110th Boston Marathon: John
Hancock's Professional Athlete Field As of Monday, April 10,
2006 Running USA Wire
MEN Name / Country /
Fastest Marathon Wilson Onsare, Kenya, 2:06:47 (Paris,
2003) William Kiplagat, Kenya, 2:06:50 (Amsterdam, 1999) Tesfaye
Tola, Ethiopia, 2:06:57 (Amsterdam, 1999) Benjamin Maiyo, Kenya,
2:07:09 (Chicago, 2005) Patrick Ivuti, Kenya, 2:07:46 (Chicago,
2005) Julius Ruto, Kenya, 2:08:10 (Paris, 1999) Hailu Negussie,
Ethiopia, 2:08:16 (Hofu, 2002) Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya,
2:08:59 (Milan, 2002) Timothy Cherigat, Kenya, 2:09:34 (San Sebastian,
2002) Alan Culpepper, USA / CO, 2:09:41 (Chicago,
2002) Meb Keflezighi, USA / CA, 2:09:53 (New York, 2004) John
Yuda, Tanzania, 2:10:13 (London, 2004) Luc Krotwaar, Netherlands,
2:10:13 (Fukuoka, 2003) Alirio Carrasco, Colombia, 2:12:09 (Chicago,
2003) Kazuo Ietani, Japan, 2:12:37 (Tokyo, 2001) Brian Sell, USA
/ MI, 2:13:22 (Chicago, 2004) Clint Verran, USA / MI,
2:14:17 (Chicago, 2002) John Korir, Kenya, Debut Deriba Merga,
Ethiopia, Debut
WOMEN Reiko Tosa, Japan,
2:22:46 (London, 2002) Jelena Prokopcuka, Latvia, 2:22:56 (Osaka, 2005)
NR Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2:24:22 (Helsinki, 2005) Alevtina
Biktimirova, Russia, 2:25:12 (Frankfurt, 2005) Zivile Balciunaite,
Lithuania, 2:25:15 (Tokyo, 2005) NR Olivera Jevtic, SCG*, 2:25:23
(Rotterdam, 2003) NR Bruna Genovese, Italy, 2:25:35 (Tokyo,
2001) Kiyoko Shimahara, Japan, 2:26:14 (Hokkaido, 2005) Olesya
Nurgalieva, Russia, 2:29:35 (New York, 2005) Kutre Dulecha, Ethiopia,
2:30:06 (Amsterdam, 2005) Tina Connelly, Canada, 2:34:43 (Sacramento,
2003) NR = National Record *Serbia and Montenegro
BOSTON MARATHON
NOTES The total prize money for the 110th Boston Marathon equals
$575,000 with $100,000 to the male and female champions.
This year, the top men in the field will wear assigned
uniforms to help the media and spectators readily identify the leaders
during the race. The professional women will again start ahead of the
professional men and the rest of the 20,000 field including two waves.
11:31am - Professional Women Start Noon -
Professional Men & Wave 1 Start 12:30pm - Wave 2 Start
The 2006 Boston Marathon also kicks-off the World
Marathon Majors, an innovative grand prix series with a $1,000,000
prize purse. The two-year, five-marathon (Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago
and New York City) series will award $500,000 each to the overall male and
female point scorers. After Boston, the next WMM race is the Flora London
Marathon on Sunday, April 23.
In addition, on race day, the 110th Boston Marathon
will be aired twice on OLN, Monday, April 17. The first showing is live at
11:30am-2:30pm EST, followed by a re-air at 5:00-7:00pm. Check your local
listings.
Informative race websites: www.marathon.jhancock.com/marathon/
- Find posted the 2006 Boston Marathon media guide, press releases and
bios, pictures and interesting facts about John Hancock's elite
athletes.
BAA.org - The B.A.A.'s
year-round site features archived results, 2006 entry lists and Boston
Marathon history. On race day, the site will feature athlete bios,
photographs, a real-time leader board with race commentary and athlete
tracking. Please note that the race will be timed and scored until 6:30pm
EST on April 17.
Media contacts for the Boston Marathon: Jack
Fleming, Boston Athletic Association, (617) 236-1652 x2627 Marc
Chalufour, Boston Athletic Association, (617) 236-1652 x2632 Joshua
Milne, John Hancock, (617) 572-3816
