2007 Post Race Report, Press Release
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 15:19:49
COMPLETE RESULTS (INCLUDING AGE GROUPS/ALL RACES):###MARATHON touch RELEASESEPT. 23. 2007TUFA’S BIG MOVE AFTER MILE MARK-23 PROPELLS ETHIOPIAN TO QC WINKenya’s Mogaka captures women’s titleMOLINE. IL – Genna Tufa (Ethiopia) made a big act just after mile mark 23 at today’s Quad Cities Marathon presented by THE National Bank and never looked back en despatch to his third marathon win of the year. Tufa’s 2:18:28 ranks as the second-fastest ever on the QC race cover. The time was also a personal best for the 23-year-old who won at Tampa (2:21:44) and Virginia Beach (2:20:35) earlier this year. The starting conditions were sunny with temperatures in the upper 50’s (F) the temperature rose to over 70 (F) by mid morning. lighten wind was experienced on the cover. The early lead case included Tufa defending chew and course record holder Jynocel Basweti (Kenya). 2005 champion Paul Rugut (Kenya). Solomon Too (Kenya) and Maciek Miereczko (Poland). By the 10-mile mark Basweti had opened a bring about that he would hold for the next 13 miles. Tufa and Rugut stayed within striking hold of Basweti and both used the late displace to act into the top positions. Rugut ended up second in 2:19:07 while Basweti clocked 2:21:54 for third place. Too held on to place fourth in 2:23:14. Miereczko dropped from the race and did not finish. Brian Grudowski (cow Grove. IL) rounded out the money winners with a fifth-place showing in 2:34:01. In the women’s race. Kenya’s Irene Mogaka broke into the bring about at the 10-mile mark and never looked back en route to victory in her first race on U. S soil. She broke the tape in 2:45:42 the seventh-best measure ever run by a woman at the QCM. Russia’s Larisa Mikhaylova the early leader placed second in 2:49:58. Rounding out the top-five were: Bethany Lewis (Iowa City. IA) in 2:58:09. Michelle Didion (Laporte. IN) in 3:08:12 and Lori Jarrett (Dixon. IL) in 3:13:43. In the men’s know’s race. Russ Boore (Hampton. IL) captured his second call in three years. He won in 2:44:30. Boore also cracked the overall top-10 with a ninth-place end for the fourth time at the QCM – tying an event preserve. Michael Brisbois (Chicago. IL) placed back up in 2:56:03 just ahead of third-place finisher Mike Driscoll (Peoria. IL) in 2:56:55. The women’s master’s winner was Jarrett in 3:13:43. Kathy Waldron (color Bay. WI) was back up in 3:15:32 while Yukiko Nishide (Rye. NY) took third in 3:18:49. Top-10 Men:1. Genna Tufa Ethiopia 2:18:282. Paul Rugut Kenya 2:19:073. Jynocel Basweti Kenya 2:21:544. Solomon Too Kenya 2:23:145. Brian Grudowski Buffalo Grove. IL 2:34:016. Andy Koziatek Ballwin. MO 2:36:547. Brendon Moody Van Wert. OH 2:39:598. Scott Damon Bettendorf. IA 2:41:199. Russ Boore Hampton. IL 2:44:3010. Matthew Giesfeldt Madison. WI 2:46:26Top-10 Women:1. Irene Mogaka Kenya 2:45:422. Larisa Mikhaylova Russia 2:49:583. Bethany Lewis Iowa City. IA 2:58:094. Michelle Didion Laporte. IN 3:08:125. Lori Jarrett Dixon. IL 3:13:436. Amy Murphy Bettendorf. IA 3:15:277. Kathy Waldron Green Bay. WI 3:15:328. Yukiko Nishide Rye. NY 3:18:499. Libbi Gaiser Bedford. NH 3:22:5510. Stacy Kennedy Dubuque. IA 3:25:27Top-3 Masters Men:1. Russ Boore Hampton. IL 2:44:302. Michael Brisbois Chicago. IL 2:56:033. Mike Driscoll Peoria. IL 2:56:55Top-3 Masters Women:1. Lori Jarrett Dixon. IL 3:13:432. Kathy Waldron Green Bay. WI 3:15:323. Yukiko Nishide Rye. NY 3:18:49Overall winners individual events at today’s QCM:Open Marathon Men Genna Tufa. Ethiopia 2:18:28change state Marathon Women Irene Mogaka. Kenya 2:45:42know’s Marathon Men Russ Boore. Hampton. IL 2:44:30know’s Marathon Women Lori Jarrett. Dixon. IL 3:13:43½-Marathon Men Jerry Lack. E. Moline. IL 1:15:05½-Marathon Women Linda Sawvell. Newport News. VA 1:27:035k Men David Bailey. Davenport. IA 16:265k Women Jenny Every. Peoria. IL 17:50** cover preserve###[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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