The Global Telegraph - June 2003
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• ETHIOPIA / Ethiopian National Championships
Between May 6 and May 10 in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian National Championships were held. Based on his second double victory at the IAAF World XCC, Kenenisa Bekele was the favorite in the 5000 meters. But he was upset by Sileshi Sihine who claimed victories over both 25 and 12-1/2 laps. Runner-up at last November's Great Ethiopian Run, but then 7th behind Bekele at the WXCC in Lausanne, Sihine in Addis Ababa outkicked Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam over the opening day's (May 6) 10,000 meters. The IAAF Results Service reports Sihine's winning clocking of 28:24.80 in front of Gebremariam's 28:45.40, Dejene Berhanu's 28:52.10, and Mezgebu's 28:54.16 betters Assefa Mezgebu's 28:46.76 meet record set in 2000 by almost 22 seconds. In the final day's (May 10) 5000 meters Bekele looked promising at the bell. But over the last lap Sihine exploded to beat him, 13:35.30 to 13:47.25 in front of Markos Geneti's third in 13:55.70 and Berhanu's fourth in 14:01.80. World XCC long course titlist Worknesh Kidane comfortably handled the women's 10,000 meters field in 32:52.52, with Asha Gigi second in 33:39.14 and Ejigayehu Dibaba third in 33:56.81. The 5000 meters presented a clash between two world titlists, world junior cross champion Tirunesh Dibaba and world junior outdoor 5000/10,000 meters gold medalist Meseret Defar. Dibaba got the win in 16:01.48, with Defar second in 16:17.44 and Eyerusalem Kuma third in 16:20.46. Defar took the 3000 meters in 9:17.90, as well, with Etalem Kidane second in 9:22.60 and Sintayehu Ejigu third in 9:25.32. Reprinted with permission from "Running Stats" (www.runningstats.com)
• BRAZIL / Maratona BR de Revezamento: record field and controversy
The marathon relay "Maratona BR de Revezamento", held on May 18 in Rio de Janeiro, confirmed the success of this kind of race attracting more than 12,000 runners in the 2, 4, and 8 members teams. One of the reasons of this success is the friendly atmosphere among the teams that attracts people that are not used to take part in races. If the atmosphere among the recreational runners was friendly, the same couldn't be said about the competitive teams. The final result was polemical. The two first teams were disqualified because they used 7 runners in the 8 runners relay. Things were even more confused because the practice of having a runner doing two relay legs were allowed in the previous editions. It is suspect that the main reason to disqualification was that the organizers didn't want to pay the US$ 50.000 for the team that completed the marathon under two hours, team "Pão de Açúcar / BM&F / Mizuno", the first to complete the course, did it in 1:59.54. The team "Pão de Açúcar / BM&F / Mizuno" said he is going to prosecute the organizers. Source: www.copacabanarunners.net
• CAPE VERDE / Boa Vista Ultramarathon in June
The "Boa Vista Ultramarathon" is a 150 and 75 kilometers event that will be held on June 17 and 18 in the exotic island of Boa Vista off the coasts of West Africa. The two events are separate race to do at free step and orientation with complete self-sufficiency food. The race is opened to all athletes male and female of age and all nationality. To respect and protect the environment each race will be limited to only 50 people registered. Each participant will have to take with him a rucksack with food inside, sleeping-bag, and mandatory materials as required in the regulation. The organization will give a road book with the way showed in it and 5 mandatory check points placed at about 15 kilometers distance each between where will be distributed to each athletes 1,5 liters of water. The "Boa Vista Ultramarathon 150k" will take place in 2 stages of 75 kilometers each. Maximum time for the first stage is of 23 hours and for the second stage is 24 hours. At the end of first stage will be prepared un bivouac where the athletes can have a rest and prepare for next stage. The "Boa Vista Ultramarathon 75k" will be in a unique stage, maximum timing is 24 hours and will be run with the same way of first stage; at the end the athletes will sleep at bivouac and next morning will be taken from organization to Sal Rei.
• TURKEY / From Ipsala to Ankara
The 15th edition of the traditional race from Ipsala (at the border between Turkey and Greece) to Ankara titled "Commemoration of Ataturk and Peace Run", organized by the Istanbul Masters Athletic Club, started in Ipsala on May 16, 2003. The run arrived in Istanbul and continued to Ankara, after a ceremony held at Taksim Square. The total distance of the event was 737 kilometers and a total of 51 master athletes, average age of 58, ran 5 kilometers distances in turn in order. Master athletes presented earth, brought from the house of Ataturk in Tesselaniki (Greece), to Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the President of the Republic of Turkiye, during the ceremonies in Ankara on May 19. Source: http://maratonturk.cjb.net
• KENYA / A remarkable 5000 meters performance
On May 13 at high altitude in Kenya, World Junior XC silver medalist Boniface Kiprop (Uganda), still a high school student at Standard High, recorded a remarkable 5000 meters performance on a muddy Eldoret track. AllAfrica.com reports that as the eponymous longstanding stadium recordholder Kipchoge Keino watched from beside the track during the fifth Kenya Athletics Association / Eveready Trial, Kiprop sped to a 13:35.1 taking 20.5 seconds off Keino's mark. Reprinted with permission from "Running Stats" (www.runningstats.com)
THE ANNUAL WYOMING MARATHON RACES COMPLETE RESULTS
These are the complete official results of the twentysixth edition of the "Annual Wyoming Marathon Races" held on May 25, 2003 at Lincoln Monument, Medicine Bow National Forest, 10 miles East of Laramie.
"Rocky Mountain Double Marathon" (52.4 Miles): 1° Rick Reimer 8:12:45, 2° Steve Pollock 8:57:19, 3° Dave Cunningham 9:43:11, 4° Cheri Bashor 9:58:12, 5° Barbara Elias 9:58:26, 6° Marty Coleman 10:00:45, 7° Sally Brooking 10:11:09, 8° Keith Panzer 10:15:20, 9° Michelle Richter 10:47:22, 10° Maurice Robinson 10:55:58, 11° David Thompson 11:09:01, 12° Bill Ransom 11:09:32, 13° Jack Jewell 11:18:00, 14° Brenda Geisler 11:25:36, 15° Chris DeJohn 11:26:24, 16° Kevin Oneall 11:47:04, 17° Amy Sebby 11:49:42, 18° Kristina Irvin 11:49:56, 19° John Hobbs 12:04:27, 20° Alvin Strait 12:08:20, 21° Carrie Vinci 12:11:48, 22° Brent Nelson 12:17:23, 23° Francoise Carpenter 12:40:13, 24° Jan Estebo 12:57:37, 25° Peter Dorsa 15:53:50.
"Wyoming Marathon" (26.2 miles): 1° Thomas Popp 3:38:44, 2° Monty Steffens 3:41:42, 3° Jay Johnson 3:41:42, 4° Dann Fisher 3:48:05, 5° Brian Cook 3:51:58, 6° Bill Hintze 3:55:55, 7° Peter Cooper 4:07:20, 8° Phil Kahn 4:08:58, 9° Keith Arnold 4:11:20, 10° James Thomas 4:13:28, 11° Marty Bauer 4:14:40, 12° Michael Early 4:15:15, 13° James Branson 4:16:20, 14° Keith Garvey 4:17:00, 15° Hollis Baugh 4:18:28, 16° J.P. Patrick 4:19:32, 17° Kenneth Wu 4:27:54, 18° Judy Santagata 4:28:27, 19° Steve Maloney 4:29:26, 20° Leslee Hampel 4:31:30, 21° Fred Hampel 4:31:30, 22° Robert Anderson 4:33:14, 23° Dan Morris 4:35:27, 24° Katie Lindquist 4:35:28, 25° Layne Davis 4:37:20, 26° Theresa Daus-Weber 4:40:26, 27° Krista Javoronok 4:40:52, 28° Molly Gibb 4:41:04, 29° Catherine Ward 4:46:51, 30° Francisco Criniti 4:48:27, 31° Vernon Wells Jr. 4:50:50, 32° Benjamin Piper 4:50:50, 33° Laura Hollenbaugh 4:51:36, 34° Tony Donald 4:51:37, 35° Mark Sunderland 4:52:45, 36° Mike Rhyner 4:56:02, 37° Warren Feerer 4:56:53, 38° Andrew Gillespie 4:56:54, 39° Edson Sanches 4:57:55, 40° Bill Botinelly 5:00:56, 41° Jack Menard 5:02:56, 42° George R. Brown Jr. 5:03:57, 43° Kim Kreb 5:07:40, 44° Kristin Hager 5:07:40, 45° Steve Grace 5:10:41, 46° Lyn Bollen 5:13:13, 47° Arthur Stanger 5:15:03, 48° Laura Nino 5:15:44, 49° Gil Jordan 5:23:05, 50° Michelle Voigt 5:24:00, 51° Shelli Johnson 5:24:00, 52° Howard Ong 5:25:35, 53° Carl Hunt 5:31:55, 54° George B. Brown 5:36:43, 55° John La Salla 5:37:35, 56° Rebecca Dickinson 5:38:25, 57° Bill Blazek 5:46:56, 58° Richard Neslund 5:47:18, 59° Susan Hayes 5:52:32, 60° Bill Moyle 5:55:02, 61° Debi Brew 5:56:44, 62° Deborah Gobins 6:08:37, 63° Tom Hamilton 6:09:15, 64° Michelle Bauer 6:15:02, 65° Tom Conrad 6:15:53, 66° Angela Tortorice 6:17:24, 67° Jerry Brekhus 6:27:24, 68° Jamime Menard 6:29:24, 69° Raymond Scharenbrock 6:40:26, 70° Bobbie Lopez 6:40:30, 71° Miriam Jackobs 6:43:27, 72° John Raible 6:43:30, 73° Betty Brekhus 6:57:09.
"Medicine Bow Half Marathon" (13.1 miles): 1° Gabino Toledo 1:39:04, 2° Louis Tomsic 1:46:10, 3° Dennis Minarik 1:53:53, 4° Lorin Dytell 1:56:13, 5° Kurt Kinderwater 2:01:54, 6° Frank Huskisson 2:03:38, 7° Robert Carluccio 2:03:40, 8° Christy Olsen 2:04:38, 9° Sean Deveau 2:05:33, 10° Ed Green 2:09:35, 11° Asti Tomsic 2:10:58, 12° Ariel Steele 2:15:31, 13° Melissa Streator 2:21:04, 14° Kathy Walton 2:21:04, 15° Steve Gillis 2:25:38, 16° Glen Newmann 2:26:18, 17° Jenny Sorenson 2:28:50, 18° Mary Ludwig 2:28:50, 19° Jeannine Nilo 2:29:47, 20° Dianne Ahmann 2:31:03, 21° Diana Patrick 2:31:19, 22° Sue Hintze 2:33:40, 23° Erin Whitney 2:36:29, 24° Dick Lamermayer 2:41:08, 25° Meghan Sauer 2:42:19, 26° Randy Robinson 2:43:58, 27° Dave Moore 3:06:47, 28° Fay Hunt 3:11:27.
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