News17 Mar 2005


Ndereba heads elite field for 109th running of Boston Marathon

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Catherine Ndereba with the Boston winner's trophy (© Getty Images)

World champion and threetime Boston Marathon winner Catherine Ndereba, and Timothy Cherigat, the 2004 women’s and men’s race champions will line up on Monday 18 April to defend their Boston Marathon titles at the 109th running of the classic race.

Five women who finished in the top ten at the 2004 Olympic Marathon and five national record holders will highlight the women's field. Ndereba, the Olympic silver medallist and second fastest woman in the world, will seek to make history as the first four-time woman champion.  She faces strong competition from 2004 runner-up Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia who finished fourth at the Olympics, national record holder Olivera Jevtic of Serbia and Montenegro who finished sixth, 2003 Boston champion and national record holder Svetlana Zakharova of Russia who finished ninth, and 2004 Tokyo champion Bruna Genovese of Italy who finished tenth.

Close on their heels will be three-time Olympic medallist and national record holder Gete Wami of Ethiopia, Olympian Nuta Olaru of Romania, national record holder of Morocco Zhor El Kamch, 2001 Boston runner-up and Olympian Malgorzata Sobanska of Poland and Honolulu champions Lyubov Morgunova of Russia and Eri Hayakawa of Japan. 

On the men's side, Timothy Cherigat will face 2004 runner-up Robert Cheboror of Kenya who returns to Boston as the second fastest man in the world last year with a 2:06:23 time from his Amsterdam race win. Another 2:06 marathoner, Wilson Onsare of Kenya, leads the charge of ten men under 2:10 which includes 2003 Boston runner-up Benjamin Kosgei Kimutai and Olympian and road racing talent Paul Koech of Kenya.  Top American Alan Culpepper, who finished 12th at the Olympics in the Marathon and won the U.S. Olympic Trials, is also ready to
challenge the defending champion.

109th B.A.A. BOSTON MARATHON

Men's Open Field              

Robert Cheboror, Kenya - 2:06:23 (Amsterdam, 2004)
Wilson Onsare, Kenya - 2:06:47 (Paris, 2003)
Paul Koech, Kenya - 2:07:07 (Chicago, 2003)
Benjamin Kosgei Kimutai, Kenya - 2:07:26 (Amsterdam, 2002)    
Mohamed Ouaadi, France - 2:07:55 (Fukuoka, 1999)         
Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia - 2:08:16 (Hofu, 2002)              
Pavel Loskutov, Estonia - 2:08:53 (Paris, 2002) NR
Stephen Kiogora, Kenya - 2:09:21 (Chicago, 2004)
Timothy Cherigat, Kenya - 2:09:34 (San Sebastian, 2002)      
Alan Culpepper, United States - 2:09:41 (Chicago, 2002)
Thomas Omwenga, Kenya - 2:10:44 (Seoul, 2004)
Gidey Amaha, Ethiopia - 2:11:26 (Dubai, 2005)
Terefe Yae, Ethiopia - 2:11:45 (Xiamen, 2004) 
Andrew Letherby, Australia - 2:12:45 (Fukuoka, 2003) 
Ryan Shay, United States - 2:14:08 (New York, 2004)
John Itati, Kenya - 2:14:51 (Baltimore, 2004)
James Koskei, Kenya - 2:18:40 (Chicago, 2004)

Women's Open Field

Catherine Ndereba, Kenya - 2:18:47 (Chicago, 2001) NR      
Svetlana Zakharova, Russia - 2:21:31 (Chicago, 2002) NR
Gete Wami, Ethiopia - 2:22:19 (Amsterdam, 2002) NR
Elfenesh Alemu, Ethiopia - 2:24:29 (London, 2001)     
Nuta Olaru, Romania - 2:24:33 (Chicago, 2004)
Olivera Jevtic, Serbia and Montenegro - 2:25:23 (Rotterdam, 2003) NR
Bruna Genovese, Italy - 2:25:35 (Tokyo, 2001)
Malgorzata Sobanska, Poland - 2:26:08 (Chicago, 2001)
Zhor El Kamch, Morocco - 2:26:10 (Rotterdam, 2004) NR
Shitaye Gemechu, Ethiopia - 2:26:15 (Berlin, 2002)
Grazyna Syrek, Poland - 2:26:22 (Chicago, 2003)
Lyubov Morgunova, Russia - 2:26:33 (London, 2000)
Eri Hayakawa, Japan - 2:28:11 (Honolulu, 2004)
Mina Ogawa, Japan - 2:28:47 (Osaka, 1998)
              
NR = National Record

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