Posted: October 21, 2005

Athletics: Elite Athletes Announced For Mystic Places Marathon

From David Monti

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A prize money purse of $15,000 will be on the line at the Mystic Places Marathon on Sunday in East Lyme, Conn., and race director John Bysiewicz announced yesterday his elite field:

MEN (course record 2:19:30, Araya Haregot, ETH, 2003) - 
Andrew Musuva (KEN) 2:12:01 PB
Alene Emere Reta (ETH) 1:01:46 half-marathon PB
Haileriam Gedretsadik (ETH)
Dzmitry Sivou (BLR) 2:16:16

WOMEN (course record 2:45:16, Tatyana Maslova, RUS, 2002) - 
Abebe Tola (ETH) 2:29:54
Elvira Kolpakova (RUS) 2:35:22
Mary-Lynn Currier (40+/USA) 2:35:18
Kerry Arsenault (USA)
Claudia Camargo (ARG) 2:36:06

The top men and women will each take home $3,000. In addition, bonuses of $500 will be given to men breaking 2:20 and women breaking 2:45.