June 2011 TEKLU RULES!!! TEKLU TEFERA DENEKE RUNS 2:12:17 IN GRANDMA'S ,MARATHON FOR 2ND PLACE ON JUNE 18TH, YIHUNLISH DELELECHA BEKELE IS FEMALE WINNER IN 2:30:38, AZIZA ALIYU FINISHES IN 2:36:55 =============================================================================== In a rainy, windy and cold (43 degrees) Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on 6/18, Teklu Tefera Deneke ran his best marathon to date in the USA (and only seconds off his PR) in coming in second place in a dead heat with a superb 2:12:17. At the Half Marathon he was in 9th place and picked off all but one of the runners. Tesfaye Assefa Dube finished 14th in 2:18. Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele, winner of the Pittsburgh Marathon, won again in Duluth running 2:30:38. After completing the Mini 10K and winning the Orange County 10K the week before, Aziza Aliyu surprised everyone switching from the Half Marathon to the full 26.2 Miles and ran a Personal Best of 2:36:55. Alem Ashebir finished 30th in 2:48:13 while other WSX runners dropped out due to the harsh weather. Westchester Friend Deresse Deniboba won the Half Marathon in 1:02:19 2 Teklu Tefere Deneke 2:12:17 2nd Overall 1 Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele 2:30:38 Winner 14 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 2:18:22 8 Aziza Aliyu 2:36:55 PR 30 Alem Ashebir 2:48:13 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA WINS FAIRFIELD HALF MARATHON AS WSX IN TOP 4 SWEEP JUNE 26 ============================================================================== At the Stratton Faxon Fairfield, Connecticut Half Maraton on 6/26 Kumsa Adugna Megersa outran Ketema Nigusse as both ran 1:04 to take top honors. Worku Beyi was 3rd in 1:06 & Genna Tufa 4th in 1:08. Serkalem Biset Abrha finished 4th woman. Jaime Palacios & Pedro Cobos were the best two age 55-59 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 1:04:40 Winner 4 Serkalem Biset Abrha 1:19:58 2 Ketema Nigusse 1:04:55 1st 30-34 3 Worku Beyi 1:06:14 4 Genna Tufa 1:08:11 37 Jaime Palacios 1:23:18 1st 55-59 47 Pedro Cobos 1:25:50 2nd 55-59 59 Alejandro Abella 1:27:32 FIKADU LEMMA EASILY WINS COSME CONEY ISLAND 5K AS WSX MEN DOMINATE 6/26 ======================================================================== Everyone at Coney Island was wondering why a professional runner was running the Cosme Coney Island 5K on June 26th, run on the boardwalk and no prize money. Maybe Fikadu Lemma likes to swim in the ocean. He easily won the race in 15:23 more than a minute ahead of Elmustafa Mchkirate both of whom led the WSX 1-2-3-4-5 surge among the men. Javier Rodriguez, Angel Confesor & Ricardo Cuahuizo bested all the competion. Jose Santiago was 1st over 50, Alberto Gomez 3rd over 40, After, everyone jumped into the ocean including spectator Muliye Gurmu - hard to get her out of the water. Fikadu won a huge trophy and of course the men's team won yet another Brooklyn triple crown race. 1 Fikadu Lemma 15:23 Winner 83 Lubia Iboy 23:13 2 Elmustafa Mchkirate 16:27 1st 30-39 3 Javier Rodriguez 16:33 2nd 30-39 4 Angel Confesor 16:39 1st 20-29 5 Ricardo Cuahuizo 16:43 2nd 20-29 11 Luis Cesario 17:39 15 Alberto Gomez 18:08 3rd 40-49 16 Jose Santiago 19:37 1st 50-59 WSX MEN WIN GAY PRIDE 5 MILER AS WORKU BEYI, GENNA TUFA & HALEFOM ABEBE TSEGAYE RETURN ====================================================================================== The Front Runners 5 Miler saw the seasonable returns to NYRR races of Worku Beyi who was 3rd, Genna Tufa who was 4th plus Halefom Abebe Tsegaye (7th) after a year's absence.. Together with Fikadu Lemma & Javier Rodriguez, they brought the WSX men to yet another victory as Muliye Gurmu (4th) and Alem Ashebir (5th) helped the women's team come in 2nd. Julio Aguirre & Edgar Sandoval each won their repective 60 year old age groups. 3 Worku Beyi 24:15 1st 20-24 4 Muliye Gurmu 29:38 1st 25-29 4 Genna Tufa 24:45 3rd 25-29 5 Alem Ashebir Gebreezgi 29:40 2nd 25-29 5 Fikadu Lemma 24:55 56 Sharon Antoine 37:10 7 Halefom Abebe Tsegaye 25:50 143 Abigail Vidal 39:15 14 Javier Rodriguez 27:35 1st 35-39 178 Anna Dee 39:54 22 Alberto Rivera 28:46 1st 15-19 42 Luis Porto 30:06 2nd 15-19 MISIKER MEKONIN DEMISSIE 3RD OVERALL IN INAUGURAL BAA BOSTON 10K ON JUNE 26TH ============================================================================== Misiker Mekonin Demissie, recovered from her 2:25 marathon in San Diego, finished 3rd overall in 33:08 in the first ever elite Boston Athletic Assoc. 10K in Boston 3 Misiker Mekonin Demissie 33:08  KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA 23:42 LEADS WSX IN PORTUGAL RUN, KAREN ROA FIRST WOMAN 6/19 ================================================================================= Karen Roa, back from college, was first overall woman in the Portugal Fathers' Day 5 Mile Race in Central Park on June 19th leading the WSX women to 2nd place team while Kumsa Adugna Megersa led the WSX men to first place team in winning the race in 23:42. Kumsa had won the Shelter Island 10K the night before and Ketema Nigusse 23:48 and Girma Tolla 24:48 also doubled in both races. Fikadu Lemma & Girma Segni rounded out the team with Ansu Sowe solidly as backup in 25:17. Carlos David Roa, Younes Benzaid & Alberto Rivera swept the junior awards, Felipe Vergara was 3rd 45-49, Jaime Palacios & Jose Santiago 1-2 Vets, and Julio Aguirre 1st 65-70. Marc Santos and Kathryn Vomero Santos organized a Portuguese Picnic after the race. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 23:42 Winner 1 Karen Roa 29:09 Winner 3 Ketema Nigusse 23:49 1st 30-34 53 Sharon Antoine 36:55 4 Girma Tolla 24:48 1st 35-39 54 Abigail Vidal 36:55 5 Fikadu Lemma 24:59 2nd 25-29 152 Anna Dee 39:51 6 Girma Segni 25:13 3rd 25-29 218 Clara Isodoro 41:03 8 Ansu Sowe 25:17 2nd 20-24 28 Carlos David Roa 26:53 1st 15-19 29 Yonas Woldesellassie 26:55 30 Elmustafa Mchkirate 27:00 31 Younes Benzaid 27:00 32 Ricardo Cuahuizo 27:18 38 Javier Rodriguez 27:37 BELAINESH GEBRE, 3RD IN THE MINI, WINS NORTH SHORE HALF MARATHON NEXT DAY IN ILLINOIS ================================================================================== After finishing third in the Mini on Saturday, Belainesh Gebre flew to Highland Park, Illinois and won the North Shore Half Marathon (easy victory) in 1:14:52. Exkyas Sisay was also there and won for the men in 1:03:58. 1 Ezkyas Sisay 1:03:58 Winner 1 Belainesh Gebre 1:14:52 Winner KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA EATS TWO DINNERS, THEN WINS ORANGE COUNTY 10K BY SECONDS 6/12 ==================================================================================== For results see: The Classic 10K Road Race Weekend The night before the race everyone ate dinner but Kumsa Adugna Megersa ate TWO dinners - this gave him the added strength to edge out the other runners as he won the Orange County Classic 10K on June 12 in Middletown NY in 29:15. 5 Ethiopian Runners sprinted onto the track for the finish and Kumsa outkicked Bado Worku Merdessa by 2 seconds who was only one second ahead of Girma Tolla. Ketema Nigusse was 5th. Aziza Aliyu, who had run the Mini the day before, also had to sprint to the finish to beat Malika Mejdoub, Aziza winning in 34:01. Hirut Mandefro was 4th. The Race treated all WSX runners grandly with hotels and generous prize money thanks to the two Daves who direct the race. The designated drivers (quite sober) were Ralph Yozzo (just ousted for 5th place medal in his age group by seconds) and Kevin Shelton-Smith compliments of Van Cortlandt Track Club. A tough hilly course but a great meal was served after the race which had many amenities. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:15 Winner 1 Aziza Aliyu 34:01 Winner 2 Bado Worku Merdessa 29:17 4 Hirut Mandefro 34:41 3 Girma Tolla 29:18 9 Alem Ashebir Germeezgi 39:50 5 Ketema Nigusse 29:25 8 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 29:42 13 Fikadu Lemma 31:26 57 Ralph Yozzo 40:38 BELAINESH GEBRE 3RD OVERALL IN MINI 10K JUNE 11, AZIZA ALIYU & HIRUT MANDEFRO RUN 34 MINUTES ======================================================================================== In the 40th NYRR Mini Marathon 10K honoring Grete Waitz, Belainesh Gebre finished 3rd overall (one second behind 2nd place) in a splendid time of 32:10 matching Hirut Mandefro's third place finish in 2009. Belainesh was the winner of the Honolulu Marathon and lives with Ezkyas Sisay in Flagstaff. Aziza Aliyu was probably second NYRR member in the race and Hirut Mandefro most likely third - both beat Deena Kastor. Muliye Gurmu and Alem Ashebir Gegreezgi helped the WSX women's team to first place ! Evelin Gomez was 2nd junior and Sharon Antoine outkicked Mary Wittenberg & Jack Waitz at the finish.. 3 Belainesh Gebre 32:10 185 Evelin Gomez 45:00 2nd 15-19 20 Aziza Aliyu 34:25 266 Abigail Vidal 46:22 23 Hirut Mandefro 34:35 309 Sharon Antoine 46:03 31 Muliye Gurmu 37:29 412 Diana Ceylan 48:03 32 Alem Ashebir Gebreezgi 37:50 513 Lubia Iboy 49:04 TESFAYE ASSEFA DUBE WINS VIRGINIA WINE COUNTY HALF MARATHON JUNE 4TH ===================================================================== Tesfaye Assefa motored down to Virginia to win the Wine County 1/2 marathon in Loudon on June 4th in 1:05:38. Girma Segni was 6th 1 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 1:05:38 6 Girma Segni 1:17:38 PHIL McCARTHY, AFTER BREAKING AMERICAN 48 HOUR RECORD, WINS 100 MILE RACE MAY 28-30 ================================================================================= Untiring Phil McCarthy, not satisfied breaking the USA record for a 48 hour race last month, also won the NY Pioneer Memorial 100 Mile Trek in Queens during Memorial Day weekend. His total time was 14 hours and 19 seconds. 1 Phil McCarthy 14 hours, no minutes and 19 seconds BUZUNESH DEBA WINS SAN DIEGO MARATHON IN PR OF 2:23:31, MIKIKER MEKONNIN 2ND IN 2:25:21 ===================================================================================
Buzunesh Deba put all before her in the June 5th Dodge Rock n Roll Marathon in San Diego on June 5th with a stunning victory in a personal best time of 2:23:31 the 11th fastest marathon for a woman this year worldwide. This, of course, breaks both the WSX record and the record for NYRR members which Buzunesh previously held. Buzunesh is coached by Worku Beyi. Misiker Mekonnin Demissie came in second place in a spectacular time of 2:25:21, also a personal best. All the WSX runners were cheering when they heard of these results at the Kenny Dolan race - remarkable achievements. Buzunesh also broke the California Marathon record for that State with her 2:23. 1 Buzunesh Deba 2:23:31 WSX record and personal best 2 Misker Mekonnin Demissie 2:25:21 Personal Best A WEST SIDE WEDDING =================== ESKYAS SISAY 2nd IN 32nd ANNUAL DAM TO DAM 20k IN DES MOINES, IOWA ON JUNE 4TH ========================================================================== Eskyas Sisay, who won the Dam to Dam 20K in Iowa in 2010 returned but this year finished in 2nd place in a time of 1:01:55 2 Eskyas Sisay 1:01:55 1st 20-24 BADO WORKU MERDESSA 5TH OVERALL IN HOSPITAL HILL HALF MARATHON IN KANSAS CITY 6/4 ================================================================================== Bado Worku Merdessa stopped in Kansas City for a half marathon enroute from Flagstaff, Arizona to NYC amd finished 5th overall in 1:08:31 5 Bado Worku Merdessa 1:08:32 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA BREAKS COURSE RECORD WINNING KENNY DOLAN 5K IN BROOKLYN 6/05 ===================================================================================== Kumsa Adugna Megersa broke a long standing race record which was originally set by Khalid Khannouchi in the Kenny Dolan 5K on June 5th in Prospect Park. Kumsa ran 14:33 and was an easy winner. Fikadu Lemma was 3rd in 15:21 and Angel Confesor was 6th so the WSX men won first place team. Many received age group awards, Ricardo Cuahuizo, Javier Rodriguez, Americo Ceballos, Felipe Vergara, Jose Santiago but the results were totally botched up with several hundred finishers left out of the results. The men's Masters team should have been first place but no one knows how they scored it. Muliye Gurmu was 3rd woman overall and the WSX women's team won first place with Sharon Antoine Yozzo & Marisol Santiago - the award ceremony, much of it incorrect, finished 6 1/2 hours after the race began. Beer flowed freely however after the race. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 14:33 Overall Winner 3 Muliye Gurmu Time not available 3 Fikadu Lemma 15:21 Sharon Yozzo Time not available 6 Angel Confesor Time not available low 16:00 Marisol Santiago Time not available 7 Javier Rodriguez 16:14 YONAS WOLDESELLASSIE TOPS ALL WSX RUNNERS COMING IN 4TH OVERALL IN ISRAEL DAY 4 MILER 6/05 ========================================================================================= Not many WSXers competed in the NYRR Israel Day 4 Mile race but the WSX men came in a close 2nd team. Yonas Woldesellassie was 4th overall in 20:50. Mekedem Tenaw, Juan Villafane, & Evelin Gomez won age group awards 4 Yonas Woldesellassie 20:50 2nd 25-29 1 Evelin Gomez 28:31 1st 15-19 26 Mekedem Tenaw 23:45 2nd 15-19 52 Abigail Vidal 28:51 49 Jose Rivera 24:29 131 Juan Villafane 25:43 1st 60-64 174 Edmundo Flores 26:09 KETEMA NIGUSSE TOLA & WORKU BEYI RABBITS IN WORLD RECORD 30K TRACK RACE ======================================================================== Ketema Nigusse Tola & Worku Beyi of were selected as Rabbits in the Eugene, Oregon 30 kilometer Track Meet in which Moses Mosop smashed the 30K world record. According to letsrun:com Ketema ran a "masterful" rabbiting job for 10K (29:19) before dropping out.. David Monti of the NYRR was a commentator. You can check out the photo of Ketema and Worku in black.shirts. May 2011 WEDDING OF SHARON ANTOINE & RALPH YOZZO HELD MAY 27TH IN SAINT EPHREM CHURCH, BAY RIDGE ======================================================================================== T'was the first wedding between two WSX members in a decade (Antonio Martinez & Marjorie Ronquillo may have been the last) as Sharon Antoine, gorgeous in victorian white, married WSX webmaster tuxedo clad Ralph Yozzo in an intimate wedding in Saint Ephrem Catholic Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The bride, [on time, but limo was - bride's addition] fashionably late, regally stepped up the aisle to Wagner's Lohengrin Wedding March. Several WSXers were in attendance, Margarito "Juan" Diaz as best man, Felipe Vergara and Kurt Joseph as ushers smartly dressed in tuxedos, turquoise vests and patent leather shoes. Chip Tilden as official photographer (he took well over 2000 photos), Bill Staab, Angel Confesor and his wife, & Lisa Castillo also reveled at the reception at a Knights of Columbus hall nearby. The sun was shining brightly on the new couple. Sharon managed to elegantly charm the assemblage every dance despite a long train on her dress - dinner, wedding cake, the throwing of the bride's bouquet (3 times no less) - the fun and relaxing reception lasted into the night. After a wedding trip to New England the Bride and Groom will be settling in Park Slope. . DEMESSE TEFERA WINS THE BUFFALO HALF MARATHON ON MAY 29TH =========================================================== Last year Mohammed Awol won the Buffalo Marathon and this year Demesse Tefera won the Buffalo Half marathon in 1:08 1 Demesse Tefera 1:08:27 AZIZA ALIYU VENTURES UP TO OTTAWA CANADA FOR 10k RACE ON MAY 29TH ================================================================= At the Ottawa, Canada race weekend, Aziza Aliyu finished 5th overall female in the 10K amid a starry fiield of Ethiopian runners. 5 Aziza Aliyu 33:50 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA COPS VICTORY CROWN IN RIDGEWOOD NJ MEMORIAL DAY 5K =========================================================================== The Ridgewood NJ Memorial Day 3 race medley always attracts WSX runners and this year Kumsa Adugna Megersa won the 5K in a smart time of 14:26. Two seconds behind Tesfaye Assefa Dube placed third. Tesfaye doubled also running the 10K in second place (30:28) and Muliye Gurmu was third female 5K 10K --- ---- 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 14:26 Winnner 2 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 30:28 3 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 14:28 2 Muliye Gurmu 37:48 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA WINS MEDVED LILAC 10K IN ROCHESTER NY ON MAY 22ND ========================================================================= In Rochester NY, Kumsa Adugna Megersa was the overall winner in the Medved Lilac 10K in a time of 29:37 which was the first sub-thirty time in the race since 1999. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:37 Winner TESFAYE ASSEFA DUBE EASILY WINS BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON 5/21 IN 1:06 - TEAM FALTERS ================================================================================ While the men's team only achieved second place and the WSX women could only muster 3 finishers, Tesfaye Assefa Dube, who began the Brooklyn Half Marathon a bit late, flew in at the finish in 1:06:09 winning the race in more then two minutes ahead the next runner. Fikadu Lemma, coming back from injury, was 8th overall, then Yonas Woldesellassie, Juan Martinez (down from Syracuse) and Armando Ramirez. Felipe Vergara was 2nd 45-49 & Julio Aguirre was winner age 60-64. Because the NYRR closed the race within 24 hours, only 29 WSX runners were able to start instead of the usual 70 or so for the Brooklyn Half. For some reason there were only 5900 finishers - last year over 7200. finished. The WSX Men's Masters team was also 2nd (Vergara, Alberto Gomez, Cosme Luna). 1 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 1:06:09 Winner 41 Ricardo Cuahuizo 1:16:32 8 Fikadu Lemma 1:10:33 55 Felipe Vergara 1:18:41 2nd 45-49 29 Yonas Woldesellassie 1:14:40 59 Ildegardo Guevara 1:18:52 31 Juan Martinez 1:14:46 3rd 30-32 39 Armando Ramirez 1:15:58 40 Javier Rodriguez 1:16:13 418 Anna Dee 1:48:48 PHIL McCARTHY BREAKS AMERICAN RECORD FOR 48 HOUR RUN, TOTAL 257.34 MILES ====================================================================== Phil McCarthy, WSX's top ultra marathoner just became Americans top ultra marathoner for 48 hour runs breaking the USA record by running 257.34 miles in 48 hours in the "3 Days at the Fair" Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey - the race took place from May 13th to May 15th 1 Phil McCarthy 247.34 Miles (Winner and USA record for 48 hour run) YIHUNLISH DELELECHA BEKELE WINS PITTSBURGH MARATHON MAY 15, SERKALEM BISET ABRHA 2ND FEMALE ============================================================================================  With WSX runners all over the country this weekend not least at the Healthy Kidney 10k grabbing prize money, 8 of them landed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5/15 where Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele won the Marathon in a time of 2:35:34. She was followed by Serkalem Biset Abrha who was 2nd in 2:39:12 & Dirbe Hunde who came in 8th in 2:45:39. Teklu Tefera Deneke flew in from Flagstaff finishing 5th man in 2:18:31 while Genna Tufa ws 7th in 2:20. The Pittsburgh Half Marathon found Ketema Nigusse in fine form, 2nd in 1:03:55 while Tesfaye Assefa Dube ran 1:04. Aziza Aliyu was also in 2nd place (by one second) in 1:14:29 Marathon Half Marathon 5 Teklu Tefera Deneke 2:18:31 2 Ketema Nigusse 1:03:55 7 Genna Tufa 2:20:27 4 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 1:04:22 1 Yihunlesh Delelecha Bekele 2:35:34 2 Aziza Aliyu 1:14:29 2 Serkalem Biset Abrha 2:39:12 8 Dirbe Hunde 2:45:39 MISIKER MEKONNIN DEMISSIE 4TH WOMAN IN FAMOUS BAY TO BREAKERS 12K IN SAN FRANCISCO ==================================================================================== In one of the world's largest races, Misiker Mekonnin Demissie came in 4th in a talented elite field at the Bay to Breakers 12K 4 Misiker Mekonnin Demissie 40:36 GIRMA SEGNI HAS MARATHON BREAKTHROUGH IN 'RUN FOR THE RED' MARATHON IN STROUDSBURG, PA ======================================================================================= Girma Segni snuck off to Straudsburg, Pennsylvania for the Run for the Red Pocono Marathon and finished 2nd in a PR of 2:21:36 2 Girma Segni 2:21:36 Marathon PR KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA HITS RITE AID 10K IN CLEVELAND, OHIO RITE 5/15 & WINS WITH TIME OF 29:48 ======================================================================================== Away from the Healthy Kidney, Kumsa Adugna Megersa journeyed to Cleveland, Ohio and won the Rite Aid 10 kilometer race there in a time of 29:48 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:49 Overall winner SHEWARGE ALENE AMARE 4TH IN SANTOS, BRAZIL 10k, MARIA LUCIA FINISHES 10TH MAY 15TH =============================================================================== Shewarge Alene Amare ventured to Brazil for an elite 10K, Tribuna FM-Unitas in Santos on 5/15 finishing 4th in 33:19. Maria Lucia Alves Viera Moraes, who lives in Sao Paulo, came in 10th female overall 4 Shewarge Alene Amare 33:19 10 Maria Lucia Alves Viera Moraes 35:46 TESFAYE GIRMA SOARS TO 6TH PLACE IN HEALTHY KIDNEY 10K AHEAD OF EZKYAS & BADO, BUZUNIESH WINS ============================================================================================ The Healthy Kidney Elite 10K in Central Park May 14, found Tesfaye Girma top WSX runner in a smart 28:24 for 6th overall. Just behind him was Ezkyas Sisay in 7th place & then Bado Worku Merdessa 8th overall. Buzunesh Deba was an easy winner among women in 33:38. Girma Tolla was 15th overall in 29:45 while Younes Benzaid was first junior in a spectacular 33:57 while Meraf Tenaw finished 3nd Junior and Julio Aguirre was first 60-64. Top Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa Benti, who runs for Nike but newly joined the WSX was 5th male. The WSX men's team was the obvious winner but surprisingly the WSX women's team was 2nd. 6 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 28:24 1 Buzunesh Deba 33:38 Overall Winner 7 Eskyas Sisay 28:47 69 Sharon Antoine 45:53 8 Bado Worku Merdessa 29:06 100 Abigail Vidal 46:43 15 Girma Tolla 29:45 435 Clara Isidoro 51:12 30 Younes Benzaid 33:57 1st Junior 996 Rita Sanchez 54:56 34 Yonas Woldesellassie 34:30 36 Javier Rodriguez 34:43 43 Ildegardo Guevara 35:46 55 Meraf Tenaw 36:41 3rd Junior KETEMA NIGUSSE GLIDES IN TO WIN JAPAN DAY 4 MILER IN CENTRAL PARK 5/07/11 AS TEAM WINS ================================================================================== Fresh from winning the Bronx Community College 5K the day before, Ketama Nigusse easily triumphed in the NYRR Mother's Day Japan Day 4 miler on May 7th in Central Park. Ketema ran 19:47 30 seconds ahead of the 2nd place runner (a Moroccan friend of Mohamed Bichri). Fikadu Lemma, coming back from injury was 4th and Retta Feyissa was 6th. Luis Porto, newcomer Felipe Yerez & Alberto Rivera swept the Junior awards. & Julio Aguirre was 2nd Senior 1 Ketema Nigusse 19:47 Overall Winner 17 Nohemi Mandile 26:54 2nd 40-44 4 Fikadu Lemma 20:19 1st 25-29 48 Sharon Antoine 28:15 6 Retta Feyisa 20:38 1st 35-39 74 Abigail Vidal 28:55 17 Luis Porto 22:15 1st 15-19 PR 332 Dorothy Stuehmke 32:27 23 Alberto Rivera 22:40 3rd 15-19 368 Clara Isidoro 32:47 27 Alberto Gomez 22:57 3rd 4-44 34 Meraf Tenaw 23:11 BUZUNESH DEBA WINS NEWPORT 10,000 IN JERSEY CITY 5/06. KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA 2ND MALE =================================================================================== The Newport 10,000 meter race in Jersey City always has prize money to attract WSX runners. Buzunesh Deba was first woman to cross the finish line in 32:47 followed by Aziza Aliyu who was 3rd. Kumsa Adugna Megersa was 2nd overall in this May 6th race and Tesfaye Assefa Dube was 4th. 2 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:41 1st 20-29 1 Buzunesh Deba 32:47 Winner 4 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 29:41 3rd 25-29 3 Aziza Aliyu 33:31 2nd 25-29 28 Sidney Aguirre 36:43 44 Jhonny Camacho 36:31 98 Blas Mederos 41:31 MISIKER MEKONNIN DEMISSIE WINS BLOOMSDAY 12K IN SPOKANE MAY 1ST , BUZUNESH DEBA IS 4TH ====================================================================================== Misiker Mekonnin Demissie won a major race, The Bloomsday 12K in Spokane, Washington on May 1st in a time of 40:25 wherein the WSX had 5 strong women finish in the top 15 (prize money for first 15 finishers). Buzunesh Debe finished 4th, Shewarge Alene Amare was 5th, Aziza Aliyu 13th and Hirut Mandefro 15th. Among the WSX guys Bado Worku Merdessa was 9th, Worku Beyi 15th and we understand that Ezkyas Sisay dropped out. All WSX finishers received prize money. 9 Bado Worku Merdessa 35:20 1 Misiker Mekonnin Demissie 40:25 Overall Winner 15 Worku Beyi 35:37 4 Buzunesh Deba 40:29 5 Shewarge Alene Amare 40:31 13 Aziza Aliyu 41:17 15 Hirut Mandefro 43:03 KETEMA NIGUSSE WINS SECOND RACE IN 2 DAYS IN BROAD STREET PHILADELPHIA 10 MILER, MAY 1ST ===================================================================================== Ketema Nigusse, after winning a 5K in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 4/30 stayed on Pennsylvania soil and won the well known Broad Street 10 Mile race in Philadelphia the next day in an excellent time of 46:29. Tesfaye Assefa Dube was 4th and Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele was 2nd woman. Prize money for all WSX runners. 1 Ketema Nigusse 46:29 Winner 2 Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele 55:46 4 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 47:47 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA WINS RYE DERBY 5 MILER ON MAY 1ST, MULIYE GURMU IS SECOND WOMAN ======================================================================================= Kumsa Adugna Megersa beat a Ugandan by one second in the May 1st Rye Derby 5 Mile Race. Girma Segni & Fikadu Lemma, coming back from injury were 5th and 6th (within a second of each other). Muliye Gurma was second overall woman in 28:53 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 24:15 Winner 2 Muliye Gurmu 28:53 5 Girma Segni 25:42 6 Fikadu Lemma 25:43 ARMANDO RAMIREZ & FELIPE VERGARA 2-3 IN LONG ISLAND MARATHON MAY 1ST, DEMESSE TEFERA WINS 10k ============================================================================================= WSX runners spread out among 3 races at the Long Island Marathon cluster of events, with Armando Ramirez 2nd in the Marathon followed by Felipe Vergara. Ricardo Cuahuizo opted for the Half coming in second while Jaime Palacios won his age group. In the 10K Demesse Tefera easily won the 10K with Angel Confesor in 2nd place. Marathon Half Marathon 10 Kilometers ======= ========== ========== 2 Armando Ramirez 2:41:12 1st 30-34 2 Ricardo Cuahuizo 1:15:46 1 Demesse Tefera 32:34 Winner 3 Felipe Vergara 2:35:27 1st 45-49 20 Jaime Palacios 1:19:41 1st 55-59 2 Angel Confesor 34:25 12 Guillermo Fuentes 3:02:43 2nd 45-49 46 Sergio Palomo 3:19:41 CINCO DE MAYO 5K IN PROSPECT PARK MAY 1ST TURNED INTO FUN RUN - WILSON BERREZUETA WINS ANYWAY ============================================================================================== This 5K race is always a mess, no mile markers, no water at the start or during the course but this year, suddenly, the race became a fun run with no times, no age group awards. Participant numbers were down and all times are unofficial - quite a waste of time and money. 1 Wilson Berrezueta 17:00 Winner Mario Pelaez 23:15 3 Jose Santiago 17:45 William Staab 38:17 6 Raul Puente 18:40 Diego Feyissa 20:16 Francisco Flores 20:40 Marisol Santiago 36:36 GIRMA TOLLA 3RD & YIHUNLISH DELELECHA 2ND WOMAN IN MAY 1ST APPLE BLOSSOM 10k IN WINCHESTER, VA ============================================================================================== 2 Girma Tolla 29:29 2 Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele 35:08 KETEMA NIGUSSE & DEMESSE TEFERA 1-2 IN YMCA RACE AGAINST RACISM 5K, IN LANCASTER, PENNA APRIL 30 ============================================================================================= 1 Ketema Nigusse 15:08 Winner 2 Demesse Tefera 15:17 April 2011 EZKYAS SISAY STARTS LAS VEGAS 5K LATE BUT STILL WINS RACE IN 14:26 ============================================================== Some of the Flagstaff gang motored to Las Vegas for a 5K on April 23 but according to reports the race started 8 minutes early and Teklu Tefera Deneke missed the race altogether. Ezkyas Sisay started late but made up lost time was was the winner. Bado Worku Merdessa was 4th and Hirut Mandefro lost 1 1/2 minutes but came in third via chip time. 1 Ezkyas Sisay 14:26 Winner 3 Hirut Mandefro 17:24 4 Badio Worku Merdessa 15:15 AZIZA ALIYU WINS NYRR 4 MILE RACE IN CENTRAL PARK APRIL 23, WSX MEN'S TEAM WINS, WOMEN 2ND ======================================================================================== On a very rainy Saturday before Easter, Aziza Aliyu swept in to victory in the NYRR 4 Miler in Central Park on April 23. She led the women's team to 2nd place (And no, Anna Dee - no team medal - you were 6th on the women's team this time). Ketema Nigusse was second male overall (it seems one Italian who took the lead cut the course and ran over the curb near the finish and was disqualfied) and first over 30. Retta Feyisssa finished 3rd over 35, Younes Benzaid & Mekedem Tenaw were 1-2 Juniors, Cesar Estevez was third 50-54 & Evelin Gomez won the woman's Junior award. Until 2 days before the race the NYRR had posted that there was prize money for this race but 2 days prior to the event, they swept the posting away - no prize money. 2 Ketema Nigusse 20:36 1st 30-34 1 Aziza Aliyu 22:20 Overall Winner 10 Retta Feyissa 21:26 3rd 35-39 57 Evelin Gomez 29-30 1st 15-19 25 Younes Benzaid 22:54 1st 15-19 68 Abigail Vidal 28:54 32 Mekedem Tenaw 23:10 2nd 15-19 207 Diana Ceylan 31:00 56 Mohamed Bichri 24:97 215 Clara Isidoro 31:04 65 Cesar Estevez 24:28 390 Anna Dee 32:35 WSX ETHIOPIANS SCORE IN PIKES PEEK (MARYLAND) 10k 4/17 - KUMSA RUNS 28:23 ===================================================================== A bevy of WSX Ethiopians landed at the Kaiser Permanente Pike's Peek 10K in Rockville, Maryland on April 17th and all had good times in a tough field. Kumsa Adugna Megersa finished 4th male in a remarkable 28:23 and Girma Tolla and Tesfaye Assefa Dube also ran 28 minutes followed by Ketema Nigusse in 29. Aziza Aliyu was 3rd woman overall as she and Hirut Mandefro (5th) both ran the course in 32 minutes - following them was Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele (7th), Dirbe Hunde and Muliye Gurmu, a formidable WSX women's team. 4 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 28:23 1st 20-24 3 Aziza Aliyu 32:22 1st 25-29 8 Girma Tolla 28:45 1st 35-39 5 Hirut Mandefro 32:48 3rd 25-29 10 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 28:57 7 Yihunlish Delelecha Bekele 33:20 11 Ketema Nigusse 29:26 3rd 30-34 11 Dirbe Hunde 34:11 13 Muliye Gurmu 35:36 MEN'S TEAM OF WSX WINS CITY PARKS RUN FOR THE PARKS 4 MILER ON APRIL 17TH ======================================================================= With many of WSX's top runners in Maryland (or in Flagstaff, Albuquerque or North Carolina or Ethiopia, the men's team still (amazingly) triumphed in the City Parks Foundatuion Run for the Parks 4 Miler in Central Park 4/17. Angel Confesor and Armando Ramirez finished 8th and 9th. Alberto Rivera won the junior 15-19 award and Everisto Roldan was 3rd 45-49 while Julio Aguirre copped first place Senior (60-64) as usual. 8 Angel Confesor 22:13 44 Abigail Vidal 29:11 9 Armando Ramirez 22:27 1st 30-39 170 Lubia Iboy 31:36 12 Alberto Rivera 22:57 1st 15-19 266 Clara Isidoro 32:26 41 Ponciano Ramirez 24:38 345 Dorothy Stuemke 33:12 52 Evaristo Roldan 24:55 3rd 45-49 550 Rita Sanchez 34:47 EZKYAS SISAY WINS ICE BREAKER 5 MILE RACE IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA 4/17/11 ======================================================================  In frigid Great Falls, Montana Ezkyas won the Ice Breaker 5 Mile Race in a time of 23:15 breaking the old course record. 1 Ezkyas Sisay 23:15 Winner JAVIER RODRIGUEZ 2:42 & PHIL McCARTHY 2:50 FINISH WIND AIDED BOSTON MARATHON 4/18 ============================================================================= Only two WSX runners finished the Boston Marathon 4/18. Javier Rodriguez ran 2:42 & super ultra-marathoner Phil McCarthy finished in 2:50. Jorge Real, one time member, slowed up for a 2:35 and Misiker McKonin Demissie who started out at a fast pace was unable to finish. Honorary member of the team, Gebre Gebremariam was third overall in 2:04:53. There was a strong tail wind so the 2:03 world records broken may or may not stand. 257 Javier Rodriguez 2:42:56 576 Phil McCarthy 2:50:66 Getting Ready for Boston YIHUNLISH DELELECHA WINS GW PARKWAY CLASSIC 10 MILER IN ALEXANDRIA, VA. APRIL 10TH ============================================================================== Yihunlish Delelecha was the overall female winner of the GW Parkway Classic 10 Mile Race in Alexandria, Virginia on April 10th in a time of 6:56. Demesse Tefera was 2nd Male finisher in 49:24. 2 Demesse Tefera 49:24 1 Yihunlish Delelecha 56:56 Overall Winner WSX MEN SWEEP TOP 5 IN SCOTLAND 10K IN CENTRAL PARK 4/10, KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA WINS =================================================================================== Kumsa Adugna Megersa outkicked Tesfaye Assefa Dube & Ketema Nigusse for a 29:33 victory in the NYRR Scotland 10K Run on April 10th in Central Park. Tesfayem, in his first Central Park Race, was 4 seconds behind and just ahead of Ketema. Girma Tolla, nursing a calf injury was 4th overall in 30:30 18 seconds ahead of Girma Segni as the WSX men swept the first 5 spots for a team victory, The men's veterans team (over 50) also won with Jaime Palacios, Jose Santiago & Cesar Estevez, the masters team (over 40) was in 4th place, and the senior team led by Julio Aguirre was also 4th. The WSX women came in 15th team, Meraf Tenaw earned 1st Junior, Jaime Palacios 1st 55-59. A total of 65 WSXers ran. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:33 Winner 150 Abigail Vidal 45:13 2 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 29:37 2nd Overall 172 Sharon Antoine 45:49 3 Ketema Nigusse 29:40 3rd Overall 466 Nube Vivar 50:00 4 Girma Tolla 30:30 1st 35-39 498 Diana Ceylan 50:16 5 Girma Segni 30:48 1st 30-39 629 Clara Isodoro 51:29 23 Roberto Puente 32:46 668 Lubia Iboy 51:45 33 Retta Feyissa 33:16 818 Ann Dee 52:40 39 Angel Confesor 33:46 49 Javier Rodriguez 34:22 50 Ricardo Cuahuizo 34:28 71 Yonas Woldesellassie 35:32 GIRMA TOLA, EZKYAS SISAY, TESFAYE ASSEFA 10TH, 11TH, 12TH IN CHERRY BLOSSOM 10 MILER IN WASHINGTON DC, APRIL 3RD ======================================================================== At the famous truly competitive Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile race on April 3rd in Washington DC, Girma Tolla ran a super 47:56 for 10th overall followed 2 seconds later by Ezkyas Sisay and 7 seconds later by Tesfaye Assefa in 12th position. Ezkyas & Tesfaye had competed also the day before in a South Carolina 10K, Retta Feyissa was 36th. 10 Girma Tola 47:56 11 Ezkyas Sisay 47:58 12 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 48:03 36 Retta Feyissa 53:33 ALENE RETA 4TH OVERALL IN SANTIAGO, CHILE MARATHON 4/3 ===================================================== Alene Reta, who was the winner in Santiago in 2010 finished 4th overall in this marathon in Chile April 3rd in 2:21:22 4 Alene Reta 2:21:22 DEMESSE TEFERA & MULIYE GURMU EACH WIN DANBURY HALF 4/3 ========================================================= Demesse Tefera was the overall male winner in the Danbury, Ct. Half Marathon running 1:08:25 just short of a minute ahead of Girma Segni who was second overall. Alejandro Abella finished in 1:25:40. Muliye Gurmu was the overall female winner in 1:23:40 1 Demesse Tefera 1:08:45 Winner 1 Muliye Gurmu 1:23:40 Winner 2 Girma Segni 1:09:17 Alejandro Abella 1:35:40 TESFAYE ASSEFA DUBE 2ND IN UKROPS 10K IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ON APRIL 2ND ======================================================================= Tesfaye Assefa Dube, in his second USA race, finished 2nd overall in a time of 29:07 in the Richmond Virginia Ukrops 10 Kilometer race. Kumsa Adugna was 4th overall in 29:19 and Ketema Nigusse finished 9th in 29:44. Friends Abiyot, Derese and Alemtsehay were also competing. 2 Tesfaye Assefa Dube 29:07 4 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:19 9 Ketema Nigusse 29:44 ============================================================================== Five WSX runners, all fresh from the NYC Half marathon, journeyed to Charleston, South Carolina for the Cooper River 10K on April 2nd and all came up winners (at least in cash prizes). Shewarge Alene Amare was the female winner in 33:06 ahead of 2 Kenyans, Aziza Aliyu was 4th and Hirut Mandefro 6th. Among the guys, Bado Worku Merdessa must have outkicked Ezkyas Sisay for 3rd place as they both ran 29:15. 3 Bado Worku Merdessa 29:15 1 Shewarge Alene Amare 33:06 Winner 4 Ezkyas Sisay 29:15 4 Aziza Aliyu 34:29 6 Hirut Mandefro 34:36 March 2011 WSX MEN TRIUMPH IN NYRR COLON CANCER 15K/4MILE AS ELMUSTAFA MCHKIRATE WINS 15K ================================================================================ With no Ethiopians in sight, the WSX men's team won both the NYRR Colon Cancer 4 Miler in Central Park on 3/27 and then scored another team first place in the ensuing 15K which was won by Elmustafa Mchkirate on the comeback trail. Javier Rodriquez finished 4th overall followed by Ponciano Ramirez. Julio Aguirre was 2nd Senior. An hour earlier the WSX kids Luis Porto, 3rd overall, Meraf Tenaw 5th and Alberto Rivera 6th dominated the Junior category 1-2-3 mopping up all the Junior awards and the men's team was again first. 15K 4 Miles ----- ------- 1 Elmustafa Mchkirate 51:24 Winner 3 Luis Porto 22:28 1st 15-19 4 Javier Rodriguez 52:01 1st 35-39 5 Meraf Tenaw 23:11 2nd 15-19 34 Ponciano Ramirez 59:52 6 Alberto Rivera 23:23 3rd 15-19 41 Rodrigo Flores 60:49 28 Carlos Vivar 26:21 82 Edmundo Flores 63:03 146 Hector Sevilla 30:06 HIRUT MANDEFRO 4TH PLACE IN AZALEA TRAIL 10K, MOBILE, ALABAMA ON MARCH 26TH ========================================================================== 4 Hirut Mandefro 35:23 TESFAYE ASSEFA DUBE WINS ST.PATRICKS HOLYOKE, MASS 10K ON MARCH 19, 2011 ====================================================================== In his first race after arriving from Ethiopia, Tesfaye Assefa Dube triumphed in the hilly Holyoke, Massachussetts 10 kilometer race 29:17 ten seconds ahead of Deresse Deniboba's (WTC) 27:27 1 Tesfaye Assefa Duba 29:17 (Overall Winner) BUZNUESH DEBA IS OVERALL WINNER IN LOS ANGELES MARATHON WITH 2:26:34 PERSONAL RECORD ==================================================================================== Buzunesh Deba put all before her in the rainy Los Angeles Marathon with a steller 2:26:34 PR on March 20, 2011. She was the first Ethiopian woman ever to win the Los Angeles Marathon. She will be back in New York next week. 1 Buzunesh Deba 2:26:34 (Overall Winner) TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE & SHEWARGE ALENE AMARE EACH COP 4TH PLACE IN NYC HALF MARATHON 3/20 BOTH THE WSX MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAM GARNER FIRST PLACE. EZKAYES SISAY RUNS 1:01:56 FOR 10TH. ========================================================================================= The WSX team had amazing results in the 6th annual NYC Half Marathon (Central Park to the Battery) on March 20th. Tesfaye Girma Bekele (editor's note: GO MY BROTHER!), just back from Ethiopia, was in the lead pack and finished in a spectacular 1:00:35 good for 4th place. On the distaff side, Shewarge Alene Amare (Alene Retta's sister) sped to a fantastic 4th place finish of 1:09:25. Both the men's team and the women's team won first place. Ezkyas Sisay led the race in the first few miless but settled for 10th place in 1:01:56 followed by Girma Tola who had 1:02:46, Bado Worku Merdessa PR of 1:02:59 plus Teklu Tefera Deneke in 1:04:25. Aziza Aliyu had a great 1:12:47, Yihunlesh Delelecha 1:14:16. Luis Porto was 4th junior in 1:17:50 and Evelin Gomez ws 3rd Junior.. 4 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 1:00:35 3rd 25-29 4 Shewarge Alene Amare 1:09:25 1st 20-24 10 Ezkyas Sisay 1:01:56 2nd 20-22 13 Aziza Aliyu 1:12:47 14 Girma Tolla 1:02:46 1st 35-39 18 Yihunlesh Delelecha 1:14:16 17 Bado Worku Merdessa 1:02:59 3rd 20-22 30 Muliye Gurmu 1:19:48 22 Teklu Tefera Deneke 1:04:25 232 Nohemi Mandile 1:34:36 29 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 1:05:19 358 Evelin Gomez 1:39:28 68 Ricardo Cuahuizo 1:13:26 89 Amado Tlatempo 1:15:15 155 Luis Porto 1:17:50 BADO WORKU MERDESSA WINS COOGAN'S SALSA BLUES 5K MARCH 6TH, MEN'S TEAM IS SECOND ================================================================================= Fresh from being awarded the NYRR Runner of the Year prize as best 2010 male athlete, Bado Worku Merdessa outsprinted several guys to win the rainy Coogan's Salsa Blues 5K in Washington Heights in a time of 14:42. Kumsa Adugna Megersa was 6th and the Men's Team finished second to NYRR. Muliye Gurmu was our first woman. Ketema Nigusse was 1st over 30 and Jose Santiago 1st 55-59 - 1 Bado Worku Merdessa 14:42 Winner 11 Muliye Gurmu 18:10 6 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 14:54 86 Nohemi Mandile 21:01 15 Meraf Tenaw 15:40 1st 15-19 158 Abigail Vidal 22:28 16 Girma Segni 15:44 170 Evelin Gomez 22:40 19 Ketema Nigusse 15:49 1st 30-34 339 Carmen Keusen 24:24 30 Dereje Tesfaye Hailegiogis 16:11 33 Roberto Puente 16:17 35 Angel Confesor 16:22 39 Younes Benzaid 16:32 2nd 15-19 48 Javier Rodriguez 16:49 60 Yonas Woldesellassie 16:59 February 2011 BADO WORKU MERDESSA & BUZUNESH DEBA AWARDED NYRR RUNNERS OF THE YEAR PRIZES AT CLUB NIGHT ALBERTO RIVERA, LUIS PORTO, KUMSA ADUGNA-MEDERSA, AZIZA ALIYU, MOHAMMED AWOL AGE GROUP WINNERS ================================================================================================= Of the 21 WSX nominees for age group winners for their 2010 overall performances at NYRR races, 7 emerged as winners at the Club Night held March 3rd at the slightly tacky Hard Rock Cafe. Bado Worku-Merdessa (who was there) and Buzunesh Deba (who was training for the Los Angeles Marathon in Albuquerque) were both the overall winners for the second straight year. Bado made a short 6 word speech, "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you" Aziza Aliyu also repeated as female winner age 20-24 and Kumsa Adugna-Merdessa emerged as male winner 20-24. Mohammed Awol copped the male 30-34 award. Alberto Rivera was a shoo-in as the 2010 winner men age 12-14 and Luis Porto who won that award last year, but who is now 15, grabbed the male age 15-19 award against all the older guys. There was food, drinks, dancing and the WSX had the largest team contingent present when it picked up the Male Team of the Year Award. JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, JUAN MARTINEZ, ANGEL CONFESOR FINISH TOP 10 IN AL GORDON 4 MILER =============================================================================== Banished from Central Park to Prospect Park, the Al Gordon 4 Mile Race on Feb. 26th found 3 WSX guys in the top ten at the finish. Javier Rodriguez was 7th overall followed by Juan Martinez (down from Syracuse), and Brooklynite Angel Confesor all in 21 minutes. Rene Cuahuizo was 25th while Sidney Aguirre came in 27th as the WSX men's team won first place. Julio Aguirre was first 60-64 and Alberto Rivera 3rd Junior. This NYRR race used to give out good Sweatshirts, then colored long sleeve shirts, but alas now only churned up inexpensive white shirts. 7 Javier Rodriguez 21:34 2nd 35-39 29 Luis Cesareo 23:18 8 Juan Martinez 21:38 1st 30-32 37 Alberto Rivera 23:24 3rd 15-19 9 Angel Confesor 21:55 45 Ponciano Ramirez 23:44 25 Rene Cuahuizo 23:08 27 Sidney Aguirre 23:15 66 Abigail Vidal 29:18 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE 3RD OVERALL IN 2/20/11 HONG KONG MARATHON IN 2:16 ===================================================================== Tesfaye Girma Bekele, who says he will be running in the NYC Half Marathon, went to Hong Kong this past weekend and finished 3rd overall prize money in the Hong Kong Marathon in a time of 2:16:31 3 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 2:16:31 ROBERTO PUENTE 3RD OVERALL IN PPTC CHERRY TREE 10 MILER IN PROSPECT PARK 2/20 ========================================================================== On a cold and windy day, Roberto Puente turned in a 3rd overall finishing position in the PPTC Cherry Tree 10 Mile Race in Prospect Park on February 20th. Roberto ran 55:11. He won $ 25 prize money but the late entry fee was $ 30. Ricardo Cuahuizo was 6th overall and Armando Ramirez was 7th. 3 Roberto Puente 55:11 2nd 25-29 18 Luis Cesario 61:43 6 Ricardo Cuahuizo 57:02 2nd 20-24 20 Jose Santiago 61:52 1st 55-59 7 Armando Ramirez 57:30 1st 30-34 90 Diego Albarracion 69:56 17 Alberto Gomez 61:39 2nd 40-44 ROBERTO PUENTE, ANGEL CONFESOR LEAD WSX MEN'S TEAM TO 2ND PLACE IN NYRR GRIDIRON 4 MILER ======================================================================================== Roberto Puente, on the comeback, was 6th overall in the NYRR Gridiron 4 Mile race in Central Park which took place on Super Bowl Day, February 7th and helped place the men's team in second place. Roberto was followed by Angel Confesor, 9th overall and Elmustafa Mchkirate who was 11th and 2nd 30-34. Ricardo Cuahuizo, Alberto Rivera (1st 15-19), Meraf Tenaw, Julio Aguirre (1st 60--64) and Evelin Gomez all won age group awards. 6 Roberto Puente 21:04 3rd 25-29 96 Evelin Gomez 29:37 9 Angel Confesor 21:42 11 Elmustafa Mchkirate 21:59 2nd 30-34 15 Ricardo Cuahuizo 22:12 3rd 20-24 34 Cristian Abad 23:26 KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA & AZIZA ALIYU EACH WIN MIAMI HALF MARATHON JANUARY 30 ============================================================================= Kumsa Adugna Megersa was the overall winner in the ING Miami Half Marathon and Aziza Aliyu was the victor among the women in the same race. 1 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 1:07:04 Overall Winner 1 Aziza Aliyu 1:15:05 Overall Winner HIRUT MANDEFRO TRIUMPHS IN 3M HALF MARATHON IN AUSTIN TEXAS ON JANUARY 30 ========================================================================== 3 WSX runners hit Austin, Texas on January 30 for the competitive 3M Half Marathon and Hirut Mandefro emerged as the winner among the women in 1:15. Girma Tola took 2nd Male in 1:04 and Ezkyas Sisay was 6th overall in 1:06. 2 Girma Tola 1:04:17 1 Hirut Mandefro 1:15:27 Overall Winner 6 Eskyas Sisay 1:06:32 January 2011 WSX MEN FINISH ONLY 4TH TEAM IN MANHATTAN HALF - WORST SHOWING SINCE 1997 ========================================================================== At the frigid Manhattan Half Marathon in Central Park on January 22, the WSX men's team had its worst position in a NYRR Half Marathon since its 4th place finish at the Bronx Half in 1997. Although the other teams were not strong, the WSX men copped only 4th place with Ricardo Cuahuizo first WSX finisher in 1:16:43. Guillermo Fuentes was 1st male 45-49, Tomas Vazquez was 2nd 40-44 and Julio Aguirre copped 2nd 60-64 12 Ricardo Cuahuizo 1:16:46 24 Nohemi Mandile 1:32:29 25 Amado Tlatempa 1:19:20 32 Cristian Abad 1:20:17 42 Rene Cuahuizo 1:21:17 44 Guillermo Fuentes 1:21:32 21 WSX RUNNERS NOMINATED FOR NYRR CLUB NIGHT AWARDS MARCH 3RD - A NEW RECORD =============================================================================== Based upon their 2010 results in NYRR races, The WSX team has had 21 of its runners nominated in their respective age categories for 2010. The award ceremony will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe on Thursday evening, March 3rd. The winners are revealed at the banquet where there are cocktails, some food, the awards and dancing. For those nominated, a free entry is granted. Others must pay $ 50 to come to the ceremony. No one knows the winners but Buzunesh Deba is a shoo-in for female Runner of the Year and Bado Worku Merdessa & Kumsa Adugna Megersa are two of the three likely candidates for Male Runner of the Year. Buzunesh & Bado were the overall winners last year. The 21 WSX nominees are as follows; Men - Age 12-14 Alberto Rivera Men - Age 15-19 Luis Porto Women - Age 15-19 Evelin Gomez Mekedem Tenaw Meraf Tenaw Men - Age 20-24 Kumsa Adugna Megersa Women - Age 20-24 Serkalem Biset Abrha Girma Segni Aziza Aliyu Bado Worku Merdessa Buzunesh Deba Men - Age 25-29 Belay Kassa Women - Age 25-29 Muliye Gurmu Fikadu Lemma Ketema Nigusse Men - Age 30-34 Mohammed Awol Teklu Tefera Deneke Men - Age 45-49 Felipe Vergara Men - Age 55-59 Jose Santiago Men - Age 60-64 Julio Aguirre Edgar Sandoval KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA SCORES IN 3 RACES IN BERMUDA, TEKLU & DEREJE 2-3 IN MARATHON ================================================================================= Running the Bermuda Triangle January 14-16 Kumsa Adugna Megersa earned awards in all 3 races, the elite mile where he finished 5th, the 10 kilometer race the next day where he sprinted for 2nd overall and then on Sunday the hilly Half Marathon where he again had to ferociously outkick a Kenyan for 2nd in 1:09. It was quite a fete. Also on Sunday Teklu Tefera Deneke & Dereje Tesfaye Deneke were in the lead at the 13 mile mark of the full marathon, but a policeman directed them off the course and up a hill and the 3rd guy, the American Luke Watson, went correctly and passed them. Teklu who ended up with 2:26 and Dereje who finished in 2:28 on the hilly course, could not catch up and ended up 2nd and 3rd male finishers. Bado Worku Merdessa was forced to drop out of the Mile with back pains. The weather was good and Anthony Rayner, the director of the Bermuda Marathon was fantastic and everyone had a good time. Bill Staab also went there to cheer the WSX runners on. January 14 1 Mile 5th Place Elite Male Kumsa Adugna Mergesa 4:23:29 January 15 10K 2nd Place Kumsa Adugna Mergesa 30:58 January 16 Half Marathon 2nd Place Kumsa Adugna Mergesa 1:09:25 January 16 Full Marathon 2nd Place Teklu Tefera Deneke 2:26:07 3rd Place Dereje Tesfaye Hailegiorgis 2:28:51 DEREJE TESFAYE HAILEGIORGIS 3RD, ROBERTO PUENTE 6TH, JUAN MARTINEZ 8TH IN FRED LEBOW 5 MILE RACE, CENTRAL PARK AS WSX MEN WIN ON JANUARY 9TH, 2011 ========================================================================= The NYRR Fred Lebow Classic 5 Mile race in Central Park was postponed from Saturday to Sunday January 9th due to the threat of snow Saturday but it did not keep the WSX men from keeping up their winning ways in NYRR races. Dereje Tesfaye Hailegiorgis was 3rd overall in 25:09, the same time as the winner of the race in a tight finish, Roberto Puente (1st 25-29) was 6th & Juan Martinez (2nd 30-35), down from Syracuse was 8th followed by Younes Benzaid (3rd Junior) and Elmustafa Mchkirate (3d 30-34 in his new age category). Alex Juarez was 2nd 55-59 & Julio Aguirre 1st 60-64. Evelin Gomez was 1st Junior. The Men's team was 1st Place Team. 3 Dereje Tesfaye Hailegiorgis 25:09 1st 30-34 47 Evelin Gomez 37:22 1st 15-19 6 Roberto Puente 26:55 1st 25-29 74 Abigail Vidal 38:35 8 Juan Martinez 27:19 2nd 30-32 9 Younes Benzaid 27:23 3rd 15-19 12 Elmustafa Mchkirate 27:47 3rd 30-34 13 Ricardo Cuahuizo 27:49 2nd 20-25 |
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