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Press Release - Falmouth Road Race - 8/3/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    Seven Titles will be Defended at the 
                 39th Annual New Balance Falmouth Road Race 

Falmouth, Mass. –   Winners in seven divisions will be defending their 
titles in the upcoming New Balance Falmouth Road Race - overall women, 
masters men and women, American men and women as well as wheelchair men and 
women.  In additon, the men's course record holder will be returning.  This 
annual Cape Cod summer classic will held at 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 14.  A 
field of 11,000 runners will race the scenic waterfront seven-mile course 
winding from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights.  

Ethiopian Wude Ayalew, age 23, won the women's division in 35:46, four 
seconds ahead of 2010 Beach to Beacon champion Linenth Chepkirui of Kenya.  
In 2011, Ayalew bested Chepkirui at the Crescent City Classic 10K 31:33 to 
31:44.  Chasing Ayalew will be fellow Ethiopians, 2009 Falmouth winner, 
Mamitu Daska, 27, who finished first at 2011 Freihofer's Run for Women 5K 
in a personal best of 15:19 and Dire Tune, 26, 2008 Boston Marathon winner 
with a 10K best of 31:40.  Four-time Falmouth champion and two-time Olympic 
Marathon silver medalist, Catherine Ndereba, 38, of Kenya will return after 
finishing fourth in 2010.  

Two-time Falmouth winner Colleen De Reuck, 47, of Boulder, Colo., who 
finished fifth overall in 2010, will defend her American and masters 
titles.  Other American women to watch are Kenyan-born Janet Cherobon, 32, 
of Atlanta, Ga., who holds a 10K personal best of 32:37 and wins including 
2011 Mercedes Half Marathon, 2011 Cellcom Green Bay Marathon and 2010 
Marine Corps Marathon; Romanian-born Adriana Nelson, 31, of Fort Collins, 
Colo., the first American at last month's Peachtree Road Race 10K in a 
personal best of 32:49 and Frances Koons, 25, who has a personal 5,000 
meter best of 15:29.96.  Six-time Falmouth winner and Olympic marathon gold 
medalist, Joan Beniot Samuelson, 53, of Freeport, Maine, who was fourth 
master and 16th woman overall will again be a crowd favorite.

Thirty-one year old Gilbert Okari of Kenya who set the race course record 
of 31:08 in 2004 and defending American men's champion Ed Moran, 30, of 
Williamsburg, Va., will be competing against a packed men's field.  
Challengers include Americans Abdi Abdirahman, 34, of Tuscon, Ariz., 
three-time Olympian, four-time USA 10K champion with a 27:22.81 10,000 
meter best; Mohamed Trafeh, 26, of Tampa, Fla., with a half marathon best 
of 1:00:39; Fasil Bizuneth, 31, of Indianapolis, Ind., the 2010 US 10-mile 
champion with a 27:50.48 and 10,000 meter best as well as Fernando Cabada, 
29, of Boulder, Colo., the US 25K champion in 1:15:41.  Others include 
Kenyans Micah Kogo, 25, Olympic bronze medalist in the 10,000 meters, 2007 
Falmouth winner and a 10K best of 27:15; Canadian Simon Bairu, 28, with 
27:23 10,000 meter best and Ethiopian Bekana Daba, 23, 2011 Houston 
Marathon winner and course record holder (2:07:04).

One second separated the 2010 masters men's winner forty-five year old 
Mbarak Hussein from Albuquerque, N.M., (34:38) and Kenyan James Koskei 
(34:39), age 42.  They both will be back this year.  American running 
legends Bill Rodgers, 63, of Sherborn, Mass. and Frank Shorter, also 63, of 
Boulder, Colo. will be joining the field.

Defending and eight-time champion, Craig Blanchette, 43, of Battle Group, 
Wash., leads the men's wheelchair field.  Challengers include two-time 
Falmouth winner and course record holder (23:35 set in 2008), Krige 
Schabort, 47, from Cedartown, Ga.; three-time Falmouth champion, Tony 
Nogueira, 43, from Glen Ridge, N.J.; two-time Falmouth champ, Patrick Doak, 
43, from Carlisle, Mass. and Grant Berthiaume, 49, from Tuscon, Ariz.

Defending and four-time winner, Jessica Galli, 27, from Savoy, Ill., leads 
the women's wheelchair field.  She will be joined by Jacqui Kapinowski, 48, 
from Point Pleasant, N.J. and fifteen year old Bridgette Wise from 
Pipersville, Pa. 

Prize money totaling $116,400 will be paid to the top international and 
U.S. finishers, an increase of $14,900 over 2010.  The American prize prize 
purse is the largest outside a national championship with the male and 
female prize totals of $22,350 each.  This total will equal the open male 
and female prize purse with double-dipping allowed.  In addition, the New 
Balance Falmouth Road Race male and female wheelchair prize purse has been 
increased to $4,250 each from $2,500.

Elite Athlete Lists and Bib Notes

Elite athlete lists as of Aug. 2 are attached to this release.  Overall 
males and females will have their last name on their white bib.  Masters 
males and females will have their last names on their yellow bibs and will 
have a number on their back.  American athletes will have USA on the left 
side of the bib.  Wheelchair athletes will wear a white bib with their last 
name and a number on their helmet.  Athlete lists are now posted on the 
race website – www.falmouthroadrace.com.  Biographical information 
available upon request.

About Falmouth Road Race 

The New Balance Falmouth Road Race was established in 1973 and has become 
one of the premier running events of the summer season.  Each year the race 
draws an international field of Olympians, elite athletes and recreational 
runners out to enjoy the scenic 7-mile seaside course.  The non-profit 
Falmouth Road Race organization is dedicated to promoting health and 
fitness for all in its community.  Proceeds from the race each year support 
youth athletic programs in the town of Falmouth and other nonprofit 
community groups.

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