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point of comparison wrote:
We had discussions like this about Ritz right after NYCM:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=1617079&page=0What's interesting is that several of the big names on the American debut list never ran faster than their debuts. Ryan is so young that hopefully he can.
Maybe we should update the list of American debuts:
2:08:24 2:08:24 Ryan Hall (24) London 2007
2:09:41 2:08:51 Alberto Salazar (22) New York 1980
2:09:41 2:09:41 Alan Culpepper (30) Chicago 2002
2:11:13 2:11:13 Rudy Chapa (26) New York 1983
2:11:17 2:11:17 Todd Williams (28) Chicago 1997
2:11:35 2:11:35 Dan Browne (27) Twin Cities 2002
2:12:12 2:08:47 Bob Kempainen (25) Twin Cites 1991
2:12:27 2:12:27 Fernando Cabada (24) Fukuoka 2006
2:12:35 2:09:53 Meb Keflezighi (27) New York 2002
2:13:02 2:11:40 Rod Dehaven Chicago (32) 1998
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2:13:07 2:08:59 Greg Meyer(25) Detroit 1980
2:13:21 2:13:21 Steve Ortiz (22) 1981
2:13:24 2:13:05 Mark Coogan (27) Boston 1994
2:13:29 2:12:23 George Malley (27) New York 1982
2:14:01 2:14:01 Dathan Ritzenhein (23) New York 2006
2:14:13 2:14:13 Kyle Baker (26) Chicago 2002
2:14:15 2:14:15 Brad Hauser (25) St Paul 2002
2:14:21 2:14:21 Mark Nenow (30) New York 1988
2:14:23 2:14:23 John Hunsaker (23) Tempe 1979
2:14:30 2:14:08 Ryan Shay (23) Chicago 2002
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2:14:40 2:10:26 Craig Virgin (23) San Diego 1979
2:14:57 2:14:57 Don Johns (26) Duluth 1991
2:15:11 2:15:11 Mike Morgan (26) Chicago 2006
2:15:15 2:14:06 Steve Bolt (25) Rocket City 1980
2:15:16 2:11:32 Paul Cummings (28) St George 1981
2:15:28 2:11:38 Paul Gompers (19) Rocket City 1983
2:15:28 2:15:28 Nate Jenkins Austin 2006
2:15:47 2:15:47 Mike McGuire (26) Detroit 1981
2:15:50 2:15:50 Jason Hartmann (25) Chicago 2006
2:15:51 2:11:25 Randy Thomas (24) New York
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2:17:09 2:08:55 Abdi Abdirahman (27) New York 2004
It's also encouraging to see that so many in the top 10 will be competing (barring injury) in the OT in NYC.
Hey, 7 of the 30 fastest debut marathoners are from Michigan. That's pretty impressive.
Michman wrote:
Hey, 7 of the 30 fastest debut marathoners are from Michigan. That's pretty impressive.
Midwest toughness. You need to be from the MW to understand.
Like Bob Kennedy, Matt Tegenkamp, or Michael Granville?