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JEPCHIRCHIR, CHEBET CAPTURE BOSTON MARATHON TITLES IN EXCITING RACES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (18-Apr) — Kenyans Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet won today’s Boston Marathon in 2:21:01 and 2:06:51, respectively, in the race’s first edition on Patriots’ …

GREGOREK, RODENFELS CAPTURE B.A.A. INVITATIONAL MILE TITLES     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     BOSTON (16-Apr) — Two athletes with strong Boston ties won today’s 12th annual B.A.A. Invitational Mile held on the streets of Back Bay this morning.  Johnny Gregorek, …

COURSE –BUT NOT WORLD– RECORD FOR SENBERE TEFERI AT B.A.A. 5-K     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (16-Apr) —     Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi came here not only to win the 12th annual B.A.A. 5-K, but to also break her own …

B.A.A. Announces Grand Marshals, Official Starters & Race Week Festivities Surrounding 126th Boston Marathon       BOSTON—In anticipation of the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18, the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the Grand Marshal, Official Starters, and festivities in celebration of the world’s oldest annually run …

SISSON, MONTANEZ TAKE USATF 15-K TITLES IN JACKSONVILLE     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved         (Ed. note: Top 10 with New England natives at end of article)       (05-Mar) — Emily Sisson and Nico Montanez scored convincing …

KIPCHOGE & KOSGEI RUN FASTEST-EVER MARATHONS IN JAPAN AT TOKYO MARATHON     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     PHOTO: Eliud Kipchoge wins the 41st Tokyo Marathon (photo via NN Running Team; used with permission)     (06-Mar) — On a beautiful …

2022 TCS New York City Marathon to Return at Full Capacity with 50,000 Runners Application for the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon drawing opens on March 9     New York, February 24, 2022 – New York Road Runners (NYRR) today announced that the 2022 TCS New York City …

AFTER TWO-YEAR HIATUS, UNITED AIRLINES NYC HALF COMES ROARING BACK WITH TOP ELITE FIELD By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved (22-Feb)     — After being cancelled two years in a row due to the pandemic, the United Airlines NYC Half will return on …

SPANIARDS SHINE AT NEW BALANCE INDOOR GRAND PRIX     By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved     STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (06-Feb) — Distance athletes from Spain were in the spotlight at today’s 27th New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the Ocean Breeze Track …

SURPRISING RODENFELS HAS GONE FROM NCAA D-III CHAMPION TO WORLD LEADERBy David Monti, @d9monti(c) 2022 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved  Annie Rodenfels in Boston in the fall of 2021 (photo by Collin Woodruff, @apertureangles; used with permission) (03-Feb) — When Annie Rodenfels left Centre College in Danville, Ky., in …