by RBR Admin
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service ([email protected])
This Day in Track & Field–November 3
TCS NY City Marathon
1991—Just two months after winning the 10,000-Meters at the World Championships in Tokyo, and less than a year after giving birth to daughter Eilish, Scotland’s Liz McColgan won the women’s race in 2:27:32, the fastest debut ever for the distance (at the time). Being a rookie in the event, McColgan, who said she was prepared to run 2:24, ran cautiously until she was challenged by Russia’s Olga Markova (2:28:27) with less than 4 miles to go. “I was surprised to see her,” McColgan said of Markova, who would finish 2nd. “She put me into action. For the first time, I was really striding out and I felt better for the last few miles than I had at any point during the race.” McColgan was named to the NYRR Hall of Fame in 2021.
Fading to 6th after being among the leaders for much of the race was Joan Benoit-Samuelson (2:33:48), the winner of the first Olympic Marathon for women in 1984.
It was a big day for Mexican men, who finished 1st (Salvador Garcia/2:09:28), 2nd (Andrés Espinosa/2:10:00), and 5th (Isidro Rico/2:11:58).
Garcia broke away from the field after 16 miles, with no one willing to go with him. Said Kenya’s Ibrahim Hussein, the 1987 winner, “There were so many people cheering on First Avenue. I just thought he was responding to the crowd. I have run this race before, so I let him go. I was wrong. It was a very good move.” Hussein would finish 3rd in 2:11:07.
Other Notable Finishers (25,775 total)
Women: 3.Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 2:29:02, 4.Alena Peterková (CZE) 2:30:36
Men: 9.John Treacy (Ireland) 2:15:09…13.Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania/defending champion) 2:17:19
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/911103/finishers/1389658
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_New_York_City_Marathon
ABC Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em-tbnCo4LM
Women’s Finish: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1826991310644294
1996—Winners this year were Italy’s Giacomo Leone (2:09:54) and Romania’s Anuța Cătună (2:28:18).
Other Notable Finishers
Men: 2.Tuma Turbo (Ethiopia) 2:10:09, 3.Joseph Kamau (Kenya) 2:10:40, 4.John Kagwe (Kenya) 2:10:59 (would win in 1997), 5.Andrés Espinosa (Mexico) 2:11:39, 6.Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 2:11:53, 7.Martin Fiz (Spain) 2:12:31…24.Joe McVeigh (1st American) 2:21:12; DNF-Stefano Baldini (Italy), Moses Tanui (Kenya)
Women: 2.Franca Fiacconi (Italy) 2:28:42, 3.Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win in 2002) 2:29:38, 4.Kim Jones (USA) 2:34:46…7.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya/2-time defending champion) 2:37:19
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/961103/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_New_York_City_Marathon
Highlights(Includes a look at the 1st five-boro race in 1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHdLbmGsjI
2002–For the first time in a major U.S. marathon, the women’s professional field in the NY City Marathon started separately, 35 minutes before the professional men and the rest of the field. The separate women’s start highlighted the most competitive women’s field in race history. Joyce Chepchumba (2:25:56), after three top-five finishes, finally scored a victory. She was followed across the line by Russia’s Lyubov Denisova (2:26:17) and fellow Kenyan Esther Kiplagat (2:27:00). Legally blind Marla Runyan (2:27:10) was fourth, the highest placing by an American since Kim Jones’s runner-up finish in 1989. Other notable finishers included Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan (11th/2:32:06) and American Sylvia Mosqueda (12th/2:33:47)
The move to have separate starts for men and women this year was in sharp contrast to what took place at the 1972 race, when the six female entrants, protesting an AAU ruling that they had to start 10 minutes before their male counterparts, sat on the starting line before joining the men when they started! (The AAU was sued for discrimination when they added 10-minutes to the women’s times!).
As marathons grew in size and the quality of the women’s fields increased, it was felt that the women deserved their own time in the spotlight. It also eliminated the perception that women were being unfairly paced by men when the two genders competed together.
Following his Boston Marathon victory in April, Rodgers Rop (2:08:07) won a close men’s race over fellow Kenyan Christopher Cheboiboch (2:08:17). Other notable finishers in the men’s race included Italy’s Stefano Baldini (5th-2:09:12), who would win Olympic gold in 2004, former Providence star Mark Carroll of Ireland (6th-2:10:54), and future legend Meb Keflezighi, who finished 9th (2:12:35) in his debut at the distance! (31,838 finishers)
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/NYC2002/customStatistics
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_New_York_City_Marathon
A Look Back (2017): https://www.nerunner.com/2017/10/31/15-years-ago-nyc-marathon-put-women-first/
ESPN’s 30 for 30/Six Who Sat:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/sports/women-new-york-marathon.html
2013—The Marathon returned to the streets of New York a year after the 2012 race was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.
Trailing by 3:30 at the half-way point of the women’s race, Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo (2:25:07) patiently worked her way up towards the front, eventually taking the lead from Ethiopia’s Bizunesh Diba (2:25:56) near the 24-mile marker and pulling away for the win.
Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai (2:08:24) repeated his win from 2011, beating runnerup Tsegay Kebede (Ethiopia/2:09:15) by almost a minute.
Both winners received $100,000 in prize money, with Jeptoo earning an additional $500,000 as the winner of the World Marathon Majors title.
Starters: Total-50,740, Men-31,002, Women-19,738; Finishers: Total-50,266, Men-30,699, Women-19,567
Other Notable Finishers
Men: 5.Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2:10:41 (would win in 2015)…13.Ryan Vail 2:13:23…15.”Bob” Tahri (France/world-ranked steeplechaser) 2:18:16; DNF-Martin Lel (Kenya/winner in 2003, 2007)
Women: 3.Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia/winner in 2005,2006) 2:27:47…6.Kim Smith (New Zealand) 2:28:49…9.Edna Kiplagat (Kenya, 2010 winner) 2:30:04…13.Adriana Nelson (1st American) 2:35:05…20.Amy Cragg 2:42:50
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/40/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.letsrun.com/events/2013-ing-new-york-city-marathon/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ouf2rVTT_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ233tUHdH8
2019—Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor (2:08:13) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:22:38) were the winners at the TCS NY City Marathon. It was the 2nd win in NY for Kamworor, who also finished 1st in 2017. Jepkosgei, making her debut at the distance, was the upset winner over her friend and fellow Kenyan, Mary Keitany (2:23:32), a 4-time winner in NY. Her winning time is the 2nd-fastest in the race’s history (CR is 2:22:31). It was the 2nd win in NY this year for Kepkosgei, who won the NYC half-marathon in March.
Kamworor was greeted at the finish by his training partner and mentor, Eliud Kipchoge, the World Record holder in the Marathon (at the time). “I didn’t want to disappoint him,” Kamworor said. “That gave me a lot of motivation.”
The top American finishers were Jared Ward (2:10:45) and Des Linden (2:26:46), both of whom were 6th in their respective divisions.
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa, the defending men’s champion, dropped out early in the race, apparently not fully recovered after winning at the World Championships a month earlier.
With 53,627 finishers, this year’s race became the largest marathon in history. (30,886 men. 22,741 women)
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/M2019/finishers
Top 25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_New_York_City_Marathon
Video(Full Race): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-i8EaOaiqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdH7I_Jnu8
By The Numbers: https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-release/20191105_tcsnycmbythenumbers
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a29689691/new-york-city-marathon-2019-finisher-record/
Photos: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/sports/nyc-marathon-photos.html
T&F News Coverage:
Men: https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/nyc-marathon-men-kamworor-cruises/
Women: https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/nyc-marathon-women-fine-debut-by-jepkosgei/
2024—Waiting patiently until they entered Central Park, the Netherlands’ Abdi Nageeye (2:07:39) pulled away from Kenya’s Evans Chebet (2:07:45), the 2022 winner, to capture the men’s title in ideal conditions at the TCS NY City Marathon. Next across the line were three other past winners of the race-Kenya’s Albert Korir (2:08:00/2021), Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola (2:08:12/2023-also the 2024 Olympic champion), and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor (2:08:50/2017,2019). Finishing 6th & 7th were American training partners (and former BYU teammates) Conner Mantz (2:09:00) and Clayton Young (2:09:21).
It was the 4th trip to NYC for Nageeye, who finished 5th in 2021, 3rd in 2022, and 4th in 2023. The native of Somalia, who was later adopted by a Dutch family, had won the Rotterdam Marathon with a personal best of 2:04:45 in April, but a pain in his hip forced him to drop out of the Olympic Marathon in Paris (he was the silver medalist at the 2021 Olympics).
“It was one of my biggest disappointments ever,” Nageeye said of this year’s Olympics. “So I went back to training and I told myself, ‘You will never get it back. It is done. Paris is over. You can only do one thing: In less than two months, you can do something great at the greatest marathon in the world, so focus on that.’”
The women’s race was also decided in Central Park when Sheila Chepkirui (2:24:35) shook off defending champion Hellen Obiri in the final ½-mile to win in 2:24:49 in her NYC debut. Making it a podium sweep for Kenya was 41-year old Vivian Cheruiyot (2:25:21), who had been with Chepkirui and Obiri for much of the race. She was a 5-time global champion on the track.
Finishing 6th as the top American was 38-year old Sara Vaughn (2:26:56), a late addition to the field after an illness forced her to drop out of the Chicago Marathon the previous month.
Jenny Simpson, competing in her final professional race, was actually in the lead early in the race before winding up in 18th place (2:31:54). Simpson was an 8-time winner of the Fifth-Avenue Mile in New York.
This year’s race, with 55,646 finishers was the largest marathon in history. The previous record of 54,280 finishers was set at the 2024 Berlin Marathon.
Other notable/U.S. Finishers:
Men: 10.CJ Albertson (USA) 2:10:57…15.Rory Linkletter (CAN) 2:11:45…17.Futsum Zienasellassie (USA) 2:12:32… 32.Jared Ward (USA) 2:19:36
Women:…8.Jessica McClain (USA) 2:27:19, 9.Sharon Lokedi (KEN/2022 winner) 2:27:45, 10.Kellen Taylor (USA/38) 2:27:59, 11.Des Linden (USA/41) 2:29:32, 12.Edna Kiplagat (KEN/44) 2:29:56…17.Dakotah (Lindwurm) Popehn (USA) 2:31:45…19.Aliphine Tuliamuk (USA) 2:32:10
Race Results Weekly: https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=670213
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/03/nyregion/nyc-marathon
Pre-Race: https://www.letsrun.com/events/2024/11/2024-tcs-new-york-city-marathon
Largest Ever: https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-release/2024_1104_tcsnycmbythenumbers
Past NY City Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Through The Years:
Also
2007—Ryan Hall, Dathan Ritzenhein, and Brian Sell finished 1-2-3 at the U.S. Marathon Trials in Central Park to qualify for the 2008 Olympic team, but their celebration was cut short when they learned that Ryan Shay, one of the pre-race favorites, had collapsed and died just 5-1/2 miles into the race. It was later determined that his death was caused by an irregular heartbeat that stemmed from an enlarged and scarred heart.
“It’s heart-wrenching,” said NYRR President Mary Wittenberg. “These things happen, but they’re not supposed to happen at the height of an athlete’s life and career and on one of the biggest days of their career. There must be a reason for it all, but it’s certainly not clear to us right now.”
Check these links for the full story:
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/sports/othersports/04marathon.html?ref=othersports
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/sports/othersports/19runner.html?_r=0
Runner’s World(for subscribers)
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20967138/pure-heart/
A Year Later: http://www.runnersworld.com/masters/ryan-shay-remembered-in-central-park-ceremony
10 Years Later—LetsRun’s Jonathan Gault writes about Shay’s legacy of inspiration
Ryan’s Bench: http://www.runblogrun.com/2012/11/walking-in-central-park-visiting-ryan-shays-bench-by-larry-eder.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Shay
https://und.com/ryan-shay-tribute-notre-dame-mourns-the-death-of-a-champion/
Born On This Day*
Kimberly Williams-Jamaica 40 (1988) 5-time NCAA Champion at Florida State:
Long Jump (1)-2009; Triple Jump (4)-2009, Indoor/2009-2011)
Also-LJ (‘08-4th, ‘10-4th, ‘11-2nd/Indoors-‘10-5th, ‘11-2nd); TJ (‘08-4th, ’10-4th, ’11-2nd; Indoors-’08-2nd, ’09-3rd)
Triple Jump
2-time Commonwealth Games Champion (2014, 2018)
3-time medalist at the World Indoor Championships (2014-bronze, 2018-silver, 2022-bronze)
3-time Olympic finalist (2012-6th, 2016-7th, 2021-8th); Eliminated in the qualifying round at the 2024 Olympics
6-time World Championships finalist (2013-4th, 2015-5th, 2017-10th, 2019-4th, 2022-7th, 2023-7th/qualifying
round in 2009 & 2011)
2-time Penn Relays Champion (2008, 2009)
6-time Jamaican Champion;
PB: 48-2 1/2 (14.69/2021), 47-11 3/4i (14.62/2022); 2025 SB: 45-3 ½ (13.80)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Williams_(triple_jumper)
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/kimberly-williams-14285998
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120738
Road To Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zodQFl6Z1Ws
https://www.nowfoods.com/now/ambassadors/kimberly-williams
Sid Sink 77 (1948) 2-time NCAA Champion—Steeplechase (Bowling Green/1970,1971/1969-4th)
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