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Peter
Kirui and Mamitu Daska Claim Victories at
the
2012 AJC Peachtree Road
Race
ATLANTA
, July 4, 2012 –
The professional field at the
2012 AJC Peachtree Road
Race proved strong as Peter Kirui from
Kenya
and Mamitu Daska from
Ethiopia
took home victories at the 43rd running of
the event, with finish times of 27:37 and 32:22
respectively.
“We
have a great field of competitors every year and this
year was no exception,” said
Tracey Russell
, race director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race and
executive director of the Atlanta Track Club.
“The AJC Peachtree Road Race is an exciting event and
we are happy to share our 4th of July with
the 60,000 participants at this wonderful event.”
In the
Masters’ races, Jae Yung Hyung from Albuquerque, NM
and Sheri L. Piers from Falmouth, ME took the men’s
and women’s title with times of 31:21 and 34:38
respectively.
The
morning kicked off with some exciting finishes in the
Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree
Road Race, where Aaron Gordian from
Mexico
and Tatyana McFadden from
USA
came in first with times of 19:52 and 23:53
respectively.
Open
Men
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Peter
Kirui
|
Kenya
|
24
|
27:37
|
|
2
|
Micah
Kogo
|
Kenya
|
26
|
27:39
|
|
3
|
Mathew
Kisorio
|
Kenya
|
23
|
27:39
|
|
4
|
Azmeraw
Bekele Molal
|
Ethiopia
|
26
|
27:59
|
|
5
|
Paul
Lonyangata
|
Kenya
|
19
|
28:01
|
Open
Women
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Mamitu
Daska
|
Ethiopia
|
28
|
32:22
|
|
2
|
Lineth
Chepkurui
|
Kenya
|
25
|
32:23
|
|
3
|
Risper
Gesabwa
|
Kenya
|
24
|
32:23
|
|
4
|
Lindsey
E. Scherf
|
USA
|
25
|
33:22
|
|
5
|
Shewarge
Alene
|
Ethiopia
|
25
|
33:32
|
Masters
Men
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Jae
Yung Hyung
|
USA
|
41
|
31:21
|
|
2
|
Vyacheslav
Shabunin
|
Russia
|
42
|
31:27
|
|
3
|
Uli
Stedl
|
USA
|
40
|
31:31
|
Masters
Women
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Sheri
L. Piers
|
USA
|
41
|
34:38
|
|
2
|
Dorota
Gruca
|
Poland
|
41
|
34:55
|
|
3
|
Tatyana
Mezentseva
|
UKR
|
40
|
35:02
|
US
Men
|
Place
|
Name
|
State
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Bobby
E. Mack
|
NC
|
27
|
29:16
|
|
2
|
Mike
A. Sayenko
|
WA
|
25
|
29:55
|
|
3
|
Ahmed
Osman
|
|
24
|
30:07
|
US
Women
|
Place
|
Name
|
State
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Lindsey
E. Scherf
|
NC
|
25
|
33:22
|
|
2
|
Kellyn
Johnson
|
AZ
|
25
|
33:55
|
|
3
|
Alvina
Begay
|
CA
|
31
|
34:02
|
Wheelchair
Men
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Aaron
Gordian
|
Mexico
|
46
|
19:52
|
|
2
|
Josh
George
|
USA
|
28
|
20:22
|
|
3
|
Aaron
Pike
|
USA
|
26
|
20:24
|
Wheelchair
Women
|
Place
|
Name
|
Country
|
Age
|
Time
|
|
1
|
Tatyana
McFadden
|
USA
|
23
|
23:53
|
|
2
|
Diane
Roy
|
Canada
|
41
|
24:37
|
|
3
|
Manuela
Schar
|
Switz
|
27
|
25:32
|
About the
AJC Peachtree Road
Race
The
AJC Peachtree Road
Race is a 10K event that takes place every Fourth of
July in
Atlanta
,
Georgia
. The first Peachtree was held in 1970 and
featured 110 runners. The
AJC Peachtree Road
Race is now the largest 10K running event in the world
with 60,000 participants. The
AJC Peachtree Road
Race is perhaps most famous for the coveted
AJC Peachtree Road
Race T-shirt, which is handed out to all the event
finishers. For more information on the
AJC Peachtree Road
Race visit peachtreeroadrace.org
or ajc.com/peachtree.
About
the
Atlanta
Track Club
The
Atlanta
Track Club (ATC) is a nonprofit organization established
to inspire and engage the community to achieve health
and fitness through running. With more than 16,000
members, the ATC is the second largest running
organization in the
United States
. In addition to the AJC Peachtree Road Race (peachtreeroadrace.org)
– the largest 10K running event in the world, the
Atlanta Marathon and Marathon Relay (atlantamarathon.org),
and the Atlanta Half Marathon and Thanksgiving Day 5K (atlantahalfmarathon.org),
the Atlanta Track Club directs more than 25 running
events per year. Through the support of its
members and volunteers, the Atlanta Track Club also
maintains a number of community initiatives including
organizing and promoting the Kilometer Kids youth
running program to metro Atlanta youth, honoring high
school cross country and track and field athletes
through the ATC’s All-Metro Banquets and supporting
the Grady Bicycle EMT program. For more
information on the
Atlanta
Track Club, visit atlantatrackclub.org.
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