Americans fare well in elite race of Bolder Boulder
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- Created on Monday, 30 May 2011 19:21
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By DANIEL PETTY, THE DENVER POST
BOULDER - Despite a first-place finish from Kenya's Lineth Chepkurui and second from Ethiopia's Mamitu Daska — both of whom gapped the rest of the Bolder Boulder 10K field early in the race — the U.S. women finished second as a team, ahead of Kenya and only two points behind Ethiopia. Last year, the team finished third, just barely beating Mexico for the spot.
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"I feel like I ran a smart race," said top American Amy Hastings, who finished in 34 minutes, 19.10 seconds for fourth overall. "It makes it so much more exciting when you're running for a team because we all had a plan going in together."
Bolder Boulder 10K results
In the men's elite race, Ethiopian's Belete Assefa and Solomon Gonfa finished 1-2, in 29:22.56 and 29:27.64.
Boulder's James Carney beat out U.S. Olympian Ryan Hall for the top American spot, finishing fifth in 30:16.15. Hall — who ran the marathon for the United State in Beijing in 2008 — finished seventh in 30:29.33.
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