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Lead Stories: Thursday, November 20, 2008

Dathan Ritzenhein Named
Visa Humanitarian Athlete
of the Year

Posted November 27th, 2007 at 7:45 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Two-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein has been named Visa Humanitarian Athlete of the Year by USA Track & Field. Ritzenhein will be honored December 1 at the 2007 Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held in conjunction with USA Track & Field’s 2007 Annual Meeting, November 28-December 2, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Ritzenhein, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, earlier this year won the Healthy Kidney 10K in New York on May 19 in 20 minutes 8 seconds, breaking the Central Park course record of 28:10 set by Kenyan Paul Koech in 1997. Following the race Ritzenhein donated his winner’s earnings of $7,500 to the race beneficiary, the National Kidney Foundation. “I made a pact with myself before the race that if I’m fortunate enough to pick up this course record the least I can do is give back the first place prize money seeing as how this is professional athletics, but it’s a race for charity,” said Ritzenhein.
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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.
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Khannouchi to make professional NYC road racing debut this weekend

Posted May 14th, 2007 at 12:37 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results

Former marathon world record holder and the only man to break 2:06 three times for the distance, Khalid Khannouchi, will make his professional road racing debut in New York City on Saturday at the third edition of the Healthy Kidney 10-K, event organizers announced today.

“At long last, America’s fastest marathoner will run here in New York City as our hometown favorite,” commented Mary Wittenberg, the president and CEO of the New York Road Runners.

At Saturday’s race, Khannouchi, 35, will face a stiff challenge from 2005 IAAF World Championships 5000m bronze medalist, Craig Mottram of Australia, and U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein. The field also contains American up-and-comers Matt Gonzeles, Patrick Gildea and Justin Young, plus a group of international challengers led by Michael Aish of New Zealand, Richard Kiplagat of Kenya and Andrew Letherby of Australia. Some of the top Tri-State club runners are also expected to take part.
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