Lineth Chepkurui 3-Peats At Cherry Blossom
Both Men and Women Run Smoking-Fast Times On Cool, Calm Morning
By LetsRun.com
April 11, 2010
Kenya's Lineth Chepkurui kept her string of wins alive at Washington D.C.'s Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10-mile on Sunday morning. A week after a stunning 30:45 10km win in New Orleans' Crescent City Classic, 23-year-old Chepkurui was hardly challenged in the nation's capital, running to a 48-second winning margin over 24-year-old Julliah Tinega also of Kenya. Chepkurui finished in 51:51 while Tinega clocked a fine 52:39. Chepkurui's best winning time at Cherry Blossom had been over 90 seconds slower - 53:32.
On the men's side, former Cherry Blossom champions John Korir and Gilbert Okari could only manage 4th and 6th-place finishes despite running fine times. The new winner was 24-year-old Kenyan Stephen Tum who took the title in a blazing 45:43, outsprinting Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia who finished 1 second behind in 45:44. 2010 Zayed Half Marathon and Crescent City Classic winner Tilahun Regassa was a further 6 seconds back in 45:50 after complaining last week of achilles injury.
Both champions, Chepkurui and Tum, will take home the 1st-place purse of $7500 plus the $750 bonus for dipping under 52 and 46 minutes, respectively.
American finishers were led by Kelly Jaske and Samia Akbar on the women's side. Jaske finished 5th in 54:40 (5:28/mile) and Akbar finished right behind in 7th in 54:46. On the men's side you have to dig deeper for the top Americans as Tim Young (49:04) and Bert Rodriguez (50:52) finished 18th and 20th, respectively.
For the first time, the Cherry Blossom paid out American-only prizes to the top-3 Americans.
It should also be noted that Cherry Blossom organizers randomly drug test the top finishers after the race.
2010 Cherry Blossom 10-mile Top Results
Place Div /Tot Num Name Ag Hometown 5 Mile Gun Tim Net Tim Pace S ===== =========== ====== ====================== == ==================== ======= ======= ======= ===== = 1 1/967 2 Lineth Chepkurui 23 Kenya 25:38 51:51 51:51# 5:12 ! 2 2/967 28 Julliah Tinega 24 Kenya 25:41 52:39 52:39# 5:16 ! 3 3/967 6 Belainesh Zemedkun 22 Ethiopia 26:06 53:22 53:22# 5:21 ! 4 4/967 30 Misker Demessie 23 Ethiopia 27:11 54:37 54:37# 5:28 ! 5 18 Kelly Jaske Portland OR 27:10 54:40 54:40# 5:28 ! 6 1/2792 36 Alemtshay Misganaw 29 Ethiopia 54:42 54:42# 5:29 ! 7 2/2792 16 Samia Akbar 28 Herndon VA 27:10 54:46 54:46# 5:29 ! 8 3/2792 22 Claire Hallissey 27 United Kingdom 27:11 54:57 54:56# 5:30 ! 9 5/967 34 Hirut Mandefro 24 Ethiopia 28:43 58:10 58:10 5:49 ! 10 4/2792 40 Phebe Ko 27 Bethesda MD 29:20 58:39 58:39 5:52 !
Place Div /Tot Num Name Ag Hometown 5 Mile Gun Tim Net Tim Pace ===== =========== ====== ====================== == ==================== ======= ======= ======= ===== 1 1/446 19 Stephen Tum 24 Kenya 22:42 45:43 45:43# 4:35 2 2/446 7 Lelisa Desisa 20 Ethiopia 22:46 45:44 45:44# 4:35 3 3/446 5 Tilahun Regassa 20 Ethiopia 22:46 45:50 45:50# 4:35 4 1/1402 3 John Korir 34 Kenya 22:46 46:05 46:05# 4:37 5 1/1471 29 Stephen Muange 28 Kenya 22:47 46:34 46:34# 4:40 6 2/1402 1 Gilbert Okari 31 Kenya 22:46 46:39 46:39# 4:40 7 2/1471 11 Enock Mitei 29 Kenya 22:50 46:54 46:54# 4:42 8 3/1471 49 Jairus Chanchaima 25 Kenya 22:47 47:00 47:00# 4:42 9 4/446 51 Simon Cheprot 20 Kenya 22:47 47:04 47:04# 4:43 10 4/1471 13 Robert Letting 25 Kenya 22:48 47:05 47:05# 4:43 11 3/1402 17 James Kipketer 32 Kenya 23:03 47:18 47:18# 4:44 12 5/1471 35 Tesfaye Bekele 27 Ethiopia 23:04 47:20 47:20# 4:44 13 6/1471 23 Philemon Terer 25 Kenya 41:17 47:42 47:42# 4:47 14 4/1402 21 Samuel Ndereba 33 Kenya 23:46 47:48 47:48# 4:47 15 7/1471 47 Ketema Nigusse 29 Ethiopia 47:50 47:50# 4:47 16 8/1471 9 Shadrack Biwott 25 Kenya 23:02 47:53 47:53# 4:48 17 5/446 31 Bado Worku 21 Ethiopia 23:45 48:03 48:03# 4:49 18 6/446 309 Tim Young 23 Fredericksburg VA 24:01 49:04 49:04# 4:55 19 5/1402 27 Julius Kiptoo 32 Kenya 23:05 49:07 49:07# 4:55 20 6/1402 104 Bert Rodriguez 30 Arlington VA 25:23 50:52 50:52 5:06
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