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With
about .3 miles to go, Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa
led James Koskei of Kenya.
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Koskei
kicked by Ramaala to win in 28:11, Ramaala was second,
one second back.
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Last
year's champion Evans Rutto finished third in 28:19.
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John
Itati finished fourth in 28:22.
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John
Korir finished fifth in 28:24.
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Abdi
Abdirahman finished seventh in 28:32 and was first
among the Americans.
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Brad
Hauser (9th, 29:18) leads Matt Lane (8th, 29:16).
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Lane
got a lot of attention as a native Mainer. He wasn't
eligible for the $1000 that went to the first current
Maine resident, however.
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Two-time
New York City Marathon Champion John Kagwe finished
10th in 29:30.
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Eddy
Hellebuyck, 41, of Albuquerque, NM was the first masters
runner, finishing 11th overall in 29:49.
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Chris
Graff of the Nike Farm Team finished 12th in 29:58.
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Andrew
Masai, 42, of Kenya finished 14th in 30:10.
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Another
Maine native and current Stanford runner Louie Luchini
used this race as a training run.
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He
finished 13th in 30:08.
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Paul
Evans of Great Britain was the third masters runner
and 15th overall in 30:17.
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Pete
Julian of Atherton, CA finished 16th in 30:24.
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Gennadi
Temnikov, 41, of Rockville, MD and Russia finished
17th in 30:47.
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Andrey
Kuznetsov, 44, also of Rockville, MD and Russia finished
18th in 31:23.
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Jonathan
Morales of Mexico finished 20th in 31:29.
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Mike
Danahy of Princeton, NJ and formerly Bates College
was the first finisher with a four-digit number (21st,
31:31).
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