News29 May 2008


Kastor to lead US Olympic women’s marathon squad at New York 10km

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All smiles - Deena Kastor after her triumph at the U.S. Olympic Marathon trials (© Getty Images)

The 2008 U.S. Olympic women’s marathon team of Deena Kastor, Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, and Blake Russell will take a victory lap through Central Park when they compete at the NYRR New York Mini 10K on Saturday, 7 June.

Reigning champion Hilda Kibet of the Netherlands and Mexican Olympian Madaí Pérez fill out the women’s professional field.
 
The NYRR New York Mini 10K, the world’s original women-only road race that debuted in 1972, will be one of the highlights of the inaugural Running Week Presented by New York Road Runners, a week of events and happenings that commemorate the 50th anniversary of the organization’s founding on 4 June 1958. Running Week will be extended from 1 to 8 June and will feature special runner services in Central Park, a free five-mile Anniversary Run on 4 June, and Run to Work Day on 6 June, among other events.
 
Kastor, Lewy-Boulet, and Russell all qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon on April 20 in Boston, one day before the 112th Boston Marathon. They will represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Beijing on 17 August.

Sara Hunninghake for the IAAF
 

 

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