Ethiopian leads pack in Atlanta
Associated Press
Saturday, July 05, 2008

ATLANTA --- Ethiopia's Terefe Maregu won the Peach-tree Road Race on Friday, with Ethiopian or Kenyan runners sweeping the top 10 spots of the 10-kilometer event.

Nataliya Berkut, of Ukraine, was the women's winner in a field of 57,000, the nation's largest 10K race.

Maregu covered the 6.2 miles in 28 minutes, 30 seconds and was 4 seconds ahead Peter Kamais, of Kenya. Daniel Kipkoech, also of Kenya, was third in 28:38.

Berkut finished in 32:23, followed by Ashu Kasim, of Ethiopia, (32:36) and Pauline Wangui, of Kenya, (33:03). Eight of the top 10 women were from Ethiopia or Kenya.

The top U.S. man was Antonio Vega, of St. Paul, Minn., in 11th place at 29:41. the top U.S. woman was Stephanie Herbst-Lucke, of Atlanta, in 11th place at 33:57.

In the wheelchair race, Kurt Fearnley, of Australia, won in 19:55.

Edith Hunkeler, of Switzer-land, finished first among the women in 24:30.

From the Saturday, July 05, 2008 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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