The parade of Kenyans continued and this time they took it to another level, shattering records across the board. The men’s mark fell to the fleet feet of Joseph Kimani, the pre-race pick who lived up to his press clippings. He ran the course in 31:36, smashing Benson Masya’s 1992 standard by 16 seconds. Kimani spotted countryman Peter Githuka what seemed to be a comfortable lead before he ran him down over the last couple of miles. Catherine Ndereba’s performance in winning the women’s race was equally impressive, as the diminutive Kenyan obliterated Lynn Jennings ‘92 course record by 36 seconds, running 35:37. In all, nine of the top 10 men and four of the top six women were from Kenya. A new men’s wheelchair record was also set as Craig Blanchette raced to victory in 24:01. The women’s wheelchair winner was Rose Winand of Boston.
(CR: old record 31:52, Benson Masya, Kenya, 1992) Place Name Age Home Time 1. Joseph Kimani 36 Kenya 31:36 2. Peter Githuka 30 Kenya 31:41 3. Joseph Kamau Kenya 23 Kenya 31:55 4. Hezron Otwori 19 Kenya 31:58 5. Lazarus Nyakeraka 20 Kenya 32:12 6. Gideon Mutisya 29 Kenya 32:14 7. Phillimon Hanneck 25 Zimbabwe 32:21 8. Alphonce Muindi 24 Kenya 32:22 9. Thomas Osanao 26 Kenya 32:25 10. Daniel Kihara 30 Kenya 32:33 11. Khalid Khannouchi 24 Morocco 32:37 12. John Kagwe 27 Kenya 32:38 13. Charles Mulinga 30 Zambia 32:40 14. Joe Lemay 29 Danbury CT 32:44 15. Jon Wyatt 36 New Zealand 32:53 16. Joseph Kariuki 36 Kenya 33:01 17. Brian Baker 26 Cambridge MA 32:59 18. James Kariuki 24 Kenya 33:01 19. Arturo Barrios 33 Boulder CO 33:09 20. Jeff Jacobs 32 Roscoe IL 33:17 21. Jason Bunstan 25 Canada 33:20 22. Art Smith 27 Cambridge MA 33:36 23. James Bungei 29 Kenya 33:44 24. Dan Nelson 32 Eugene OR 33:46 25. Tesfaye Bekele 26 Ethiopia 34:07 26. Tom Ansberry 32 Portland OR 34:15 27. Martin Mondragon 42 Mexico 34:25 28. Hosea Kogo 24 Kenya 34:40 29. Arega Abraha 34 Ethiopia 34:45 30. Chris Fox 37 Boulder CO 34:46 31. Dave Morris 26 Alberquerque NM 34:48 32. Garry Henry 42 Australia 34:57 33. William Koech 35 Kenya 35:08 34. Dror Vaknin 28 Tampa FL 35:10 35. Jack Dwyer 22 Walpole MA 35:12 36. Tewodros Jaleta 41 Canada 35:14 37. Jim Brunswick 27 Cambridge MA 35:18 38. Boguslav Maminski 40 Poland 35:21 39. Mike Michno 33 Kettering OH 35:22 40. Tom Stevens 40 Middletown MD 35:26 41. Jen Karras 27 Germany 35:37 42. Peter Pazik 32 Wallingford CT 35:42 43. George Luke 30 Lexington MA 35:56 44. Barry Harwick 41 Hanover NH 36:00 45. Brendan Prindiville 19 Manchester CT 36:17 46. Cameron Stracher 35 New York NY 36:21 47. Tom Murdock 33 Somerville MA 36:38 Women: (CR: old record 36:13, Lynn Jennings, 1992) 1. Catherine Ndereba 23 Kenya 35:37 2. Colleen de Reuck 32 South Africa 36:05 3. Delillah Asiago 24 Kenya 36:48 4. Libbie Johnson 31 Fort Collins CO 36:56 5. Helen Kimaiyo 28 Kenya 37:00 6. Gladys Ondeyo 21 Kenya 37:28 7. Lorraine Moller 41 New Zealand 37:33 8. Nnenna Lynch 25 Washington DC 37:42 9. Olga Markova 28 Russia 37:52 10. Wilma van Onna 31 Netherlands 38:01 11. Maria Luisa Servin 33 Mexico 38:10 12. Elena Viazova 33 Ukraine 38:46 13. Christine McNamara 30 Lincoln RI 38:54 14. Micky Reger 27 Germany 38:56 15. Tina Connelly 26 Canada 39:07 16. Jenny Crain 28 Shorewood WI 39:10 17. Laura LaMena-Coll 29 Eugene OR 39:12 18. Martha Shue 27 Annapolis MD 39:22 19. Mary-Lynn Currier 32 Plymouth MA 39:29 20. Lynn Doering 34 Dunwoody GA 40:09 21. Jane Welzel 41 Fort Collins CO 40:10 22. Sue Faber 30 Oxford CT 40:30 23. Sissel Grottenberg 40 Norway 40:34 24. Naoko Ishibe-Sheehan 27 Somerville MA 40:59 25. Heather Bessette 33 Stonington CT 41:58 26. Sandra Natal 34 Brooklyn NY 42:14 27. Jill Gaitenby 29 Boston MA 42:20 28. Gina Sperry 35 Exeter NH 42:20 29. Amy Kattwinkel 29 Charlotte NC 42:25 30. Anne Hare 32 New Zealand 42:35 31. Rebecca Stockdale-Woolley 45 Chaplin CT 42:53 32. Marge Bellisle 41 Warren RI 43:02 33. Diane Underwood 43 England 43:08 34. Anna Brook 30 Ukraine 43:10 35. Sarah Nixon 32 Medfield MA 43:13 Men's Wheelchair: (CR: old record 42:41. Mustapha Badid, France, 1994) 1. Craig Blanchette 28 Cheney WA 24:01 2. Gav Foulsham 25 New Zealand 24:15 3. James Briggs 24 Champlaign IL 24:19 4. Jan Mattern 30 Arlington TX 25:30 5. Bob Nichol 31 Sharon MA 27:11 6. Keith Davis 24 Champlaign IL 27:16 7. Tom Foran 37 W. Hartford CT 27:53 8. Marty Ball 59 Pine Plains NY 28:45 9. Louie Antonio 29 Alberquerque NM 28:46 10. Jason Fowler 23 Boston MA 28:46 11. Joe Dowling 57 Old Greenwich CT 28:46 12. Brian White 27 Haverhill MA 33:10 13. Dennis Laferriere 35 Providence RI 33:29 14. John Lyon 36 Sandwich MA 35:27 15. Paul Ward 13 Allndale NJ 38:04 16. Dave Estrada 24 Boston MA 42:31 17. John Morin 38 Blackstone MA 43:54 18. Jamie Legeyt 9 Brewster MA 50:37 Women's Wheelchair: 1. Rose Winand 36 Boston MA 30:18 2. Julia Wallace 34 Rumson NJ 36:43 3. Kathy Martin 31 Manchester CT 38:36 4. Jessica Galli 12 Belle Mead NJ 40:02 5. Harrilyn Beehner 49 Saratoga NY 45:27