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Wilson Kipsang Will Make
His New York City Maraton Debut
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The New York City Marathon always attracts a top field of runners and the 2014 field is no different. In the field are a couple of speed demons. Geoffrey Mutai ran the fastest New York City Marathon ever as he won the 2011 race in the course record time of 2:05:06; ran the second fastest marathon time ever, 2:03:02, at the wind-aided 2011 Boston Marathon and has run sub-2:05 on two other occasions - not to mention that he is the two-time defending champion at the 2014 New York City Marathon. Wilson Kipsang is a previous world record holder at the marathon and has run the distance in a sub-2:05 time five times, which is more than any other person ever; he is the reigning London Marathon champion; the bronze medalist from the 2012 London Olympics Marathon; and if he can win the New York City Marathon will receive a $500,000 bonus for the World Marathon Majors series title - that is great incentive to win and Kipsang has the tools to do it. If we had to pick a favorite, it would be Kipsang, although Mutai's experience at New York makes him an even money bet to win as well.
Stanley Biwott, another sub-2:05 marathoner and the 2014 London Marathon runner-up was a late drop from the field, so organizers had to find another fast runner to replace him. Lelisa Desisa, the runner-up at the 2013 World Championships Marathon and the winner of the 2013 Boston Marathon and 2013 Dubai Marathon (in 2:04:45) was the man they found to replace Biwott - and Desisa, only 24 years old, is a good competitor. Gebre Gebremariam, the 2010 New York City Marathon champion and 2011 Boston Marathon third finisher (in a 2:04:53 wind-aided time) is another with a sub-2:05 personal best and is always a strong competitor, although we expect he will be a longshot for the win.
A number of other strong Kenyans round out the field, as well as the 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda; and Lusapho April of South Africa, the 2013 New York City Marathon third finisher. As New York does not have pacers to force a fast race, these men could factor into the race if the race begins at a moderate pace.
We never know whether to discuss Meb Keflezeghi when we talk about the leaders in the field or when we write about the Americans in the field. Of course Meb is both - and although he lacks the outright speed of others in the field, he makes up for that with tough running and a winning attitude. Keflezighi took the Silver Medal at the 2004 Athens Marathon, had finished third and second at New York before winning the race in 2009 in a then Personal Best of 2:09:15. Although now 39 years old and at an age when many retire, Keflezighi continues to set new personal best times and won the 2014 Boston Marathon in his best time yet: 2:08:37. Keflezighi is the consummate competitor and if the other runners are not having good days, he could finish on the podium if not snatch the win.
Being where we are in the Olympic qualifying cycle, we see American athletes flocking to the big American marathons for support and to put their name on the map. New York has a strong group of American men - in addition to Meb Keflezighi - and we'll be interested to see how they run as an indication of the likelihood of their making the next USA Olympic Marathon team, and any of these men could be there: Luke Puskedra (running his debut marathon), Nick Arciniaga, Ryan Vail and Brent Vaughn.
Anything can happen on Marathon Sunday, but we'll especially be watching the names mentioned above and we'll expect a great race.
| Male Elite Athletes |
| Athlete | Country | Bib | Personal Best | NYC |
| Geoffrey Mutai (33) | KEN | 1 | 2:03:02, Boston, 2011 | History |
| Wilson Kipsang (32) | KEN | 2 | 2:03:23, Berlin, 2013 | History |
| Lusapho April (32) | RSA | 3 | 2:08:32, Hannover, 2013 | History |
| Lelisa Desisa (24) | ETH | 4 | 2:04:45, Dubai, 2013 | History |
| Meb Keflezighi (39) | USA | 5 | 2:08:37, Boston, 2014 | History |
| Masato Imai (30) | JPN | 6 | 2:09:30, Beppu-Oita, 2014 | History |
| Gebre Gebremariam (30) | ETH | 7 | 2:04:53, Boston, 2011 | History |
| Peter Cheruiyot Kirui (26) | KEN | 8 | 2:06:31, Frankfurt, 2011 | History |
| Michael Kipyego (31) | KEN | 9 | 2:06:48, Eindhoven, 2011 | History |
| Micah Kogo (28) | KEN | 10 | 2:06:56, Chicago, 2013 | History |
| Stephen Kiprotich (25) | UGA | 11 | 2:07:20, Enschede, 2011 | History |
| Ryan Vail (28) | USA | 12 | 2:10:57, London, 2014 | History |
| Yuki Kawauchi (27) | JPN | 14 | 2:08:14, Seoul, 2013 | History |
| Nick Arciniaga (31) | USA | 15 | 2:11:30, Houston, 2011 | History |
| Luke Puskedra (24) | USA | 17 | Debut | History |
| Urige Buta (35) | NOR | 18 | 2:09:27, Hamburg, 2010 | History |
| Brent Vaughn (30) | USA | 19 | Debut | History |
| Stephan Shay (28) | USA | 20 | 2:16:48, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon, 2012 | History |
| Tesfaye Assefa Dube (30) | ETH | 21 | 2:15:22, Baltimore, 2011 | History |
| Frank Bollen (31) | BEL | 22 | Debut | History |
| Craig Curley (26) | USA | 25 | 2:15:16, Minneapolis/St. Paul, 2013 | History |
| Zach Hine (27) | USA | 26 | 2:16:40, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon, 2012 | History |
| Denis Curzi (39) | ITA | 28 | 2:11:17, Treviso, 2006 | History |
| Teklu Tefera Deneke (35) | ETH | 29 | 2:12:05, Valencia, 2007 | History |
| Nick End (30) | USA | 30 | 2:19:48, Sacramento, 2011 | History |
| Alistair Cragg (34) | IRL | 31 | 2:23:05, Fukuoka, 2013 | History |
| Chris Siemers | USA | 32 | 2:18:47, Denver, 2011 | History |
| Aron Rono (31) | USA | 36 | Debut | History |
| Danilo Goffi (41) | ITA | 40 | 2:08:33, Rotterdam, 1998 | History |
| Lee Troop (41) | AUS | 41 | 2:09:49, Otsu, 2003 | History |
| Ted Callinan (40) | USA | 43 | 2:21:56, Chicago, 2006 | History |
Stanley Biwott (28) | KEN | | 2:04:55, London, 2014 | History |
Abderrahime Bouramdane (36) | MAR | | 2:07:33, London, 2010 | History |
Josphat Boit (30) | USA | | 2:12:52, Boston, 2014 | History |
Tim Ritchie (27) | USA | | 2:14:50, Minneapolis-St. Paul, 2013 | History |
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