NYC HALF INVITED FIELD RELEASED
By David Monti.
(c) 2011 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
March 16, 2011
. 17 Olympians (11 men and 6 women)
. 7 men with sub-61:00 PB's (13 sub-62:00)
. 10 women with sub-70:00 PB's (18 sub-73:00)
. 2 important debuts (Galen Rupp and Mo Farah)
Course Records: Men, 59:24, Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), 2007; Women, 1:09:25, Mara Yamauchi (GBR), 2010.
Previous Race Champions:
2006: Tom Nyariki, 34, KEN, 1:01:22; Catherine Ndereba, 34, KEN, 1:09:43
2007: Haile Gebrselassie, 34, ETH, 59:24; Hilda Kibet, 26, KEN, 1:10:32
2008: Tadese Tola, 20, ETH, 1:00:58; Catherine Ndereba, 36, KEN, 1:10:19
2009: Tadese Tola, 21, ETH, 1:01:06; Paula Radcliffe, 35, GBR, 1:09:45
2010: Peter Kamais, 33, KEN, 59:53; Mara Yamauchi, 36, GBR, 1:09:25
Prize Money Purse: $100,000, 15-deep, with $20,000 for the male and female winners; also NYRR member prize money
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