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LA Marathon Announces Stacked Line-Up Of Competitive Long Distance Runners

A stacked line-up  of more than 20 of the world’s most competitive distance runners — including defending men’s champion Erick Mose and 2013 men’s runner-up Julius Keter — headline the field for the 2014 ASICS LA Marathon, which will be held on Sunday March 9, 2014.

This year’s ASICS LA Marathon, which will once again follow its popular Stadium to the Sea course, starting at Dodger Stadium and finishing near the Santa Monica Pier, will be the 29th edition of the race, which became an annual event following the historic 1984 Olympic Game in Los Angeles.

Kenya’s Mose, whose come-from-behind surge in the final two miles ultimately overtook fellow countryman Keter — the grandson of Olympic legend Kip Keino — and clinched last year’s title, heads a talented list of 11 top male runners who have committed to this year’s race, including rising Americans Aaron Braun, Adam Roach and Stephan Shay.

The women’s field is equally competitive, with five top Ethiopian talents who each sport sub-2:36 marathon PRs, including Genet Getaneh, the top finisher at the 2007 and 2007 IAAF World Half Marathon Championship, as well as Ukranian Olena Burkovska, a former winner of Europe’s venerable  Košice Peace Marathon, along with four emerging young American talents.

For more information, visit www.lamarathon.com.

Elite Men Runners confirmed:

NAME PERSONAL BEST COUNTRY
Gezahegn Alemayehu 2:09:42 (Košice, 2013) Ethiopia
Raji Assefa 2:06:24 (Paris, 2012) Ethiopia
Fikre Assefa 2:10:23 (Linz, Austria, 2013) Ethiopia
Aaron Braun 2nd – 1:01:38 (Houston Half,  2014) USA
Julius Kipyego Keter 2:10:31 (Los Angeles, 2013) Kenya
Erick Mose 2:09:44 (Los Angeles, 2013) Kenya
Adam Roach 2:24:30 (Sacramento, 2013) USA
Lani Rutto 2:10:01 (Frankfurt, 2013) Kenya
Stephan Shay 2:16:48 (Houston, 2012) USA
Greg Wieczorek 2:25:56 (Houston, 2012) Canada
Dawit Wolde 1st – 1:00:46 (Egmond Half, 2012) Ethiopia
Gabriel Proctor 1:02:22 (Houston Half, 2014) USA

Elite Female Runners confirmed:

NAME PERSONAL BEST COUNTRY
Olena Burkovska 2:27:07 (Hannover, 2013) Ukraine
Gulume Chala 2:36:04 (Danzhou, 2013) Ethiopia
Degefa Bruktayit Eshetu 2:26:22 (Houston, 2014) Ethiopia
Kristen Fryburg-Zaitz 2:37:50 (Sacramento, 2013) USA
Genet Getaneh 2:25:38 (Amsterdam, 2012) Ethiopia
Agnes Jepkosgei 2:39:17 (Nairobi, 2013) Kenya
Heather McWhirter 2:45:33 (Buffalo, 2012) USA
Elfnesh Melaku 2:31:41 (Chongqing, 2013) Ethiopia
Lindsey Scherf 2nd – 1:25:12 (U.S. 25K Champ, 2012) USA
Tigist Tufa 2:29:24 (New York City, 2013) Ethiopia
Lauren Kleppin 2:42:17 (Carlsbad, 2013) USA

 

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