| March 21, 2010
It’s been a long, cold winter in New York City, but local runners showed today that the challenges of training through months of snow and ice have only made them stronger. Of the 11,494 finishers in the 2010 NYC Half-Marathon, many were running a local road race, and while they were thrilled to share the course with some of the best distance runners from around the world, they were not intimidated. There were great performances in all age groups and at all levels, with two of the fastest NYRR-member women and one man breaking into the overall top 10.
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Tesfaye Girma of the West Side Runners (WSX) finished 10th in 1:03:12.
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WSX’s Bado Worku Merdessa, the 2009 NYRR Fred Lebow Runner of the Year, was 13th in 1:03:45.
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Kumsa Adugna Megersa, also of WSX, placed 17th in 1:04:49. NYRR members competed for $6,600 in member-only prize money.
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Paul Thompson, 44, of the Warren Street Social & Athletic Club ran 1:09:09 to win the masters division by nearly three and a half minutes.
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Thompson’s teammate Joe Garland placed second in the 50-54 age group in 1:21:34.
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Tom Maile of the Taconic Road Runners was the runner-up in the 65-69 age group in 1:32:31.
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Nevio Dobry of the Greater New York Racing Team placed sixth in the 70-74 age group.
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Leo Schonhaut took the crown in the 80+ age group in a time of 2:46:30.
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The top local woman to finish was Aziza Aliyu of WSX; she placed eighth in 1:13:34.
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Catha Mullen of the New York Athletic Club ran 1:14:48, a five-minute PR, and placed second among NYRR members (10th overall).
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The third female NYRR member to finish was Hirut Mandefro of WSX, who ran 1:15:30—good for 11th overall.
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Diane Kenna of the New York Harriers placed fifth in the 45-49 age group in 1:30:17.
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Stacy Creamer of the Central Park Track Club won the 50-54 age group in 1:31:20.
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Ginette Bedard, 76, of Howard Beach, won her 75-79 age group in 2:01:54, a time that also beat all women in the field age 65 and over.
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Miriam Beyer of Brooklyn finished in 1:29:57.
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Wanda-Wang Shulman of Fort Lee, NJ, stopped the clock in 1:33 flat.
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Ellen Dowling of Hoboken, NJ, ran 1:34:54.
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Andrea Kent of New York City finished in 1:37:09.
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New York City’s Jason Chow posted a time of 2:03:33.
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Michael Rodgers of Brooklyn turned in a 1:19:31 performance.
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Christopher Stoia of New York City ran 1:25:00.
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Richard Conley of the Bronx recorded a time of 1:38:32.
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