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April 18th, 2009, 05:09 AM
4/18/2005:
Catherine Ndereba of Kenya becomes the first four-time women’s winner of the Boston Marathon, capturing the traditional springtime race in 2:25:13. Familiar with the course after winning here in 2000, ‘01 and ‘04, Ndereba paces herself until the onset of Heartbreak Hill at about the 20-mile mark and then pulls away to a comfortable victory. In the men’s division, Hailu Neggusie of Ethiopia becomes only the second non-Kenyan runner in the last 15 years to win here. It’s his first marathon victory in North America; he had won previously in Japan and China.
B I R T H D A Y S
Don Ohl b. 1936
Pete Gogolak b. 1942
Wilber Marshall b. 1962
Rico Brogna b. 1970
Haile Gebrselassie b. 1973
Catherine Ndereba of Kenya becomes the first four-time women’s winner of the Boston Marathon, capturing the traditional springtime race in 2:25:13. Familiar with the course after winning here in 2000, ‘01 and ‘04, Ndereba paces herself until the onset of Heartbreak Hill at about the 20-mile mark and then pulls away to a comfortable victory. In the men’s division, Hailu Neggusie of Ethiopia becomes only the second non-Kenyan runner in the last 15 years to win here. It’s his first marathon victory in North America; he had won previously in Japan and China.
B I R T H D A Y S
Don Ohl b. 1936
Pete Gogolak b. 1942
Wilber Marshall b. 1962
Rico Brogna b. 1970
Haile Gebrselassie b. 1973