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1 Stanley Biwott Kenya Winner of 2012 Paris Marathon where he ran 2:05:12. Ran his half PR in the same city running 59:44 at Paris Half Marathon in March 2012.

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2 Dathan Ritzenhein Portland, OR Dathan has a PR of 60:00 which he achieved when he got the bronze medal at the 2009 World Half Marathon Championships. He represented USA at the Olympics over 10000m. 4 time All-American while at University of Colorado. 3 time USA Cross Country Champion.

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3 Yared Asmeron Eritrea Yared was fourth at 2007 World Championships. His half PR came in the same year running 60:28. Yared had a top 20 finish at the London Olympic Games.

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4 Cutbert Nyasango Zimbabwe 7th in 2012 Olympic Marathon. His half PR is 60:26 was set at the World Championships in Udine, Italy.

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5 Kidane Tadese Eritrea Debut. Younger brother or World record holder Zersenay. Kidane won twice earlier in the year on the European Cross Country circuit. He has a PR of 27:06 for 10000m

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6 Belete Assefa Ethiopia 62:12 personal best. Belete won the Crescent City Classic last year over 10Km. He has represented Ethiopia at both the World Juniors over 5000m and in the last 2 World Cross Country Championships

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7 Scott Bauhs Mammoth Lakes, CA

Scott has the fastest time for an American over the half marathon distance in 2012, 1:01:30 which is his PR. Scott won the 2010 RnR Las Vegas Half Marathon.

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8 Abdellah Falil Morocco Abdellah ran 60:43 for his personal best in 2007. He set his fastest marathon time last year in Korea.

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9 Yonas Mebrahtu Eritrea Training out of Arizona, Yonas has a 2:16:57 best for a marathon. 2410 Shawn Forrest Australia Shawn ran his PR last year in New York running 61:25. Last year Shawn won

the PF Changs RnR Arizona Half Marathon.29

11 Eric Chichir Kenya Has a PR set in 2009 of 61:53 set in Austin, TX. This year he has won both the Miami Beach Half Marathon and the Chesapeake Half Marathon as well as top 3 finishes in Virginia Beach and Brooklyn.

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12 El Hassan El Habbassi Morocco PR of 1:01:13 which he set last year. El Hassan won the national 10000m title earlier this year in Morocco.

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13 Aleksey Sokolov Russia Aleksey Sokolov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is two-times Champion of Dublin Marathon and three-times Russia's national

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marathon Champion. His half marathon PR is 1:03:2014 Mike Morgan Rochester

Hills, MIRepresented USA in the marathon at last year’s World Championships. Half marathon PR of 1:04:05 set in Houston 2010.

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15 Tyler McCandless Boulder, CO 1:04:59 personal best set at last year’s RnR Philadelphia. Graduate of Penn State. Tyler was a 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials Competitor and in 2010 a NCAA D1 10,000m All-American last year he was the Kauai Marathon Champion and Record Holder (2011).

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16 Brendan Martin Rochester, MI Ran 65:32 at Grandma's Marathon last year. At Columbia; All Northeast Region, All Ivy-League, Academic All American

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17 Craig Leon Eugene, OR Set his PR here last year running 1:05:05. Craig went on to run 2:15:41 at the Olympic Trials in Houston. Craig is running in the Chicago Marathon next month.

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18 Kenneth Foster Colorado Springs, CO

Ran 1:05:32 set at the 2011 RnR Seattle Half Marathon. 2012 – Penn Relays 10k Champion – 29:27. Member of U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program

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19 Brian Farrell Ireland Irish National Team Member, European Cross Country Albuferia 2011, Irish National road 5k Champion 2010, Five times National Silver medalist 5000 meters

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20 Robert Scribner Rochester Hills, MI

1:04:51 PR. Winner of this years RnR Seattle Half Marathon. Graduate of Missippissi State.

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21 Bobby Reyers Boulder, CO 2010 USATF Club 10000m Champion. Coached by Steve Jones. 2822 Daniel Daly New York, NY Ran his PR here last year running 1:07:21. Graduate of Duke University.

Daniel is a Peruvian citizen.27

23 Piotr Dybas Poland Polish Indoor Champion 3000m 2006. Has a 1:09:12 for the half marathon. 2524 Ethan Shaw Rochester

Hills, MIDebut. Brooks Hanson Team. 29:17 10000m PR from Mt. SAC earlier this year

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25 Clint Wells Boulder, CO Coached by Australian Lee Troop in Co. 3726 Christopher Mills Falls Church,

VADebut. Saint Francis University Most Outstanding Male Athlete in 2011-12, awarded the Eugene & Rosemary Turano Award. 2012 First-Team Outdoor Track Academic All-District Honors. Most Valuable Performer at the 2011-12 Northeast Conference Championship

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27 Ben Payne Walton Beach, FL

1:06:58 best set at the 2012 USA Half Marathon Championships in Duluth, MN.

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28 Matt Hensley Jacksonville Beach, FL

Ran his PR of 1:07:15 at last year’s Jacksonville Bank Half Marathon. Matt was 20th at this year’s Boston Marathon. And is a graduate of the University of

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Florida.29 David Fuentes Austin, TX Ran 1:06:11 at the USA Half Marathon Championship: Duluth Minnesota 2530 David Sorenson New York, NY 2-time Div. III All-American in steeplechase (PR 9:03), 2007-2008 while at

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31 Michael “Ryan” Cunningham

New York, NY Just graduated from University of Pennslyvania. All-East, 4x800 & DMRWake Forest Invitational 3000m champion

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32 Christopher Sloane North Potomac, MD

Christopher set his a PR here last year running 68 minutes. 29

33 Phillip Cawkwell Bedford, NY 1:07:33 best set at the US Half Marathon Championships, Duluth, MN. Med student at NYU

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34 Gregory Leak Lakewood, WA

2 time Centennial Conference Cross Country Champion, All=American at 2009 DIII Cross Country Championships while at Dickinson College. 23rd at 2012 USA Cross Country Championships

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35 Gregory Bielecki Philadelphia, PA

Broad Street Run: First Philadelphian to finish - 2010, 2011, 2012. PR for the half marathon is 1:08:06.

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36 Sean F. X. Barrett Arlington, VA 67:30 PR. Ivy League 10,000m Champ (2007), Represented the U.S. Military at the Conseil International de Sport Militaire XC Champs (2008), Marine Corps Athlete of the Year (2010)

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37 Dave Welsh Haddon, NJ Ran his 69 minute PR here in 2009 3538 Steve Slaby Tucson, AZ Completed 10 marathons and 4 Ultramarathons. Currently Naval Reserve

having had 7 years active duty. 31

39 Philippe Roly Mclean, VA Runner of the year in 1999 and 2000, runner up in 2005, in the Washington DC area , by the Washington running report

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40 Kevin Castille Nicholasville, KY

Kevin has set masters American records over 10,000m, 5,000m and 3,000m this year.

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41 Thom Little New York, NY Thom was third master here last year running a PR of 1:09:21. Thom is currently taking pre med pre reqs at Fordham University and is a licensed NYC cab driver.

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RACE # NAME COUNTRY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AGE

F1 Sharon Cherop Winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon and World Championship Bronze medalist from 2011. Last year she also set her personal best in the half marathon finishing second in New Delhi with a time of 67:08.

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F2 Mare Dibaba Ethiopia Ran at London Olympics in the marathon. Mare is the Ethiopian record holder for the half marathon running 67:13 in Ras Al Khaimah in 2010. Earlier this year she ran 2:19:52 for the marathon when finishing third in Dubai and securing her spot on the Olympic team.

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F3 Buzunesh Deba Ethiopia Runner up in NYC in 2011. Winner of both the LA Marathon and San Diego marathon in 2011. Buzunesh has been recovering from injury which forced her to withdraw from Boston and will return to NYC this fall. Her personal best for the half marathon was set here last year when she ran 69:53 to finish in third place.

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F4 Lineth Chepkirui Kenya Lineth was runner up here in 2010 with a PR of 67:47. She won the Barcelona Half Marathon earlier in the year.

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F5 Jemima Jelegat Sumgong

Kenya Runner up at the 2012 Boston Marathon. Jemima’s best half marathon is 68:35 which she set earlier this year in Verbania. Jemima was runner up in this year’s Boston Marathon.

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F6 Kaori Yoshida Japan Kaori won back to back races earlier this year winning the Tanigawa Half Marathon in Tokyo and then going on to win the Gold Coast Marathon in Australia. PR of 70:18

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F7 Susan Partridge Great Britain Ran personal best earlier this year finishing second in Bath, UK in a time of 71:34. Susan has represented Great Britain at the World Cross Country Championships and the World Championships in recent years.

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F8 Risper Gesabwa Kenya Risper has had a superb year on the roads in the US this year. She has victories in 13.1 Los Angeles, Miami half marathons, as well as Steamboat Classic, and the Bellin 10K. In addition she has top 3 finishes at Peachtree, Boilermaker, Pittsburg and Georgia . Her PR for the half marathon is 72:59.

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F9 Natalia Sokolova Russia Natalia became a champion of California Marathon in Sacramento and Saint-Petersburg “White Nights” Marathon in 2008. After having a daughter in 2010 Natalia was back in shape shortly finishing 4th at 2011 Baltimore Marathon, USA. 1:13:36 PR

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F10 Wendy Thomas Windsor / CO Olympic Trials qualifier. Best of 1:12:56 set at Grandma’s Half earlier this year 33

F11 Esther Erb Blowing Rock No PR in the half marathon but Esther did run 55:26 for 10 Mile winning the 26

/NC 2012 Philadelphia Broad Street Run. Esther also posted a 2:37:21 at the Olympic Trials in January. 6-time NCAA DIII All-American and 2008 10,000m Champion

F12 Ariana Hilborn Lake Orion / MI

Ran her PR of 1:15:32 at this year’s RnR San Diego Half Marathon. Runs for Brooks Hansons

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F13 Gina Slaby Tucson / AZ Gina set her PR at RnR San Diego half marathon last year running 1:16: . Ran the 2012 Olympic Trials three months after suffering a broken foot during the Twin Cities Marathon.

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F14 Sarah Cummings New York / NY

All-America (10k, 2009), 4x Ivy League Champion (5k/10k), Princeton All-Time Leading Scorer

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F15 Sarah Flament Poland / OH Sarah was an Olympic Trials qualifier and competed in Houston earlier this year.

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F16 Ruth Senior Albuquerque / NM

Ruth competed for Great Britain at the World Junior Championships in 2006. Her half PR comes from RnR Las Vegas Half Marathon where she ran 76:29. Whilst at the University of New Mexico she was an NCAA cross-country All-American

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F17 Kristina DePeau Gracey Albany / NY Kristina competed in indoor/outdoor track and cross-country at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. During that time, she earned several-time Division III All-New England and NESCAC honors, finished as part of a 2nd place team in the DIII NCAA Cross-Country Championships.

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F18 Lindsay Donaldson Washington DC

6 x All American at Yale. Debut 26

F19 Mattie Suver Boulder / CO 3 time All American while at University of Oregon. Mattie won the 2011 RnR Seattle Half Marathon and the 2012 RnR Dallas Half Marathon. PR 1:14:49

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F20 Susanna Sullivan Falls Church / VA

Virginia State Champion at 1600 and 3200, season leader in 5k at Notre Dame 2011, part of Varsity Cross Country and Track teams at Notre Dame for 4 years

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F21 Sharon Lemburger Stamford / CT

PR of 1:16 set here in Philadelphia. 39

F22 Shannon Miller Jacksonville / FL

4th US-finisher at the Boston Marathon in 2012. Shannon has a 1:22 PR 28

F23 Laura O’Hara Alexandria / VA

All-American in Outdoor Track and Field whilst at Stanford. 1:17:13 PR set at Shamrock Half Marathon.

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F24 Jennifer Donovan Farmington / MA

All-American, Outdoor Track & Field 2003 – 3k SteeplechaseQualified for 2004 Olympic Trials, 3k steeplechase at Boston College.

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F25 Samantha McNally Lancaster / PA

Samantha ran her PR here last year posting 1:17:36. 2012 Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifier. 7th Place Finisher at 2012 Broad Street Run 10 Miler

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F26 Julie Northrup Atlantic Beach / FL

Third at the Walt Disney Half Marathon in 81 minutes 24

F27 Andrea Garvue Chevy Chase / MD

1:21:07 PR set at last years race. 28

F28 Lydia Carrick Greenville / DE

6-time all-conference in Cross Country and Track & Field (MIAA), 2005 MIAA Cross Country conference champion, NCAA DIII Cross Country All-American

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F29 Elizabeth Young Washington DC

1:22:30 PR set in Duluth ealier this year at the USA half marathon championships

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F30 Teal Connor Washington DC

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F31 Lyubov Denisova Russia Living in Gainesville, FL Lyubov was second at the 2012 RnR St Petersburg Half Marathon.

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F32 Dorota Gruca El Paso / TX Polish national, Dorota has represented Poland at the Olympic Marathon. Dorota won the 2010 RnR Las Vegas Marathon.

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F33 Lori Kingsley Wysox / PA 1:20 (National Master’s Championships—1st place) 2010 & 20114 Master Championship titles (15k 2x’s and ½ marathon 2 x’s); 2010 & 2011

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F34 Mary Alico Broomfield / CO

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