From The Analytical Distance Runner, the newsletter for the Association of Road Racing Statisticians with a focus on races, 3000m and longer, including road, track, and cross-country events. The ARRS has a website at ARRS.net.
From Ken Young - kenyoung@wildblue.net
10 Years Ago- Ethiopians went 1-2 in the men's 12K at the IAAF World Cross Championships (JPN) with
Kenenisa Bekele getting the gold medal and Sileshi Sihene getting the silver, just three
seconds back. The previous day's 8K contest for women saw Ethiopian women taking the
gold and bronze medals with Tirunesh Dibaba winning and Meselech Melkamu with the bronze
medal. Lornah Kiplagat (NED) got the silver medal, five seconds behind Dibaba and 12
seconds ahead of Melkamu. Bekele also won the men's 4K on the first day, one second clear
of Isaac Songok (KEN) with the silver medal and another two seconds back was Adil El Kaouch
(MAR) for the bronze medal. Gelete Burika (ETH) got the women's 4K gold medal on the second
day, two seconds up on Priscah Cherono (KEN) and another second up on Meselech Melkamu who
won her second bronze medal in two days.
20 Years Ago- Laban Chege (KEN) won the Paderborner Osterlauf (GER) 10K over Carsten Eich (GER), 28:09
to 28:29. Zacharia Macharia (KEN) was 3rd at 29:08. Katrin Dorre (GER) won the women's
10K in 31:52, well ahead of Tegla Loroupe (KEN) at 32:35 and Birgit Jerschabek (GER) at
32:37. In the half marathon, Wilson Musto (KEN) and Isaac Kariuki (KEN) ran away from
the field, clocking 1:03:49 and 1:03:52 respectively. Zdenek Mezulianik (CZE) was 3rd at
1:05:15. Claudia Lokar (GER) defeated a pair of Kenyans to win the women's half marathon
in 1:10:09. Joyce Chepchumba was next at 1:10:22 and Angelina Kanana was 3rd at 1:10:38.
30 Years Ago- Thom Huht (USA) won the Nike Cherry Blossom (DC/USA) 10M over Roger Hackney (WAL), 46:15
to 46:41. James Cooper (USA) was 3rd at 47:00. Rosa Mota (POR) won the women's race in
53:09, followed by Lorraine Moller (NZL) at 53:48 and Joan Nesbit (USA) at 54:41. Jan Merrill
(USA) was 9th at 56:11.
40 Years Ago- Carl Hatfield (USA) won the 4th running of the Cherry Blossom (DC/USA) 10M in 49:09. Julie
Shea (USA) won the women's race in a "world record" 57:04. She would lower this record by
nearly a minute the following year at this venuue.
50 Years Ago- Ron Hill (ENG) won the AAA Championships (ENG) 10 mile (track) with a 50:04.0.
60 Years Ago- Kurt Hartung (GER) won the 10th edition of the Paderborner Osterlauf (GER) 25K over Adolf
Gruber (AUT), 1:26:55 to 1:27:29.
70 Years Ago- Pedro Gomez (ESP) won the Spanish Championship (ESP) Marathon in 2:47:51.4.
80 Years Ago- Hans Engel (GER) won a marathon in Breslau GER with a 2:43:42.6. Franz Barsicke (GER) was
second at 2:49:38.0.
90 Years Ago- Percy Wyer (CAN) won the Auto City (MI/USA) Marathon with a 2:51:30.
From The Analytical Distance Runner, the newsletter for the Association of Road Racing Statisticians with a focus on races, 3000m and longer, including road, track, and cross-country events. The ARRS has a website at ARRS.net.
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