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CONTACTS
MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
For media inquiries related to the Oakley New York
Mini 10K professional athletes and race management:
Chris Weiller
Vice President, Media and Public Relations
212.320.4046 / cweiller@nyrr.org
Lauren Doll
Director, Media and Public Relations
212.423.2271 / ldoll@nyrr.org
Emily Gallagher
Manager, Media and Public Relations
212.423.2287 / egallagher@nyrr.org
Robert Molke
Coordinator, Media and Public Relations
646.758.9711 / rmolke@nyrr.org
Information current as of June 4, 2015.
Athletes will be available for post-race interviews immediately following the race at
the finish line mixed zone just past the finish on the east side of West Drive. An awards
ceremony will follow.
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE OAKLEY NEW YORK MINI 10K
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About Oakley, Inc.
4 By the Numbers
5 The 44th Running
5 Event History
7Course
8 Prize Purse
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FIELD
9 Entrant List
10Profiles
RESULTS AND STATISTICS
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Champions, 1972–2014
Multiple-Time Champions
Top 15 Finishers, Oakley New York Mini 10K, 2014
Top 20 Road 10K Performances, All-Time, Women
Top 20 Road 10K Performances in 2015, Women
Top 20 New York Mini 10K Performances, All-Time
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
22 About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
22 NYRR Youth and Community Services
23 NYRR History
28 Notes
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ABOUT THE OAKLEY NEW YORK MINI 10K
ABOUT OAKLEY, INC.
Established in 1975 and headquartered in Southern California, Oakley is one of the leading
product design and sport performance brands in the world. The holder of more than 750
patents, Oakley is a culture of creators, inventors, idealists and scientists obsessed with
using design and innovation to create products and experiences that inspire greatness.
This philosophy has made Oakley one of the most iconic and inimitable brands on the
market, with products that world-class athletes around the globe depend on to compete
at the highest level possible. Oakley is known for its High Definition Optics®, which feature
unparalleled optical clarity and precision along with impact resistance and UV protection,
incorporated into all of the brand’s sun, prescription eyewear and premium goggles.
Oakley extended its position as the world’s leading sports eyewear brand into apparel
and accessories. Oakley has men’s and women’s product lines that appeal to Sports
Performance, Active and Lifestyle consumers. Oakley is a subsidiary of Luxottica Group.
Additional information is available at www.oakley.com.
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ABOUT THE OAKLEY NEW YORK MINI 10K
BY THE NUMBERS
•$
35,150: Amount of the total prize purse for 2015, including $10,000 for the
overall winner
• 174,522 finishers in event history, 1972-2014
• 72 finishers in 1972, the event’s inaugural year
• 6,582 finishers in 1997, the largest field to date
• 30:29: Event record, set by Asmae Leghzaoui of Morocco in 2002
•5
wins each by Grete Waitz of Norway and Tegla Loroupe of Kenya, the most of
any athletes in Mini history
• 90° F: Race-day temperature in 1987, the warmest Mini to date
• 55° F: Race-day temperature in 1997, the coolest Mini to date
• 1 1 countries represented in the professional athlete field: Burundi, Canada, Ethiopia,
Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Spain, United States
•6
Olympians in the professional athlete field: Alessandra Aguilar, Mary Keitany, Edna
Kiplagat, Diane Nukuri, Blake Russell, Gladys Tejeda
• 1 3 women in the professional athlete field who have run 32:30 or faster for 10K on the
road: Alessandra Aguilar, Mary Cullen, Buzunesh Deba, Rkia El Moukim, Mary Keitany,
Edna Kiplagat, Salome Kosgei, Diane Nukuri, Caroline Rotich, Betsy Saina, Gemma Steel,
Yuko Watanabe, Natasha Wodak
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THE 44TH RUNNING
This year marks the Mini’s 44th running and brings together generations of women who
run—at all stages of their lives. The event has had 174,522 finishers in its history, and has
been a model for women’s road races around the world.
EVENT HISTORY
June 3, 1972: The first women’s only road race, the six-mile Crazylegs Mini Marathon, makes
its debut. (NYRR President Fred Lebow named the race after the miniskirt, which was then
in vogue.) Several Playboy bunnies come out for the start to help promote the event.
72 women finish—a huge number at the time. Three weeks later, Title IX is signed into law,
guaranteeing women the right to participate in school sports and creating new opportunities for generations of female athletes. The modern women’s sports era had begun.
May 10, 1975: The race is lengthened to a 10K (6.2 miles)
May 8, 1976: Eighteen-year-old Joan Benoit, running for Massachusetts’ Liberty AC team,
finishes fourth in 36:08.
June 2, 1979: Grete Waitz of Norway wins the first of four consecutive titles, an event
record. Her time of 31:16 was a world road record.
May 31, 1980: Grete Waitz of Norway breaks her own event and world records with a
superlative 31:00. It would stand as the event record for 21 years.
June 2, 1984: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her fifth and final Mini title.
May 31, 1986: American Joan Benoit Samuelson finishes second behind Ingrid Kristiansen
of Norway. It is her third runner-up finish at the Mini, a race she never was able to win.
May 30, 1987: The temperature reaches 90 degrees, still the record for warmest Mini.
June 12, 1993: Tegla Loroupe of Kenya wins the first of her five Mini titles.
June 7, 1997: The race hits a record high of 6,582 finishers, and a record low temperature
of 55 degrees. The race surpasses the 100,000 mark for total finishers.
June 10, 2000: Tegla Loroupe of Kenya wins her fifth and final Mini crown, tying Grete
Waitz of Norway for most wins.
June 9, 2001: Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain breaks Norwegian Grete Waitz’s 21-year-old
event record by 13 seconds. (Her 30:47 is still the third-fastest time in race history.)
June 7, 2003: Lornah Kiplagat of Kenya wins the first of her four Mini titles.
June 12, 2004: Deena Kastor becomes the first U.S. champion since Kim Griffin in 1998.
Kastor would take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympic Marathon two months later.
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EVENT HISTORY continued
June 12, 2010: Reigning IAAF World Championships 10,000m gold medalist Linet Masai
of Kenya becomes the first winner in eight years to break 31 minutes with her 30:48.
Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain and Kara Goucher of the United States, both pregnant,
are special guests at the race.
June 11, 2011: The race honors five-time winner Grete Waitz of Norway, who succumbed
to cancer on April 19. Linet Masai of Kenya outruns a world-class field by 30 seconds to
win her second straight Mini in 31:39.
June 9, 2012: Race founders Nina Kuscsik and Kathrine Switzer celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the first Mini with inaugural winner Jacqueline Dixon, whose granddaughter
Tali runs her first 10K.
June 8, 2013: The race gets its first Ethiopian champion when Mamitu Daska runs away
from two-time winner Linet Masai of Kenya.
June 14, 2014: Molly Huddle dashes away from the past champions Mamitu Daska of
Ethiopia and Linet Masai of Kenya to become the first American winner since 2004. Her time
of 31:37 breaks a 30-year-old American record for an all-women’s road 10K by one second.
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COURSE MAP
MILE 6
Runners climb a small hill and follow the
loop drive around the southern end of the
park. As the six-mile mark nears, Columbus
Circle will be on runners’ left.
MILE 6.2
Runners climb one final hill to the finish on
West Drive at 67th Street. This is also the
finish of the TCS New York City Marathon!
5th Avenue
The
Pool
West 100th St.
East 102nd St.
North Meadow
Ballfields
2
West
Park
Drive
East
Park
Drive
Oakley
West 97th St.
East 97th St.
New York Mini 10K
June 13, 2015
West 96th St.
East 96th St.
Race Route
1
Mile Marker
Start/Finish
Fluid Station
& Toilets
The
Reservoir
Volunteer
Check-In
West 90th St.
East 90th St.
RACE DAY CENTRAL
N
Bib pickup
Information
West 86th St.
Medical Aid
Stations
East 85th St.
Baggage
East 84th St.
Festival
Metropolitan
Museum
of Art
Great Lawn
1
West 81st St.
Turtle Pond
American
Museum of
Natural History
West
Park
Drive
West 77th St.
The Ramble
West 72nd St.
West 66th St.
Strawberry
Fields
5
Mineral Springs
East 72nd St.
Bandshell
RACE DAY
CENTRAL
Tavern
on the
Green
FINISH
Sheep
Meadow
East 66th St.
East 65th St.
6
Zoo
Wollman
Rink
START
West 61st St.
Columbus
Circle
East 79th St.
East
Park
Drive
Loeb
Boathouse
The Lake
West 67th St.
Guggenheim
Museum
4
Registration
Water Stations
Gatorade
& Toilets
5th Avenue
MILE 5
The course continues south past the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and down
Cat Hill to the five-mile mark just before
the 72nd Street Transverse.
3
5th Avenue
MILE 4
The route passes Lasker Pool on the left
just before the 5K mark and climbs for
400 meters to the eastern end of the
102nd Street Transverse. Runners continue
south on East Drive to the four-mile mark
past East 90th Street.
5K
The
Pond
Central Park South
7th Ave.
6th Ave.
Grand
Army Plaza
MILE 3
Runners pass the 102nd Street Transverse
and ascend a 400-meter hill, then descend
for 600 meters to the north end of the park.
East 110th St.
Harlem
Meer
Central Park West
MILE 2
Runners continue on Central Park West
to 90th Street, then bear right to enter
the park and run north and downhill on
West Drive.
110th St.
West 110th St.
Central Park West
MILE 1
The race starts on Central Park West at
West 61st Street and heads north on a
slight uphill to 81st Street.
Adam Clayton
Powell Jr. Blvd. Lenox Ave.
Central Park West
COURSE
East 59th St.
ELEVATION CHART - NOT TO SCALE
120 ft.
100 ft.
75 ft.
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PRIZE PURSE
The 2015 Oakley New York Mini 10K offers $35,150 in prize money to open runners,
American runners, and New York Road Runners members.
OPEN PRIZE COMPONENT: $22,500
WOMEN ONLY
1$10,000
25,000
33,500
42,500
51,500
USA DIVISION PRIZE COMPONENT: $10,000
WOMEN ONLY; CUMULATIVE WITH OPEN AND NYRR MEMBER PRIZE MONEY
1$5,000
22,500
31,250
4750
5500
NYRR MEMBER PRIZE COMPONENT: $2,650*
WOMEN ONLY; CUMULATIVE WITH OPEN AND USA PRIZE MONEY
Open
Masters (40+)
50+ Age-graded
1
$1,0001
$200
1
2
7502
100
2 50
3
3503
100
3 25
TOTAL PRIZE PURSE: $35,150
*NYRR membership for at least three months prior to the race is required.
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$75
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FIELD
ENTRANT LIST
ATHLETE
COUNTRY
AGE
Alessandra Aguilar
ESP
36 32:26
Serena Burla
USA
32 33:04 32:17.34@serena_burla
Mary Cullen
IRL
32 32:25
Buzunesh Deba
ETH
2732:10
Rkia El Moukim
MAR
2732:07
Lindsay Flanagan
USA
24
33:25
32:22.15
@liflana
Kaitlin Gregg Goodman USA
28
33:56
32:09.82
@runnerKG
Yukari Ishizawa
27
JPN
ROAD PR
TRACK PR TWITTER
32:42.49@alessanaguilar
32:21.42@cullenator17
@DebaBuzunesh
32:48.29
Mary Keitany
KEN
3330:45 32:18.07
Edna Kiplagat
KEN
35 31:18
Salome Kosgei
KEN
34
32:28
Brianne Nelson
USA
34
33:00
Diane Nukuri
BDI
30 31:52
32:29.14@dnjbdi
Leonora Petrina
USA
32
34:18.28
Caroline Rotich
KEN
3131:41
Blake Russell
USA
39 33:07 31:35.25@BlakeRun
Betsy Saina
KEN
26 30:46
30:57.30@bcsaina
Lindsey Scherf
USA
28
32:51.20
Gemma Steel
GBR
29 31:27
32:34.81@GemmaSteel4
Gladys Tejeda
PER
29
34:08
32:18.49
Etaferahu Temesgen
ETH
25
33:05
Yuko Watanabe
JPN
27
32:12
Natasha Wodak
CAN
33 31:59
33:25
32:33
33:27.0@KiplagatEdna
32:33.05
@NelsonBrianne
@LeonoraPetrina
@ccrotich
@LindseyScherf
32:38.62
31:41.59@tasha_wodak
Athletes whose names are in bold type are profiled in the following pages.
Information current as of June 4, 2015.
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PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FIELD
ALESSANDRA AGUILAR
Country: Spain
Age: 36
Date of Birth: July 1, 1978
Residence: Torrelodones, Spain
10K Road Personal Best: 32:26, Manchester, 2007;
Palma de Mallorca, 2012
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2011: 8th, 32:56
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
Virgin Money London Marathon
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
IAAF World Championships Marathon
London Olympic Marathon
Rotterdam Marathon
15th
21st
5th
26th
4th
2:29:45
1:10:56
2:32:38
2:29:19
2:27:00
Aguilar returns to the Mini for the first time since 2011, and enters the race following a 15thplace, 2:29:45 performance at the Virgin Money London Marathon in April. In preparing for
London, she took third at the SPAR Great Ireland Run 10km, finishing in 33:11. Aguilar represented Spain in the marathon at the Beijing and London Olympic Games, and she placed
fifth at the 2013 IAAF World Championships Marathon in Moscow.
SERENA BURLA
Country: United States
Age: 32
Date of Birth: September 29, 1982
Residence: Stafford, VA
10K Road Personal Best: 33:04, New York, 2009
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2012: 14th, 34:18;
2009: 2nd, 33:04
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2013
2013
2009
Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10,000m (Sec. 2) 4th
USATF Half-Marathon Championships
1st
TCS Amsterdam Marathon
2nd
NYC Half
13th
NYRR New York Mini 10K
2nd
32:17.34
1:10:48
2:28:01
1:11:24
33:04
Shortly after running a personal-best 1:10:08 for second at the 2010 USATF Half-Marathon
Championships, Burla was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, a rare cancer that had formed
in her right leg. After undergoing treatment, Burla ran the New York City Marathon that
November, finishing 19th in 2:37:06. Since then, she’s lowered her marathon best to 2:28:01,
and she won the USATF Half-Marathon title last January. She and her husband, Adam, a
former shot-putter and teammate at the University of Missouri, have a young son, Boyd.
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MARY CULLEN
Country: Ireland
Age: 32
Date of Birth: August 17, 1982
Residence: Sligo, Ireland
10K Road Personal Best: 32:25, Dublin, 2009
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2013
2009
2009
2008
IAAF World Cross Country Championships (8K)
European Indoor Championships 3000m
Boston Univ. Valentine Invitational 3000m
European Cross Country Championships (8K)
27th
3rd
1st
4th
25:42
8:48.47
8:43.74
28:04
The 2009 European Indoor bronze medalist is making a return to racing after a series of
injuries and setbacks. After earning multiple NCAA All-American accolades at Providence
College, Cullen broke the Irish indoor national record for 3000 meters in 2009, running
8:43.74 in Boston. While based in Sligo, Ireland, Cullen continues to train under Providence
head coach Ray Treacy. On May 10 of this year, she ran 26:28 to win the Terenure 5 Mile in
Dublin.
BUZUNESH DEBA
Country: Ethiopia
Age: 27
Date of Birth: September 8, 1987
Residence: Bronx, NY
10K Road Personal Best: 32:10, Atlanta, 2010
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2014: 5th, 32:20; 2010: 9th,
32:37; 2009: 7th, 33:32; 2008: 9th, 35:23
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2013
2011
Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon
NYC Half
New York City Marathon
New York City Marathon
3rd
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
2:25:09
2:19:59
1:08:59
2:25:56
2:23:19
Deba divides her time training between the Bronx and living at altitude in Albuquerque,
NM. She has placed second in the New York City Marathon twice, and was ninth in 2:31:40
last November. Deba’s 2014 Boston Marathon time of 2:19:59 made her the fastest female
New York resident in history by more than 10 minutes. She returned to Boston this April
and reached the podium again in a third-place 2:25:09.
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RKIA EL MOUKIM
Country: Morocco
Age: 27
Date of Birth: February 22, 1988
Residence: Ifrane, Morocco
10K Road Personal Best: 32:07, New Orleans, 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
Virgin Money London Marathon
United Airlines NYC Half
TCS New York City Marathon
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic 10K
10th
5th
6th
7th
3rd
2:26:33
1:10:14
2:28:12
33:37
32:07
El Moukim is back in New York City following a fifth-place, 1:10:14 performance at the 2015
United Airlines NYC Half in March; her time was only 11 seconds off of her half-marathon
personal best. Since then, she has lowered her marathon personal best to 2:26:33, good
for a top-10 finish at the Virgin Money London Marathon in April. El Moukim’s previous
marathon best came at last year’s TCS New York City Marathon, where she placed sixth
in 2:28:12.
MARY KEITANY
Country: Kenya
Age: 33
Date of Birth: January 18, 1982
Residence: Iten, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 30:45, Ras Al Khaimah, 2011
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2014
2012
2012
2011
2009
TCS New York City Marathon
London Olympic Marathon
Virgin London Marathon
Virgin London Marathon
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
1st
4th
1st
1st
1st
2:25:07
2:23:56
2:18:37
2:19:19
1:06:36
Keitany did not compete in 2013 due to the birth of her second child, but upon her return
she ran a 1:05:39 personal best at the 2014 Great North Run, the third-fastest time in history. Keitany is also the second-fastest marathoner in history, having run 2:18:37 to defend
her London Marathon title in 2012. Last fall, she won the TCS New York City Marathon after
placing third in 2010 and 2011. She took second in London this spring in 2:23:40.
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EDNA KIPLAGAT
Country: Kenya
Age: 35
Date of Birth: November 15, 1979
Residence: Iten, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 31:34, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 2010
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2012: 1st, 32:08; 2011: 4th, 32:24
Career Highlights
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Virgin Money London Marathon
IAAF World Championships Marathon
London Marathon
IAAF World Championships Marathon
New York City Marathon
1st
1st
2nd
1st
1st
2:20:21
2:25:44
2:19:50
2:28:43
2:28:20
Kiplagat is formidable in New York: She won the 2012 New York Mini 10K and was second
in the 2011 NYC Half, following a win in her New York City Marathon debut in 2010. She
ran her marathon personal best of 2:19:50 to take second in the 2012 London Marathon.
In 2013, she became the first woman to defend the IAAF World Championships Marathon
title. After her 11th-place 2:27:16 at the 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon on April 26,
Kiplagat was third in 31:57 at the Morrisons Great Manchester Run two weeks later. DIANE NUKURI
Country: Burundi
Age: 30
Date of Birth: December 1, 1984
Residence: Flagstaff, AZ
10K Road Personal Best: 31:52, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2014: 8th, 32:38; 2013: 7th, 33:36;
2012: 4th, 32:38; 2011: 12th, 33:27; 2010: 18th, 34:14
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
Virgin Money London Marathon
TD Beach to Beacon 10K
TCS Amsterdam Marathon
New York City Marathon
NYC Half
13th
3rd
3rd
10th
2nd
2:27:50
31:52
2:29:32
2:30:09
1:09:12
Originally from Kigozi, Burundi, Nukuri moved to Iowa City, IA, to attend the University
of Iowa, where she was a three-time NCAA All-American. Nukuri holds Burundian national
records for 1500, 5000, and 10,000 meters, as well as for the half-marathon and the marathon.
She represented Burundi in the 5000 meters at the 2000 Sydney Olympics at age 15 and
moved up to the marathon for the London 2012 Games, where she placed 31st in 2:30:13.
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CAROLINE ROTICH
Country: Kenya
Age: 31
Date of Birth: May 13, 1984
Residence: Santa Fe, NM
10K Road Personal Best: 31:41, Boston, 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2010: 10th, 32:43
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2013
2012
2011
Boston Marathon
United Airlines NYC Half
NYC Half
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
NYC Half
1st
4th
1st
5th
1st
2:24:55
1:09:53
1:09:09
2:23:22
1:08:51
Rotich broke the tape at the 2015 Boston Marathon, prevailing in a sprint finish to win in
2:24:55. Rotich tuned up for Boston with a fourth-place 1:09:53 at the 2015 United Airlines
NYC Half, after having won the race in 2011 and 2013. Rotich hails from Nyahururu, Kenya,
and currently trains in Santa Fe, NM, but she attended high school at Sendai Ikuei Gakuen
High School in Japan; through her experiences at home and abroad, she is fluent in Swahili, Japanese, and English.
BLAKE RUSSELL
Country: United States
Age: 39
Date of Birth: July 24, 1975
Residence: Pacific Grove, CA
10K Road Personal Best: 33:07, Boston, 2002
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2008: 6th, 33:40
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2008
2006
2005
ASICS LA Marathon
USATF 20K Championships
Beijing Olympic Marathon
IAAF World Cross Country Championships (8K)
Chicago Marathon
3rd
3rd
27th
11th
6th
2:34:57
1:10:38
2:33:13
26:23
2:29:10
At 39, Russell has experienced a career resurgence, marked by her third-place overall and
top American finish at the ASICS LA Marathon in March; the race doubled as the USATF
Marathon Championships, earning Russell her first road national title since 2006. The race
was also the first marathon Russell had completed since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Raised in Winston-Salem, NC, Russell attended the University of North Carolina–Chapel
Hill. Now a mother of two, she resides in Pacific Grove, CA.
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BETSY SAINA
Country: Kenya
Age: 26
Date of Birth: June 30, 1988
Residence: Colorado Springs, CO
10K Road Personal Best: 30:46, Tilburg, NED, 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2014
2014
2013
2012
2012
Herculis Monaco Meeting 5000m
Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10,000m
NCAA Outdoor Championships 10,000m
NCAA Cross Country Championships (6K)
NCAA Indoor Championships 5000m
5th
3rd
1st
1st
1st
14:39.49
30:57.30
33:08.85
19:27.10
15:38.83
Saina recorded the fastest road 10K time of 2014 last September, clocking 30:46 at the
Rabobank Tilburg Ladies Run 10K in the Netherlands. This past March, she ran 15:31 on
the roads for fifth at the Carlsbad 5000, and in May she ran 15:00.48 on the track to take
second at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. Originally from Eldoret, Kenya, Saina
graduated from Iowa State University as a three-time NCAA champion and now lives and
trains in Colorado Springs, CO. GEMMA STEEL
Country: Great Britain
Age: 29
Date of Birth: November 12, 1985
Residence: Leicester, England
10K Road Personal Best: 31:27, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 2014
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: 2014: 3rd, 32:11; 2013: 3rd, 32:59
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2014
2012
IAAF World Cross Country Championships (8K)
European Cross Country Championships (8K)
Great North Run (half-marathon)
TD Beach to Beacon 10K
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
18th
1st
2nd
1st
7th
28:14
28:27
1:08:13
31:27
1:11:09
Steel returns to the Oakley New York Mini 10K after two consecutive third-place finishes.
Her second-place 1:08:13 at the 2014 Great North Run lowered her best half-marathon time
by more than two minutes. In December, her individual gold led Great Britain to the team
title at the 2014 European Cross Country Championships. Steel was Great Britain’s top
finisher at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, placing 18th overall. Two
weeks ago, Steel was third at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K in 33:47.
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PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FIELD
NATASHA WODAK
Country: Canada
Age: 33
Date of Birth: December 17, 1981
Residence: Vancouver, BC, Canada
10K Road Personal Best: 31:59, Ottawa, QC, 2015
Oakley New York Mini 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2015
2015
2013
Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10,000m
Vancouver Sun Run (10K)
United Airlines NYC Half
Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half-Marathon
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
8th
2nd
6th
2nd
10th
31:41.59
32:34
1:11:20
1:12:23
2:35:16
After spending much of 2014 battling issues with plantar fasciitis, Wodak has returned to
form in grand fashion, lowering her half-marathon personal best twice so far in 2015. Her
current best, 1:11:20, was set at the 2015 United Airlines NYC Half, where she placed sixth.
Following a 27th-place finish at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in March,
Wodak set a new Canadian record for 10,000 meters (31:41.59) at the Payton Jordan
Cardinal Invitational in May.
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RESULTS AND STATISTICS
CHAMPIONS, 1972-2014
YEARWINNER
1972
Jacqueline Dixon
1973
Katherine Schrader
1974
Doreen Ennis
1975
Charlotte Lettis
1976
Julie Shea
1977
Peg Neppel
1978
Martha White
1979
Grete Waitz
1980
Grete Waitz
1981
Grete Waitz
1982
Grete Waitz
1983
Anne Audain
1984
Grete Waitz
1985
Francie Larrieu Smith
1986
Ingrid Kristiansen
1987
Lisa Martin
1988
Ingrid Kristiansen
1989
Lynn Williams
1990
Judi St. Hilaire
1991
Delillah Asiago
1992
Liz McColgan
1993
Tegla Loroupe
1994
Anne Marie Letko
1995
Delillah Asiago
1996
Tegla Loroupe
1997
Tegla Loroupe
1998
Kim Griffin
1999
Tegla Loroupe
2000
Tegla Loroupe
2001
Paula Radcliffe
2002
Asmae Leghzaoui
2003
Lornah Kiplagat
2004
Deena Kastor
2005
Lornah Kiplagat
2006
Lornah Kiplagat
2007
Lornah Kiplagat
2008
Hilda Kibet
2009
Rose Kosgei
2010
Linet Masai 2011
Linet Masai
2012
Edna Kiplagat
2013
Mamitu Daska
2014
Molly Huddle
COUNTRY
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
Norway
Norway
Norway
Norway
New Zealand
Norway
United States Norway
Australia
Norway
Canada
United States
Kenya
Scotland
Kenya
United States
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
United States
Kenya
Kenya
England
Morocco
Kenya
United States
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Ethiopia
United States
TIME
37:02*
36:49*
36:46*
35:57
35:05
34:16
33:30
31:16
31:00
32:44
32:00
32:23
31:53
32:23
31:45
32:49
31:31
32:09
32:36
32:24
31:41
32:30
31:52
31:22
32:13
31:45
35:26
31:48
31:37
30:47
30:29
31:13
31:44
31:44
31:27
32:10
32:43
32:43
30:48
31:39
32:08
31:47
31:37
*The course was six miles.
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RESULTS AND STATISTICS
MULTIPLE-TIME CHAMPIONS
ATHLETE
Grete Waitz
WINSYEARS
5
1979–1982, 1984
Tegla Loroupe
Lornah Kiplagat
Ingrid Kristiansen
Delillah Asiago
Linet Masai
5
4
2
2
2
1993, 1996–1997, 1999–2000
2003, 2005–2007
1986, 1988
1991, 1995
2010–2011
TOP 15 FINISHERS, OAKLEY NEW YORK MINI 10K, 2014
PLACE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
ATHLETE
Molly Huddle
Mamitu Daska
Gemma Steel
Linet Masai
Buzunesh Deba
Amy Hastings
Laura Thweatt
Diane Nukuri-Johnson
Sara Hall
Lanni Marchant
Deena Kastor
Annie Bersagel
Amy Van Alstine
Lauren Kleppin
Etaferahu Temesgen
COUNTRY
United States
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Kenya
Ethiopia
United States
United States
Burundi
United States
Canada
United States
United States
United States
United States
Ethiopia
TIME
31:37*
31:49
32:11
32:16
32:20
32:33
32:37
32:38
33:02
33:11
33:17
33:18
33:26
33:31
33:34
*American all-women’s 10K road record
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TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES, ALL-TIME, WOMEN
RANKTIME ATHLETE
COUNTRYPLACE VENUE
DATE
1
30:21
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
1
San Juan, PUR
February 23, 2003
2
30:27
Isabella Ochichi
KEN
1
New Orleans, LA March 26, 2005
3
30:29
Asmae Leghzaoui
MAR
1
New York, NY
June 8, 2002
4
30:30
Tirunesh Dibaba
ETH
1
Tilburg
September 1, 2013
5
30:32
Lornah Kiplagat
KEN
1
Atlanta, GA
July 4, 2002
6
30:37
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
1
Berlin
October 13, 2013
7
30:38
Paula Radcliffe (2)
GBR
1
London
September 22, 2002
7
30:38
Joyce Chepkirui (2) KEN
1
Tilburg
September 4, 2011
7
30:38
Tadelech Bekele
ETH
2
Berlin
October 13, 2013
10
30:39
Liz McColgan
GBR
1
Orlando, FL
March 11, 1989
11
30:41
Lornah Kiplagat
NED
1
San Juan, PUR
February 29, 2004
12
30:43
Paula Radcliffe (3)
GBR
1
San Juan, PUR
February 17, 2002
12
30:43
Joyce Chepkirui (3) KEN
1
Appingedam
June 25, 2011
14
30:44
Lornah Kiplagat (2) KEN
2
New York, NY
June 8, 2002
14
30:44
Lornah Kiplagat (3) KEN
1
Voorthuizen
July 24, 2002
16
30:45
Paula Radcliffe (4) GBR
2
San Juan, PUR
February 29, 2004
16
30:45
Paula Radcliffe (5)
GBR
2
New Orleans, LA March 26, 2005
16
30:45
Lineth Chepkurui
KEN
1
New Orleans, LA April 3, 2010
16
30:45
Mary Keitany
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 18, 2011
20
30:46
Betsy Saina
KEN
1
Tilburg
September 7, 2014
er = time run en route to a longer distance
Source: IAAF
Information current as of June 4, 2015
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RESULTS AND STATISTICS
TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES IN 2015, WOMEN
RANKTIME ATHLETE
COUNTRYPLACE
VENUE
DATE
1
30:56 Gladys Cherono
KEN
1
Ottawa
May 23
2
31:00 Malika Asahssah
MAR
1
Laredo, ESP
March 21
3
31:02 Florence Kiplagat
KEN
er
Barcelona
February 15
4
31:07 Mary Keitany
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
5
31:08 Josephine Jepkorir
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
5
31:08 Cynthia Limo
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
5
31:08 Mamitu Daska
ETH
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
8
31:18
Peres Jepchirchir
KEN
2
Ottawa
May 23
9
31:22
Gladys Yator
KEN
1
Mohammedia
May 17
10
31:25
Ana Dulce Felix
POR
1
Maia
January 11
11
31:30 Malika Asahssah (2)
MAR
1
Taroudant
March 8
12
31:41
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR
1
Oslo
April 25
13
31:49 Sutume Asefa
ETH
1
Paderborn
April 4
13
31:49 Betsy Saina
KEN
1
Manchester
May 10
13
31:49 Lanni Marchant
CAN
3
Ottawa
May 23
16
31:55
Ayalew Yimber Hiwot
ETH
1
New Orleans, LA
April 5
16
31:55
Gemma Steel
GBR
2
Manchester
May 10
16
31:55
Worknesh Degefa ETH
er
Göteborg
May 23
19
31:57
Belaynesh Oljira
ETH
1
San Juan, PUR
March 1
19
31:57
Worknesh Degefa (2)
ETH
er
Prague
March 28
19
31:57
Edna Kiplagat
KEN
3
Manchester
May 10
19
31:57
Mamitu Daska
ETH
1
Bangalore
May 17
er = time run en route to a longer distance
Sources: AIMS, IAAF
Information current as of June 4, 2015
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TOP 20 OAKLEY NEW YORK MINI 10K PERFORMANCES, ALL-TIME
RANKTIME ATHLETE
COUNTRY
PLACE
YEAR
1
30:29
Asmae Leghzaoui
Morocco
1
2002
2
30:44
Lornah Kiplagat
Kenya
1
2002
3
30:47
Paula Radcliffe
Great Britain
1
2001
4
30:48
Linet Masai
Kenya
1
2010
5
31:00
Grete Waitz
Norway
1
1980
6
31:13
Lornah Kiplagat (2)
Kenya
1
2003
6
31:13
Emily Chebet
Kenya
2
2010
8
31:16
Grete Waitz (2)
Norway
1
1979
9
31:18
Werknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
3
2010
10
31:22
Delillah Asiago
Kenya
1
1995
10
31:22
Sonia O’Sullivan
Ireland
3
2002
12
31:27
Lornah Kiplagat (3)
Netherlands
1
2006
13
31:31
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway
1
1988
14
31:33
Susan Chepkemei
Kenya
2
2003
15
31:34
Jelena Prokopcuka
Latvia
2
2006
16
31:36
Tegla Loroupe
Kenya
1
2000
17
31:37
Molly Huddle
United States
1
2014
18
31:38
Tegla Loroupe (2)
Kenya
2
1995
19
31:39
Linet Masai (2)
Kenya
1
2011
20
31:40
Lornah Kiplagat (4)
Netherlands
4
2010
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NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
ABOUT NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS (NYRR)
New York Road Runners was founded in 1958 when a small group of passionate
runners vowed to bring running to the people. Over the past 57 years, NYRR has
grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization, whose mission is to help and inspire people through running. NYRR’s
mission-focused approach centers on getting people of all ages and abilities to
improve their health and well-being through the power of running and fitness—
to Run for Life.
NYRR’s commitment to New York City’s five boroughs features races, community events, youth running programs and events, and training resources that
provide hundreds of thousands of people each year, from children to seniors,
with the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to Run for Life. More than
200,000 students are served locally and nationally through NYRR’s free youth
running programs, events, and resources, including more than 120,000 in New
York City’s five boroughs.
NYRR’s premier event, and the largest marathon in the world, is the TCS New
York City Marathon. Held annually on the first Sunday in November, the 26.2mile race runs through the five boroughs of New York City—Staten Island,
Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan—and features 50,000 runners,
from the world’s top professional athletes to a vast range of competitive,
recreational, and charity runners. The race is part of the Abbott World Marathon
Majors, a series featuring the world’s top marathons—Tokyo, Boston, London,
Berlin, Chicago, and New York. Headquartered in New York City, NYRR implements a unique nonprofit model that teams contributed and earned income to
make all its efforts possible. To learn more, visit nyrr.org.
NYRR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
More than 200,000 students are served locally and nationally through free
NYRR youth running programs, events, and resources, including more than
120,000 in New York City’s five boroughs.
2013-2014 School Year
• NYRR’s free youth programming includes year-round school- and communitybased programs, seasonal programs, and day-long fitness events for NYC kids
of all ages and abilities.
• A total of 78,109 students at 424 NYC sites (including schools and community
centers) participated in our signature youth running programs, Mighty Milers
and Young Runners. (Brooklyn: 128 sites, 25,808 kids; Bronx: 94 sites, 15,642
kids; Manhattan 102 sites, 12,946 kids; Queens: 86 sites, 20,400 kids; Staten
Island: 14 sites, 3,313 kids).
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YRR works in underserved neighborhoods; the majority of our programs go
into schools where 50% or more of the student population is eligible for free
or reduced-price lunch.
• In the spring, NYRR partnered with the NYC Department of Education to hold
42 Developmental Track & Field Series presented by Tata Consultancy Services
meets at venues throughout the five boroughs. The series culminated with a
city-wide Championship at Icahn Stadium with 115 schools and 1,500 youth
participating.
• NYRR delivers free professional development workshops for NYC schools and
community centers in all five boroughs and has a suite of online youth running
resources available to all.
• NYRR offers a free special assembly to NYC schools, presented by Olympic
gold medal winner Derrick Adkins, who explains what it takes to have a winning
attitude. This year, the assembly was held at 75 sites with 20,309 attendees.
• In September of 2014 NYRR launched the Youth Running Series, a three-season race initiative designed just for kids with events through¬out the school
year focused on kid-friendly distances.
• NYRR offers free summer programming for youth, including a high school
cross country program, a girls’ running and leadership program, and track
and field clinics.
• NYRR offers 20+ free walking and wellness sessions every week, in senior
centers, local parks, and neighborhood facilities throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. These one-hour sessions, led by certified running
coaches and fitness instructors, focus on four areas that are critical for senior
health and independence: strength, balance, flexibility, and endurance.
NYRR HISTORY
1958–70: In June of 1958, NYRR was founded as the Road Runners Club–New
York Association with about 40 members. The founder of the Road Runners
Club of America, H. Browning Ross, encouraged the group, which met at
Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx and elected 1952 Olympic marathoner Ted
Corbitt its first official president. Through the 1960s, NYRR remained a tight
band of committed runners; there were about 250 members in 1970 when the
group staged the first New York City Marathon in Central Park.
1970s: Marathon co-founder Fred Lebow took over as president in 1972 and
helped lead the “running boom” that was sweeping the country. In 1976, spurred
by Lebow’s vision, NYRR took the marathon out of the park and into the streets
of the city’s five boroughs with a field of 2,090 runners. NYRR also launched
the Fifth Avenue Mile, the Empire State Building Run-Up, the NYRR New York
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Mini 10K (the first all-women road race), and the JPMorgan Chase Corporate
Challenge. In 1978, Lebow hired Allan Steinfeld to assist him in planning,
organizing, and executing NYRR events. NYRR membership topped 31,000.
1980s: Lebow and Steinfeld recruited the world’s best athletes to headline races,
including Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Alberto Salazar,
Lasse Viren, Mary Decker Slaney, and Grete Waitz, who eventually won the New
York City Marathon a record nine times. Leading the way in professionalizing
running, NYRR was among the first groups to offer open prize money in races.
1990s: Along with success and popularity, the 1990s brought heartbreak to
NYRR. In 1990, Lebow was diagnosed with brain cancer. He fought heroically,
working with doctors at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
and inspiring cancer patients worldwide by running during chemotherapy. With
his cancer in remission, Lebow produced perhaps the most poignant moment
in NYRR history when he completed the 1992 New York City Marathon in 5:32:34
with Waitz by his side. On October 9, 1994, just four weeks before the 25th New
York City Marathon, Lebow succumbed to the disease. Steinfeld took over as
president and Marathon race director.
1998: Mary Wittenberg was hired as NYRR’s first director of administration.
An attorney and the winner of the 1987 Marine Corps Marathon, Wittenberg
oversaw NYRR’s business, administration, and operations.
2001: NYRR showed the world how running can heal and transform a shattered
city and country when it staged the New York City Marathon in the wake of
September 11. Held just two months after the attacks, the race unified the city
and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for relief efforts.
2003: NYRR signed a multi-year deal with ING, one of the world’s largest
financial service companies, to be the first title sponsor of the New York City
Marathon. The race promoted both organizations’ desire to improve the sport
of running globally and their commitment to excellence and community. NYRR
continued to grow—membership reached 40,000—and to extend its services
and influence locally, nationally, and internationally.
2005: Wittenberg was named Steinfeld’s successor as president, CEO, and
New York City Marathon race director. The first woman to hold these positions,
Wittenberg oversaw NYRR’s 160 full-time employees; more than 55 races
annually; classes, clinics, and lectures in running and fitness; four websites; a
quarterly magazine; and NYRR youth and community programs.
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2006: In January, the New York City Marathon joined four other leading marathons — Berlin, Boston, Chicago, and London — to form the World Marathon
Majors, a two-year series showcasing the sport’s top athletes and awarding an
unprecedented $1 million champions’ prize. (The group expanded to six with the
addition of the Tokyo Marathon in 2013.)
2006: NYRR hosted the USA Cross Country Championships in the Bronx’s
Van Cortlandt Park and inaugurated the NYC Half, which starts in Central Park,
continues through Times Square, and finishes in lower Manhattan. The inaugural
race had some 10,000 finishers.
2007: NYRR hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon, which determined
the U.S. team for the 2008 Beijing Games. On a course comprised primarily of
loops in Central Park, Ryan Hall broke the U.S. Olympic Trials record with his
2:09:03. The next day’s New York City Marathon had 38,607 finishers, the most
in any marathon to date.
2008: World record-holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain won her third New
York City Marathon in as many tries.
2009: The 40th running of the New York City Marathon set an all-time marathon
finisher record at 43,660 runners. The first of them was Meb Keflezighi of Mammoth Lakes, CA, the first American to win the race in the 27 years since Alberto
Salazar won his third title in 1982.
2009: NYRR entered the social media realm with an array of Facebook fan
pages and Twitter feeds.
2010: In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, NYRR and the Department of Parks & Recreation co-sponsored the four-mile Run for Haiti, which
raised more than $430,000 for New York’s Haiti Relief Fund; with 9,423 finishers, the race was the largest four-mile in history.
2010: NYRR launched Running Start, a free collection of online fitness videos
developed by NYRR to help teach youth the fundamentals of running through
age-appropriate games, activities, and drills. Created by expert youth coaches
and exercise physiologists, Running Start is a video instructional guide for adults
to teach youth to run safely, enjoyably, and effectively.
2011: NYRR introduced the Official NYRR New York City Marathon Training
Program, a revolutionary online plan that is personalized based on a runner’s
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experience, age, sex, race times, and current training, and that adapts as the
training progresses. One-on-one e-coaching is available from NYRR’s experts.
More than 640 runners signed up within the first month after the program
became available. The race’s 47,340 finishers were another all-time marathon
record.
2012: NYRR signed an historic five-year deal with ESPN/ABC7 for a comprehensive year-round national and local television package, the cornerstone of which
is the New York City Marathon, which in 2013 was televised nationally for the
first time in almost 20 years.
2012: For the first time in event history, the New York City Marathon was
canceled. In the week before the race date, Hurricane Sandy had damaged
much of the East Coast and left many New Yorkers without electricity and some
without homes. Thousands of runners gathered in Central Park for informal marathons on November 4, and many assisted with recovery efforts in hard-hit areas
like Staten Island and Coney Island. NYRR made a donation of $1 million and,
together with its partners, a $1.2 million donation of New York City Marathon
supplies to the Mayor’s Fund for the Advancement of New York City, to be used
for Sandy relief and recovery efforts. Also donating to the Mayor’s Fund were the
Rudin family, who gave $1.1 million, and then-sponsor ING, which gave $500,000.
2013: Throughout the year, NYRR remained focused on helping the city recover
in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Contributions to this cause included collections of donated goods at NYRR races, donations of race proceeds from
the Staten Island Half, and the creation of Staten Island Day (October 13), which
included live music, carnival games, a 1.5-mile fun run, and other free family
activities. A donation of more than $100,000 was made to Sandy relief efforts
after the event.
2013: On May 18, a bigger, better Brooklyn Half entered the ranks of destination
races when some 20,000 runners—about 7,000 more than ever before in the
race’s 33-year history—ran from the Brooklyn Museum through Prospect Park
to a unique finish on the world-famous Coney Island boardwalk. The race was
broadcast on ABC7.
2013: In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, NYRR donated
$146,000, raised through the sale of “I Run for Boston” T-shirts, to The One
Fund Boston, which was formed to assist victims and families affected by the
tragic events at the race.
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2013: NYRR partnered with one of the world’s top security firms and worked
closely with the NYPD and state and federal partners to provide enhanced
security measures, further strengthening an already comprehensive security
plan. Both visible and behind-the-scenes security enhancements were put in
place during New York City Marathon Race Week, with the goal of implementing
the needed security features while causing minimal impact on the race. Changes
included added baggage inspection areas, prohibition of potentially dangerous
items at all race venues, and increased police presence during Race Week and
on the course.
2014: In March, the 2014 NYC Half kicked off the year’s NYRR Five-Borough
Series, which showcases NYRR’s renewed commitment to the individuals and
communities in each borough. More than just five races, the Five-Borough Series—the United Airlines NYC Half, the Airbnb Brooklyn Half, the Queens 10K, the
Bronx 10-Mile, and the Staten Island Half—is a celebration of what makes each
borough unique, inspiring, and an amazing place to get out and get moving! It’s
a runner’s journey through the five boroughs of NYC to experience what makes
them special.
2014: The Brooklyn Half became the country’s biggest half-marathon of the
year to date when 25,642 runners crossed the Coney Island Boardwalk finish
line. In its first year with new title sponsor Tata Consultancy Services, the 2014
TCS New York City Marathon broke the previous year’s record with 50,530
finishers—the largest field of any marathon worldwide. In its 44th running, the
race also celebrated its one-millionth finisher.
2015: In March, the first-ever NYRR Times Square Kids’ Run at the United
Airlines NYC Half brought more than 700 school-aged runners through the
heart of Midtown Manhattan over a 1500-meter course. In the professional race,
Molly Huddle became the first American winner in event history, tying the event
record in 1:08:31.
2015: After 17 years at NYRR, Wittenberg stepped down as NYRR President and
CEO and as TCS New York City Marathon Race Director. COO Michael Capiraso
was promoted to NYRR President and CEO, and CPO Peter Ciaccia was promoted to NYRR President, Events and TCS New York City Marathon Race Director.
2015: A record-breaking 26,482 runners crossed the finish line at the 2015
Airbnb Brooklyn Half on Saturday, May 16, making the race the largest in event
history and the largest half-marathon to date in the United States in 2015.
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