Healthy Kidney 10K Local Gallery[Race Coverage] |
 Worku Beyi of the Westchester Track Club (WTC) was the first 21-year-old to cross the finish line; his 29:22 ranked him fifth overall. |
 A dominant presence on the local NYRR racing circuit, Demesse Tefera of WTC finished seventh in 29:25. His younger brother, Wegayehu Girma Tefera, was the first local and fourth overall in 29:20. |
 Abiyot Endale, winner of the Coogan’s Salsa, Blues & Shamrocks 5K in March, was the next WTC man to finish—his 29:54 earned him 15th place. |
 Stephen Chemlany finished 15 seconds after teammate Endale. His 30:09 effort earned him 16th place. |
 Rounding out the top five WTC finishers, Deresse Deniboba averaged 4:52 per mile to take 17th in 30:13. |
 Ethiopians dominated the top 20. Wellay Amare of the West Side Runners (WSX) was the seventh Ethiopian and the 19th man overall to cross the finish line. He ran 31:12. |
 New Zealand Olympian John Henwood of the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) followed up his win at the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn with a 20th-place finish (31:20). |
 Kassahun Kabiso of WTC was a hair behind Henwood in 21st place, although they shared a finish time. |
 Edvard Gapak of the Warren Street Social & Athletic Club (WS) and Art Gunther of Upper Nyack, NY, also shared a finish time (31:21), but Gunther took the higher 22nd spot. |
 Paul Thompson (WS) was the top master (40+) for the third consecutive year. His 32:27 finish put him head and shoulders above the rest of his age group. |
 WTC women led the local pack as well; Aziza Aliyu won by a comfortable five-second margin in 33:32. Aliyu has won all seven of the NYRR race she has started in the past year. |
 Aliyu’s teammate Atalelech Ketema followed suit in 34:37. Ketema took the top spot at this year’s Scotland Run 10K and at last year’s NYRR Team Championships. |
 The ladies of the Nike Central Park Track Club (CPTC) won the team title. Aileen Conlon led her team to victory with her fourth-place finish in 35:33. |
 Maria Alves Veira (WSX) was the leader of her 30-39 age group; she finished fifth among women in 36:02. |
 Lesley Higgins of NYAC was sixth among women in 36:23. |
 Lauren Gustafson (CPTC) took the seventh spot in 36:51. She was the runner-up at the New York Junior League Mother’s Day 10-mile and the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Manhattan this year. |
 Katrina Waiger, CPTC, made a strong New York racing debut. She averaged 5:58 miles over the hilly course to finish eighth in 37 minutes flat. |
 Waiger’s CPTC teammate Loretta Kilmer shared her 37:00 finish time, but was given ninth place. She won the Scotland Run 10K in 2007. |
 Jennifer Busse of CPTC took the 10th spot in 37:37. She was the winner of this year’s NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Bronx. |
 First place in the 45-49 age group, Zofia Wieciorkowska of WS finished 18th overall in 38:03. |
