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|  Rono and Ndereba Win Crim 10 Mile August 26, 2002 Courtesy of Running USA wire.
Rono, 30, won his first Crim with a time of 47:13. He pulled
away from the
lead group of runners at the six-mile mark and by the
seven-mile mark had a
nine second lead. The two-time Bolder Boulder 10K winner
(1996 and 1998)
maintained his lead through the last half mile and turned
onto the red bricks
in downtown Flint finishing ahead of fellow Kenyans
Benjamin Kosgei (47:21)
and William Kiptum (47:29). Rono, who had been training in Kenya after recovering from
an injury said,
"This is my first race this year. It was a very nice race. I knew
I was in
good shape." A group of 25 runners began to move ahead of the pack at
the two-mile mark.
By the three-mile mark the lead group was down to 15
runners who carried the
pace through the four-mile mark. Entering the Bradley Street
hills near the
five-mile mark, Rono and Gabriel Muchiri (fourth place
47:32) lead a group of
twelve runners. By the six-mile mark Rono pulled away from
the lead group and
went on to win. Ndereba, 30, finished strongly to post her personal best
Crim time of 52:09
(second best time in Crim history behind Cathy O'Brien's
American record
51:47 from 1989). Recent 8K and 10K world road record
setter Asmae Leghzaoui
of Morocco (second, 52:21) led the race through the eight
mile mark before
Ndereba - the world record holder in the marathon (2:18:47)
- asserted
herself. Kenyan Agnes Ngunjiri (55:41) finished third. Ndereba said, "It was a wonderful race. She had a 100
meter lead, but I
maintained my pace and told my body to go how it feels. I
caught her at the
eight-mile mark." Among the Masters runners, Andrew Masai, 42, of Kenya,
won his third Crim in
a row with a time of 49:33 finishing 14th overall. Americans
Eddy Hellebuyck,
41, (51:12, 19th overall) and Phil Bedford, 40, (51:35, 22nd
overall)
finished second and third. With a time of 58:10, Masters runner Tatyana Pozdnyakova,
47, from Ukraine
was the top female Masters runner. Pozdnyakova came in
ninth overall wining
her sixth Crim Masters. Cindy Keeler, 44, from Clermont,
Florida finished
second (1:03:07), 18th overall. Laurie Decker, 42, finished
third (1:06:43).
For the second year in a row, Kyle Baker, 26, Mason, was
the top Michigan
finisher (47:55) finishing 7th overall. Richard Brinker, 26,
Rochester Hills,
(49:21) and Justin Young, 23, Rochester Hills, (49:34) finish
second and
third among Michigan male runners. They placed 12th and
15th overall,
respectively. Top Michigan female runners were Betsy Frens, 27, Grand
Rapids, with a time
of 59:18, 10th overall. Mari Chandler, 26, East Tawas, came
in second with a
time of 59:33, placing 11th overall and Tere Stouffer Drenth,
36, of
Charlevoix (1:01:07) finished third, 12th overall. Krige Schabort, 38, of Cedartown, Georgia won his second
Crim in row
finishing with a time of (39:05) to win the wheelchair event.
Tony Iniguez of
Aurora, Illinois came in second (39:28) and Brad Whitacre of
Lacrosse,
Wisconsin finished third (45:16). Bert Burns of Alpharetta,
Georgia, was the
top quad finisher with a time of 1:09:33. Tricia Downing of
Dexter, Colorado
won the female wheeler race with a time of 1:04:49. The premier 10 mile race drew 6,275 entrants (second
highest amount in Crim
history). The family of races, which also includes a 8K run
and walk, a 5K
run and walk, a one-mile run and walk, the Lois Craig
Invitational for
Special Olympics and the Teddy Bear Trot; drew 13, 580
participants. This
year over 3,500 volunteers came together to make this event
a success. 26th Crim 10 Mile Road Race MEN
MASTERS MEN (40+) WOMEN MASTERS WOMEN (40+) For more information, check out:
www.crim.org
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