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Alexander
Prokopchuk, 36, of Latvia ran a...
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...relatively
even race. He went through the half...
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1:10:23 and finished 11th in 2:23:48.
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Salvatore
Bettiol, 42, of Italy finished 14th in the men's race...
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2:26:15.
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Many
of the top American marathoners had already run the
U.S. Olympic Trials in February.
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no Americans were expected to challenge for the top
spots, there was a lot of speculation...
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who the top American would be. That distinction went
to Christoper Zieman, 32, of Felton, California.
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He
finished 13th overall in 2:25:45. Zieman wisely ran
without a watch in the hot conditions.
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Kentarou
Suzuki, 26, of Japan finished 15th in 2:27:15.
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The
runners who started more conservatively...
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the hot eather passed a lot of the fast starters late
in the race.
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Mario
Fattore, 28, of Italy finished 18th in 2:29:17.
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Michael
Wardian was one of the runners who competed in February's
U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
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He
finished 19th here in 2:29:57. Wardian finished 33rd
at the Trials in 2:22:40.
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Eddie Ernest-Jones, a resident of Coral Springs, Florida,
but a resident of Great Britain...
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22nd in the men's race in 2:31:53.
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Ernest-Jones
attended the University of Florida and ran track and
cross country.
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John
Mentzer, 27, of Newport, Rhode Island, finished 20th
in 2:30:50.
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