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New York City Marathon 2019 - Women's Bios
See Also: Women's Race Preview and Starters List
Mary Keitany |
Desiree Linden |
Sara Hall |
Aliphine Tuliamuk |
Nancy Kiprop |
Joyciline Jepkosgei |
Ruti Aga |
Allie Kieffer
photo: courtesy NYRR
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Mary Keitany
Age: 37
Country: Kenya
PB: 2:17:01, 2017 London Marathon
Three-time Virgin London Marathon winner and four-time TCS New York City Marathon winner Mary Keitany enters the 2019 New York City Marathon with the fastest PR of the field and a mission - her fifth win in six years. Since placing third at her debut marathon (2010 TCS New York City Marathon, 2:29:01), Keitany has whittled her PR down by a full twelve minutes, amassing seven major wins, a series of podium placements, and the women's only world record at the marathon distance. Her half marathon PR of 1:04:55, set at the 2018 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, is the third fastest in the world.
Following her 2010 debut at the marathon distance, Keitany quickly established herself as a force, winning the 2011 Virgin London Marathon in a swift 2:19:19, and repeating as third-place finisher at the TCS New York City Marathon (2:23:38). She repeated as victor at the 2012 Virgin London Marathon, again improving her time (2:18:37), and later that year placed fourth at the 2012 Olympic Marathon. After a year's break to have a child, she won the first of her four victories in New York in 2014 (2:25:07). She would repeat as winner in 2015, 2016 and 2018, and though she would take second-place in New York in 2017 (2:27:54), she would win her third Virgin London Marathon with her record-setting 2:17:01.
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Desiree Linden
Age: 36
Country: United States
PB: 2:22:38, 2011 Boston Marathon
Desiree Linden, the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years, returns to the 2019 New York City Marathon after a tough Boston Marathon in April. The two-time Olympian and Arizona State University alumna, who ran a sub-five minute mile as a high school freshman, was a two-time All-American in track and cross-country and finished 3rd in the 5,000m event in the 2005 PAC-10 Collegiate Championships. Linden's 2018 Boston victory in horrific conditions (2:39:54) followed a 2nd place finish in 2011 (2:22:38), a race in which she ran her PR but missed the win by only two seconds; Linden also boasts eight top-5 finishes in World Marathon Majors events including a 2nd place finish at the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (2:26:20).
A 2012 and 2016 Olympian, Linden placed 2nd at both the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston and Los Angeles, respectively. Linden was forced to drop from the 2012 Olympic Marathon in London in the very early miles due to injury; she was 7th overall, 2nd American in the 2016 Olympic Marathon in Rio de Janeiro (2:26:08). Her 5th overall, 2nd American performance at the United Airlines New York City Half Marathon (1:11:22) earlier this year, a near match to the 1:11:06 she ran at the 2016 U.S. National Half Marathon Championships, suggests that Linden remains fit as she heads into NYC and soon after, the U.S. Olympic Trials.
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Sara Hall
Age: 36
Country: United States
PB: 2:22:16, 2019 Berlin Marathon
Stanford alumna Sara Hall, a 7-time All-American, 3-time NCAA runner-up in the 5,000m and indoor 3,000m events and 3rd place finisher at the 2003 NCAA Women's Cross-Country Championships, continues a breakthrough 2019 season in her second NYC Marathon and second marathon this fall. With a string of USATF National Championships and a nearly four-minute PR at the Berlin Marathon, Hall is continuing to capitalize on strong seasons in 2017 and 2018 to produce her best racing yet. Coached by husband and former Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall, her top 10 performance at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon was followed in 2017 by Half Marathon wins at the Gold Coast (1:10:32) and Santa Rosa (1:14:47) Half Marathons; later that year, she earned the first of the three National Championship titles she would win in 2017 and 2018 at the Cal International Marathon (2:28:10). She began 2018 with a win at the Publix Gasparilla Half Marathon, following that with a 2nd place finish at the U.S. Half Marathon National Championships in Pittsburgh (1:10:07) and a repeat victory and personal best time at the Gold Coast Half Marathon (1:09:27). Hall capped off 2018 with important wins at two shorter distances, earning the U.S. 20K National Championship title at the New Haven Road Race (69:04), and edging phenom Molly Huddle by less than one second for the win at the TC 10-Miler (52:47) in early October. Hall, still recovering from her effort in Berlin, may use the NYC Marathon only as a tune-up for the U.S. Olympic Trials, but one thing is sure: her star is rising, and she's one to watch.
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Aliphine Tuliamuk
Age: 30
Country: United States
PB: 2:26:50, 2019 Rotterdam Marathon
A nine-time U.S. National Champion at distances from the 10K to 25K, Tuliamuk returned to racing in early 2019 after a six-month hiatus due to injury, placing 3rd at the 2019 Rotterdam Marathon in 2:26:50. Prior to her hiatus, Tuliamuk began the year by officially joining the Northern Arizona Elite Team (based in Flagstaff, AZ), and in May garnered two USATF titles in May in quick succession: her 1:10.04 victory at the Pittsburgh Half Marathon, which served as the USATF Half Marathon Championships, was followed just one week later by a second victory at the USATF 25K Championships. Tuliamuk ran her personal best at the Half Marathon distance, 1:09.16, in 2013, but has produced a number of finishes between 69 and 70 minutes in the past five years, proving her consistency and longevity at the distance. Training with a new team and coming off an impressive first half of 2018, Tuliamuk may yet have her best running in front of her. Her 2:33:18 personal best in the full marathon (2017 TCS NYC Marathon) suggests she has yet to maximize her potential at this distance when compared with her Half Marathon times; if she is healthy and strong, 2019 and 2020 hold great potential.
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Nancy Kiprop
Age: 40
Country: United States
PB: 2:22:12, 2019 Vienna Marathon
Nancy Kiprop, the three-time winner of the Vienna Marathon, makes her New York City debut after four years of resume building in European races. Following several years at the 10K, 15K and half marathon distances, Kiprop transitioned to the marathon in 2015, debuting with a 2:27:34 second-place finish at the Valencia Marathon. She is the three-time winner of the Vienna City Marathon, and in 2019 broke the course record by nearly ninety seconds, setting the new mark at 2:22:12 and running a tactical race that accounted for a more difficult second half. Kiprop also won the 2019 Paris Half Marathon in 1:09:12 and has placed in the top three in almost every marathon she has started.
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Joyciline Jepkosgei
Age: 26
Country: Kenya
PB: Debut
Joyciline Jepkosgei, current World Record holder for the women's Half Marathon, makes her long awaited marathon debut at the 2019 New York City Marathon. Jepkosgei, who had previously been slated to debut at the Honolulu and Prague marathons, also holds the world record of 29:43 in the 10K road distance.
A professional runner since 2015, Jepkosgei, who earned the world record with a 1:04:51 at the Valencia Half Marathon in October 2017 and was the first woman to run under 1:05 at the 2017 Prague Half Marathon, was also the silver medalist in the 2018 World Championships for the distance. Her most recent performance, a 1:10:07 breakaway victory at the 2019 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon, marked her return to racing after twisting her ankle in late 2018. Jepkosgei's raw speed and pure talent mark her debut as one of the most exciting of the year; she will, however, need to match that speed to the specific challenges of the marathon distance, twice what she has typically raced.
photo: courtesy NYRR
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Ruti Aga
Age: 25
Country: Ethiopia
PB: 2:18:34, 2018 Berlin Marathon
Ruti Aga, the second fastest woman in the 2019 New York City Marathon field, boasts a blistering PR of 2:18:34, a second-place finish and near world record. Aga most recently won her first major marathon, Tokyo, in 2:20:40 and was the 2018 Houston Half Marathon winner in 1:06:39. She was second-place finisher at the 2017 and 2018 Berlin marathons, as well as the 2018 Tokyo marathon. While newer to the distance, she has cut nearly seven minutes from her debut marathon time (2:25:27) in 2016 and consistently finishes in the top two spots; her natural speed and consistent podium finishes mark her one of the most exciting emerging runners to watch in New York.
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Allie Kieffer
Age: 32
Country: United States
PB: 2:28:12, 2018 New York City
Allie Kieffer was an NCAA Division 1 runner for Wake Forest University in her undergraduate years and Arizona State University during post-grad work. After joining the New York Athletic Club in 2010, Kieffer qualified to and represented the U.S. at the 2011 NACAC Cross-Country Championships, placing fourth in 20:29.6 and taking home team gold. She then qualified for the 10,000m at the US Olympic Trials for Track & Field but was unable to start due to injury.
Kieffer won the 2016 Miami Marathon in 2:55:30 after upgrading from the half marathon distance on a whim; just a few months later, she won the Fort Washington Avenue Armory Indoor Track Marathon in a time eleven minutes faster, 2:44:44. She progressed in 2017 to place fourth in the USATF 10-Mile Championship hosted by the Twin Cities Marathon, followed by a surprise fifth-place, second American finish at the NYC Marathon in 2:29:39, representing a massive PR. Kieffer's 2018 season capitalized upon the previous year's successes, netting a 1:10:04 victory at the Doha Half Marathon, a fourth-place finish at the USATF 10K Championships, a second-place finish to Sara Hall at the USATF 20K Championships and a repeat PR performance in New York City, this time a 2:28:12 for seventh-place. Kieffer is unlikely to break the top ten in 2019 after spending most of the year battling injuries, but with the US Olympic Marathon Trials less than four months away, her performance will be telling nonetheless.
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