BLOOMSDAY 2008
ELITE FIELD
MALE
101 - - John Korir . . . 32 . . . Kenya . . . 2007 (34:18; #12 Bloomsday All-Time) , 2005 (34:26) , 2003 (34:16; #10 Bloomsday All-Time) Bloomsday Champion . . . Only 3-time mens champion of Bloomsday . . . Ranked # 10 Running Times World Road Racer of the Year, 2007 . . . 7th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:30) . . . 10th place finish 2008 World’s Best 10K (28:41) . . . Champion 2007 Bay to Breakers (34:44) . . . Champion 2007 (17:54) and 2006 (18:16) Steamboat 4 Mile . . . In his career, Korir has won nearly every major U.S. road race including: Utica Boilermaker 15K, Cherry Blossom 10 Mile, Bloomsday, Beach to Beacon, Falmouth, Crescent City and World’s Best 10K (Puerto Rico) . . . In 2003 and 2005, Korir was named Male Road Runner of the Year by Running Times Magazine . . .
102 - - Gilbert Okari . . . 29 . . . Kenya . . . 2006 (34:14) Bloomsday Champion . . . Champion 2007 World’s Best 10k (28:08) . . . Bloomsday 2008 will be his first race of the 2008 racing season . . .
103 - - Micah Kogo . . . 21 . . . Kenya . . . Ranked #2 Running Times World Road Racer of the Year, 2007. . . Ranked #1 Track & Field News 10,000 meters, 2006 . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Brunssum Parelloop 10k (27:29) . . . Champion 2007 Falmouth 7 Mile (31:53) . . . Champion 2007 Great Manchester 10k (27:21) . . . Champion 2007 Brunssum Parelloop 10k (27:07) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 IAAF Brussels Golden League 10,000 meters (26:58.42) . . . Champion 2006 IAAF Brussels Golden League 10,000m (26:35.63 PR; world’s fastest in 2006; 6th fastest all-time) . . . 4th place 2006 IAAF Stockholm Super Grand Prix 5000 meters (13:00.77 PR) . . . First time Bloomsday participant
104 - - Dieudonne Disi . . . 27 . . . Rwanda . . . 7th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:23) . . . 6th place finish at 2007 World Half Marathon Championships (59:32; PR) . . . Champion 2007 New Delhi Half Marathon (1:00:43; Course Record) . . . 6th place finish 2007 Brussels 10,000 meters (27:22.28; Rwandan National Record) . . . 23rd place IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12km . . . 9th 2006 World Road Race Championships 20 km . . . Olympian: 2004 10,000 meters . . . Will compete in 2008 Olympic 10,000 meters . . . Pacemaker for 2008 Flora London Marathon
105 - - Robert Letting . . . 23 . . . Kenya . . . 11th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:47) . . . Champion 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (28:47) . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (27:45) . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (28:15) . . .
106 - - Ridouane Harroufi. . . 26 . . . Morocco . . . 12th place finish 2008 Conergy Hamburg Marathon (2:12:36) . . . Champion 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:14) . . . 7th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:56) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Bay to Breakers (35:08) . . . Champion 2007 Bolder Boulder 10k (29:52) . . . Champion 2007 Dallas White Rock Half Marathon (1:03:03) . . . Champion 2007 San Jose 5k (13:37) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Steamboat 4 Mile (17:55) . . .
107 - - Moses Kigen . . . 25 . . . Kenya . . . 12th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:47) . . . Champion 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (28:15) . . . Champion 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (27:44) . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (28:50) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Berlin Half Marathon (1:00:39; PR) . . . Champion 2007 Paderborn 10k (28:02) . . . 5th place finish 2006 Zurich 5000 meters (13:07.47; PR) . . .
108 - - John Yuda . . . 28 . . . Tanzania . . . 3rd place finish Abraham Rosa 10K (28:52) . . . 5th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:22) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:19; #14 Bloomsday All-Time) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:04) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 San Jose Half Marathon (1:01:13) . . . 3rd 2007 Beach to Beacon 10k (27:56) . . . 6th place finish 2007 Bolder Boulder 10k (30:33) . . . 2nd place finish 2002 World Cross Country Championships 12k . . . Holds Tanzanian National Records at 10,000 meters (27:06.17), 5000 meters (13:03.62), and half marathon (1:00:02), all from 2002 . . .
109 - - Julius Kibet Koskei . . . 26 . . . Kenya . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:20) . . . Champion 2007 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:02:20) . . . Champion 2007 River Bank 25km (1:14:25) . . . .2nd place finish 2007 Bay to Breakers 12 km (35:03)
110 - - Macdonard Ondara . . . 23 . . . Kenya . . . 5th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:48) . . . Champion 2008 Sabales Eye Centers Trolly Run 4 Mile (18:12) . . . 9th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (47:36) . . . 9th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run (28:22) . . . 7th place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10km (28:56) . . . Champion 2007 Rock n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon (1:01:11) . . . Champion 2007 Oxxo 21k (63:38) . . . Champion 2007 big Sur Half Marathon (1:04:00) . . . Champion 2007 Trolley Run 4 Mile (17:54) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Crim 10 Mile (47:17) . . .
111 - - Nicholas Kamakya . . . 23 . . . Kenya . . . 6th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:50) . . . 9th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:27) . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Kingston Classic 10km (28:53) . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:15) . . . 8th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10km (28:18) . . .6th place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10km (28:10). . . Champion 2007 Utica Boilermaker 15km (43:51) . . . Champion 2007 Shamrock Virginia Beach Half Marathon (1:03:08; Course Record) . . . Champion 2007 Portland, Oregon Shamrock 15k (44:28; Course Record) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Azalea Trail Run 10km (28:02) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Crescent City 10km (28:17) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Peachtree 10km (28:20) . . .3rd place finish 2007 Crim 10 Mile (47:42) . . . 4th place finish 2007 Falmouth Road Race 7 Mile (32:33)
112 - - Linus Maiyo . . . 25 . . . Kenya . . . 12th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (35:39) . . .13th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:59) . . . 6th place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (28:59) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Crescent City 10K (28:17) . . . 7th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (28:16) . . . 5th place finish 2008 World’s Best 10K (28:10) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Crazy 8’s 8K (22:28) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Boston Half Marathon (1:04:32) . . . 6th place finish 2007 Bix 7 Mile (33:12) . . . 8th place finish 2007 Utica Boilermaker 15K (45:12) . . . 10th place finish 2007 Falmouth 7 Mile (33:12) . . . 8th place finish 2007 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:02:46)
113 - - Festus Langat . . . 23 . . . Kenya . . . 8th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (29:25) . . . Champion 2008 Vancouver Sun Run (29:26) . . . 6th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:22). . . Champion 2007 Crim 10 Mile (47:11) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:02:28) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Virginia Beach Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon (1:02:40) . . . 6th place finish 2007 Lisbon Half Marathon (1:01:01) . . . 8th place finish New Delhi Half Marathon (1:03:08)
114 - - George Misoi . . . Kenya . . . 4th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (34:43) . . . 16th place finish 2008 Abraham Rosa 10K (31:18) . . . 5th place finish 2008 Cooper River Bridge Run 10K (28:58) . . . 4th place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (27:48). . . 12th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (29:32) . . . Champion 2007 Crescent City Classic 10k, 28:15. . .
115 - - Samuel Ndereba . . . 31 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Race Against Racism 5K (14:41) . . . Champion 2008 21K de Montreal (1:03:44) . . . 8th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:38) . . . 8th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (28:17) . . . Champion 2007 and 2006 Azalea Trail Run 10K (28:01 PR in 2007) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (46:46) . . . 9th 2007 Boston Marathon (2:17:04) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Boston Half Marathon (1:02:21) . . . Champion 2006 Ntelos 8k (22:20 Course Record) . . .
116 - - Mourad Marofit . . . Morocco . . . 4th place finish 2008 Brunssum Parelloop 10k (28:11) . . .
117 - - Daniel Kipkoech . . . 30 . . . Kenya . . . 9th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (35:00) . . . 7th place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (29:10) . . . 8th place finish 2007 Peachtree 10km (28:51) . . . 10th place finish 2007 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:02:59) . . . 7th place finish 2007 San Jose Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon (1:03:15) . . .
118 - - Patrick Nthiwa . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2007 Vancouver Half Marathon (1:03:10 – Course Record) . . . 4th place finish 2007 Utica Boilermaker 15K (44:48) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (28:48) . . .
119 - - Luke Kipkosgei . . . Kenya . . .
120 - - Luke Humphrey . . . 27 . . . Rochester Hills, Michigan . . . Competes with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project . . . 4th place finish 2008 AT&T Austin Half Marathon (1:05:22) . . . 8th place 2008 U.S. 15km Championships (45:33) . . . 43rd place 2007 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon (2:20:34) . . . 28th place 2007 Peachtree 10km (30:10) . . . 13th place 2007 U.S. Half Marathon Championships (1:04:05) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Emerald Nuts Midnight 4 Mile (18:45) . . . 11th place finish 2006 Boston Marathon (2:15:23) . . . 13th place 2006 Houston Half Marathon (1:04:45) . . . 18th place finish 2006 Chicago Marathon (2:15:22) . . . Attended Central Michigan University
121 - - Worku Beyi . . . 21 . . . Ethiopia . . . 10th place finish Bloomsday 2007 (35:04) . . . Champion 2008 George Washington Parkway Classic 10 Mile (48:26) . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Kingston 10K (29:10) . . .11th place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (30:17) . . . 3rd place 2007 Bolder Boulder 10K . . .
122 - - Stephen Chemlany . . . 26 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Danbury Half Marathon . . . Attended Iona College
123 - - Hillary Kimaiyo . . . 27 . . . Kenya . . . 17th place finish Bloomsday 2007 (35:49) . . .
124 - - Nathan Wadsworth . . . 26 . . . Andover, Kansas . . . 16th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10km (30:49) . . . 4th place finish Kansas Univ. Relays 5000 meters (15:09) . . . 2nd place finish Eastern Sun Run 10K (30:39) . . . 21st place finish 2007 Boston Marathon (2:22:13) . . . 29th place finish 2007 USA Half Marathon Championships (66:17) . . . 33rd place finish Gate River Run 15K (47:46) . . . 35th place finish 2007 USA 8K Championships (24:28) . . . 57th place finish 2007 Olympic Trials Men’s Marathon (2:23:08) . . . 2003 and 2004 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track 10,000 meter Champion
125 - - Julius Keter . . .19 . . . Kenya . . .
126 - - Joe Gray . . . 24
127 - - Jake Stout . . . 26 . . . Boise, Idaho . . . Division III athlete of the year while attending Willamette University . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Portland Shamrock Run 8K (24:38) . . .
128 - - Eddie Ernest-Jones . . . 31 . . . Boise, Idaho . . . Placed 31st at Bloomsday 2007 (37:34) . . . 5th place finish at University of Washington Last Chance Indoor 5k in time of 14:06 . . .
129 - - Mike Bresson . . . Spokane . . . Champion 2008 St. Paddy’s Day 5 Mile . . . Champion 2008 Coeur d’Alene Spring Dash 5 Mile
130 - - Leif Kohler . . . 23 . . . Redmond, Washington . . . Champion Washington Road Racing Championships 2007 at Bloomsday (37:53) . . .
MASTERS MALES
Damian Baldovina . . . 41 . . . Lakeview, Oregon . . . 4th place finish 2008 Shamrock Run, Portland, Oregon (48:42) . . . Champion 2007 Pear Blossom 10 Mile, Medford, Oregon . . .
Joao N’ytemba . . . 40 . . . Angola . . . Joao will be competing in his sixth Olympic Games this summer. . . Joao will represent Angola in the marathon
Giddeon Mutisya . . . 41 . . . 2nd Master 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10km . . . 3rd Master 2008 Cooper River Bridge Run 10km . . . 4th Master, Bloomsday 2007 (38:19) . . .
Larry Merrifield . . . 40 . . . Portland, Oregon . . . Participating in his 18th Bloomsday . . . Masters winner at 2008 Shamrock Run 8K in Portland, Oregon . . . Masters winner at 2008 Race for the Roses Half-Marathon . . .
FEMALE
1 - - Genoveva Kigen . . . 20 . . . Kenya . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Carlsbad 5000 (15:41) . . . . Champion 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (32:11) . . . Champion 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (32:11) . . .
2 - - Lineth Chepkurui . . . 20 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (54:21) . . . 12th place finish 2008 World Cross Country Championships . . . Champion 2006 Sallie Mae 10k (33:02) . . . Champion 2006 U.S. 10k Classic (33:51) . . . Champion 2006 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:10:09)
3 - - Catherine Ndereba . . . 35 . . . Kenya . . . 4th place finish 2007 Bloomsday (39:57) . . . Champion 2008 21K de Montreal (1:13:11) . . . 4th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (54:52) . . .Champion 2007 World Marathon Championships . . . Champion 2007 Falmouth 7 Mile (36:31) . . . 5th place finish 2007 New York City Marathon . . . 2nd place finish 2007 New York Half Marathon . . . Silver Medalist 2004 Olympic Marathon (2:26:32) . . . Boston Marathon Champion 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 . . . London Marathon champion 2000 and 2001 . . . Won 2001 Chicago Marathon in new world record of 2:18:47 . . . Catherine will be participating in the 2008 Olympic marathon
4 - - Angelina Mutuku . . . 25 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Kingston 10km (34:44) . . . 2nd place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (54:39) . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10km (32:40) . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10km (32:56) . . .Champion San Blas Half Marathon Coama (74:42) . . . 7th place finish Kenyan Armed Forces Championships 8km . . . 7th place finish 2007 Philadelphia Half Marathon (1:11:20) . . . Champion 2007 Crim 10 Mile (54:53) . . . 9th place finish 2007 Utica 15km (51:51) . . . 9th place finish 2007 Peachtree (33:45) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Heart of Summer 10km (32:46) . . . 8th place finish 2007 Crazy 8’s 8km (26:59) . . .
5 - - Millicent Gathoni . . . Kenya . . . Placed 9th at 2008 Kenyan National Cross Country Championships . . . Champion 2008 Athletics Kenya T & F Meeting – 5000 meters (16:26) . . .
6 - - Irene Limika . . . 28 . . .Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Race Against Racism 5K (16:42) . . . 4th place 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10K (34:00) . . .5th place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (33:00) . . . 8th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (33:51) . . .
7 - - Everlyne Lagat . . . 25 . . . Kenya . . . 7th place finish 2008 Crescent City Classic 10K (33:17) . . . 5th place finish 2008 Azalea Trail Run 10K (32:49) . . . 6th place finish 2008 Carlsbad 5000 (16:08) . . .
8 - - Liza Hunter-Galvan . . . 38 . . . New Zealand . . . 9th place finish Bloomsday 2007 (41:02) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Amsterdam Marathon (2:30:40) . . .
9 - - Colleen De Reuck . . . 44 . . . Boulder, Colorado . . . Champion 1996 Bloomsday (38:48) and 2002 Bloomsday (38:53; Bloomsday U.S. Women’s Record) . . . Holds #4 and #7 Top Bloomsday Times in Race History . . . 6th place finish Bloomsday 2004 (40:48; Bloomsday Masters Record) . . . 12th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (57:17) . . . Champion 2004 Olympic Trials Marathon (2:28:25) . . . 4th place finish 2005 Chicago Marathon (2:28:40; Masters American Record) . . . 5th place finish 2006 New York Half Marathon (1:11:48; American Masters Record) . . . 3rd place finish 2002 World Cross Country Championships 8km . . . 8th place finish 2003 World Cross Country Championships 8km . . . 13th place finish 2005 World Cross Country Championships 8km . . . Champion 2004 and 2005 USA Cross Country Championships 8km . . . 2nd place finish 2006 USA Cross Country Championships 8km . . .
10 - - Dorota Gruca . . . 37. . . .Poland . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Amsterdam Marathon (2:30:10) . . . 3rd place finish 2005 Bloomsday (39:54) . . . 5th place finish 2006 Bloomsday (40:16) . . . Champion 2005 Salt Lake City Marathon (2:30:07) . . . Champion 2004 Mazatlan Marathon . . . Champion 2001 Richmond Marathon . . . 7th place finish at 2007 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (54:27)
11 - - Genet Gebregiorgis . . . 32 . . . Ethiopia . . . Champion 2008 Pike’s Peak 10K (33:58) . . . Champion 2008 Vancouver Sun Run10K (33:36) . . . 10th place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run (35:40)
12 - - Caroline Rotich . . . 23 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2007 Big Sur Half Marathon (1:15:59) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Lancaster Avenue Mile (4:35) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon (1:12:49) . . . 4th place finish 2007 Women’s Only 5k (16:27) . . . Champion 2007 St. Lukes Fitness 5km (16:27) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Scenic 10 Mile (55:10) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Crim 10 Mile (55:14) . . . 3rd place finish 2007 Boston Scientific 10km (32:58) . . .
13 - - Margaret Chirchir . . . 20 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2008 Ice Breaker 5 Mile (28:00) . . . 5th place finish 2008 Cooper Bridge Run 10k (34:23) . . . 3rd place finish 2008 Borden Uptown 8k (27:13) . . . Champion 2008 Shamrock Sportsfest 8k (27:00) . . . 6th place finish 2008 AT&T Austin Marathon (2:48:08)
14 - - Neriah Asiba . . . 28 . . . Kenya . . . 2nd place finish 2008 21K de Montreal (1:13:11) . . . 7th place finish 2008 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (55:16) . . . Champion 2006 Oxxo Half Marathon (1:10:24) . . . 5th place finish 2007 Peachtree 10k (33:07) . . .
15 - - Jacqueline Nytipei . . . 21 . . . Kenya . . . Champion 2007 Carlsbad Half Marathon (1:11:36) . . . Champion 2007 Dallas White Rock Half Marathon (1:11:36) . . .
16 - - Chris Lundy . . . Champion 2008 Valley of the Sun Half Marathon (1:16:12) . . . . 11th place finish 2007 New York City Marathon (2:43) . . . 8th place finish 2007 World Mountain Running Championships . . . 5th place finish 2007 Boston Marathon/USA Marathon Championship (2:41:14) . . . 2nd place finish 2007 Emerald Nuts Across the Bay 12K (42:39) . . .
17 - - Janet Collar . . . 36 . . . Spokane, Washington . . . Ran Bloomsday 2007 in 44:10, winning the Washington State Road Running Championship
18 - - Sarna Becker . . . 31 . . . Bremerton, Washington . . . Ran Bloomsday 2007 in 44:29, placing 2nd in the Washington State Road Running Championship . . .
MASTERS FEMALES
Colleen De Reuck - - please see above
Mary Thane . . .Missoula, Montana . . . 5th Master, Bloomsday 2007 (48:01)
Laurie Porter . . . Portland, Oregon . . . 2nd place finish Portland Marathon (2:53:50) . . . 3rd Master California International Marathon (2:49:41) . . .
Regina Joyce . . . 51 . . . Champion Bloomsday 1984. . .
Marilyn Arsenault . . . Ran 1:19:26 at 2008 Armco Houston Half Marathon . . . Top Female Master 2008 Vancouver Sun Run 10km (35:11). . . Champion St. Patrick’s Day 5km – Vancouver BC (17:09) . . .
