Fall Marathons

BERLIN

Berlin, Germany, September 28-- Men: 1. Lagat (Ken) 2:07:41 (12, x W); 2. Kimaiyo (Ken) 2:07:43 (13, x W); 3. Lelei (Ken) 2:08:00; 4. Kipngok (Ken) 2:08:36; 5. da Costa (Bra) 2:09:07; 6. Kabiga (Ken) 2:09:15; 7. Khulu (Ken) 2:09:41; 8. Serrokh (Mor) 2:09:46 NR; 9. Ramos (Bra) 2:09:50; 10. Sambu (Tan) 2:10:17; 11. Creighton (Aus) 2:10:22; 12. Suzuki (Jpn) 2:10:47; 13. L. da Silva (Bra) 2:11:01; 14. Ndungu (Ken) 2:11:16; 15. D. Garc’a (Spa) 2:11:26.

Women: 1. McKiernan (Ire) 2:23:44 NR (8, 11 W) (fastest debut ever) (course record--old cr 2:25:15 Dörre-Heinig [Ger] '94); 2. Biktagirova (Blr) 2:24:46; 3. Renders (Bel) 2:26:18; 4. Obata (Jpn) 2:27:27; 5. Kokowska (Pol) 2:29:38; 6. Ichikawa (Jpn) 2:30:26; 7. Staicu (Rom) 2:31:12; 8. de Oliveira (Bra) 2:31:39; 9. Yamauchi (Jpn) 2:37:39; 10. Rybicka (Pol) 2:39:48.

CHINESE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Beijing, China, October 4-- Men: 1. Hu (Chn) 2:09:18 NR; 2. Lao (Chn) 2:13:25 PR; 3. Meng (Chn) 2:13:56 PR.

Women: 1. Pan (Chn) 2:26:39 PR; 2. Wang Ji. (Chn) 2:26:58 PR; 3. Ai (Chn) 2:27:30 PR; 4. Tian (Chn) 2:28:15 PR; 5. Ren (Chn) 2:28:22; 6. Wang Yanr. (Chn) 2:29:01 PR; 7. Wang Yanf. (Chn) 2:29:17; 8. Wang M. (Chn) 2:30:05 PR; 9. Wu (Chn) 2:31:57; 10. Sun (Chn) 2:32:43.

COLOGNE

Cologne, Germany, October 5-- Men: 1. Freigang (Ger) 2:11:58; 2. Lokorwa (Ken) 2:13:25; 3. Becho (Eth) 2:13:49; 4. Boiyo (Ken) 2:14:16; 5. Fukushima (Jpn) 2:15:39.

Women: 1. Kanana (Ken) 2:27:27; 2. Kuta (Pol) 2:34:59; 3. Loginova (Rus) 2:35:13; 4. Barmasai (Ken) 2:36:42.

CARPI

Modena, Italy, October 12-- Men (cr--2:09:43): 1. Ingrami (Ita) 2:12:16; 2. Cheromei (Ken) 2:12:51; 3. J. Koech (Ken) 2:13:31; 4. Kipchumba (Ken) 2:13:39; 5. Calderone (Ita) 2:13:56; 6. Kioko (Ken) 2:14:15; 7. Milesi (Ita) 2:14:56.

Women (cr--2:28:22): 1. Ferrara (Ita) 2:28:43; 2. Fiacconi (Ita) 2:28:51; 3. Viceconte (Ita) 2:33:31.

EINDHOVEN

Eindhoven, Holland, October 12-- Men: 1. Kiprono (Ken) 2:11:51; 2. Gisemba (Ken) 2:11:56; 3. Omwoyo (Ken) 2:13:01; 4. Gajdus (Pol) 2:13:04; 5. Sarafinyuk (Ukr) 2:13:20.

Women: 1. Hombergen (Hol) 2:36:14.

ISTANBUL

Istanbul, Turkey, October 12-- Men: 1. Taye (Eth) 2:13:37 (course record) ($25,000); 2. S. Langat (Ken) 2:14:48.

Women: 1. Barbu (Rom) 2:34:39 (course record) ($25,000); 2. Galushko (Blr) 2:35:58; 3. Ilyina (Rus) 2:36:15.

REIMS

Reims, France, October 12-- Men: 1. Thlobo (SA) 2:12:03; 2. Aitzouri (Mor) 2:12:24; 3. Okemwa (Ken) 2:12:26; 4. Salvador (Por) 2:14:18; 5. Blanchard (Fra) 2:14:50; 6. Kipkoskei (Ken) 2:15:37.

Women: 1. Semenova (Rus) 2:36:19.

LAUSANNE

Lausanne, Switzerland, October 19-- Men: 1. Becho (Eth) 2:16:05; 2. Szalkai (Swe) 2:16:46; 3. Kaminski (Swi) 2:16:50.

TWIN CITIES

St. Paul, Minnesota, October 5-- Men: 1. Musuva' (Ken) 2:14:59 ($20,000); 2. Kunyiha' (Ken) 2:15:25; 3. Mutisya' (Ken) 2:15:39; 4. Musyoka' (Ken) 2:16:22; 5. Omwonga' (Ken) 2:17:07; 6. Kihara' (Ken) 2:17:23; 7. Neas (unat) 2:17:30; 8. Hume (Miz) 2:17:39; 9. Ethicha' (Eth) 2:18:50; 10. Plasencia (unat) 2:19:06;. . . 13. Giffen (unat) 2:22:29;. . . 15. DeHaven (NBal) 2:24:30; 16. Young (unat) 2:25:08;. . . 19. Coates (Rod) 2:28:13; 20. Kurtis (unat) 2:29:18;. . . 24. Pierce (unat) 2:34:33.

Women: 1. Morgunova' (Rus) 2:30:43 ($20,000); 2. Belayeva' (Rus) 2:36:11; 3. Edato' (Eth) 2:40:55; 4. Ecker (unat) 2:42:08; 5. Nilsson' (Swe) 2:42:10; 6. Welzel (MC) 2:42:31; 7. Titova' (Rus) 2:44:08; 8. Joyce (unat) 2:44:58;. . . 10. Peterson (unat) 2:46:06; 11. Horovitz' (GB) 2:47:00; 12. Gormley (unat) 2:50:16;. . . 16. Appell (Reeb) 2:55:59.

AETNA HARTFORD

Hartford, Connecticut, October 18-- Men: 1. Peter' (Tan) 2:16:59 ($4000); 2. Dudley (unat) 2:19:32; 3. Kihara' (Ken) 2:25:19; 4. Miller (unat) 2:25:49; 5. Flint (unat) 2:26:20.

Women: 1. Timofeyeva' (Rus) ($4000); 2. Parrot (unat) 2:47:10; 3. Bessette (unat) 2:49:23; 4. Kelly (unat) 2:51:50.

DETROIT FREE PRESS/MAZDA

Detroit, Michigan, October 19-- Men: 1. Hudson (Miz) 2:15:50 ($3000); 2. Neas (unat) 2:16:21 PR; 3. B. Kitur' (Ken) 2:17:39 (debut); 4. Haava (unat) 2:20:20; 5. Holzem (unat) 2:22:52; 6. Jeffrey (unat) 2:23:23; 7. Aufdemberge (unat) 2:25:39; 8. Damkot (unat) 2:26:51; 9. Kurtis (unat) 2:27:28; 10. Watson (unat) 2:27:34.

Women: 1. Klochko' (Ukr) 2:39:59 ($3000); 2. Keeler (unat) 2:43:47; 3. Goff (unat) 2:46:27; 4. Mota (unat) 2:46:37; 5. Tormoen (unat) 2:47:45;. . . 7. Rink (unat) 2:50:49; 8. Erickson (unat) 2:52:12.

LASALLE BANKS/CHICAGO

Chicago, Illinois, October 19 (loop)-- Men: 1. Khannouchi' (Mor) 2:07:10 NR (4, 4 W) (fastest debut ever) (course record--old cr 2:07:13 Jones [GB] '85) ($100,000); 2. Kiprop' (Ken) 2:08:19 PR ($50,000); 3. Ndirangu' (Ken) 2:08:46 (debut) ($40,000); 4. P. Chirchir' (Ken) 2:08:56 PR; 5. Muturi' (Ken) 2:08:59 PR; 6. Evans' (GB) 2:09:20; 7. Lawson (Nik) 2:09:35 AR (7, x A) (old AR 2:10:04 Petersen [WSAC] '89 & Lawson '96); 8. Guerra' (Ecu) 2:09:49 NR; 9. Brown' (GB) 2:10:13 (debut); 10. Williams (adi) 2:11:17 (debut); 11. Fialho' (Bra) 2:11:58; 12. Shvetsov' (Rus) 2:12:40; 13. Rutto' (Ken) 2:12:43; 14. Mahon (ReebE) 2:13:02 PR; 15. Vigueras (unat) 2:13:51; 16. De Jesus' (Mex) 2:14:01; 17. Larson (NBal) 2:14:57 (debut); 18. Bautista' (Mex) 2:17:28; 19. Ngatia' (Ken) 2:18:30; 20. Berkeley' (Ire) 2:18:54; 21. Sena (unat) 2:20:12; 22. Collins (unat) 2:20:15; 23. Kieser (unat) 2:20:39; 24. Castillo (unat) 2:21:29 PR;. . . 26. Mayer (adi) 2:23:59;. . . 28. Staines' (GB) 2:25:13;. . . 30. Zyck (unat) 2:25:17; 31. Nystad (unat) 2:25:26; 32. Weigel (unat) 2:25:31;. . . 34. Lentz (unat) 2:25:58.

Women (cr--2:21:21): 1. Sutton' (GB) 2:29:03 PR ($54,000); 2. Karlsh¿j' (Den) 2:31:31 ($27,000); 3. Bogacheva' (Ukr) 2:32:45 ($21,000); 4. McNamara (unat) 2:33:08; 5. Yamamoto' (Jpn) 2:33:55; 6. Kilpatrick-Morris (MC) 2:35:05; 7. Van Blunk (adi) 2:35:49; 8. Statkuviené' (Lit) 2:36:52; 9. Schaefers-Cole (unat) 2:38:25; 10. Kiplagat' (Ken) 2:39:13; 11. Cabrera' (Mex) 2:40:27; 12. Hamrin-Senorski' (Swe) 2:42:07; 13. Johnston (Reeb) 2:42:24; 14. Ishibe (unat) 2:43:28; 15. Stubler (unat) 2:44:57; 16. Ronan (unat) 2:46:32; 17. Samuelson (Nik) 2:46:34; 18. Cosgrove (unat) 2:47:48; 19. Cheek (unat) 2:49:34; 20. Vargas' (Mex) 2:51:17; 21. Latham (unat) 2:51:20.

CHUNCHON

Seoul, South Korea, October 26-- Men: 1. M. Tanui (Ken) 2:09:01 ($75,000); 2. Kim Y. (SK) 2:09:21 ($37,000); 3. Kirwa (Ken) 2:10:17 ($22,000); 4. Mekonnen (Eth) 2:10:27; 5. Lee B. (SK) 2:10:33; 6. Tumo (Eth) 2:11:21; 7. Gómez (Spa) 2:12:15; 8. Matias (Por) 2:12:43; 9. Pinheiro (Por) 2:13:49; 10. Vera (Ecu) 2:15:07.

Women: 1. Kwon (SK) 2:26:12 NR ($7560).

FRANKFURT

Frankfurt, Germany, October 26-- Men: 1. Fietz (Ger) 2:10:59 (debut) (course record--old cr 2:11:53 Freigang [Ger] '93); 2. W. Musyoki (Ken) 2:12:21; 3. Koricho (Eth) 2:12:24; 4. Kundrotas (Lit) 2:12:35; 5. Montero (Spa) 2:13:20; 6. Taylor (GB) 2:13:27; 7. Krzyscin (Pol) 2:14:47; 8. Mutwol (Ken) 2:15:20; 9. Tafa (Eth) 2:15:36; 10. Mukoma (Ken) 2:16:00.

Women: 1. Dörre-Heinig (Ger) 2:26:48 (course record--old cr 2:27:44 Rochat-Moser [Swi] '94) (22nd career win, 17th sub-2:30); 2. Subano (Ken) 2:30:01; 3. Yamazaki (Jpn) 2:34:29; 4. Flores (Chl) 2:35:08; 5. Veith (Ger) 2:35:27.

VENICE

Venice, Italy, October 26-- Men: 1. Serrano (Spa) 2:11:59; 2. Bayo (Tan) 2:12:12; 3. Kirwa Too (Ken) 2:13:28; 4. Bettiol (Ita) 2:14:18; 5. Ruggiero (Ita) 2:14:41; 6. J. Koech (Ken) 2:15:28;. . . 11. P. Koech (Ken) 2:21:26.

Women: 1. Kazakova (Fra) 2:33:44.

SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sama de Langreo, Spain, October 26-- Men: 1. Pe–a (Spa) 2:10:49; 2. Rey (Spa) 2:10:49; 3. Ribera (Spa) 2:12:45.

Women: 1. Rios (Spa) 2:32:13; 2. Pérez (Spa) 2:35:43.

DUBLIN

Dublin, Ireland, October 27-- Men: 1. Kipkemboi (Ken) 2:15:56 PR; 2. Mutai (Ken) 2:16:55; 3. W. Cheruiyot (Ken) 2:18:07 (debut); 4. J. Cheruiyot (Ken) 2:20:14; 5. Price (GB) 2:20:14;. . . 9. Kartalia (US) 2:21:14.

AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam, Holland, November 2-- Men: 1. S. Korir (Ken) 2:08:24; 2. Ziani (Mor) 2:10:18; 3. Espinosa (Mex) 2:10:33; 4. Yego (Ken) 2:10:59; 5. Tangus (Ken) 2:11:37; 6. Serrano (Spa) 2:12:01; 7. Kodama (Jpn) 2:13:55; 8. Adan (Spa) 2:15:06; 9. Panin (Rus) 2:17:18; 10. El-Madi (Fra) 2:17:41; 11. Tafa (Eth) 2:20:06;. . . 13. Osano (Ken) 2:23:31.

Women: 1. Alemu (Eth) 2:37:36. MARINE CORPS Washington, D.C., October 26-- Men: 1. General (unat) 2:18:20; 2. Phillips (unat) 2:29:55;. . . dq. Cruz-Maya' (Mex) (finished 2nd).

Women: 1. Moore (unat) 2:53:42.

NEW YORK

New York, November 2 (point-to-point)-- Men (cr--2:08:01): 1. Kagwe' (Ken) 2:08:12 ($90,000 + car); 2. Chebet' (Ken) 2:09:27 ($45,000); 3. Baldini' (Ita) 2:09:31 ($32,500); 4. El Mouaziz' (Mor) 2:10:04; 5. Silva' (Mex) 2:10:19; 6. Do. Castro' (Por) 2:10:23; 7. Stefko' (Svk) 2:11:11 NR (debut); 8. Ceron' (Mex) 2:13:01; 9. Lopuyet' (Ken) 2:13:41; 10. Belaout' (Alg) 2:14:22; 11. Jitsui' (Jpn) 2:14:32; 12. Andriopolous' (Gre) 2:17:59; 13. Grisales' (Col) 2:18:38; 14. Neas (unat) 2:19:07; 15. Milesi' (Ita) 2:19:25;. . . 19. Coogan (NBal) 2:20:41;. . . 24. Kahsay (unat) 2:24:39;. . . 29. Slinskey (unat) 2:25:36;. . . dnf. Cheruiyot' (Ken); dnf. Kororia' (Ken); dnf. Paredes' (Mex);. . . rabbit. Githuka' (Ken); rabbit. Guerrero' (Col).

Women (cr--2:24:40): 1. Rochat-Moser' (Swi) 2:28:43 ($58,000 + car); 2. de Reuck' (SA) 2:29:11 ($30,000); 3. Fiacconi' (Ita) 2:30:15 ($12,500); 4. Catuna' (Rom) 2:31:24; 5. Ferrara' (Ita) 2:31:44; 6. Jones (Reeb) 2:32:00; 7. Loroupe' (Ken) 2:32:07; 8. Aktas' (Tur) 2:33:31; 9. Pont' (Spa) 2:36:04; 10. Krolik' (Ger) 2:36:22; 11. Razdrogina' (Rus) 2:36:54; 12. Reger' (Ger) 2:37:35; 13. Wieciorkowska' (Pol) 2:41:22; 14. Horovitz' (GB) 2:43:20; 15. Houdenak' (Nor) 2:44:47; 16. Asai' (Jpn) 2:45:39;. . . 18. Griffin (unat) 2:50:25;. . . 22. Chodnicki (unat) 2:54:30; 23. Feeney (unat) 2:55:10; 24. Meyer (unat) 2:55:22; 25. Suchenski (unat) 2:57:23.

COLUMBUS

Columbus, Ohio, November 9 (loop)-- Men: 1. Ndambuki' (Ken) 2:14:52 (debut) ($5000 + air ticket); 2. Hellebuyck' (Bel) 2:18:35; 3. Andrews (unat) 2:18:40; 4. Woshner (unat) 2:19:46;. . . 6. Gorby (unat) 2:24:50; 7. Herr (unat) 2:25:27; 8. Dudley (unat) 2:26:27; 9. Keiser (unat) 2:27:21; 10. Hommes (unat) 2:29:47.

Women: 1. Klochko' (Ukr) 2:40:21 ($5000 + air ticket); 2. Maslova' (Rus) 2:43:02; 3. Semyonova' (Rus) 2:43:54; 4. Tormoen (unat) 2:48:05.

OCEAN STATE

Narragansett, Rhode Island, November 9-- Men: 1. Eticha' (Eth) 2:20:15 ($5000); 2. Wanderi' (Ken) 2:20:56; 3. Filho' (Bra) 2:25:41; 4. Harding (unat) 2:26:09; 5. Peter' (Tan) 2:26:26; 6. Olszowik (unat) 2:28:25.

Women: 1. Ivanova' (Rus) 2:39:12; 2. Currier (unat) 2:46:36; 3. Edato' (Eth) 2:49:17; 4. Burns-Prine (unat) 2:54:01.