Boston
Marathon
Hopkinton to Boston,
MA
April 16, 2001
All photos
by Alison Wade/www.fast-women.com unless otherwise noted
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Catherine
Ndereba leads 3-time Boston champ Fatuma Roba.
Photo:
Brian Myers@Photo Run |
Ndereba
defends her title in 2:23:53.
Photo:
Victah@Photo Run |
Ndereba dominated, winning by almost 3 minutes.
Photo: Vinny Dusovic@Photo Run |
The
victory stand.
Photo: Victah@Photo Run |
Louise
Sauvage won her fourth title in 1:53:54.
Photo: Vinny Dusovic@Photo Run |
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| There's
nothing like a few Photo Run shots to make ours look bad... |
Ndereba's
3-year-old daughter Jane got to see mom win a race outside
of Kenya for the first time. |
Poland's
Malgorzata Sobanska was a slight surprise in 2nd... |
...Running
2:26:42, a new PR. |
Lyubov
Morgunova takes 3rd in 2:27:18. |
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| Lornah
Kiplagat, 4th, 2:27:56. |
Roba
finished 5th in 2:28:08. |
Irina
Timofeyeva, 6th, 2:28:50. |
NYC
Marathon champ. Ludmila Petrova took a nasty tumble during
the race and finished 7th in 2:29:23. |
20-year-old
Wei Yanan of China finished 8th in 2:29:52. |
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| Bruna
Genovese of Italy, 9th, 2:30:39. |
Kaori
Tanabe, 10th, 2:31:31. |
Albina
Galliamova, 11th, 2:32:45. |
Zhang
Shujing, 12th, 2:33:43. |
Masters
winner Gitte Karlshoj of Denmark, 13th, 2:36:36. |
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| Jill
Gaitenby, the first American, PRed by more than 12 minutes... |
...Running
2:36:45 for 14th. She joined the Fila Discovery USA program... |
...just
10 weeks ago. Her weekly average of 107 miles obviously paid
off. |
Gaitenby
was on familiar turf --she lived in Boston for years and graduated
from Boston College in '88. |
Susannah
Beck, of Eugene, OR was the next runner in, finishing 15th
with a 2:37:12. |
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| Beck
was the 4th place finisher at last year's U.S. Olympic Marathon
Trials. |
Shireen
Crumpton of New Zealand, 16th, 2:40:25. |
Rachel
Hopkins-Cook of Santa Cruz, Calif. finished 17th in 2:41:00. |
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Beth
Whitney of Providence, RI was the first "unseeded"
runner, with a 2:41:42 for 18th. |
