Record for Ritzenhein in NYC; Tops Mottram & Khannouchi at Healthy Kidney 10k
Posted May 19th, 2007 at 11:39 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results
Dathan Ritzenhein broke a ten year-old record here today, winning the third annual Healthy Kidney 10-K in 28:08.
Ritzenhein, 24, of Eugene, Ore., ran the second half of the hilly one-loop course around Central Park in 13:54, shaking off two-time champion Craig Mottram of Australia in the final kilometer. Ritzenhein ran the final 400m uphill in 68 seconds to surpass Paul Koech’s 1997 Central Park record of 28:10 set at the Trevira Twosome 10-K on essentially the same course. He also bettered Mottram’s race record of 28:13 set last year, and his own personal best of 28:11.
Mottram finished second in 28:25, with Demesse Tefera of Ethiopia getting to the line third in a personal best 28:31.
Ritzenhein won a special $20,000 bonus for breaking Koech’s record which was put up by the race sponsor, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates. In addition, he won $7500 in prize money, but he chose to donate that amount to the National Kidney Foundation, the race’s charitable beneficiary.
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Tags: central park, Craig Mottram, Dathan Ritzenhein, demesse tefera, healthy kidney 10 k, healthy kidney 10k, Healthy Kindey 10k, National Kidney Foundation, Paul Koech, UAE, United Arab emirates
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