Posted: July 3, 2007

Athletics (RRW): Peachtree Road Race Set For Tomorrow

From David Monti © 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com America's largest and most competitive 10-kilometer road race, the Peachtree, is set for Atlanta tomorrow, and for the first time in years home country athletes could be in the mix for the overall victory. That's because the event, founded and organized by the Atlanta Track Club, is hosting the USA Men's 10-K Championships. The event also serves as the final event in the 2006/2007 Professional Road Running Organization (PRRO) race series. "We are very excited to be hosting the USA Men’s 10 km Championship with several top Americans ready to battle the hills and heat of Atlanta," said race director Tracey Russell in an e-mail message. "And what a perfect combination: crowning the country’s fastest 10-K male runner and celebrating our national pride on Independence Day." Wearing bib #1 will be the newly-crowned USA 10,000m champion, Abdi Abdirahman. His rivals for the USA title include budding marathon ace, Ryan Hall, who is particularly strong on the roads; former William & Mary star, Ed Moran; and the Hansons top man, Brian Sell. Vying for the overall men's title will be several very strong Africans, including Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco, and Martin Irungu and Peter Kamais of Kenya. The women's race will not be hosting the USA Championship, but American Katie McGregor is still hoping to be in the mix for the overall title. Like Abdirahman, her key competition for the overall title will come from a strong group of Africans, led by Kenyans Pauline Wangui and Alice Timbilil. The race has a whopping $111,300 prize money purse. The overall male and female winners will earn $15,000, while the top eligible U.S. man will also pocket $10,000. An American man who wins the race overall will earn $25,000 in total prize money. The complete start lists are below with bib numbers, courtesy of the Atlanta Track Club: MEN - 1 Abdi ABDIRAHMAN (USA) Age 30 2 Ridouane HARROUFI (MAR) Age 25 3 Martin IRUNGU (KEN) Age 22 4 Abera ERTIBAN (ETH) Age 19 6 Peter KAMAIS (KEN) Age 30 7 George MISOI (KEN) Age 23 8 Nicholas KAMAKYA (KEN) Age 22 9 Ryan HALL (USA) Age 24 10 Chala LEMI (ETH) Age 20 11 Ed MORAN (USA) Age 25 12 Worku BEYI (ETH) Age 20 13 Demesse TEFERA (ETH) Age 24 14 Daniel KIPKOECH (KEN) Age 21 15 Boaz CHEBOIYWO (KEN) Age 27 16 Brian SELL (USA) Age 29 17 Fasil BIZUNEH (USA) Age 27 18 Celedonio RODRIGUEZ (USA) Age 26 19 Matthew DOWNIN (USA) Age 30 20 Fernando CABADA (USA) Age 25 21 Simon WANGAI (KEN) Age 28 22 Jason LEHMKUHLE (USA) Age 30 23 Matt GONZALEZ (USA) Age 26 24 Clint VERRAN (USA) Age 32 25 Andrew CARLSON (USA) Age 25 26 Berhanu ADDANE (ETH) Age 23 27 Patrick Thomas GILDEA (USA) Age 27 28 Joshua MOEN (USA) Age 25 29 Stephen HAAS (USA) Age 24 30 Ernest KIMELI (KEN) Age 22 31 Marty ROSENDAHL (USA) Age 29 32 Andrew HEATH (USA) Age 23 33 Luke HUMPHREY (USA) Age 26 34 Nick HIRSCH (USA) Age 24 35 Kevin CASTILLE (USA) Age 35 36 Matt THULL (USA) Age 32 37 Justin YOUNG (USA) Age 27 38 Derek YOREK (USA) Age 23 39 Chris SEATON (USA) Age 28 40 Mike SMITH (USA) Age 26 40+: 100 Mbarak HUSSEIN (USA) Age 42 101 Dennis SIMONAITIS (USA) Age 45 102 Sean WADE (USA) Age 41 103 Gideon MUTISYA (KEN) Age 40 104 Michael STRICKLAND (USA) Age 40 105 Scott WINNIER (USA) Age 40 106 David MATHERNE (USA) Age 42 WOMEN - W1 Pauline WANGUI (KEN) Age 23 W2 Wude AYALEW (ETH) Age 20 W3 Katie McGREGOR (USA) Age 29 W4 Kathy BUTLER (SCO) Age 33 W5 Yimenashu TAYE (ETH) Age 28 W6 Neriah ASIBA (KEN) Age 25 W7 Alice TIMBILILI (KEN) Age 24 W8 Luminita TALPOS (ROM) Age 34 W9 Pamela KIPCHOGE (KEN) Age 26 W10 Gladys ASIBA (KEN) Age 30 W11 Grace KIMANI (KEN) Age 27 W12 Angelina MUTUKU (KEN) Age 25 W13 Renee GUNNING (USA) Age 25 W14 Desiree DAVILA (USA) Age 23 W15 Caroline CRETTI (USA) Age 22 W16 Jenny CRAIN (USA) Age 38 W17 Emily McCABE (USA) Age 23 W18 Kristin PRICE (USA) Age 23 W19 Paige HIGGINS (USA) Age 25 W20 Lauren YOUNG (RSA) Age 27 W21 Dot McMAHON (USA) Age 30 40+: W111 Firaya SULTANOVA-ZHDANOVA (RUS) Age 46 W112 Sylvia MOSQUEDA (USA) Age 41 W113 Patty MURRAY (USA) Age 41 W114 Jody HAWKINS (USA) Age 40 W115 Tere STOUFFER (USA) Age 41 W116 Michelle SIMONAITIS (USA) Age 41 W117 Tatiana TITOVA (RUS) Age 41 Subscribe to the Runner's Web Weekly Digest