Walt Murphy’s Information and Outcomes Service ([email protected])
This Day in Monitor & Discipline–November 7
TCS NY Metropolis Marathon
1999—Kenya’s Joseph Chebet adopted up his win on the Boston Marathon in April by successful the lads’s race in NY in 2:09:14. 2nd was Portugal’s Domingos Castro (2:09:20). Mexico’s Adriana Fernández (2:25:06) received the ladies’s race, with Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba (2:27:34) ending a distant 2nd. Ndereba would ultimately turn into one of the vital completed marathoners in historical past, successful World titles in 2003 and 2007, and Olympic silver medals in 2004 and 2008.
Different Notable Finishers (Whole-31,786/22,626 males, 9,160 ladies)
Males: 4.Giacomo Leone (Italy/1996 winner) 2:09:36, 5.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997,1998) 2:09:39…9.Martin Fiz (Spain/1995 World Champion) 2:12:03; DNF- Germán Silva (Mexico/1994 & 1995 winner)
Ladies: 6.Anuța Cătună (Romania/winner in 2000) 2:32:05…12.Kim Griffin 2:48:29
Outcomes: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/monitor/110899run-marathon-results1.html
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/08/sports activities/1999-new-york-city-marathon-men-kagwe-fades-Fifth-boston-winner-completes-double.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/08/sports activities/1999-new-york-city-marathon-women-early-charge-98-winner-gets-brushed-aside.html
https://worldathletics.org/information/information/nyc-marathon-winners-chebet-and-fernandez
2004–World record-holder Paula Radcliffe (2:23:10) received the ladies’s race by three seconds over kenya’s Susan Chepkemei (2:23:13) within the closest ladies’s end in race historical past. The 2 have been side-by-side till Radcliffe pulled away within the closing 200-meters. “it was a great way to finish the 12 months”, mentioned Radcliffe, who had dropped out of the Olympic marathon in Athens after getting into the race as the favourite.
Hendrick Ramaala (2:09:28) turned the primary South African winner since Willie Mtolo in 1992; American Meb Keflezighi (2:09:53) was second, simply 10 weeks after successful the silver medal on the Athens Olympics. Like Radcliffe, Ramaala had additionally dropped out of the Olympic marathon.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 7.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997&1998) 2:12:35…9.Ryan Shay 2:14:08…14.Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:17:09…16.Matt Downin…2:18:50…20.Dan Browne 2:23:27
Ladies: 4.Margaret Okayo (Kenya/winner in 2001 & 2003) 2:26:31, 5.Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia/winner in 2005&2006) 2:26:51…7.Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands) 2:28:21…11.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya/winner in 1994&1995) 2:33:11…15.Jenny Crain 2:41:06; DNF-Deena Kastor, Lyudmila Petrova (Russia/2000 winner)
By the numbers: Starters-37,257 (M-25,051, W-12,206); Finishers-36,562 (M-24,574, W-11,988)
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a41107/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/sports activities/sportsspecial/ramaalas-first-marathon-victory-is-a-tale-of-the-tape.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/sports activities/radcliffe-outruns-the-field-and-the-memories-of-athens.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/07/marathon.newyork/index.html
2010—kenya’s Edna kiplagat (2:28:20) received the ladies’s race over two future winners who have been making their debuts on the distance—American Shalane Flanagan (2:28:40) and Kenya’s Mary Keitany (2:29:01), who would turn into a 4-time winner in New York. 4th was former Windfall star Kim Smith (2:29:28) of New Zealand.
Winner of the lads’s race in his debut on the distance was Gebre Gebremariam (2:08:14), who adopted the recommendation of fellow Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, who informed him he needed to now win the race after he (Geb) dropped out after 15 miles with a knee damage. Fifth was defending champion Meb Keflezighi (2:11:38), and Sixth was Brazil’s Marílson Gomes dos Santos, the NY winner in 2006 and 2008.
Different Notable Finishers
Males: 2.Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 2:09:18…7.Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:12:33…10.Jorge Torres (USA) 2:14:57.
12.Tim Nelson (USA) 2:15:06…16.Matt Downin (USA) 2:20:41; DNF-Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/winner in 2004), Germán Silva (Mexico/winner in 1994,1995)
Ladies: 6.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia/2000 winner) 2:29:41…10.Katie McGregor (USA) 2:31:01…13.Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 2:32:46
By the numbers: Starters-45,350 (M-29,097, W-16,253), Finishers-45,103 (M-28,948, W-16,155)
Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/b01107/finishers
High 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/sports activities/08men.html
2021—It was a Kenyan sweep because the NY Metropolis Marathon (the fiftieth version) returned to the streets of the town after being canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Peres Jepchirchir (2:22:39), the winner of Olympic gold in Tokyo in August, pulled away from fellow Kenyan Viola Cheptoo Lagat (2:22:44), making her debut on the distance, and Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh (2:22:52) as they entered Central Park and have become the first Olympic champion to win in NY. All 3 cracked the All-Time High-10 checklist in NY (see under). Ending 4th was Molly Seidel, the bronze medalist in Tokyo, who ran 2:24:42, the quickest time ever on the course by an American lady.
Cheptoo, who ran as Viola Lagat throughout her collegiate profession at Central Arizona and Florida State, is the youthful sister of Bernard Lagat, who was a part of ESPN2’s broadcast workforce for the occasion! The 2 shared an emotional hug after the race whereas Lagat was nonetheless within the TV sales space.
Albert Korir (2:08:22), working by himself over the previous couple of miles, was the lads’s winner over Morocco’s Mohamed El Araby (2:09:06). 4th was Elkanah Kibet (2:11:15), a member of the U.S. Military World Class Athlete Program. 39-year previous Kenenisa Bekele, making his NYC Marathon debut, completed Sixth in 2:12:52.
Since there have been nonetheless some precautions in place as a result of Covid, the sphere was a lot smaller than traditional, with solely 25,000 runners going to the beginning line (there have been greater than 54,000 starters in 2019).
Different Notable/U.S. Finishers
Males: 5.Abdi Nageeye (Netherlands/Tokyo silver medalist) 2:11.39…7.Ben True (USA/marathon debut) 2:12:53, 8.Nathan Martin (USA) 2:12:57…10.Jared Ward (USA) 2:13:43.
Ladies: 6.Kellyn Taylor (USA) 2:26:10, 7.Annie Frisbie (USA/debut) 2:26:18, 8.Laura Thweatt (USA) 2:27:00…10.Stephanie Bruce (USA) 2:31:05
By the numbers: Starters-25,223 (M-13,749, W-11,458); Finishers-25,020 (M-13,634, W-11,370)
All-Time Ladies’s Performances–NYC Marathon (Via 2024)
1.2:22:31 Margaret Okayo Kenya 2003
2.2:22:38 Joyciline Jepkosgei Kenya 2019
3.2:22:39 Peres Chepchirchir Kenya 2021
4.2:22:44 Viola Cheptoo Lagat Kenya 2021
5.2:22:48 Mary Keitany Kenya 2018
6.2:22:52 Ababel Yeshaneh Ethiopia 2021
7.2:23:03 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2003
8.2:23:09 Paula Radcliffe Nice Britain 2007
9.2:23:10 Paula Radcliffe Nice Britain 2004
10.2:23:13 Susan Chepkemei Kenya 2004
Working with the “plenty”, Shalane Flanagan, the winner right here in 2017, ran 2:33:32 to finish her formidable objective of working every of the 6 races within the Abbott World Majors sequence in beneath 3 hours within the house of six weeks!
Berlin 2:38:32 9-26
London 2:35:04 10-03
Chicago 2:46:39 10-10
Boston 2:40:34 10-11
Tokyo (digital) 2:35:14 10-17
New York 2:33:32 11-07
High 10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/07/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon-2021.html
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/07/1053354892/new-york-city-marathon-winner-albert-korir-peres-jepchirchir
Submit-Race Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ydmFSauY_g
https://mybestruns.com/rnd/Sister_of_Bernard_Lagat_Viola_Cheptoo_will_Run_her_first
Via the Many years—a enjoyable take a look at what was occurring on the time of the working of the NYC Marathon—1970 to 2021
The Race at 50: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/sports activities/nyc-marathon-historical-photos.html
Previous NY Metropolis Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Information (2025) Via The Years
Memorable Moments:
www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/sports activities/the-new-york-city-marathon-has-had-its-share-of-memorable-moments.html
Born On This Day
Tina Šutej-Slovenia 37 (1988) 2-time NCAA Indoor Champion—Pole Vault (Arkansas/2011, 2012)
NCAA Outdoor: 2010-2nd, 2011-2nd, 2012-Sixth
36 on the time, she received the bronze medal on the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo
…4th in 2022 & 2023, thirteenth in 2019
Bronze medalist on the 2022 World Indoor Championships, silver medalist in 2025
4-time Olympian—2012 (qual.spherical), 2016 (eleventh), 2021 (=Fifth), 2024 (nineteenth)
Silver medalist—2006 World Junior Championships
Set a Collegiate Indoor Document of 14-11 (4.55) in 2012
PBs: 15-9 3/4i (4.82/2023); 2025 SB: 15-9 (4.80)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_percentC5percentA0utej
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/slovenia/tina-sutej-14300261
Julia Stamps-Mallon 47 (1978) 4-time U.S. Junior/Underneath 20 Champion-3000m (1994-1997)
All-American at Stanford:
NCAA: 1998-3000i (Fifth), 1999-3000i (Eighth), 3000 (Sixth); X-Nation: 1997 (4th), 1998 (Sixth), 1999 (14th)
Suffered a severe damage in a skateboarding accident throughout her senior 12 months
1994 Foot Locker X-Nation Champion (as a sophomore)…was unable to complete the race in 1995 and 1996 (was
main with 15-meters to go when she fell to the bottom
1997 Golden West Champion-Mile; 1997 Nat’l Scholastic Indoor Champion–Mile
H.S. PBs and their all-time placings on the time (Santa Rosa, CA):
4:46.31i (#11), 9:19.63 (#7), 10:12.20/3200m (#15), 10:30.2i (#15), 16:31.2 (#4)
Total PBs: 4:42.95 (1999), 9:16.47i (1999), 16:29.07 (1999), 2:44:07 (2012)
A working prodigy as a youngster, Stamps struggled with accidents and motivation throughout her collegiate years at
Stanford, however discovered a brand new love for working after transferring to NY Metropolis and transferring as much as the marathon (see hyperlink
under). Has apparently moved again to California?
Husband Jon Mallon ran for Bucknell, Daughter Ashlin, an Eighth-grader on the time, ran 4:57.1 for the mile in June, 2024
https://gostanford.com/information/2013/04/17/player-bio-julia-stamps-1
http://nbnm.web/fast-women/www.fast-women.com/athletes/keepingtrack/juliastamps.html
(2009): http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/julia-stamps-mallon-my-running
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-10-sp-30441-story.html
Sigrun Wodars-Grau—“East” Germany 60 (1965) 1988 Olympic gold medalist—800m
1987 World Champion; 1990 European Champion
Set a World Indoor Document of 1:58.42 in 1987
PB: 1:55.26 (1987/#15 All-Time)
http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69994
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigrun_Wodars
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/sigrun-grau-14355494
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_800ok.htm
Video(OG Semis & Closing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sOvnCNCTI
Penny Neer 65 (1960) 1982 AIAW (pre-NCAA) Champion—Discus (Michigan’s 1st feminine collegiate champion)
1992 U.S. Olympian (1st spherical)
3-time Huge-10 Champion (1980-1982)…additionally competed in basketball and softball at Michigan
PB: 203-9 (62.10/1987)
When the U.S. workforce went to the White Home after the Barcelona Olympics, she introduced alongside a discus and had it
signed by President George H.W. Bush, his spouse Barbara, and former Yankees proprietor George Steinbrenner (others
have since signed it)!
At the moment a playwright and writer of brief tales
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77923
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Neer
https://mgoblue.com/honors/university-of-michigan-hall-of-honor/penny-neer/148
That Discus:
https://www.hillsdale.web/story/information/2021/01/28/olympian-shares-journey-of-signed-discus/43362817/
https://mgoblue.com/information/2014/7/10/Brandon_s_Blog_Meeting_Penny_Neer_U_M_s_Three_Sport_Star.aspx
Kathy McMillan 68 (1957) 1976 Olympic Silver medalist-Lengthy Leap (shortly after graduating from Hoke County (NC) H.S.)
2-time U.S. Champion (1976, 1979); 2-time U.S. Indoor Champion (1977, 1979)
Set a H.S. Document of 22-3 (6.78) in 1976—stood for 29 years till Kate Corridor jumped 22-5 (6.83) in 2015.
Former H.S. Indoor Document holder: 21-4 ¾ (6.52/1976/Nonetheless #4 All-Time H.S.)
Member of the inaugural class (2018) of inductees into the Nationwide H.S. T&F Corridor of Fame
PB:22-3 (6.78/1976)
http://nationalhighschooltrackandfieldhof.org/showcase/kathy-mcmillan/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_McMillan
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72237
http://tshf.web/halloffame/mcmillan-kathy/
Rudy Chapa 68 (1957) 1978 NCAA Champion–5000m (Oregon/1979-2nd)
NCAA X-Nation: 1976 (ninth), 1977 (twentieth), 1978 (14th), 1979 (tenth). Oregon received the workforce title in 1977, was 2nd to
UTEP in 1976, 1978, 1979)
Ran 7:37.70 for 3000-meters in 1979 to interrupt Steve Prefontaine’s American Document
Set the present U.S. Excessive Faculty Document of 28:32.7 for 10,000-meters in 1975
A part of the Hammond (IN) H.S. trio that broke 9-minutes for 2-miles in 1976 (Chapa-8:51.0, Tim Keough-8:52.8,
Carey Pinkowski-8:56.2)
PBs:3:38.7(1979), 3:57.04 (1981), 7:37.70 (1979), 13:19.22 (1979), 28:32.7 (1976), 2:11:13 (1983)
Former government at Nike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Chapa
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/chapa_rudy/#.YYcEU3kpC4I
On Hayward Discipline’s Renovation: https://hayward.uoregon.edu/rudy-chapa-what-hayward-field-means-me
Hammond Trio: https://vault.si.com/vault/1975/06/16/three-into-2-miles-who-go-go-go
Deceased
Dr. Greg Bell 94 (1930-January 25, 2025) 1956 Olympic gold medalist—Lengthy Leap
2-time NCAA Champion (Indiana/1956, 1957)
2-time U.S. Champion (1955, 1959); PB:26-7 (8.10/1957)
4-time Penn Relays Champion—100 (1957), Lengthy Leap (1956-1958)
Entered Indiana after serving within the U.S. Military. Grew to become a dentist.
Inducted into the Nationwide Corridor of Fame in 1988
At 94, he had been the oldest dwelling Olympic gold medalist in T&F
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