, and there is also a chance to earn cumulative $10,000 time bonuses for men finishing sub-2:11 or 2:10 and women finishing sub-2:29 or 2:28. Last year's champions, Feyisa Tusse of Ethiopia and Tatiana Mironova of Russia, ran 2:15:06 and 2:36:51, respectively. The course records are 2:12:55 and 2:28:06 for men and women, respectively.
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