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Stephen
Kiogora of Meru, Kenya, finished fourth here...
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...running
2:14:34 on a hot day. The weather was the hottest...
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...the
Boston Marathon had seen since 1987.
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Benjamin
Kosgei Kimutai of Kenya finished sixth in 2:17:45...
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...after
going through the halfway point with the leaders (1:05:31).
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He
finished second here a year ago and holds a PR...
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...of
2:07:26, which he set in winning the 2002 Amsterdam
Marathon.
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Kimutai,
33, had the fastest PR of anyone in the '04 Boston
field.
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Hailu
Negussie, 24, of Ethiopia was the first non-Kenyan
in the field.
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He
finished fifth in 2:17:30, well off his 2:08:16 PR.
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Joshua
Kipkemboi, 45, of Kenya was the first masters runner...
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...and
seventh overall in 2:18:23.
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Dawit
Trfe, 19, of Ethiopia went through the half in 1:06:17
and was...
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...in
ninth place in the 20th mile, but he finished 16th
among the men in 2:27:54.
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Laban
Kipkemboi, 26, of Kenya also had a rough day. He went
through the...
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...half
in 1:05:56 and finished 21st in the men's race...
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...in
2:31:17. Kipkemboi trains with race winner...
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...Timothy
Cherigat under Dieter Hogan, whose most famous...
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...pupil
is another Boston winner, Uta Pippig.
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Fedor
Ryzhov finished ninth in 2:21:24.
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