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Tegla
Loroupe, the 1994 and 1995 New York City Marathon champion, finished
11th in 2:33:11.
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Lidiya
Grigoryeva of Russia finished 12th in 2:34:39.
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Grigoryeva
again.
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Asha
Gigi of Ethiopia finished 13th in 2:36:31.
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Gigi,
31, has a PR of 2:26:05 from the 2004 Paris Marathon.
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Gigi
started, but did not finish, the Athens Olympic Marathon in August.
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Benita
Johnson was one of several athletes in the race who had a disappointing...
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...experience
at the 2004 Olympic Games. She finished 24th in the Olympic 10,000m
after winning a World XC...
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...title
earlier in the year. Johnson finished 14th here in her marathon
debut, running 2:38:03.
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Jenny
Crain was the top U.S. finisher (15th, 2:41:06). Deena Kastor, the
bronze medalist in the Athens Olympic...
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...Marathon
started with the lead pack but dropped back early on and dropped
out around mile 16 due to fatigue and cramping.
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Molly
Austin of Colorado was making her marathon debut. She ran a conservative
race and finished...
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...16th
in 2:41:42. Austin is coached by Brad Hudson and finished out he
eligibility at the University of Colorado in 2003.
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Emily
LeVan had a child in January, 2004, ran a marathon PR of 2:39:54
in October, and only had...
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...five
weeks to recover before running here. Despite all of this, LeVan
finished 17th here in 2:43:38...
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...and
was the third U.S. finisher. LeVan, 31, was a top field hockey player
for Bowdoin College.
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Annemette
Jensen of Denmark finished 18th in 2:45:28.
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Jensen
again.
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Rosa
Munerotto of Italy finished 19th in 2:47:00.
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Munerotto,
41, won the masters race.
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