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The motorcade leading the professional men, approaches 30K (mile 18.6), generating excitement among the spectators.
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The Africans (and the Brazilian) are coming! At 30K, the lead pack of men included Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Daniel Yego, Paul Tergat, Hendrick Ramaala, William Kipsang, and Hailu Negussie. Gomes dos Santos went on to win the race, surprising everybody. Paul Tergat admitted that he didn’t even know who Gomes dos Santos was.
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Following the lead pack at 30K was a chase pack that included Tom Nyariki, Dathan Ritzenhein, Meb Keflezighi, and Stefano Baldini. Just after the chase pack, Alan Culpepper approached, running by himself. He looked strong, but he dropped out at mile 20, after running for several miles with a queasy stomach.
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Mexico’s Francisco Bautista runs with Fernando Miguel Moreno Olmedo at 30K. Bautista finished in a respectable 16th place with a time of 2:17:30.
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Marilson Gomes does Santos was the winner of the race, finishing in 2:09:58; he was the first South American winner in the history of the New York City Marathon.
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Paul Tergat and Stephen “Baba” Kiogora pace each other to the finish. Kiogora finished the race in second place with a time of 2:10:06. Tergat finished in third with a time of 2:10:10.
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Looking back to mile 8 in the race, we see that the chase pack of Tom Nyariki, Meb Keflezighi, Dathan Ritzenhein, and others, looks quite comfortable. How will they look as they cross the finish?
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Italy’s Stefano Baldini had an incredible kick after 30K, finishing the race in sixth place with a time of 2:11:33.
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Peter Gilmore was the first American to cross the line. He finished in 10th place with a time of 2:13:13.
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In his debut marathon, Dathan Ritzenhein was the second American to cross the line. He finished in 11th place with a time of 2:14:01.
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Tom Nyariki finished in 13th place with a time of 2:15:58. Nyariki, the winner of the inaugural NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE, trains with Baba Kiogora as part of the KIMbia group.
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Joe Driscoll was the third American to cross the line in 17th place with a time of 2:18:40. Though his goal was 2:15, Driscoll still met the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials"A" standard, which is 2:20. Driscoll is part of the ZAP fitness group that trains in North Carolina.
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Australian Andrew Letherby finished in 19th place with a time of 2:19:53. Letherby comes from a family of talented athletes; his mother was a leading Australian distance runner in the 1980s and his sister was a leading Australian race walker in the 90s.
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Team USA Minnesota’s Matt Gabrielson was the fourth American to cross the line, finishing his debut marathon in 2:19:53, which also meets the "A" standard for the Olympic Trials. In his riveting post-marathon online journal entry, Gabrielson describes the difficulty of the ING New York City Marathon, claiming that it’s a “man’s course that made me a little more boyish.”
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Meb Keflezighi, a pre-race favorite, was the fifth American to cross the line, placing 21st overall. A bout of food poisoning impaired Meb’s performance.
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26-year-old Pat Gildea of the New York Athletic Club, finished in 29th place overall in his debut marathon.
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19-year-old Worku Beyi, of the Westchester Track Club, finished in 37th place overall and in first place for his age group.
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Jonathan Clemens of California finished in 59th place with a time of 2:31:15.
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Blake Benke of New York finished in 87th place with a time of 2:36:02.
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Matthew Cullen of the Westchester Track Club finished in 196th place with a time of 2:44:04.
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