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MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
For media inquiries related to UAE Healthy Kidney 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
Athletes will be available for post-race interviews immediately following
the race at the finish line mixed zone just past the finish on the west side
of West Drive. An awards ceremony will follow.
Information current as of May 14, 2015.
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CO N T E NT S
ABOUT THE UAE HEALTHY KIDNEY 10K
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United Arab Emirates
National Kidney Foundation
By the Numbers
NYRR Youth Running Series
Event History
Course Map
Prize Purse
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE FIELDS
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Entrant List
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RESULTS AND STATISTICS
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Champions, 2005–2014
Top 15 Finishers, 2014 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
Top 20 Road 10K Performances, All-Time — Men
Top 20 Road 10K Performances, All-Time — Women
Top 20 Road 10K Performances, 2015 — Men
Top 20 Road 10K Performances, 2015 — Women
Top 20 10K Performances in Central Park, All-Time — Men
Top 20 10K Performances in Central Park, All-Time — Women
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About New York Road Runners (NYRR)
NYRR Youth and Community Services
NYRR History
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The United Arab Emirates is the primary sponsor of the race, which benefits the National
Kidney Foundation, Inc., in appreciation of American doctors and U.S. excellence in the
kidney transplant arena. UAE’s founder and first president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al
Nahyan benefited from U.S. expertise, knowledge, and research when he received a kidney
transplant in 2000. Among his many honors and accomplishments, he was most proud of
being a kidney transplant survivor.
PROMOTING PEACE AND HARMONY
Official Name: United Arab Emirates
Political Structure: Federation of seven emirates established in 1971
National Day: December 2
President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Capital: Abu Dhabi
The UAE is a source of stability, tolerance, innovation, and growth in the Arabian Gulf and
around the globe. The United States and the UAE are reliable allies, with historical and present-day shared security and economic interests. In fact, the UAE is the largest export market
for US goods in the Middle East and more US naval vessels visit UAE ports than any other
port outside the United States. The United States and the UAE also enjoy growing social and
cultural ties, and many US institutions in education, healthcare and the arts have formed
collaborative partnerships with UAE entities. For more information, visit uae-embassy.org.
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
Every year, the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K raises awareness of kidney disease and organ
donation, and promotes kidney health by supporting the National Kidney Foundation and
its lifesaving programs.
• Twenty-six million American adults have kidney disease — and most don’t know it
• Approximately 450,000 Americans are on dialysis treatment for kidney failure
• Over 101,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant
• One in three American adults is currently at risk for developing kidney disease
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ajor risk factors for kidney disease include diabetes, high blood pressure, a family
history of kidney failure and being age 60 or older
• Additional risk factors include kidney stones, smoking, obesity and cardiovascular disease
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ecause kidney disease often has no symptoms, it can go undetected until it is very
advanced
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arly detection and treatment can slow or prevent the progression of kidney disease.
If you are at risk, ask your doctor for a simple blood and urine test for kidney disease.
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NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION continued
National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the leading organization in the United States
dedicated to the awareness, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of
thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of
millions of Americans at risk. The National Kidney Foundation is grateful for the support
and donations provided by the people of the United Arab Emirates and the UAE Healthy
Kidney 10K participants.
You can make a difference in the fight against kidney disease by supporting the National
Kidney Foundation. To get started, go to donate.kidney.org/UAE10KRace where you can
set up your own personal fundraising page for the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K or make a
direct donation to the National Kidney Foundation.
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BY THE NUMBERS
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5,826 finishers in the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K since its first running in 2005. The
number has grown from 4,146 in the 2005 inaugural running to 8,078 last year.
• 35,159 male finishers in the race’s history
• 30,667 female finishers in the race’s history
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pproximately 8,000 runners from across the world will be raising awareness of
kidney disease and the importance of early detection in the 2015 race.
•$
25,000: Amount of the 2015 first-place prize, the largest winner’s purse in
any 10K in the world and in any non-marathon road race in the United States
30,000: Amount of the Zayed Bonus, given to the top finisher to run faster than
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27:35 for men, 30:44 for women
• 27:35: Men’s event record, set by Leonard Patrick Komon of Kenya in 2011
• 31:17: Women’s event record, set by Joyce Chepkirui of Kenya in 2014
• 4 Olympians entered in the 2015 professional athlete field
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men who have run 27:35 or faster for 10K (road and/or track) entered in the
2015 professional athlete field
women who have run 31:30 or faster for 10K (road and/or track) entered in the
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2015 professional athlete field
NYRR YOUTH RUNNING SERIES AT THE UAE HEALTHY KIDNEY 10K
Launched in September 2014, the NYRR Youth Running Series offers running events
designed just for kids throughout the school year. This three-season program includes
cross country, indoor track, and road running, featuring kid-friendly distances ranging
from three-quarters of a mile to two miles.
The NYRR Youth Running Series at the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K will conclude the spring
road racing season with a 1.7-mile race in Central Park. The season began on March 15 with
the 1500-meter NYRR Times Square Kids’ Run at the United Airlines NYC Half, followed by
the 1.7-mile NYRR Youth Running Series at the Scotland Run on April 4 and the one-mile
NYRR Kids’ Boardwalk Run at the Airbnb Brooklyn Half on May 16.
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EVENT HISTORY
Since its inaugural running in 2005, the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K has drawn more than
65,000 runners to Central Park to fight kidney disease, led by a field of top professional
athletes. Read a quick recap of each year’s pro race.
2005
A field of professional male runners from around the world took part in the inaugural UAE
Healthy Kidney 10K on May 22, 2005. Two-time Olympian Craig Mottram of Australia won
the race in 28:28, the second-fastest 10K time ever recorded in Central Park at the time.
2006
Craig Mottram of Australia defended his title in convincing fashion, running with a pack
through two miles and then breaking away. He won in 28:13, 24 seconds ahead of runnerup Mo Farah of Great Britain. Mottram’s time fell just three seconds shy of the then-current
Central Park record for 10K of 28:10, set by Paul Koech of Kenya in 1997.
2007
Dathan Ritzenhein, who would return to Central Park in November to make the 2008 U.S.
Olympic marathon team, gave a hint of what was to come by running away from two-time
defending champion Craig Mottram of Australia to win in an event-record time of 28:08—two
seconds faster than Kenyan Paul Koech’s 1997 Central Park 10K record. Ritzenhein donated his
$7,500 first prize to the National Kidney Foundation.
2008
Patrick Makau of Kenya was undefeated in four major half-marathons in 2008 when he
made his United States racing debut at the 2008 Healthy Kidney 10K. He went out hard
and opened a gap on the field in the first mile. The tough Central Park hills slowed Makau’s
last 5K, however, and he had to hang tough to win in 28:19.
2009
Tadese Tola of Ethiopia went out hard and broke away early from defending champion
Patrick Makau of Kenya, who he had edged by one second in the 2008 NYC Half. He won
by 40 seconds, the biggest margin in event history, and knocked 22 seconds off Dathan
Ritzenhein’s two-year-old event record to earn the Zayed Bonus.
2010
Ethiopia’s Gebre Gebremariam gave New York a preview of what he would do half a year
later at the 2010 New York City Marathon when he sprinted away from Peter Kamais of
Kenya to win the sixth edition of the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K. He broke the year-old event
record by six seconds with his time of 27:42.
2011
Kenyan countrymen and friends Leonard Patrick Komon and Micah Kogo came to NYC
as the two fastest 10K road runners in history. Komon added the event record to his world
record, becoming the fourth winner of the Zayed Bonus with his 27:35.
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2012
Italian Olympian Daniele Meucci used a big finishing kick to win his New York debut by
two seconds over Iona College student Leonard “Lenny” Korir of Kenya, who rushed off
to his graduation ceremony after the race. Bobby Curtis took third, becoming the first
American to place in the top three since Dathan Ritzenhein won the 2007 race.
2013
World and event record-holder Leonard Patrick Komon of Kenya returned after a year’s
absence and went after his own record. After a blazing two miles at sub-27:00 pace, he
was already alone—but hot, humid conditions slowed him in the second half. He hung on
to win by four seconds in 27:58.
2014
Men’s Race: Defending champion Leonard Patrick Komon of Kenya took off once again
from the starting horn, but was matched by fellow Kenyan Stephen Sambu. Running
stride-for-stride over the first 5K, Sambu proved the stronger runner in the second half,
nearly equaling Komon’s event record by running 27:39 despite high humidity on race day.
Women’s Race: The 2014 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K also featured an expanded women’s
professional field for the first time in event history. Among strong international competition, Kenyan Joyce Chepkirui took home the win in 31:17, shattering the event record by
nearly two minutes.
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Lenox Ave.
Adam Clayton
Powell Jr. Blvd.
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Central Park North - 110th St.
West 110th St.
East 110th St.
MILE 1
The race starts on West Drive near 62nd Street
and heads north; there is a moderate uphill near
the end of the first mile.
Harlem
Meer
5th Avenue
Central Park West
3
The
Pool
East 102nd St.
North Meadow Ballfields
2
West 100th St.
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10K
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West
Park
Drive
East
Park
Drive
Race Route
West 97th St.
East 97th St.
Youth Race
Route
West 96th St.
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East 96th St.
Mile Marker
Start/Finish
5th Avenue
Central Park West
Fluid Station
& Toilets
RACE DAY CENTRAL
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Bib pickup
Information
Registration
The
Reservoir
Volunteer
Check-In
West 90th St.
4
East 90th St.
Water Stations
& Toilets
COURSE
Guggenheim
Museum
Medical Aid
Stations
Baggage
MILE 2
The route continues through a series of rolling
hills as it passes the Reservoir.
MILE 3
After passing the 102nd Street Transverse on the
right, runners ascend, then descend Harlem Hill
before continuing past Lasker Rink.
MILE 4
Runners climb another hill as they run south on
East Drive, and then climb a small hill after they
pass the 102nd Street Transverse again. The
bronze Fred Lebow statue stands on the right
side of the course near the 4-mile mark.
Festival
West 86th St.
East 85th St.
East 84th St.
Great Lawn
Metropolitan
Museum
of Art
West 81st St.
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Turtle Pond
American
Museum of
Natural
History
East 79th St.
West
Park
Drive
East
Park
Drive
The Ramble
West 77th St.
MILE 6
Once past the 72nd Street Transverse, runners continue around the bottom of the park. At the 6-mile
mark, Columbus Circle can be seen on the left.
Loeb
Boathouse
The Lake
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Strawberry
Fields
Central Park West
Mineral Springs
FINISH
Bandshell
YOUTH RACE
FINISH
YOUTH RACE
START
West 67th St.
West 66th St.
RACE DAY
CENTRAL
East 72nd St.
5th Avenue
West 72nd St.
Tavern
on the
Green
Sheep
Meadow
East 66th St.
East 65th St.
Zoo
START
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The
Pond
Central Park South
6th Ave.
Columbus
Circle
Wollman
Rink
7th Ave.
West 61st St.
Grand
Army East 59th St.
Plaza
NOT TO SCALE
122 ft.
100 ft.
75 ft.
50 ft.
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MILE 5
Continuing south, the route passes the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the left and Cleopatra’s
Needle on the right. Runners descend Cat Hill
(the Still Hunt statue will be on the right side of
the roadway) and climb a slight rise right at the
5-mile mark.
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MILE 6.2
Runners head up a slight incline to the finish
at 67th Street on West Drive; this is also the
TCS New York City Marathon finish line!
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PRIZE PURSE
The UAE Healthy Kidney 10K offers $100,000 in prize money to open runners and New
York Road Runners members.
The $30,000 Zayed Bonus, courtesy of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in honor
of former UAE president Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, will be given to the first man
to break the event record of 27:35 (Leonard Patrick Komon, UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, 2011)
and/or the first woman to break 30:44 (Lornah Kiplagat, New York Mini 10K, 2002).
OPEN PRIZE COMPONENT (MEN AND WOMEN): $94,800
1st $25,000
2nd 10,000
3rd 5,000
4th 3,000
5th 2,000
6th 1,000
7th 800
8th 600
NYRR MEMBER PRIZE COMPONENT: $5,200
Prizes will be awarded to the top five male and female NYRR members. To qualify for member
prize money, an athlete must have been a member of NYRR since February 28, 2015.
1st $1,000
2nd 750
3rd 500
4th 250
5th 100
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20 15 R AC E : E N TR A N T L I ST
MEN
Athlete
Country
Age
Road PR
Track PR
Twitter
Abdi Abdirahman
USA
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28:32
27:16.99
@Abdi_runs
Kevin Chelimo
KEN
32
29:58
27:30.50
Lelisa Desisa
ETH
25
27:57
27:11.98
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
33
27:32
28:37.0
Leonard Korir
KEN
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28:09
27:29.40
Mourad Marofit
MAR
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28:11
29:44.40
Yonas Mebrahtu
ERI
27
29:00
29:52.10
@yonimebrahtu
Geoffrey Mutai
KEN
33
27:19
27:27.79
@GeoffreyMutaiK
Stephen Sambu
KEN
26
27:25
26:54.61
@SkSambu
Ben True
USA
29
27:51
27:41.17
@bentrue
Athlete
Country
Age
Road PR
Track PR
Twitter
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
26
30:37
31:26.10
Gladys Cherono
KEN
32
30:57
30:29.23
Mamitu Daska
ETH
31
31:04
31:36.88
Risper Gesabwa
KEN
26
31:48
Lindsey Scherf
USA
28
32:33
32:51.20
@LindseyScherf
Gemma Steel
GBR
29
31:27
32:34.81
@GemmaSteel4
Mary Wacera
KEN
26
31:28
@Kipsang_2_03_23
WOMEN
Athletes are profiled in the following pages.
Current as of May 14, 2015
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ABDI ABDIRAHMAN
Country: United States
Age: 38
Date of Birth: January 1, 1977
Residence: Tucson, AZ
10K Road Personal Best: 28:32, Richmond, 2008
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2012: 5th, 28:56; 2011: 14th, 29:44;
2010: 6th, 28:35; 2009: 11th, 29:02
Career Highlights
2012
2012
2008
2007
2007
USA Half-Marathon Championships
U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon
New York City Marathon
IAAF World Championships 10,000m
NYC Half
1st
3rd
6th
7th
2nd
1:02:46
2:09:47
2:14:17
27:56.62
1:00:29
Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Abdirahman became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and graduated
from the University of Arizona in 2001. He is a four-time U.S. Olympian, having represented
Team USA in the 10,000 meters in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and in the marathon in 2012.
“Abdi,” also known as “The Black Cactus,” lives and trains in Tucson, AZ. He returns to the
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K after four consecutive appearances from 2009 to 2012.
KEVIN CHELIMO
Country: Kenya
Age: 32
Date of Birth: February 14, 1983
Residence: Eugene, OR
10K Road Personal Best: 29:58, San Juan, PUR, 2015
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
United Airlines NYC Half
NYC Half
NYC Half
NYC Half
Kenyan Olympic Trials 10,000m
7th
20th
13th
6th
14th
1:02:11
1:04:06
1:02:34
1:01:21
27:46.10
A native of Kabarnet, Kenya, Chelimo was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier while
running for Texas Tech University. There, he met his wife, Sally Kipyego, the 2012 Olympic
10,000-meter silver medalist. He made his half-marathon debut at the 2012 NYC Half,
where he finished sixth in a personal-best 1:01:21; he has returned each year since then,
placing 13th in 2013, 20th in 2014, and seventh this past March. NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
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LELISA DESISA
Country: Ethiopia
Age: 25
Date of Birth: January 14, 1990
Residence: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10K Road Personal Best: 27:57, New Delhi, 2010
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2011: 4th, 28:19
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2013
2013
2013
Boston Marathon
TCS New York City Marathon
Boston Marathon
IAAF World Championships Marathon
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
2:09:17
2:11:06
2:10:22
2:10:12
2:04:45
Desisa began his marathon career with a win at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
in January 2013 and won the Boston Marathon only three months later. That August, he
ran his third marathon of 2013 at the IAAF World Championships, earning the silver medal.
Last November, he finished second at the TCS New York City Marathon. He enters the 2015
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K only five weeks after winning his second Boston Marathon title.
WILSON KIPSANG
Country: Kenya
Age: 33
Date of Birth: March 15, 1982
Residence: Keiyo, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 27:32, New Delhi, 2008
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
TCS New York City Marathon
Virgin Money London Marathon
BMW Berlin Marathon
NYC Half
London Olympic Marathon
1st
1st
1st
1st
3rd
2:10:59
2:04:29
2:03:23
1:01:02
2:09:37
Kipsang, the 2012 London Olympic Marathon bronze medalist, has run under 2:05 six
times; his 2:03:23 at the 2013 BMW Berlin Marathon was a world record at the time. He
won his first Virgin Money London Marathon title in 2012, ran a course-record 2:04:29 in
2014, and was second this April in 2:04:47. At the 2009 RAK Half-Marathon, he became
the fifth person in history to break 59 minutes, running 58:59. He won the 2013 NYC Half,
and returned to the Big Apple to win his TCS New York City Marathon debut last November.
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LEONARD KORIR
Country: Kenya
Age: 28
Date of Birth: December 10, 1986
Residence: Tucson, AZ
10K Road Personal Best: 28:09, Boston, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2013: 7th, 28:44; 2012: 2nd, 28:30
Career Highlights
2015
2013
2012
2011
2011
United Airlines NYC Half
NYC Half
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
NCAA Outdoor Championships 10,000m
NCAA Indoor Championships 5000m
1st
4th
2nd
1st
1st
1:01:06
1:01:19
28:30
28:07.63
13:26.01
Korir won the 2015 United Airlines NYC Half with a last-second lean to break the tape,
setting a new personal best of 1:01:06. His only prior run at the NYC Half came in 2013,
when he placed fourth in 1:01:19. The streets of New York City are familiar ground for the
Iona College graduate, who won two NCAA titles and earned eight All-American honors
with the Gaels. Raised in Iten, Kenya, Korir now lives and trains in Tucson, AZ.
MOURAD MAROFIT
Country: Morocco
Age: 33
Date of Birth: January 26, 1982
Residence: Khemisset, Morocco
10K Road Personal Best: 28:11, Brunssum, NED, 2008
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 5th, 28:50
Career Highlights
2014
2014
2011
2009
2008
Blue Cross Broad Street Run (10M)
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
International Marathon of Marrakech
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
KBC Night of Athletics 5000m
1st
5th
3rd
30th
1st
47:07
28:50
2:11:20
1:03:22
13:02.84
Marofit represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where he competed in
the heats of the 5000 meters. That same year, he ran a personal-best 13:02.84 to win the
5000 meters at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium. Last May, he won the
Blue Cross Broad Street Run in Philadelphia before placing fifth in his UAE Healthy Kidney
10K debut.
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YONAS MEBRAHTU
Country: Eritrea
Age: 27
Date of Birth: January 12, 1988
Residence: Flagstaff, AZ
10K Road Personal Best: 29:00, New York, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 7th, 29:00
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
United Airlines NYC Half
NYRR Dash to the Finish Line 5K
Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon
Brooklyn Half
NYC Half
16th
2nd
6th
1st
18th
1:03:59
14:31
1:02:59
1:04:23
1:03:48
As one of the top NYRR members competing, Mebrahtu is back in the UAE Healthy Kidney
10K field after placing seventh last year. A week after his run against a pro field in Central
Park, he broke the tape on Coney Island at the Brooklyn Half, finishing in 1:04:23. Mebrahtu
set a half-marathon personal best last September when he ran 1:02:59 for sixth at the Rock
‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half-Marathon.
GEOFFREY MUTAI
Country: Kenya
Age: 33
Date of Birth: October 7, 1981
Residence: Kapng’etuny, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 27:19, Boston, 2011
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
NYC Half
New York City Marathon
BMW Berlin Marathon
Boston Marathon
New York City Marathon
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
1:00:50
2:08:24
2:04:15
2:03:02
2:05:06
In 2011, Mutai shattered the New York City Marathon course record by more than two and
a half minutes, winning in 2:05:06. Earlier that year, he recorded what was then the fastest
time in history—2:03:02—to win the Boston Marathon. Mutai secured the World Marathon
Majors Series VI title with a win at the 2012 BMW Berlin Marathon. Mutai defended his New
York title in 2013, and won the 2014 NYC Half the following March.
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STEPHEN SAMBU
Country: Kenya
Age: 26
Date of Birth: July 7, 1988
Residence: Tucson, AZ
10K Road Personal Best: 27:25, Boston, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 1st, 27:39; 2013: 3rd, 28:02
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
United Airlines NYC Half
Prefontaine Classic 10,000m
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
NYC Half
B.A.A. Half
2nd
4th
1st
3rd
3rd
1:01:07
26:54.61
27:39
1:01:08
1:00:41
Sambu was third at the 2014 NYC Half in 1:01:08, and clocked 1:01:07 for second in a close
finish this year. At last year’s UAE Healthy Kidney 10K, he missed the course-record bonus
by only four seconds despite humid conditions. Later that May, he broke 27 minutes for
10,000 meters, placing fourth at the Prefontaine Classic. Sambu, a seven-time NCAA
All-American at the University of Arizona, continues to live and train in Tucson.
BEN TRUE
Country: United States
Age: 29
Date of Birth: December 29, 1985
Residence: Enfield, NH
10K Road Personal Best: 27:51, Cape Elizabeth, ME, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2015
2014
2013
Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 10,000m
B.A.A. 5K
USATF 15K Championships
Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational 5000m
IAAF World Cross Country Championships (12K)
2nd
1st
1st
1st
6th
27:43:79
13:22
44:03
13:02.74
33:11
True broke a 19-year-old American record for the road 5K this April, running 13:22 at the
B.A.A. 5K to lower the record by two seconds. In March, he won his third consecutive U.S.
title at 15K. He was the top American at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships,
placing sixth to lead the U.S. to a silver team medal. Raised in North Yarmouth, ME, True
competed on the cross country, track, and ski teams at Dartmouth College. In October,
True married Sarah Groff, a two-time ITU Triathlon World Championships medalist.
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JOYCE CHEPKIRUI
Country: Kenya
Age: 26
Date of Birth: August 20, 1988
Residence: Iten, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 30:37, Berlin, 2013
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 1st, 31:17
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2014
2010
United Airlines NYC Half
Prague Half Marathon
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
Commonwealth Games 10,000m
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
2nd
1st
1st
1st
5th
1:08:42
1:06:19
31:17
32:09.35
1:09:30
Chepkirui lowered her half-marathon personal-best to 1:06:19 at the Prague Half-Marathon
last April, making her one of the fastest women in history. Chepkirui battled strong winds
and rain at the Honolulu Marathon in December to win in 2:30:23. Chepkirui will look to
defend her UAE Healthy Kidney 10K title, having set the event record of 31:17 last May. In
March, she was the runner-up at the 2015 United Airlines NYC Half in 1:08:42.
GLADYS CHERONO
Country: Kenya
Age: 32
Date of Birth: May 12, 1983
Residence: Kericho, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 30:57, Tilburg, NED, 2012
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2014
2013
2013
Istanbul Half Marathon
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
IAAF World Championships 10,000m
Prague Half-Marathon
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
1st
1:06:42
2:20:03
1:07:29
30:45.17
1:06:48
Cherono made a strong marathon debut in January when she placed second at the
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, finishing only one second back from the race
winner. In 2014, Cherono won the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in
Copenhagen, leading Kenya’s sweep of the top five places. The two medals added
to Cherono’s collection, as she won the silver medal in the 10,000 meters at 2013
IAAF World Championships in Moscow.
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MAMITU DASKA
Country: Ethiopia
Age: 31
Date of Birth: October 16, 1983
Residence: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10K Road Personal Best: 31:04, Boston, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 2nd, 31:40
Career Highlights
2015
2015
2013
2011
2009
IAAF World Cross Country Championships (8K)
RAK Half-Marathon
Oakley New York Mini 10K
BMW Frankfurt Marathon
NYC Half
8th
2nd
1st
1st
2nd
26:29
1:06:28
31:47
2:21:59
1:11:04
Daska won the Oakley New York Mini 10K in 2013, and was the runner-up at both the UAE
Healthy Kidney 10K and the Mini last year. Last June, she set her road 10K personal best
with a 31:04 to win her second consecutive B.A.A. 10K. So far in 2015 she has set a new
half-marathon personal best—1:06:28—good for second place at the RAK Half-Marathon
in February, and placed eighth at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in March.
RISPER GESABWA
Country: Kenya
Age: 26
Date of Birth: February 10, 1989
Residence: Marietta, GA
10K Road Personal Best: 31:43, New Orleans, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 5th, 32:19
Career Highlights
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
New Balance Falmouth Road Race (7.3M)
BolderBOULDER 10K
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
Des Moines Hy-Vee Road Races Half-Marathon
Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic 10K
7th
3rd
5th
2nd
1st
37:22
33:39.25
32:19
1:11:41
31:43
Gesabwa’s 2014 racing season saw her compete in more than 20 road races across North
America. Last April, she ran a 24-second personal best in the 10K (31:43) in New Orleans,
LA, and closed the month with a new half-marathon best (1:11:41) in Des Moines, IA.
Gesabwa bases her training out of Marietta, GA, and she looks to improve upon her fifthplace finish from last year’s UAE Healthy Kidney 10K.
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LINDSEY SCHERF
Country: United States
Age: 28
Date of Birth: September 18, 1986
Residence: Hartsdale, NY
10K Road Personal Best: 32:33, Mobile, 2014
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2012
2012
USA 25K Championships
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
USA 15K Championships
NYRR New York Mini 10K
NYC Half
1st
12th
5th
9th
14th
1:26:36
2:37:26
50:31
33:26
1:11:45
Last February, Scherf returned from an injury-shortened 2013 to take first at the Publix
Gasparilla Distance Classic half-marathon in 1:13:08. In October, she finished 12th overall
and seventh among Americans at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Scherf was
raised in Scarsdale, NY, and graduated from Harvard University as a four-time NCAA
All-American. On May 9 of this year, she won the USA 25K Championships in Grand Rapids,
MI. She holds the American junior record for 10,000 meters at 32:51.20.
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
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: Debut
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 New York City after two consecutive third-place finishes at the Oakley
New York Mini 10K. Her second-place 1:08:13 at the 2014 Great North Run lowered her best
time by more than two minutes. In December, her individual gold led Great Britain to the
team title at the European Cross Country Championships. Steel was Great Britain’s top
finisher at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, placing 18th overall.
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MARY WACERA
Country: Kenya
Age: 26
Date of Birth: December 17, 1988
Residence: Nyahururu, Kenya
10K Road Personal Best: 31:28, Montereau, France, 2012
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K History: 2014: 3rd, 31:52
Career Highlights
2015
2014
2014
2014
2012
B.A.A. 5K
UAE Healthy Kidney 10K
IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
World’s Best 10K
Foulées Monterelaises 10K
6th
3rd
2nd
1st
1st
15:07
31:52
1:07:44
32:06
31:28
Wacera kicked off 2014 by taking the silver medal in the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships, leading Kenya’s sweep of the top-five places. Her time, 1:07:44, was a personal
record by nearly three minutes. She won the 2014 World’s Best 10K in Puerto Rico, edging
countrywoman Gladys Cherono by three seconds. Before finding her calling as a runner,
Wacera wanted to become a lawyer. She calls running a form of independence. NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
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R E S ULT S A N D S TAT I S T I C S
CHAMPIONS
MEN
YearAthlete
Country
Time
2005
Craig Mottram
AUS
28:28
2006
Craig Mottram (2)
AUS
28:13
2007
Dathan Ritzenhein
USA
28:08
2008
Patrick Makau
KEN
28:19
2009
Tadese Tola
ETH
27:48
2010
Gebre Gebremariam
ETH
27:42
2011
Leonard Patrick Komon
KEN
27:35
2012
Daniele Meucci
ITA
28:28
2013
Leonard Patrick Komon (2)
KEN
27:58
2014
Stephen Sambu
KEN
27:39
YearAthlete
Country
Time
2005
Alemtsehay Misganaw
ETH
35:11
2006
Alemtsehay Misganaw (2)
ETH
34:48
2007
Alemtsehay Misganaw (3)
ETH
35:31
2008
Aziza Aliyu
ETH
33:32
2009
Aziza Aliyu (2)
ETH
33:38
2010
Buzunesh Deba
ETH
33:09
2011
Buzunesh Deba (2)
ETH
33:38
2012
Bekelech Bedada
ETH
34:54
2013
Aziza Aliyu (3)
ETH
34:34
2014
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
31:17
WOMEN
MULTIPLE-TIME CHAMPIONS
MEN
WOMEN
Craig Mottram — 2005, 2006
Leonard Patrick Komon — 2011, 2013
Alemtsehay Misganaw — 2005, 2006, 2007
Aziza Aliyu — 2008, 2009, 2013
Buzunesh Deba — 2010, 2011
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TOP 15 FINISHERS, 2014 UAE HEALTHY KIDNEY 10K
MEN
PlaceAthlete
Country
Time
1
Stephen Sambu
KEN
27:39
2
Leonard Patrick Komon
KEN
28:17
3
Daniele Meucci
ITA
28:19
4
Collis Birmingham
AUS
28:22
5
Mourad Marofit
MAR
28:50
6
Kevin Kochei
KEN
28:52
7
Yonas Mebrahtu
ERI
29:00
8
Ayele Feisa
ETH
29:29
9
Eliud Ngetich
KEN
29:40
10
Abiyot Endale
ETH
29:43
11
Abdelhadi El Mouaziz
USA
30:17
12
Harbert Okuti
UGA
30:29
13
Negash Abebe Duki
ETH
30:51
14
Birhanu Dare Kemal
ETH
30:54
15
Michael Cassidy
USA
31:21
PlaceAthlete
Country
Time
1
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
31:17
2
Mamitu Daska
ETH
31:40
3
Mary Wacera
KEN
31:52
4
Gelete Burka
ETH
32:01
5
Risper Gesabwa
KEN
32:19
6
Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton
KEN
32:37
7
Rkia El Moukim
MAR
33:37
8
Bertukan Germame
ETH
33:58
9
Hirut Damte
ETH
34:09
10
Delilah DiCrescenzo
USA
34:54
11
Askale Merachi
ETH
35:28
12
Ana Maria De Vries
USA
36:35
13
Muliye Gurmu
ETH
37:25
14
Jeanna Composti
USA
37:53
15
Danielle Landrein
USA
38:28
WOMEN
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R E S ULT S A N D S TAT I S T I C S
TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES, ALL-TIME — MEN
RankTime Athlete
Country Place Venue
Date
1
26:44 Leonard Patrick Komon
KEN
1
Utrecht
September 26, 2010
2
27:01 Micah Kogo
KEN
1
Brunssum
March 29, 2009
3
27:02 Haile Gebrselassie
ETH
1
Doha
December 11, 2002
4
27:04 Joseph Kimani
KEN
1
Atlanta, GA
July 4, 1996
4
27:04 Josphat Menjo
KEN
1
Barcelona
April 18, 2010
6
27:07 Micah Kogo (2)
KEN
1
Brunssum
April 1, 2007
7
27:09 Peter Kamais
KEN
1
Tilburg
September 6, 2009
8
27:10 Leonard Patrick Komon (2) KEN
1
Utrecht
September 27, 2009
9
27:11
Sammy Kipketer
KEN
1
New Orleans, LA March 30, 2002
9
27:11
Sammy Kitwara
KEN
2
Utrecht
September 26, 2010
11
27:12
Leonard Patrick Komon (3) KEN
1
Berlin
October 10, 2010
12
27:15 Micah Kogo (3)
KEN
1
Brunssum
April 3, 2011
12
27:15 Leonard Patrick Komon (4) KEN
1
Berlin
October 9, 2011
14
27:17
er
Zandaam
September 19, 2011
15
27:18 Sammy Kipketer (2)
KEN
1
Brunssum
April 8, 2001
16
27:19 Moses Masai
KEN
1
San Juan, PUR
February 28, 2010
16
27:19 Geoffrey Mutai
KEN
1
Boston, MA
June 26, 2011
18
27:20 Joseph Kimani (2)
KEN
1
Cleveland, OH
May 5, 1996
19
27:21
Micah Kogo (4)
KEN
1
Manchester
May 20, 2007
20
27:22 Martin Mathathi
KEN
1
Brunssum
March 28, 2010
20
27:22 Joseph Ebuya
KEN
er
Portsmouth
October 24, 2010
Leonard Patrick Komon (5) KEN
er = time run en route to a longer distance
Source: IAAF
Information current as of May 14, 2015
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TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES, ALL-TIME — WOMEN
RankTime Athlete
Country
Place
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 May 14, 2015
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TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES, 2015 — MEN
RankTime Athlete
Country
Place
Venue
Date
1
27:30
Stephen Sambu
KEN
1
Manchester
May 10
2
27:38
Stephen Mokoka
RSA
2
Manchester
May 10
3
27:47
Japhet Korir
KEN
1
Würzburg
April 26
4
27:48
Bernard Lagat
USA
3
Manchester
May 10
5
27:50
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
4
Manchester
May 10
6
27:54
Homiyu Tesfaye
GER
1
Paderborn
April 4
7
27:58
Amos Kiplimo Mitei
KEN
2
Paderborn
April 4
8
28:02
Amos Kiplimo Mitei (2)
KEN
1
Taroudant
March 8
9
28:04
Dawi Fikadu
ETH
1
Laredo, ESP
March 21
10
28:05
Julius Kogo
KEN
1
Edinburg, TX
February 7
10
28:05
Cornelius Kipruto Kangogo
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
10
28:05
Robert Kwemoi Chemosin
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
10
28:05
James Githahi Rungaru
KEN
er
Nice
April 26
13
28:06
Simon Cheprot
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
Geofrey Kusuro
UGA
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
Peter Ndorobo Kwemoi
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
William Kibor Koitile
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
Erick Leon Ndiema
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
Leonard Kipkoech Langat
KEN
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
13
28:06
Ahmed Tamri
MAR
2
Taroudant
March 8
er = time run en route to a longer distance
Sources: AIMS, IAAF
Information current as of May 14, 2015
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TOP 20 ROAD 10K PERFORMANCES, 2015 — WOMEN
RankTime
Athlete
Country Place Venue
Date
1
31:00
Malika Asahssah
MAR
1
Laredo, ESP
March 21
2
31:02
Florence Kiplagat
KEN
er
Barcelona
February 15
3
31:07
Mary Keitany
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
4
31:08
Josephine Jepkorir
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
5
31:08
Cynthia Limo
KEN
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
6
31:08
Mamitu Daska
ETH
er
Ras Al Khaimah
February 13
7
31:25
Ana Dulce Felix
POR
1
Maia
January 11
8
31:30
Malika Asahssah (2)
MAR
1
Taroudant
March 8
9
31:44
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR
1
Oslo
April 25
10
31:49
Sutume Asefa
ETH
1
Paderborn
April 4
11
31:55
Hiwot Ayalew
ETH
1
New Orleans, LA
April 5
12
31:57
Belaynesh Oljira
ETH
1
San Juan, PUR
March 1
12
31:57
Worknesh Degefa
ETH
er
Prague
March 28
14
31:58
Rose Chelimo
KEN
er
Adana
January 4
14
31:58
Cynthia Limo (2)
KEN
2
San Juan, PUR
March 1
14
31:58
Yebrqual Melese
ETH
er
Prague
March 28
17
31:59
Afera Godfay
ETH
er
Prague
March 28
18
32:06
Amane Beriso
ETH
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
18
32:06
Hirut Alemayehu
ETH
er
Ostia Lido
March 1
18
32:06
Sutume Asefa (2)
ETH
1
Roanne
April 12
er = time run en route to a longer distance
Sources: AIMS, IAAF
Information current as of May 14, 2015
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R E S ULT S A N D S TAT I S T I C S
TOP 20 10K PERFORMANCES IN CENTRAL PARK, ALL-TIME — MEN
RankTime Athlete
Country Place Race
1
27:35 Leonard Patrick Komon
KEN
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 14, 2011
2
27:39 Stephen Sambu
KEN
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
3
27:42 Gebre Gebremariam
ETH
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
4
27:48 Tadese Tola
ETH
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 16, 2009
5
27:49 Peter Kamais
KEN
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
6
27:55 Micah Kogo
KEN
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 14, 2011
7
27:56 Joseph Ebuya
KEN
3
UAE Healthy Kidney May 14, 2011
8
27:58 Leonard Patrick Komon (2) KEN
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 11, 2013
9
28:02 Moses Kipsiro
UGA
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 11, 2013
10
28:08 Dathan Ritzenhein
USA
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 19, 2007
11
28:10 Paul Koech
KEN
1
Treveira Twosome
12
28:13
Craig Mottram
AUS
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 20, 2006
13
28:17
Leonard Patrick Komon (3) KEN
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
14
28:18
Abera Kuma
ETH
4
UAE Healthy Kidney May 11, 2013
15
28:19
Patrick Makau
KEN
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 17, 2008
16
28:19
Julius Kogo
KEN
3
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
17
28:19
Lelisa Desisa
ETH
4
UAE Healthy Kidney May 14, 2011
18
28:19
Simon Ndirangu
KEN
5
UAE Healthy Kidney May 14, 2011
19
28:19
Daniele Meucci
ITA
3
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
20
28:22 Collis Birmingham
AUS
4
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
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R E S ULT S A N D S TAT I S T I C S
TOP 20 10K PERFORMANCES IN CENTRAL PARK, ALL-TIME — WOMEN
Rank Time
Athlete
Country Place Race
1
31:17
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
Date
2
31:40 Mamitu Daska
ETH
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
3
31:52 Mary Wacera
KEN
3
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
4
32:01 Gelete Burka
ETH
4
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
5
32:19 Risper Gesabwa
KEN
5
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
6
32:37 Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton KEN
6
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
7
32:56 Aziza Aliyu
ETH
1
Joe Kleinerman
8
33:09 Buzunesh Deba
ETH
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
9
33:17 Salome Kosgei
KEN
2
Joe Kleinerman
December 7, 2008
10
33:22 Liz Costello
USA
1
Scotland Run
April 6, 2013
11
33:31 Frances Koons
USA
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
12
33:32 Aziza Aliyu (2)
ETH
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 17, 2008
13
33:37 Rkia El Moukim
MAR
7
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
14
33:38 Aziza Aliyu (3)
ETH
1
UAE Healthy Kidney May 16, 2009
15
33:41 Hirut Mandefro
ETH
2
UAE Healthy Kidney May 16, 2009
16
33:44 Alemtsehay Misganaw
ETH
3
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
17
33:47 Salome Kosgei (2)
KEN
4
UAE Healthy Kidney May 15, 2010
18
33:52 Aziza Aliyu (4)
ETH
1
Joe Kleinerman
December 9, 2007
19
33:53 Genet Gebregiorgis
ETH
1
Joe Kleinerman
December 12, 2004
20
33:58 Germame Bertukan
ETH
8
UAE Healthy Kidney May 10, 2014
December 7, 2008
This list is of times run entirely within Central Park. Significantly, it does not include times run in the Oakley
New York Mini 10K, or in any of the previous Mini races in the years since the first 1.5 miles of the course were
moved outside Central Park.
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N E W YO R K R OA D RU N N ERS
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.
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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
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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.
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YRR 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.
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YRR 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 threeseason race initiative designed just for kids with events throughout the school
year focused on kid-friendly distances.
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YRR offers free summer programming for youth, including a high school
cross country program, a girls’ running and leadership program, and track and
field clinics.
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YRR 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.
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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
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.
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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..
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.
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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
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
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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.
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.
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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, Molly Huddle became the first American winner in the 10-year
history of the United Airlines NYC Half, tying the event record in 1:08:31. 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 for a 1500-meter race alongside the half-marathon course.
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.
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