Press Release - Baltimore Marathon - 10/18/05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                 Contact: Gene Brtalik   
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         Antonenko Wins 2005 Under Armour Baltimore Marathon
          Record 10,000+ runners participate in annual event

Baltimore, MD – On a beautiful Saturday, October 15th morning, Mykola 
Antonenko from Ukraine pulled away from a pack of runners around the 
16-mile mark to claim his first-ever Under Armour Baltimore Marathon title 
in 2:15:39.  The win was also the first for a runner not from Kenya in the 
five-year history of the event. Russia’s Ramilya Burangulova was the first 
female to cross the tape in 2:41:58 to capture the crown for the second 
straight year.  Antonenko and Burangulova each walked away with $15,000 in 
prize money.

Both Antonenko and Burangulova ran with the lead pack for most of the race 
until both felt the pace was too slow for their comfort and pulled away 
from their competitors with a little over 10 miles to go. Antonenko 
finished 1:21 ahead of Russia’s Mikhail Khobotov, while Burangulova was in 
front of Ukraine’s Ilona Baranova by 3:45.  Lithuania’s Mindaugas Pukstas 
and Russia’s Marina Bychkova captured third for the men and the women, 
respectively. 

In the CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Half Marathon, Morocco’s Abderrahim 
Haji and Kenya’s Samuel Ndereba battled all the way to finish line for the 
second year in a row, with Haji winning again, this time only by one second 
in 1:06:08.  Ukraine’s Natalya Berkut held off Ethiopia’s Aster Demissie to 
win the women’s title.

Kenya’s Joseph Koskei and Russia’s Elena Orlova were the male and female 
winners of the United Way 5K, respectively, while the Falls Road Running 
Store team of Mark Gilmore, Joe Smith, Brian Godesky and Eric Estrada won 
the Legg Mason Funds Team Relay event.

The event saw nearly 11,000 runners register for the event, marking the 
first time the Under Armour Baltimore Running Festival has had that many 
people participate. The 2006 version of the event will take place on 
October 14, 2006.

For complete results go to www.thebaltimoremarathon.com



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