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Press Release - Quad Cities Marathon - 9/11/17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                   Women’s Elite Field Adds Depth at 2017 QCM

September 11th, 2017 

MOLINE, IL - The 2017 Quad Cities Marathon, presented by Triumph Community 
Bank, will feature a women's field with added depth. The 20th Anniversary 
race is slated for 7:30-am, Sept. 24th, with a start and finish at John 
Deere Commons. The 26.2-mile course features a mostly flat route along the 
Mississippi River.

The field will chase after a 2:35:07 course record, set in 2012 by 
Ethiopia's Hirut Guangul. Guangul, a four-time champ at the QCM and last 
year's winner in 2:44:25, is unable to compete this year due to injury.

Six other Ethiopians are slated for the women's event. Meseret Gebre Dekebo 
has run well lately, she placed third in 2:33:28 at this year's Riga, 
Latvia, Marathon. Eyerusalem Kuma ran 2:42:20 to place fifth at the 
Dongguan, China, Marathon. Kuma has a personal best of 2:24:55 from a 
second-place finish at the 2011 TCS Amsterdam Marathon. Another career 
highlight was a 2:33:22 at the 2012 Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Letebrhan 
Gebreslasea owns a 1:09:45 effort from the 2014 Paderborn, Germany, Half 
Marathon and placed first at this year's Yellow River Dongying, China, 
Marathon in 2:25:01. Meseret Ali Basa won this year's Hamilton, Bermuda, 
Marathon in 3:02:40 and was third at last year's QCM (3:03:09). Two other 
Ethiopians have solid performances at the half-marathon distance and are 
moving up to the full distance: Bose Gemeda Assefa (1:16:52 at 2016 
Hartford) and Belayinesh Fikadu (1:20:57, 2016 Fairfield).

Three Kenyan runners look to challenge for the women's title. Joan Massah 
placed 16th at Seoul, South Korea, this year in 2:43:43 and was third at 
the 2016 Lima, Peru, Marathon in 2:43:19. Doreen Kitaka was eighth at this 
year's Lagos, Nigeria, Marathon (2:43:50) and ran a 2016 half-marathon in 
1:18:31. Cynthia Jerop was a winner at last year's Albany Marathon 
(2:50:34) and ran 2:44:58 at the 2015 Twin Cities Marathon.

Carrie Weldy (Phoenix, AZ) and Elena Shemyakina (Geneva, IL) round out the 
elites in the full marathon. Weldy owns a 2:56:48 marathon best from the 
2017 BMO Harris Bank Phoenix race. Shemyakina is a master's runner with a 
3:09 effort at the 2015 London Marathon. She also placed ninth overall and 
second in master's at the 2012 QCM.

Five Runners in Mel Foster Half Marathon Elite Field

The Mel Foster Half Marathon features five elite runners this fall. The 
athletes will look to challenge the 1:14:23 course record, set by Laura 
Batterink (Evanson, IL), from 2014. Last year's winner, Andrea Rediger 
(Minneapolis, MN), will not defend her title. She ran 1:21:00 to place 
first.

Viola Chepchumba (Kenya) will be a favorite in the field. She placed second 
in two big half-marathons this year: Prague, Czech Republic (1:05:22) and 
Goteborg, Sweden (1:08:11).

Julie Crutchfield (Wilmington, IL) placed third in the 2013 QCM Half. In 
2016, she ran 1:23:31 at the Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon. Chelsie 
Heesch (Wilton, WI) placed fifth in last year's Green Bay Bellin Run and 
ran a 1:26:42 at this year's San Jose Half. Hannah Reese (Denver, CO) has a 
5K best of 17:20 and a Half Marathon best of 1:26. Brendelyn Juergens (Coal 
Valley, IL) rounds out the elite half field, she ran 1:27:34 at the St. 
Louis Rock-n-Roll Half.


2017 QCM ELITE WOMEN'S FIELD:

FULL MARATHON WOMEN, 11 (with bib numbers)
 14. Meseret Ali Basa, Ethiopia
 18. Belayinesh Fikadu, Ethiopia
  2. Meseret Gebre Dekebo, Ethiopia
  6. Letebrhan Gebreslasea, Ethiopia
 16. Bose Gemeda Assefa, Ethiopia
 12. Cynthia Jerop, Kenya
 10. Doreen Kitaka, Kenya
  4. Eyerusalem Kuma, Ethiopia
  8. Joan Massah, Kenya
 22. Elena Shemyakina, Geneva, IL*
 20. Carrie Weldy, Phoenix, AZ

HALF MARATHON WOMEN, 5 (with bib numbers)
 7000. Viola Chepchumba, Kenya
 7001. Julie Crutchfield, Wilmington, IL
 7002. Chelsie Heesch, Wilton, WI
 7003. Brendelyn Juergens, Coal Valley, IL
 7004. Hannah Reese, Denver, CO

*Masters Division
Note, field as of 9/11/17 (Subject to Change)

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