MARATHON SEASON IN FULL SWING
Steve Smythe results editor
LAST weekend was the busiest this season for marathons in both the UK and around the world. Britain had good- quality events in Chester, Bournemouth, Jersey and Kielder and there were fine marathons in both the USA and Europe. One disappointing aspect of Chester and Bournemouth, despite their professional organisation, is that both sets of results were still just provisional as at Tuesday lunchtime, so we weren’t able to process detailed results for the magazine.
GEORGE IN GOOD FORM
USA
New York (Addn), September 25
Men: 10M: 15 JAMES KELLY 53:39; 16 PAUL THOMPSON (M50) 54:16
All Ohio Championships, Cedarville, September 30
Men:XC: 8 TOBY LOVERIDGE 25:27.5
South Bend, September 30
BRITISH women placed three in the top five with Alice Wright second in 16:16.0, Bethan Knights third in 16:21.8 and Calli Thackery fifth in 16:30.9.
Men: XC: r2: 21 MICHAEL WARD 24:08.2; 51 JAMAINE COLEMAN (U20) 24:33.1; 87 ROBBIE FARNHAM-ROSE 24:49.0; 137 NYLE CLINTON 25:21.0; 140 HARAN DUNDERDALE (U20) 25:22.6. r6: 38 MATTHEW EDWARDS 25:28.9. Women: XC: r1: 2 ALICE WRIGHT 16:16.0; 3 BETHAN KNIGHTS (U20) 16:21.8; 5 CALLI THACKERY 16:30.9; 37 SOPHIE CONNOR 16:59.8; 48 POPPY TANK (U20) 17:07.2; 53 GEORGIA BELL 17:12.4; 67 KIRSTIN OAKLEY (U20) 18:15.6
Capital Cross Challenge, Sacramento, October 1
Men: XC: 64 KRIS EVERETT 25:09.7; 95 HARRY LOASBY 25:37.1. Women: XC: 32 HANNAH EDWARDS 21:30.7; 57 REBECCA CROFT (U20) 21:56.7
Chile Pepper Festival, Fayetteville, October 1
ALEX GEORGE, who finished second overall to Kenyan division two runner Vincent Kiprop, won the division one race by a tenth of a second.
Men: XC: 1 V Kiprop (KEN) 23:03.62; 2 ALEX GEORGE 23:32.78; 3 F Tonui 23:32.88; 43 OLLIE LOCKLEY 24:43.6; 57 LUCA RUSSO 24:52.4; 91 ELLIOT SLADE 25:20.6; 92 THOMAS GEORGE 25:20.7. Women: XC: 36 SARA MOORE 17:36.1
Cowboy Stampede, Lake Charles, October 1
Men: XC: 7 NATHAN JONES 15:49.7; 8 BRADLEY TRAVISS 15:55.6; 22 FINLAY MURRAY 17:12.0. Women: XC: 4 SHANNON McLELLAN 19:26.0; 7 LAUREN HAWTIN 20:13.8
Greater Louisville Classic, Louisville, October 1
Women: XC: 6 KATHERINE TURNER 16:56.2; 25 KIMBERLY JOHANSEN 17:23.4; 66 REBECCA EVANS 17:51.7; 118 SARAH LIVETT 18:13.8
Bethlehem, October 1
Men: XC: r1: 16 CHARLES COOPER 25:03. r3: 2 KIERAN CLEMENTS 23:38; 12 LIAM DEE 23:57; 62 SEAN FONTANA 24:32; 94 WILLIAM BATTERSHILL (U20) 24:51; 181 JACK JIBB (U20) 25:34. Women: XC: r4: 52 EILISH FLANAGAN (U20) 20:54; 57 GEORGIA FEAR (U20) 20:56; 162 MILLIE HOWARD (U20) 21:47.
Rocky Mountain Shootout, Boulder, October 1
Men: XC: 4 RYAN FORSYTH 25:04
Stanford, October 1
Men: XC: 20 BEN BRANAGH 24:07.5
Seattle, October 1
Women: XC: 3 AMY-ELOISE NEALE 19:47.2
St George, October 1
Men: Mar (downhill): 1 R Cook 2:16:09; 2 B Jensen 2:16:46; 3 A Metler 2:19:01. Women: Mar: 1 R Lee 2:40:45
San Jose, October 2
Men: HM: 1 S Biwott (KEN) 61:55.
Women: HM: 1 S Kipyego (KEN) 69:53; 2 S Hall 72:47
Sally Kipyego: San Jose winner
VICTAH SAILER
OVERSEAS
AUSTRALIA
Australian University Games, Perth, September 24-26
Men: 5000: 8 JOSEPH TURNER 15:44.61. 3000SC: 3 TURNER 9:57.54
BELGIUM
Brussels Half-marathon, Brussels, October 2
Women: HM: 4 JULIET CHAMPION (W35) 84:30
CHINA
Suzhou, September 27
Men: 10.5km: 1 D Bird-Smith (AUS) 42:22; 2 E Arevalo 42:23; 3 P Karlstrom (SWE) 42:53; 59 Y Diniz (FRA) 53:58.
Women: 10.5km: 1 Qieyang Shijie 45:18; 2 Nie Jingjing 46:06; 3 E de Sena 46:23
FRANCE
Lyon, October 2
Men: Mar: 1 A Saekwo (KEN) 2:10:49.
Women: Mar: 1 J Kigen (KEN) 2:33:28
GERMANY
Cologne, October 2
Men: Mar: 1 R Choge (KEN) 2:08:39; 16 MARK POLLARD 2:39:15; 18 JOHN BROGAN 2:39:45; 113 KEVIN MURRAY (M55) 2:59:19. Women: Mar: 1 B Kitur (KEN) 2:32:16
HUNGARY
Budapest, September 25
Men: 10km: 4 BEN LIVESEY 31:43
ITALY
Boissano, September 29
Men: 800:1 GUY LEARMONTH 1:48.14.
HT: 1 M Lingua 76.03
KENYA
Mombasa, September 25
Men: Mar: 1 P Maina in 2:12:13; 2 S Bor 2:12:50. Women: Mar: 1 N Chebet 2:40.01
NETHERLANDS
Keith Beard Javelin Cup, Woerden, September 25
Men: JT: 1 KEITH BEARD (M50) 53.09
Hengelo, September 18
Men: 100 (1.7): 4 ISAYAH BOERS (U20) 11.02. 200 (-0.2): 1 BOERS 21.83
Breda, October 2
Men: HM: 1 N Korir (KEN) 59:50; 2 P Kirui (KEN) 60:06; 3 G Masai (KEN) 62:37; 4 K Choukoud 62:56
Women: HM: 1 I Kibet (KEN) 71:24; 2 T Siyum (ETH) 71:57; 3 V Dejaeghere 73:55
Utrecht, October 2
Men: 10km:1 B Abdi (BEL) 28:31; 2 A Cheroben (KEN) 28:32; 3 P Kipyeko (UGA) 28:33. Women: 10km: 1 E Cherono (KEN) 32:07; 2 C Jepkosgei (KEN) 32:10; 3 M Chemos (KEN)33:42
PORTUGAL
RNR Lisbon Marathon, Lisbon, October 2
SARAH CHEPCHIRCHIR won the marathon in a PB and course record 2:24:12.
Ethiopia’s Genet Yalew won the half-marathon in 70:25 by three seconds ahead of Kenyans Margaret Agai and Valary Aiyabei (70:44).
Eritrea’s Nguse Amlosom won the men’s race in 62:39, leading Kenyans Remmi Limo (62:48) and Wilfred Kimeli (62:49). Top European was Sergiy Lebid in ninth in 65:27.
Men: Mar: 1 A Kering (KEN) 2:10:27; 2 R Querio 2:11:09 and Eritrean Seboka Nigusse 2:11:42. 10 JAMES WILLIAMS 2:33:16; 26 PAUL VEITCH (M40) 2:51:10. HM: 1 N Amlosom (ERI) 62:39; 2 R Limo (KEN) 62:48; 3 W Kimeli (KEN) 62:49; 6 S Lebid (UKR) 65:27. Women: Mar: 1 S Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:24:12; 22 JANET WORSTER (W50) 3:28:27. HM: 1 G Yalew (ETH) 70:25; 2 M Agai (KEN) 70:28; 3 V Aiyabei (KEN) 70:44; 6 A Dulce Felix 76:19; 8 L Wangui (KEN) 76:30
SLOVAKIA
Koscice, October 2
DAVID KEMBOI KIYENG, who has a PB of 2:06:26, broke clear in the 38th kilometre to win in 2:08:58 and take the 12,000 euros first prize.
Halfway was reached in 64:09, but warmer temperatures slowed the second half. Second was 2011 winner Elijah Kemboi in 2:09:24.
The women also started promisingly with a 73:54 halfway time, but the temperatures also played an effect and the winning time was just 2:32:20 for Ethiopian Chaltu Tafa Waka.
2:25:14 marathoner Emily Ngetich struggled and finished an exhausted second in 2:33:57.
Men: Mar: 1 D Kemboi Kiyeng (KEN) 2:08:58; 2 E Kemboi (KEN) 2:09:24; 3 T Mamo (ETH) 2:10:17; 4. D Kiprop Limo (KEN) 2:10:31; 5 H Chirchir (KEN) 2:10:40. Women: Mar: 1 C Tafa Waka (ETH) 2:32:20; 2 E Ngetich (KEN) 2:33:57; 3 T Gidey Weldegebriel (ETH) 2:40:49