Results of the 2011 Zatopek 10k: Emmanuel Bett Wins
By LetsRun.com
December 10, 2011
Results from the 51st Zatopek:10 in Australia below.
Emmanuel Bett (26:51, 1 spot behind Galen Rupp in Brussels earlier this year) got the narrow win over Bitan Karoki who won the Stanford 10,000m in May.
Halfway was hit in 13:56 and the modest pace had dropped Aussie Craig Mottram. Australian record holder Ben St. Lawrence and former NCAA star David McNeill hung with the three Kenyan stars (Bett, Karoki, and 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Micah Kogo) a bit longer but the three Kenyans raced for the title the final 700m. Bett was too good for Karoki.
Ben St. Lawrence all but officially secured his spot on the Australian Olympic team by winning his first Aussie 10,000m title and afterwards told the AAP, "If it wasn't our Olympic trial and there wasn't so much at stake I
definitely would have gone after them and might have been able to hang
on. But if I blew up ... that's the Olympics almost out the window."
*Melbourne Herald: Mixed bag for Ben St Lawrence and Craig Mottram in Zatopek:10
*Ben St. Lawrence Wins Aussie Title, Comes Closer to Securing Olympic Spot
*IAAF Recap of Race
*Full Meet Results
Event 42 Men 10000 Meter Run Open ================================================================ Name Year Team Finals ================================================================ 1 Emmanuel Bett KENYA 27:39.33 2 Bitan Karoki 90 KENYA 27:40.11 3 Micah Kogo 90 KENYA 27:50.50 4 Ben St Lawrence 81 NSW 28:01.68 5 David McNeill 86 VIC 28:12.66 6 Harry Summers 90 NSW 28:39.04 7 Craig Mottram 80 VIC 28:52.20 8 Liam Adams 86 VIC 29:03.19 9 Jeffrey Hunt 82 NSW 29:28.62 10 Bradley Croker 80 ACT 29:48.40 11 Chris Hamer 88 VIC 29:51.54 12 Jackson Elliott 82 QLD 30:08.26 13 Chris Hartley 83 SA 30:17.69 14 Russell Dessaix-Ch 90 NSW 30:29.97 15 Adam Didyk 81 SA 30:36.48 16 Daniel Hornery 80 VIC 30:40.93 17 Mark Kirwan 85 VIC 30:52.30 18 Josh Harris* 90 TAS 30:57.42 19 Benjamin Toomey 85 VIC 31:10.01 20 Steve Kelly 88 VIC 32:31.62 -- Nick McCormick GBR DNF -- Luke Kipkosgei 75 KENYA DNF -- Cale Bowd* 89 NSW DNF
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