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Derartu
Tulu, 32, of Ethiopia finished eighth in 2:30:21.
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Tulu
has been at the top level of women's running since she ran a World
Junior 10,000m record in 1991.
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She
won the 1992 and 2000 Olympic 10,000m, finished fourth in 1996 and
third in 2004.
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Blake
Russell, 29, of Marina, California was the second U.S. finisher.
She was ninth amont the women in 2:32:04.
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Russell
set her PR of 2:30:31 at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in
April.
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Russell
moved from Massachusetts to California after the Olympic Trials.
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Jenny
Spangler, 41, of Lake Villa, Illinois, finished 10th in 2:33:36
and won...
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...the
masters race. Spangler set a U.S. masters record (2:32:39) here
a year ago.
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Malgorzata
Sobanska, 35, of Poland finished 11th in 2:35:24.
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Nicole
Stevenson, 31, of Canada finished 12th in 2:39:12.
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Stevenson
was eligible to represent Canada in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic...
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...Games,
but to many people's chagrin, they opted not to send anyone.
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Yasuko
Hashimoto, 29, of Boulder, Colorado, and Japan finished 13th in
2:40:34.
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Hashimoto
went through the halfway point in 1:15:29.
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Rachel
Moritz, 33, of San Diego, California, finishd 15th in 2:46:31.
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We
don't really have anything else to say about Moritz...
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...but
she looked so good at the finish...
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...that
we included four photos of her!
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Sarah
Dupre-Healy of Canada had a rough day, finishing 17th in 2:48:03...
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...after
going through the half in 1:18:33.
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