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Running Trail 2 March 2010 WSX KIDS LEAD MEN'S TEAM TO FIRST PLACE IN NYRR COLON CANCER 4-MILE CHALLENGE 3/28 ================================================================================ Carlos David Roa (age 18) took the WSX men's team to first place finishing second overall in 21:32. Alberto Rivera (age 14) was 6th overall and Luis Porto (Happy Birthday - just turned 15) was 8th. Mario Pelaez was 2nd 60-64 2 Carlos David Roa 21:32 2nd Overall 6 Alberto Rivera 22:37 1st 12-14 7 Eric Delcros 22:45 3rd 35-39 8 Luis Porto 23:04 1st 15-19 29 Hector Sevilla 24:57 2nd 40-44 ALENE RETA BESTS KUMSA ADUGNA MEGERSA IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 10k, MARCH 27th ========================================================================== Alene Reta won the UKrups Monument 10K race in Richmond, Virginia with a smart 28:26 beating out Kumsa Adugna Megersa who was 2nd in a fine time of 29:18. 1 Alene Reta 28:26 Winner 2 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 29:18 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE 8TH OVERALL AMONG STRONG FIELD IN SOUTH CAROLINA 3/27 ========================================================================== Tesfaye Girma Bekele finished 8th at the challenging Cooper River Bridge 10K in Charleston, South Carolina with a superb time of 28:47. Bado Worku Merdessa was 15th overall in 30:32 while friend Worku Beyi ran 29:32. 8 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 28:47 15 Bado Worku Merdessa 30:03 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE & AZIZA ALIYU TOP LOCALS IN THE NYC HALF MARATHON 3/21 ========================================================================== Tesfaye Girma Bekele finished 10th overall in a splendid 1:03:12 in the NYC Half Marathon while Aziza Aliyu finished 8th woman overall in 1:13::34. Right behind Tesfaye was Bado Worku Merdessa who had a PR of 1:03:45 and finished 13th overall. The WSX men must have won with Kumsa Adugna Megersa cutting 5 minutes off his previously best half marathon in 1:04:49, Teklu Tefera Deneke 19th overall in 1:07:02 and Belay Kassa 23rd in 1:09:06. Hirut Mandefro was 11th woman in 1:15:30 while Claudia Nero came in 21st. The results are not complete as many runners do not have their teams listed (fault of NYRR) but the WSX men had to be the winners. 10 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 1:03:12 8 Aziza Aliyu 1:13:34 13 Bado Worku Merdessa 1:03:45 PR 11 Hirut Mandefro 1:15:30 17 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 1:04:49 PR 21 Claudia Nero 1:18:40 19 Teklu Tefera Deneke 1:07:02 134 Lorena Bacqueiro 1:32:37 23 Belay Kassa 1:09:06 Paula Yepes 1:47:22 35 Ansu Sowe 1:11:29 52 Neel Tarneja 1:13:47 63 Kirt Joseph 1:15:22 ALENE RETA & MULIYE GURMU EACH WIN NEWARK (NJ) CLASSIC 20 KILOMETERS ==================================================================== 1 Alene Reta 1:02:12 Winner 1 Muliye Gurmu 1:18:08 Winner 4 Mohammed Ibrahim 1:03:35 SERKALEM BISET ABRHA RUNS 2:33: FOR THIRD PLACE IN BARCELONA MARATHON ====================================================================== Serkalem Biset Abrha, who has been training this winter in Ethiopia with Genna Tufa, went to Barcelona. Spain and ran a best marathon time of 2:33.52 coming in 3rd woman overall. Congratulations ! CLAUDIA CAMARGO IN NYRR COMEBACK TRIUMPHS WITH A 16:35 AT THE COOGANS 5K RACE MARCH 7TH - THE WSX GUYS FINISH IN SECOND PLACE 26 SECONDS BEHIND NYAC ==========================================================================    the woman's masters by one second. Kumsa Adugna Megersa topped the WSX men in 14:49 for 4th overall. He and Claudia joined the NYRR President's circle with their times. Mohammed Awol, was 5th. Luis Porto and Alberto Rivera were 1-2 in the 12-14 age category, Younes Benzaid was 2nd Junior, and Jorge Fernandez was 1st male 45-49. The women's team was 5th, Women's Masters 3rd, Men Masters 3rd, and Men 50 and 60 both second. 4 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 14:49 2nd 20-29 1 Claudia Camargo 16:35 Winner 5 Mohamed Awol 14:54 1st 30-34 11 Muliye Gurmu 18:13 6 Fikadu Lemma 15:04 3rd 25-29 12 Lilian Kroner 18:20 1st 40-44 8 Teklu Tefera Deneke 15:07 3rd 30-34 89 Nohemi Mandile 21:23 24 Ansu Sowe 15:54 234 Abigail Vidal 23:42 MULIYE GURMU WINS VAN METRE 5 MILE RACE IN ASHBURN, VIRGINIA 3/6 IN 28:56 ===================================================================== BADO WORKU MERDESSA & BUZUNESH DEBA CITED AS NYRR RUNNERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2009 LUIS PORTO, MOHAMMED AWOL, JORGE FERNANDEZ, AZIZA ALIYU, MULIYE GURMU WIN AGE GROUPS ====================================================================================== At the NYRR Club Night at the Hard Rock Cafe on March 4th, Bado Worku Merdessa and Buzunesh Deba (who ran in 2009 for the Westchester Track Club) were crowned NYRR Runners of the Year for their performances at NYRR races during the calendar year 2009. The WSX team sported 5 additional age-group winners as Luis Porto swept the 12-14 male age group, Mohammed Awol copped the male 30-34 title, Jorge Fernandez won the male 45-49 group, Aziza Aliyu (last year's Runner of the Year) garnered the women's 20-25 age group citation & Muliye Gurmu triumphed as female runner of the year age 25-29 Lots of WSX runners were present to receive the Men's open team of the year award on stage, and after the dancing finally began, the WSX runners and their friends lit up and dominated the dance floor right up to the closing time of 11:00 pm. BUZUNESH DEBA, TRIPS, FALLS, WINS, STILL BEATS ALL WSX GUYS IN AL GORDON 4 MILER, FEBRUARY 28 ========================================================================================  After being pushed to the ground at the start of the Al Gordon 4 Miler in the snow laden Feb 28th race in Prospect Park, Buzunesh Deba got up and handily won the female division of the race. She also beat all the guys on the WSX team.which copped second place. 9 Angel Confesor 22:07 1 Buzunesh Deba 22:07 Overall Winner 13 Kirt Joseph 22:34 2nd 35-39 16 Alberto Rivera 22:34 1st 12-14 17 Eric Delcros 22:50 19 Jose Santiago 22:59 1st 50-54 CLAUDIA NERO WINS NEW PRESTON 7.6 MILE RACE IN CONNECTICUT ON FEBRUARY 28 ========================================================================= 1 Claudia Nero 43:41 Overall Winner February 2010 BUZUNESH DEBA WINS RUN WITH DONNA MARATHON, TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE IS 3RD MALE FINISHER ======================================================================================   Buzunesh Deba broke Claudia Camargo's WSX marathon record with her 2:33:08 1st place finish in the Run with Donna Marathon in Jacksonville Florida on February 21st. Tesfaye Girma Bekele was the 3rd male finisher in 2:16:56. 3 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 2:16:56 6 Mohammed Awol Ibraham 2:19:22 1 Buzunesh Deba 2:33:08 WSX record 20 WSX RUNNERS NOMINATED FOR NYRR AGE GROUP AWARDS FOR 2009 COCKTAIL BANQUET TO BE HELD MARCH
4, 2010 - HARD ROCK CAFE ============================================================== The
New
York Road Runners Club has announced the nominees for their Age
Group Awards and overall winner based upon their 2009 race results.
In all 19 WSX members have been nominated to attend the cocktail on
March 4th to see who are the winners. Each nominee gets a free
ticket. The WSX nominees for 2009 are: Men Age
12-14 - Stephen Lai, Luis Porto, Alberto Rivera Age
15-19 - Youness Benzaid, Carlos David Roa Age
20-24 - Bado Worku Merdessa Age 25-29 - Halefom
Abebe Tsegaye, Teklu Tefere Deneke, Felipe Garcia, Tesfaye Girma Age
30-34 - Mohammed Awol Age 35-39 - Jorge Eliecer
Real Age 45-49 - Jorge Fernandez Age 50-54 - Jose Santiago Women Age
20-24 - Serkalem Biset Abrha, Aziza Aliyu, Buzenesh Deba, Hirut
Mandefro Age 25-29 - Muliye Gurmu Age
40-45 - Lilian Kroner To
be nominated a runner must be a member of the NYRR six months and run 6
NYRR races during 2009 Congratulations
to all WSX Runners for their top performances - January 2010 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE FINISHES 2ND IN 1:04:12 AT CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA HALF MARATHON JAN 24TH ======================================================================================== 2 Tesfaye
Girma Bekele 1:04:12 HIRUT
MANDEFRO, AZIZA ALIYU, CLAUDIA NERO 1-2-3 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS HALF
MARATHON, BADO RUNS 1:03 ========================================================================================== At the 3M Half Marathon in
Austin, Texas January 24th, Hirut Mandefro outstepped Aziza Aliyu for
the victory both in 1:14 while Claudia Camargo Nero, on the comeback,
came in 3rd overall in 1:15 - a WSX sweep. Meanwhile, Bado Worku
Merdessa, running the first serious half marathon of his life, swept 2nd
place overall with a fabulous 1:03. 1
Hirut Mandefro 1:14:24 Winner 2
Bado Worku Merdesa 1:03:51 PR 2 Aziza
Aliyu 1:14:34 3 Claudia Camargo
Nero 1:15:52 ANSU SOWE LEADS WSX TEAM TO 2ND
PLACE IN NYRR MANHATTAN HALF MARATHON ON JANUARY 24TH ======================================================================================== In Central
Park Ansu Sowe's 6th place finish in 1:12 helped propel the WSX men's
team to 2nd place with Kurt Joseph running 1:14 and Felipe Vegara 1st
Master (45-49) and Jose Santiago 2nd Veteran (50-54). Nohemi Mandile
was 1st WSX woman in 1:36 6 Ansu
Sowe 1:12:14 3rd Open 20-14 17 Kirt Joseph
1:14:52 30 Felipe
Vergara 1:17:03 1st Master 45-49 54 Julio Sauce
1:19:09 57 Jose Carmona
1:19:23 TEKLU TEFERA DENEKE & MULIYE GURMU EACH
FINISH 2ND OVERALL IN BERMUDA MARATHON 1/17/10 ====================================================================================== Teklu Tefera
Deneke, who won the Bermuda Marathon in 2009, though running faster
in 2010, finsihed second overall in 2:20:25. Muliye Gurmu
was second female (and 6th overall) in 2:56:12. Kumsa Adugna Mergersa
doubled and came in 3rd in the 10K and 4th in the
Mile. Aziza Aliyu was 5th woman in the female elite race. Marathon - 2 Teklu Terferea Deneke 2:20:25 2 Milye Gurmu
2:56:12 (6th overall in the race) 10 Kilometers 3 Kumsu Adugna
Megersa 31:19:00 1 Mile 4 Kumsa Adugna Megersa 4:15:05 5 Aziza Aliyu
5:05:04 19 WSX RUNNERS
NOMINATED FOR NYRR AGE GROUP AWARDS FOR 2009 COCKTAIL
BANQUET TO BE HELD MARCH 4, 2010 - HARD ROCK CAFE ============================================================== The New York
Road Runners Club has announced the nominees for their Age Group Awards
and overall winner based upon their 2009 race results. In all 19 WSX
members have been nominated to attend the cocktail on March 4th to see
who are the winners. Each nominee gets a free ticket. The WSX
nominees for 2009 are: Men Age 12-14 -
Stephen Lai, Luis Porto, Alberto Rivera Age 15-19 -
Youness Benzaid, Carlos David Roa Age 20-24 -
Bado Worku Merdessa Age 25-29 - Halefom Abebe
Tsegaye, Teklu Tefere Deneke, Felipe Garcia, Tesfaye Girma Age 30-34 -
Mohammed Awol Age 35-39 - Jorge Eliecer Real Age 45-49 -
Jorge Fernandez Women Age 20-24 -
Serkalem Biset Abrha, Aziza Aliyu, Buzenesh Deba, Hirut Mandefro Age 25-29 -
Muliye Gurmu Age 40-45 - Lilian Kroner To be
nominated a runner must be a member of the NYRR six months and run 6
NYRR races during 2009 Congratulations
to all WSX Runners for their top performances - BUZUNESH DEBA,
ELITE ETHIOPIAN ATHLETE, 2:32 MARATHONER, JOINS WSX TEAM ===================================================================== Buzunesh Deba
(wife of elite NY marathoner Worku Beyi) has joined the WSX team and
will begin competing for the team Jan 31st.
Buzunesh, living in the Bronx, was 7th overall female in the NYC
Marathon in 2:35 and then conquered the California International
Marathon in Sacramento, with a PR of 2:32. Welcome to WSX! Photo
coming soon... WSX TEAM,. LED
BY KIRT JOSEPH'S 6TH PLACE FINISH, 2ND TEAM IN FRED LEBOW 5 MILER =========================================================================== The Season
Opening Fred Lebow 5 miler on January 9th, fond Kirt Joseph placing 6th
in 28:02 in Freezing weather. The men's team was second, Alberto
Rivera beat Luis Porto (a rare occasion) for 1-2 in the 12-14 age
division and Pedro Cobos (55-59) and Mario Pelaez (60-64) were each 2nd
in their respective age groups December 2009 CLAUDIA
NERO (NEE CAMARGO) WINS SOUTH CAROLINA HALF MARATHON IN 1:19:04 ======================================================================= Felicitations
to ine of the WSX's best ever runners, Claudia Camargo, who was married
last autumn and is now Claudia Nero. She is on the comback trail and won
the Kiawah Island Half Marathon in South Carolina on 12/15/09 with a
time of 1:19:04. Expect to cheer Claudia on in some of the NYRR races
this Spring. M E R R Y C H R I S T M AS AND H A P P Y N
E W Y E A R TO ALL WSX MEMBERS BADO WORKU MERDESSA RINGS IN NEW YEAR WITH 3RD PLACE
FINISH IN MIDNIGHT RUN ================================================================== Amid a field of national runners, Bado Worku Merdessa
finished third overall in the slippery NYRR Emerald Nuts 4 Mile New
Year's Eve Midnight Run in Central Park amid sleet and fireworks. 3 Bado
Worku Merdessa 19:08 8
Kumsa Adugna Megersa 19:57 ANSU SOWE,
3RD OVERALL, TOPS 2ND PLACE TEAM WSX IN TED CORBITT 15k 12/19 =============================================================== Ansu Sowe, back from California, was directed off the
course near the finish (will the NYRR never learn after the debacle at
the Greta's Gallop Half) and sent down the hill to run a 3rd loop. He
recovered, returned, and still finished 3rd overall though somewhat back
in time. The men's team was second overall. Serkalem Biste Abrha,
prior to a vacation in Ethiopia, finished 5th overall in 58:30. Cesar
Estevez copped 3rd 50-44 3 Ansu Sowe 50:17 1st
20-24 5 Serkalem Biset Abrha 58:30 1st 20-24 16 Eric Delcros 55:38 17 Felipe Vergara 55:42 1st 45-49 70 Sergio Pinzon 59:11 81 Alfonso Eugenio 59:49 FELIPE GARCIA LEADS WSX TEAM TO FIRST PLACE IN PROSPECT
PARK HOLIDAY 4 MILER 12/12 ====================================================================== Felipe Garcia, in second place, had to slow up 100
meters from the finish of the NYRR Holiday 4 Mile Race in Prospect Park
12/12 due to stomach cramps but finished 7th overall as the men's team
garnered 1st Place. Carlos David Roa was second Junior while Luis Porto
and Alberto Rivera were 1-2 (yet again !) in the 12-14 category.
Felipe Vergara was 2nd 45-49 and Francisco Viafara 3rd 50-54 7 Felipe
Garcia 20:58 2nd 25-29 77 Lisa
Castillo 29:31 12
Carlos David Roa 21:39 2nd 15-19 13 Kirt Joseph 22:04 3rd 35-39 21 Julio Sauce 22:25 26 Cristian Abad 22:48 BADO WORKU MERDESSA & AZIZA ALIYU
TRIUMPH IN JOE KLEINERMAN 10k DEC 6TH AS WSX WINS'S MENS TEAM
WITH MOHAMED AWOL 4TH, KUMSA MEGERSA 12TH ======================================================================= 1 Bado Worku
Merdessa 30:10 1 Aziza Aliyu 34:51 4 Mohammed Awol
31:12 133 Maria Michaca 46:17 12 Kumsa Adugna
Mergersa 32:54 139 Paula Yepes 46:19 24 Gabriel
Ignacio 34:02 163 Lisa Castillo 47:04 32 Kirt Joseph
34:54 180 Carmen Keusen 47:25 Men's Team -
1st Place Women's Team - 7th Place TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE
SETS PR OF 2:13:42 IN WINNING CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON DEC 6TH IN
SACRAMENTO , FIKADU LEMMA COPS 5TH IN 2:15:50 ======================================================================= Tesfaye Girma Bekele who
ran disappointingly in the NYC marathon bounced back with a very
impressive victory in California in his best marathon time ever. Fikadu
Lemma was 5th overall and WTC friend, Buzunesh Deba was first
woman overall in a stunning 2:32:18. Tesfaye's time was the 2nd best
time ever run by a WSX runner while competing for the team. 1 Tesfaye Girma
Bekele 2:13:42 1 Buzunesh Deba (WTC) 2:32:18 (PR) 5 Fikadu
Lemma 2:15:50 SERKALEM BISET ABRHA
SETS PR OF 2:36:26 IN LAS VEGAS MARATHON DECEMBER 6TH ======================================================================== Coming off her 8th place
overall finish in the NYC Marathon, Serkalem Biset Abrha flew out to
Las Vegas, gambled on another marathon and ran even faster just one
month later finishing 3rd overall in a PR of 2:36:26 24 Gilmar
Paxello 2:42:51 1st 45-49 3 Serkalem Biset Abrha
2:36:26 PR TEKLU TEFERA DENEKE RUNS
2:16:38 ST.JUDES MEMPHIS MARATHON, TENN. DEC 5TH ====================================================================== Teklu Tefera Deneke, who
won the Bermuda Marathon early in 2009, finished 2nd overall in the
St. Judes Memphis Marathon in Tennesee in his best time this year of
2:16:38 2 Teklu Tefera Deneke 2:16:38 November 2009 ROBERTO PUENTE &
GABRIEL IGNACIO 2ND AND 3RD IN PROSPECT PARK TURKEY TROT
5 MILER ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2009 ========================================================= 2 Roberto Puente
26:43 3 Gabriel Ignacio 27:03 BADO WORKU MERDESSA
& HIRUT MANDEFRO PLACE IN MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT 4.748 MILE
ROAD RACE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2009 ============================================================ 8 Bado Worku
Merdessa 22:07 38 Paul Mwangi 25:17 4th
Master 5 Hirut Mandefro 25:51 MULIYE GURMU 3RD OVERALL
IN PHILADELPHIA MARATHON NOV 22 ========================================================== Muliye Gurmu went off
course at one point in the Philadelphia Marathon (her 4th marathon in 2
months) but recovered to come in 3rd overall. Aziza Aliyu was second
woman in the Philadelphia 8K. Marathon - 3 Muliye
Gurmu 2:49:24 8K 2 Aziza Aliyu 27:39 PHIL McCARTHY WINS
KNICKERBOCKER 60K IN CENTRAL PARK ===================================================== 1 Philip
McCarthy 4:22:45 Overall Winner November 21, 2009 TESFAYE. TEKLU &
ANTONINO SHINE IN JUNCOS PR HALF MARATHON =========================================================== A contingent of WSX
runners traveled to Puerto Rico for the Media Maraton Modesto Carrion, a hilly half marathon in
Juncos, Puerto Rico held on November 22, 2009 4 Tesfaye Girma
Bekele 1:05:29 6 Teklu Tefera Deneke 1:06:40 12 Antonino
Liuzzo 1:09:38 39 Ednaldo Oliveira 1:36:47 40 Jhonny
Camacho 1:37:40 WSX MEN & WOMEN TEAMS BOTH WIN 1st PLACE IN NYC MARATHON NOVEMBER 1ST SERKALEM BISET ABRHA 8TH OVERALL IN 2:37,
MOHAMMED AWOL 1ST NYC FINISHER ======================================================================== The
WSX men took 1st place team in the 2009 NYC marathon with Mohammed Awol
(2:19) defeating all the local New Yorkers, Felipe Garcia running an 8
minute PR of 2:25 and Halefom Abebe Tsegaye a minute behind him in
2:26. Tesfaye Girma ran a 1:05 half but finished in 2:29. Felipe
Vergara was 1st WSX Vet in 2:40 The WSX women also
won 1st place team. Serkalem Biset Abrha ran a staggeringly great 2:37
to finish 8th overall woman stunning the elite invited athletes who
were behind her. Another PR was run by Hirut Mandefro in 2:47 and
Muliye Gurmu (after winning the Marine Corps Marathon the previous week
in 2:49) completed NYC in 2:59. Nohemi Mandile was WSX's first Master in
3:18 80 WSX Runners finished this year's
marathon, 24 were under 3:00 hours - several dropped out; Meseret
Kotu, Hirut Abera Legesse, Jorge Real, Teklu Tefera Deneke, Joel
Martinez-Delon, Jaime Palacios (age 54) ran 2:54: Top
WSX Finishers Men Top WSX Finishers
Women -------------------------------------
---------------------------------------- 19 Mohamed
Awol 2:19:31 8 Serkalem Biset
Abrha 2:37:20 33 Felipe Garcia
2:25:24 15 Hirut Mandefro 2:47:03 38
Halefom Abebe Tsegaye 2:26:35 52 Muliye
Gurmu 2:59:31 56 Tesfaye Giirma Bekele
2:29:36 . Borough Winners
- Staten Island Female - Nohemi Mandile
Bronx Male - Mohammed Awol
Brooklyn Male - Felipe Garcia Derartu
Tula, the NYC marathon champion this year, from Ethiopia, and a friend
of many WSX runners, was designated honorary member of the WSX team and
accepted with pleasure. Others designated as honorary members
previously are Alem Kahsay and Yonas Woldesellassie. WSX RUNNERS WIN ALL 4 RACES IN MANCHESTER,
NEW HAMPSHIRE ON NOVEMBER 1ST ========================================================================== Manchester
City Marathon 1 Fikadu
Lemma 2:23 46 Male Winner
1 Dirbe Hunde 2:55:17 Female Winner Manchester
City Half Marathon 1 Worku Bado
Merdesse 1:09:45 Male Winner
1 Aziza Aliyu 1:17:44 Female Winner WSX POST MARATHON PARTY WILL BE HELD
SATURDAY, NOV. 7TH AT BILL STAABS 7:00 PM ============================================================================= October 2009 MULIYE GURMU WINS MARINE CORPS MARATHON IN DC IN 2:49:48 ON
OCTOBER 25TH ======================================================================== WSX MEN WIN
POLAND SPRING MARATHON KICKOFF 5 MILER NOW HAVING WON 1ST PLACE MALE
TEAM IN 12 OF THE LAST 13 NYRR ROAD RACES. ANGEL CONFESOR IS 5TH
OVERALL, VANEGAS 8TH =========================================================== 5
Angel Confesor 27:17 1st 20-24 8
Diego Vanegas 27:36 3rd 30-24 18
Ponciano Ramirez 28:29 21 Luis Porto 28:50
1st 12-14 22 Alberto Rivera 28:56 2nd 12-14 Francisco
Viafara was 2nd 50-54 Nohemi Mandile was 2nd 40-44 WSX TEAM HAS 9 ELITE RUNNERS AND 5 SUB-ELITE RUNNERS IN
THE NYC MARATHON NOVEMBER 1st =========================================================================== Elite WSX Men Elite WSX Women Bibs Bibs ---- -------- 37 Teklu
Tefera Deneke 122 Hirut Abera Legesse 38 Tesfaye Girma 124 Serkalem Biset Abrha
40 Mohammed Awol 128 Muliye Gurmu 43 Halefom Abebe Tsegaye 129 Hirut
Mandefro 133
Meseret Kotu Sub-Elite WSX Men Bibs ---- 200 Ansu Sowe 226 Felipe Garcia 227 Jorge Real 239
Elmustafa Mchkirate 241 Felipe
Vergara 29 addtional WSX runners have been assigned the local
competitive Green Start with 800-900 bib numbers. In total 101 WSX runners were accepted in this years
NYC Marathon. Good luck to all !! PHIL McCARTHY WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 24 HOUR RACE,
CHIP TILDEN FINISHES 100 MILER ========================================================================= Phil McCarthy, WSX's top ultra marathoner, won the
North Coast 24 hour race in Cleveland running 151.51 miles in 24 hours
which was the national championship 24 hour race for 2009. This was Oct
3-4 - Congrats Merlin "Chip" Tilden ventured out to Boulder, Colorado
and finished the 100 mile race (his first) in 25 hours 44 minutes on Oct
17-18 ERIC DELCROS EARNS A PR IN THE CHICAGO MARATHON OCTOBER
11TH - 309TH PLACE IN 2:48:20 ============================================================ AZIZA
ALIYU 8TH (33:22) IN ALL WOMEN'S TUFTS HEALTH PLAN 10k IN BOSTON OCTOBER
12TH ============================================================  JORGE REAL LEADS WSX TEAM AT STATEN ISLAND; 7 WSX GUYS
IN TOP TEN -------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Jorge Eliecer Real 1:10:04 6 Roberto Puente 1:15:24 2 Elmustafa Mchkirate 1:12:41 8 Gilmar
Pazello 1:16:15 3
Gabriel Ignacio 1:14:07 10
Cristian Abad 1:16:38
5 Joel Martinez-Delon 1:15:15 Men´s team - 1st Place FIKADU LEMMA
7TH OVERALL IN BALTIMORE MARATHON; BADO WINS 5K --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Fikadu Lemma 2:21:35 5K Bado Worku Merdessa 14:51 9 Mohammed Awol 2:24:26 11 Dirbe Hunde 2:49:51 ALENE RETA BREAKS RACE RECORD (AND WSX RECORD) IN ARMY 10 MILER,
WASHINGTON DC 10/4 ========================================================================= Alena Reta won the Army 10 Mile Race in
Washington DC in a super 46:59 breaking both the race record and the WSX record previously held
by Khalid Kairouani. Tesfaye also broke the meet record coming in
second in 47:20. Fikadu Lemma was 4th male and Muliye Gurmu finished
2nd woman overall 1 Alene Reta 46:59 Winner
with WSX record 2 Muliye Gurmu 57:20 2 Tesfaye
Girma 47:20 38 Serkalem
Abrha 65:26 4 Fikadu
Lemma 49:15 LILIAN
KRONER WINS MAHWAH (NJ) 5k ON 10/4 WHILE RALPH YOZZO IS
2ND MASTER ================================================================ 17 Ralph Yozzo 19:52 2nd
Master 1 Lilian Kroner 18:00
Winner September 2009   KETEMA, HALEFOM, TEKLU & FELIPE
GARCIA LEAD WSX TO VICTORY IN GRETE'S HALF MARATHON 1-2-3-4 MOHAMMED AWOL WINS THE NORWAY 1.8 MILE RACE AND THE WSX
MEN'S TEAM TRIUMPHS IN BOTH RACES ================================================================================== The NYRR botched up in the Grete's Half Marahon so when
Halefom Abebe Tsegaye charged toward the finish in first place steps
ahead of Ketema Nigusse, the NYRR directed them outside the finish line
to run another loop of Central Park - they ran outside the finishing
area which was fenced in and continued another 150 meters or more for a
third loop. When they realized the mistake of the NYRR they returned to
the finish area but could not get over the fence which separated the
finishers from those who had to run another loop. In desperation they awkwardly climbed over the fence
and got to the official finish area but Ketema got there first and was
declared the winner over Halefom. Mary Wittenberg acknowledged the
mistake and said that the NYRR would have to award both of them trips to
Norway. Each of the two runners lost about a minute of time trying to
scramble back to the finish. Teklu Tefera Deneke was 3rd, Felipe Garcia
4th and Jorge Real 8th. Just before, Mohammed Awol won the 1.8 mile
Norway Run while Luis Porto & Alberto Rivera were 1-2 ages 12-14. Grete's Half
Marathon 10/3 Central Park Norway 1.8 Mile Race 10/3
Central Park --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 1
Ketema Nigusse 1:06:52 Winner 1 Mohammed
Awol 8:13 Winner 2
Haleform Abebe Tsegaye 1:07:10 Winner also 7 Luis
Porto 8:59 1st 12-14 3 Teklu Tefera Deneke 1:07:53 1st
30-34 10 Alberto Rivera 9:06 2nd 12-14 4 Felipe Garcia 1:08:51 3rd
25-29 20 Cristian Vergas de Luna 9:50 2nd 45-49 8 Jorge Eliecer Real 1:11:02 2nd 35-39
37 Lucio Marcelino 10:14 Men's Team - 1st Place
!!
Men's Team - 1st Place ! BADO WORKU MERDESSA
& AZIZA ALIYU WIN NYRR 5TH AVE MILE CHAMPIONSHIP ============================================================= Bado Worku Merdessa in
his first mile race ever won the NYRR local elite 5th Avenue mile in a
WSX Record breaking time of 4:01:8. The old record was held by Khalid
Kairouani. Fikadu Lemma, coming in 4th also broke the record
finishing in 4:08:4. Just earlier, Aziza Aliyu won the women's race in a
swift 4:44.8 1 Bado Worku Merdessa 4:01:8 WSX
record 1 Aziza Aliyu 4:44:8 Winner 4 Fikadu Lemma
4:08.4 10 Elmustafa Mchkirate 4:25:0 In the open races Luis
Porto (4:46) & Alberto Rivera (4:59) were 1-2 age 12-14 Carlos David Roa (4:39)
was 4th Junior and Asteria Claure-Howard 5th 55-59    HIRUT MANDEFRO RUNS
FIRST MARATHON IN AKRON, OHIO 9/26 IN 2:51:59 ========================================================= To test the marathon
waters in preparation for NYC, Hirut Mandefro went to Akron, Ohio and
ran her first marathon winning the race in 2:51:59 MULIYE GURMU
WINS YONKERS, MOHAMMED AWOL TRIUMPHS IN THE HALF 9/20/09 ======================================================================= Muliye Gurmu
easily won the Yonkers Half Marathon in 2:53. Felipe Vergara was 3rd
Overall in 2:38 followed by Julio Sauce in 2:39. Mohammed
Awol won the 1/2 marathon in 1:09 and Felipe Garcia finished 3rd
overall (1:12) with Tomas Vazquez 1st Master, 6th overall, . Yonkers
Marathon Yonkers
Half Marathon -------------------
----------------------- 3
Felipe Vergara 2:38:14 1st MastB 1
Mohammed Awol 1:09:19 Winner
4 Julio Sauce 2:39:09 3
Felipe Garcia 1:12:16 6
Muliye Gurmu 2:54:38 Winner 5 Tomas
Vazquez 1:18:28 1st Master 10
Alfonso de los Santos 3:03:54 6 Luis
Almonte 1:19:03 15
Jose Carmona 3:17:06 7
Alfredo Nunez 1:19:56 49
Lisa Castello 3:49:32 8
Ricardo Cuahuizo 1:20:37
Anabal Barrero 3:54:00 32 Ralph
Yozzo 1:32:31
33 Pablo
Grande 1:32:37
64 Jose
Lopez 1:43:23 KIRT JOSEPH
LEADS WSX MEN'S TEAM TO FIRST PLACE IN QUEENS HALF ON 9/20 =================================================================== Kirt Joseph,
6th overall in 1:15: 20 was the first WSX runner to finish carrying
the men's team to its 8th straight 1st place
finish in NYRR races (going back to the Gay Pride Race in June) 6 Kirt
Joseph 1:15:20 2nd 35-39 10 Joel
Martinez-Delon 1:17:16 3rd 30-34 12 Cristian
Abad 1:17:34 14 Guillermo
Fuentes 1:18:13 1st 40-44 23 Eric
Delcros 1:19:18 MESERET
KOTU & SERKALEM ABRHA 2ND AND 3RD IN MONTREAL MARATHON 9/13 ===================================================================== 2
Meseret Kotu 2:42:12 3 Serkalem
Abrha 2:43:07 BADO WORKU MERDESSA & AZIZA
ALIYU WIN NYRR FITNESS 4 MILER IN CENTRAL PARK 9/12 ============================================================================== Bado
Worku Merdessa won his 4th race in Central Park leading the WSX team to
1st place in a points race, the Fitness Mind, Body, Spirit Games as the
WSX men sweep the first 4 places . In their first races for the WSX
team Aziza Aliyu won the women's race and Dirbe Hunde, newly arrived
from Ethiopia, was third woman overall. 1 Bado
Worku Merdessa 19:08 Overall Winner 1 Aziza
Ailyu 22:22 Overall Winner 2 Tesfaye
Girma 19:11 3 Dirbe
Hunde 22:31 3 Fikadu
Lemma 19:14 12 Lilian
Kroner 23:17 1st Master 4 Halefom Abebe Tsegaye
19:14 21 Hirut Mandefro 23:53 7
Felipe Garcia 19:58
28 Sebteledet Mariam 24:51 Luis
Porto and Alberto Rivera were 1-2 among the 12-14 year olds.  ALENE RETA BESTS BADO WORKU MERDESSA IN NORTH COAST CHALLENGE 9/5 ================================================================= At
the North Coast Challenge 5 Mile Race in West Lake, Ohio on Sept 5th,
Alene Reta and Bado Worku Merdessa came in 1-2, both in 23 minutes
1 Alene Reta 23:19 Winner 2
Bado Worku Merdessa 23:26 KETEMA NIGUSSE AND
FIKADU LEMMA 4TH AND 5TH IN CHARLESTON 15 MILER =============================================================== Ketena
Nigusse placed 4th overall and Fikadu Lemna 5th in the 2009 Charleston
Distance Run 15 Mile Race in West Virginia on September 5th behind 2
Kenyans & Worku Beyi 4 Ketema
Nigusse 1:15:05 5 Fikadu
Lemma 1:17:58 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE
BREAKS WSX HALF MARATHON RECORD IN OHIO ============================================================ Running
a World Class 1:00:38, Tesfaye Girma Bekele won the Spirit of Columbus
(Ohio) Half Marathon with a personal record which bested the WSX record
previously held by Alene Reta as well. Way to go, Tesfaye !!
1 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 1:00:38 WSX Record 4
Alene Reta 1:01:46 WSX MEN WIN
HENRY ISOLA 4 MILE CROSS COUNTRY AT VAN CORTLAND 9/30 ==============================================================
11 Luis Porto 25:00 1st 12-14 16
Richard Polanco 25:27 3rd 30-34 18 Alberto
Rivera 25:45 2nd 12-14 25 Felix
Soriano 26:45 42 Juan J. Lopez 28:30 August 2009 BUZU WINS CHRIS THATER 5K
WOMENS RACE AND BADO IS FIRST AND KETEMA FINISHES 3RD IN MENS RACE 1 Bado Worku Merdessa 14:07 Winner
3 Ketema Nigusse 14:17 6 Fikadu
Lemma 14:30 65 Ralph Yozzo
19:00 2 Hirut Mandefro 16:00 (5 seconds
short of Claudia Camargo's WSX record) 7 Muliye
Gurmu 16:33 8 Aziza
Aliyu 16:33 
WSX MEN WIN NYC HALF AS
KETEMA NIGUSSE FINISHES 8TH, WSX WOMEN 2ND Ketema Nigusse, who was not
even an invited athlete, defeated many elite runners to come in 8th
overall (1:04:13) in the tepid NYC Half Marathon powering the WSX men's
team to first place. Hirut Mandefro was 11th overall woman and the WSX
women were 2nd team. Tesfaye Girma ran 1:05:38 and Felipe Vergara was
2nd 40-44. WSX
Men WSX Women
---------------
------------------- 8 Ketema Nigusse 1:04:13 11 Hirut
Mandefro 1:16:17 13 Tesfaye Girma
1:05:38 18 Serkalem Biset Abrha 1:19:04 16 Fikadu
Lemma 1:06:40 21 Muliye Gurmu
1:22:20 18
Halefom Abebe Tsegaye 1:07:28 24 Hirut Abera Legesse
1:24:06 22
Girma Segni 1:09:33 50 Lorena
Baqueiro 1:31:25 WEST SIDE RUNNERS WOMENS TEAM AT THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP =======================================================  ALENE
RETA BREAKS COURSE RECORD IN CIGNA 5K MANCHESTER NH 8/13/09 ==============================================================
1 Alene Reta 13:53 Winner with Course Record
2 Bado Worku Merdessa 14:02 3 Teklu Tefera
Deneke 14:46 WSX MEN TRIUMPH IN NYRR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AS BADO WORKU MERDESSA WINS IN 23:13. WSX WOMEN LED BY MULIYE GURMU ARE 4TH The
WSX Men won first place open team by default as 16 Westchester Men were
disqualified to run for their team by NYRR rules. Hence the WSX men
moved into first place with three WSX guys Bado Worku Merdessa (winner),
Tesfaye Girma (3rd), and Ketema Nigusse (5th) placing in the top five.
The WSX women's team placed 4th overall with Muluye Girma 3rd Overall
and Lilian Kroner 1st Master. Top 10 WSX
Men Top 5 WSX women ------------------------- --------------------------- 1 Bado Worku Merdessa 23:13 3 Muluye
Gurmu 28:12 3 Tesfaye Girma 23:18 15 Lilian Kroner
29:59 5 Ketema
Nigusse 23:26 18 Hirut Legesse 30:14 10 Fiakdu Lemma
24:04 33 Malika Mejdoub 31:18 14 Teklu Tefera Deneke
24:19 48 Lorena Baqueiro 32:43 16 Haleform Abebe Tsegaye 24:42 26 Felipe Garcia 25:12 27 Ansu Sowe 25:15 40 Mohamed Awol 25:54 56 Elmustafa Mchkirate 26:18 Pedro
Cobos, Freddy Almonte, Ralph Yozzo, Bernardo Hernandez had the WSX team
designated deleted for them as they had not complied with NYRR absurd
rules that they had to run a previous NYRR race for the WSX in 2009.
Cobos had scored for the over 50 WSX men's team which fell from 2nd to
6th with the team designation removed for him in the results. PHIL MCCARTHY FINISHES 8TH IN BRUTAL BADWATER 135 MILE TRAIL RUN 7/13/09 ====================================================================== The toughest running race in the USA is the Badwater 135 mile trail run which starts at the lowest elevation point in the Western Hemisphere 282 feet below sea level in Badwater, Death Valley and goes 135 miles up 8000 feet to the side of Mount Whitney. Phil McCathy, with 5 handlers, ran the race in 29:12:29 to finish to 6th man and 8th overall. You may read about it in his blog http://longdistancevoyager.blogspot.com/ TEKLU CELEBRATES 30TH BIRTHDAY WITH A PARTY FOR 32 WSX FRIENDS =============================================================== Teklu Tefera Deneke turned 30 on July 23rd and celebrated with a birthday party attended by 32 of his (mostly WSX) friends. Here is a photo of his birthday cake from the famous Cafe Lalo.  FIKADU LEMMA TAKES 3RD IN WEST VIRGINIA 5k 8/2, RALPH YOZZO 2ND MASTER ===================================================================== Fikadu Lemma placed 3rd in the Debbie Green 5K in Wheeling, West Virgnia. Ralph Yozzo who drove 15 hours for a 15 minute race earned 2nd place over 40. 3 Fikadu Lemma 14:32 3rd Overall 42 Ralph Yozzo 19:16 2nd 40-49  MALIKA MEJDOUB 2ND WOMAN IN NEW MILLFORD CT. 8 MILE RACE 7/25/09 ================================================================ 27 Pedro Cobos 48:50 1st Male 55-60 2 Malika Mejdoub 51:26 2nd Overall ALENE RETA REBREAKS WSX 10K RECORD WITH A 27:46 IN DESERET, UTAH 7/23 ===================================================================== The WSX record for males at 10K has been broken 4 times this year, first twice by Tesfaye Girma (28:08) and now twice by Alene Reta, first in Ecuador under 28 minutes and now with a 27:46 on a slightly downhill course in the Deseret News 10K in Utah 1 Alene Reta 27:46.4 Winner WSX Record July 2009 WSX MEN SOAR IN RUN FOR CENTRAL PARK 4 MILER, 8 GUYS AMONG THE
TOP TEN ======================================================================= At the NYRR Run for Central Park 4 Mile race on July 18th, 2009, the WSX men easily won first place team as eight of the guys finished among the top 10 all chasing Bado Worku Nerdessa who ran 18:51 to win. The men's open team was first place and the women's open team finished 4th The men's masters team came in third place as did the women's master's team Top 10 WSX Runners Top 5 WSX Women 1 Bado Worku Merdessa 18:51 Winner 4 Muliye Gurmu 22:32 2 Tesfaye Girma 18:52 11 Lilian Kroner 23:36 1st Master 3 Ketema Nigusse 18:54 23 Karen Roa 25:01 1st Junior 4 Fikadu Lemma 18:56 101 Gabriela Perzlindo 28:07 6 Halefom Abebe Tsegaye 19:15 204 Lisa Castillo 30:20 7 Mohammed Awol 19:23 9 Teklu Tefera Deneke 19:42 10 Felipe Garcia 19:43 18 Ansu Sowe 20:33 28 Elmustafa Mchkirate 20:59 Karen Roa and Carlos David Roa were each first in the Junior category Alberto Rivera was first 12-14 Youness Banzaid ws third Junior          KETEMA
NIGUSSE PLACES 6TH IN UTICA BOILERMAKER 15k ON JULY 12TH =============================================================== 6 Ketema Nigusse 45:08 2nd 25-29 12 Fekadu Lemma 45:55 537 Ralph Yozzo 62:51 designated driver 9 Hirut Mandefro 51:54 4th 20-24 ALENE RETA 2ND IN CRAZY 8'S 8k IN KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE ON JULY 11TH ================================================================= 2 Alene Reta 22:32 6 Tesfaye Girma Bekele 23:08 WSX MEN WIN BELLMORE STRIDERS 4 MILER ON JULY 4TH, FELIPE GARCIA 3RD ==================================================================== 3 Felipe Garcia 19:52 2nd 20-29 5 Angel Confesor 21:30 3rd 20-29 9 Cristian Abad 22:59 3rd 30-39 Men's Team of 3 - 1st Place !! 10 Jaime Palacios 23:35 1st 50-59 MALIKA MAJDOUB & CLAUDIA CAMARGO 2ND & 3RD IN BETHEL CT. 8K ON JULY 4TH ======================================================================== 2 Malika Mejdoub 29:18 3 Claudia Camargo 31:14 TESFAYE GIRMA BEKELE & HIRUT MANFREDO EACH BREAK WSX 10k
RECORD ======================================================================= At the Peachtree 10K on July 4th in Atlanta Tesfaye Girma Bekele broke his own WSX record coming in 5th overall in 28:08. In the same race Hirut Manfredo also broke her own WSX record finishing 12th overall in 33:06. Both had a great race - congratulations !! June 2009 BADO WINS
HOPE AND POSSIBILITY 5 MILER,WHILE, MULIYE IS 2ND WOMAN ================================================================= Bado
Worku Mendessa, newly arrived from Ethiopia won the Hope and
Possibility 5 Mile race in Central Park on June 28th edging out Tesfaye
Girma by 2 seconds. Teklu Tefera Deneke was 4th & Muliye Gurmu was
second woman overall. Karen Roa was 7th woman. 1 Bado Worku Mendessa
24:21 2 Muliye Gurmu 29:11 2 Tesfaye Girma
24:23 7 Karen Roa 32:26 1st Junior 4 Teklu Tefera
Deneke 24:51 12 Alfonso Eugenio 28:37 13 Ponciano Ramirez
28:38 The men's team was first
place 
===================================================================== Muliye Gurmu easily won the Father's Day 5 Mile Race and later appeared on ABC television. In this points race, the WSX open men's team finished 6th (Angel Confesor, Emiliano Garcia, Kirt Joseph, Felipe Vergara, Ponciano Ramirez) The men's masters team (40 and up) finished second - Felipe Vergara, Jose Santiago, Jose Carmona and the men's Vet team (50 and up) finished 1st (Jose Santiago, Jaime Palacios, Cesar Estevez). The women's open team finished 3rd.   MALIKA MEJDOUB WINS BRANFORD CONNECTICUT ROAD RUN (5 MILES) IN 28:48 ===================================================================== On June 21, Malika Mejdoub was the overall female winner in the Branford Ct, 5 Mile Race 1 Malika Mejdoub 28:48 Winner 1st woman overall 46 Pedro Cobos 30:02 3rd Vet 50-59 55 Jhonny Camacho 30:37 TESFAYE, HALEFOM, TEKLU & SERKALEM ALL PLACE IN TOP 10 IN GRANDMA'S MARATHON IN DULUTH At the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota on June 20th, , 4 West Side Runners placed among the top ten: The weather was up to 80 degrees 5 Tesfaye Girma 2:20:40 $ 3,500 8 Halefom Abebe 2:21:48 $ 2,000 9 Teklu Tefera Deneke 2:22:04 $ 1,500 4 Serkalem Abrha 2:41:06 $ 4,000 WSX
WINS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S TEAMS IN NYRR DASH 10k
Incredibly, with little competition from other teams, WSX won 1st place
in both the Men's and Women's team Categoriesin he NYRR DASH (and no
Splash) 10K on June 13
Men's Team Women's Team
----------------- ---------------------- 5 Jorge Eliecer Real 33:54 25 Rosa Rodriguez 44:47 14 Eric Delcros 36:09 41 Paula Yepes 45:49 37 Antonio Andrades 39:12 124 Abigail Vidal 57:16 59 Rene Cuahuizo 40:08 489 Patricia Bravo 54:02 66 Edmundo Flores 40:25 791 Rosario Vivar 57:16 TESFAYE GIRMA 4TH IN ORANGE COUNTY 10k, LILIAN KRONER WINS 1ST MASTER 3 Tesfaye Girma 29:17 7/13/09 31 Lilian Kroner 37:35 55 Ralph Yozzo 40:05   MOHAMED AWOL 6TH OVERALL IN LITCHFIELD CT. 7.1 MILES, MALIKA BEJDOUB 3RD 6 Mohamed Awol 36:06 7/14/09 26 Steve Marsalese 43:51
29 Jhonny Camacho 44:28 31 Pedro Cobos 44:49 117 Jorge Rabat 50:03 3 Malika Mejdoub 47:55 LINO CASTRO AND ALBERTO GOMEZ FINISH TOP TEN IN NEWARK PORTUGUESE 5k 6 Lino Castro 17:47 2nd 30-34 7/14/09 7 Alberto Gomez 17:55 1st 35-39 17 Segundo Younga 19:56 110 William Staab 33:58 Central Park Mini 10K Hirut Mandefro in her first
race for WSX comes in third overall in the Central Park Mini 10K
smashing the WSX women's 10K record with a stunning 33:13
Hirut Mandefro, an Ethiopian
living in Silver Spring, Md. ran her
first race as a WSX runner and broke Claudia Camargo's 10K record of
33:55 with a stunning 33:13 in the NYRR Mini Marathon on June 7th.
Hirut, who was not invited by the NYRR as an elite athlete, beat almost
all of them comning in third overall. The women's team was 7th
(Muliye Gurmu, Lorena Bacqueiro, Paula Yepes, Lubia Iboy). Hirut was
observed by a slew of WSX guys who volunteered at this race.
 
 Kenny Dolan 5K Felipe Garcia, Angel
Confesor & Jose Santiago lead team to Victory in Kenny Dolan 5K
The men's team won first
place at the Kenny Dolan 5K in Prospect Park - WSX results:
3 Felipe Garcia 15:47
7 Angel Confesor 16:32
10 Jose Santiago 17:05 1st Vet
13 Antonio Bautista 17:46 1st Masters
39 Alberto Rivera 20:02 1st 12-14
60 Juan J. Lopez 20:56
83 Wendell DaSilva 21:48 1st Senior
West Side Runners continue to run well in May 2009 WSX Open Men win the Healthy
Kidney 10K lead by Tesfaye Girma who ran 28:46
Men's Team (1st Place)
9 Tesfaye
Girma 28:46
16 Halefom
Abebe Tsegaye 29:50
20 Teklu
Tefera Deneke 30:47
26 Felipe
Garcia 31:56
28 El
Mustafa Mchkirate 32:00
Women's Team (4th Place)
8 Mulyia
Gurmu 35:19
12 Malika
Bejdoub 35:46
19 Hirut
Legesse 37:43
235 Lubia Iboy
48:10
243 Lisa
Castillo 48:17
Jorge Fernandez was 1st Master 45-49
Carlos David Roa was 2nd Junior 12-19
     Elmustafa Mchkirate third male in Mother's Day 4 Miler and Overall Winner in Cinco de Mayo 5K as WSX Men's Team garners 1st place in both races. Muluye Gurma wins Mother's day Race in 22:31. WSX Results
Cinco de Mayo 5K Prospect
Park
1 Elmustafa
Mchkirate 15:35 Winner
4 Angel
Confesor 16:19
7 Kurt
Joseph 16:54
8 Mario
Garcia 17:01
9 Felipe
Vergara 17:08 1st 40-49
15 Jose
Santiago 17:37 1st 50-59
22 Angel Marcellino
18:20
23 Evaristo
Roldan 18:31 3rd 40-49
25 Manuel
Cando 18:38
26 Abel
Flores 18:51
48 Pablo
Grande 20:18
51 Wilbur
Chavez 20:27
62 Constantino
Flores 21:24
65 Ismael
Confesor 21:40
83 Juan
Lopez 22:32
208 William Staab 37:01 Men's Team = 1st Place
(Elmustafa Mchkirate, Angel Confesor, Kirt Joseph)
 Muluye Gurma wins NYRR Mothers Day 4
Miler - Central Park
NYRR Mothers Day 4 Miler -
Central Park
==============================
1 Muluye
Gurma 22:31 (Overall Female Winner)
3 Elmustafa
Mchkirate 20:37 (3rd Overall Male)
Men's Team - 1st Place
(Elmustafa Mchkirate, Eric Delcros, Lino Castro, Richard Polanco, David
Hardy)
Newport News 10K, Jersey
City, NJ May 9, 2009
====================================
4 Tesfaye
Girma 29:18
58 Hector Matos,
Jr. 39:22
72 Sergio
Pinzon 40:08
May starts off with a lot of action for the West Side Runners Felipe Vergara (Big Felipe) wins Long Island Marathon in 2:34:12 Felipe Garcia (Little Felipe) triumphs in Long Island Half Marathon
in 1:09:09
Results
Marathon
Half Marathon
1 Felipe Vergara
2:24:12 1 Felipe Garcia 1:09:09
2 Carlos
Sauce 2:43:33 16 Jose Santiano 1:23:01
6 Jaime Palacios
2:49:36 124 Lisa Castillo 1:47:49
33 Ralph Yozzo
3:17:50
Roberto Puente, Gabriel Ignacio and Jose Tacuri sweep 1-2-3
in Bronx Community College 10K on May 2nd, 2009
10K
5K
1 Roberto Puente
34:39 5 Richard Polanco 19:40
2 Gabriel Ignacio
35:17 6 Diego Ferreyra 20:43
3 Jose Tacuri
36:28 16 Jose Ramos 23:45
5 Walter Dupont
38:15 73 Bill Staab 36:29
7 Bernardo Hernandez
40:18
Alene Reta won the Apple Blossom 10K in Winchester, Virginia in
29:04, Muluye Gurma is fourth woman in 35:20
Serkalem Abrha is second overall female in the Pittsburgh Half
Marathon in 1:18:04
WSX runners excel in the Blue Cross Broad Street 10 Mile run
in Philadelphia (May 3rd)>
3 Alene Reta 47:57 6 Teklu Tefera
Deneke 49:33
11 Mohamed Awol
51:01
TESFAYE GIRMA BREAKS WSX RECORD FOR 10 KILOMETERS BY WINNING THE
PIKE'S PEEK 10K IN ROCKVILLE MARYLAND ON APRIL 26TH IN 28:30. THE OLD
RECORD WAS HELD BY ALENE RETA.
Results: 1 Tesfaye Girma 28:30 (WSX Record)
6 Mohammed Awol 30:00
Rye Derby 5 Mile Race April 26, 2009
3 Teklu Tefera Deneke 25:31
2 Serkalem Abrha 29:39
London Marathon April 26, 2009
89 Hussein Ahmed Ahmed 2:34:19
1090 Belal Aly 3:02:47 (running injured)
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