Master Masai wins women's race, runs fastest 10K by a woman 40 and older
CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine - (August 2, 2008) - At the 11th TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K on Saturday morning, Edward Muge of Kenya and Maregu Zewdie of Ethiopia reprised their Bix 7 battle from last weekend and again Muge, 25, topped Zwedie, but this time the latter didn't misjudge the finish line as his rival just edged him at the tape, both timed in 27 minutes, 53 seconds. Defending race champion Duncan Kibet finished fourth (28:21).
In the women's race, Edith Masai, 41, backed up her Bix 7 win with an impressive 31:56 over Liudmila Biktasheva of Russia who was runner-up in 32:04. Masai's performance is the fastest 10K run by a woman 40 and older and if there was not an aiding tailwind on the point-to-point course, her time will be a pending U.S. All-Comers Masters record. Masai also, like at Bix, became the oldest race champion.
The TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K, a New England summer tradition, had 5,248 finishers over the ocean-hugging scenic course which begins at Crescent Beach along Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth and ends 6.2 miles later in Fort Williams Park at Portland Head, the most photographed lighthouse in the world.
11th TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K - Cape Elizabeth, ME, Saturday, August 2, 2008
MEN
1) Edward Muge (KEN), 27:53, $10,000
2) Maregu Zewdie (ETH), 27:53, $5000
3) Kiplimo Kimutai (KEN), 27:59, $3000
4) Duncan Kibet (KEN), 28:21, $2000
5) Boaz Cheboiywo (KEN), 28:24, $1000
6) Luke Kipkosgei (KEN), 29:17, $900
7) Richard Kiplagat (KEN), 29:23, $800
8) Dejene Birhanu (ETH), 29:28, $700
9) Andrew Leatherby (AUS), 29:52, $600
10) Andrea Sorgato (ITA), 30:49, $500
Top U.S.
11) Ben True (ME), 31:02
MASTERS Men (40+)
1) Dan Franek, 42, ME, 32:56, $1000
2) Mark Goettel, 41, ME, 33:08, $500
3) Jason Cakouros, 43, MA, 33:26, $250
WOMEN
1) Edith Masai, 41, KEN, 31:56*, $11,000
2) Liudmila Biktasheva (RUS), 32:04, $5000
3) Yuri Kano (JPN), 32:17, $3000
4) Marina Ivanova (RUS), 32:46, $2000
5) Jane Gakunyi (KEN), 32:59, $1000
6) Rebecca Donaghue (USA / PA), 33:00, $900
7) Millicent Gathoni (KEN), 33:05, $800
8) Shoko Mori (JPN), 33:19, $700
9) Kiyoko Shimahara (JPN), 33:32, $600
10) Adriana Pirtea (ROU), 33:35, $500
*possible pending U.S. All-Comers Masters record (previous record, 32:25, Priscilla Welch (GBR), Continental Homes, Phoenix, AZ, March 2, 1985)
MASTERS Women (40+)
1) Masai, above
2) Simonetta Piergentili, 43, ITA? / MA, 37:31, $500
3) Mimi Fallon, 43, MA, 38:12, $250
Full results at: Beach2Beacon.org.
Ryan Lamppa, Running USA Media Director
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