Ethiopians Invade York BY CLAY SHAW Sydney Olympians Dagne Alemu and Girma Tolla broke free of the others early in the race and had a great two-man duel to the finish. Alemu won in 23:49, Tolla was second in 23:52. Alemu ran the Olympic 5000 in Sydney, Tolla ran the 10,000 and recently won the half-marathon at the Under Armour Baltimore Half-Marathon. Gurmessa Megerssa took third with a solid 24:23. Ethiopian runners took the top six spots. Drew Nesbitt (25:42) of East Petersburg, PA was the first USA runner, 7th overall. Masters runner Jeff Miller of Lewistown, PA was 9th overall in 26:30, a full minute up on hometown Masters star Greg Cauller (14th, 27:36). The women's field was the deepest in the 31-year history of
the race, as nine women broke the 30 minute mark. Aziza
Aliyu of Ethiopia won a close race in 27:45, just three seconds
up on Alemtsehay Misganaw (27:48), an Ethiopian citizen who lives
in New York City. Ethiopian women took seven of the
top eight spots. A strong race by Aimee Taylor of nearby
Spring Grove, PA. placed her 6th with a 28:50, becoming only
the 4th York County woman ever to run under 29 minutes.
Dee Miller of Conestoga, PA won the Masters title in 34:10, just
six seconds up on York's great Masters star Dianna Golden (34:16).
Golden, at 54, continues to run consistent and strong in the
region's big races. Look for the 32nd running on November 8, 2008.
Place Bib Number Time Last Name First Name Age Hometown 1 1 23:49.9 Alemu Dagne 27 Ethiopia, 2 2 23:52.8 Tolla Girma 31 Ethiopia, 3 3 24:23.4 Megerssa Gurmessa 32 Ethiopia, 4 5 25:11.0 Hadish Abraha 26 Ethiopia, 5 7 25:20.9 Kabiso Kassahun 24 Ethiopia, 6 11 25:32.5 Abebe Tadesse 29 Ethiopia, 7 224 25:42.7 Nesbitt Drew 22 East Petersburg, PA 8 17 26:14.3 Dressler Bob 24 Ronks, PA 9 201 26:30.3 Miller Jeff 40 Lewistown, PA 10 252 26:49.2 Carriglitto Mike 32 Philadelphia, PA 11 6 27:08.6 Ennaciri Youssef 25 Morocco, 12 256 27:16.2 Sitler Jake 18 Wrightsville, PA 13 227 27:31.6 Dosch Justin 24 Enola, PA 14 9 27:36.6 Cauller Greg 48 York, PA 15 18 27:41.4 Simpson Mark 23 York, PA 16 19 27:50.1 Owens Steve 33 Lancaster , PA 17 174 27:51.9 Wisniewski Sam 17 Lititz, PA 18 199 28:21.9 Rizzuto David 41 York, PA 19 255 28:27.0 Gelety Matt 18 Pasadena, MD 20 185 28:57.4 Bomberger Matthew 21 Lititz, PA 21 195 29:07.3 Wilson Matt 45 Red Lion, PA 22 193 29:25.1 Swomley Luke 15 York, PA 23 268 29:36.7 Bahn Brian 26 Spring Grove, PA 24 110 30:17.5 Langenfield Daniel 31 Greenfield, WI 25 245 30:24.7 Myers Ben 17 York, PA 26 84 30:27.3 Goodling John 45 York, PA 27 157 30:29.1 Smiley Jimmy 32 Shermansdale, PA 28 37 31:25.8 McCloskey Scott 54 Dallastown, PA 29 141 31:37.3 Ricke Ray 46 York, PA 30 74 31:54.1 Fenn Christopher 37 Dover , PA 31 187 32:11.9 Harris Jeffrey 34 Gettysburg, PA 32 261 32:49.7 Ballaban Dave 50 Reading, PA 33 94 32:52.3 Hawn Kev 49 Spring Grove, PA 34 36 33:08.0 Hines Jeff 46 York, PA 35 253 33:09.0 McMaster Joseph 42 Dover , PA 36 249 33:22.2 Lewis Matt 13 York, PA 37 97 33:27.6 Hogan Allen 38 York, PA 38 240 33:30.1 Patterson John 50 San Francisco, CA 39 228 33:31.9 Menzer Eric 43 York, PA 40 204 33:33.6 Crosset John 51 York, PA 41 95 33:35.2 Havner Nathan 31 Lancaster , PA 42 210 33:39.3 Nickol Parish 15 York, PA 43 150 33:44.5 Shoemaker Lee 22 Mt. Wolf, PA 44 169 33:45.7 Wagner Carl 61 Enola, PA 45 38 33:50.0 LeCates Ed 62 York, PA 46 135 33:55.4 Newcomer Scott 37 York, PA 47 42 33:59.8 Allison Andrew 37 York, PA 48 202 34:05.7 Krauss Mickey 56 Seven Valleys, PA 49 176 34:13.2 Wunderlich Merv 26 York, PA 50 221 34:18.0 Yanoviak John 46 Lewisberry, PA 51 132 34:28.6 Myers Clint 47 York, PA 52 146 34:34.9 Schafer Brian 40 Allentown, PA 53 225 34:52.0 Trump Scott 36 York, PA 54 34 34:56.3 Bell Les 60 York, PA 55 75 35:00.0 Fisher Andy 17 Seven Valleys, PA 56 250 35:02.8 Krupa James 41 Pottstown, PA 57 179 35:04.2 Zeigler Scott 51 Seven Valleys, PA 58 262 35:07.7 Vaught Jereme 33 Mt. Wolf, PA 59 198 35:08.8 Nguyen Anthony 14 York, PA 60 220 35:10.1 Bell Gary 45 Lancaster , PA 61 68 35:14.8 Ehrhart David 39 York, PA 62 167 35:19.2 Thomas Matthew 36 New Freedom, PA 63 243 36:00.4 Snavely Brandon 31 Washington Boro, PA 64 108 36:17.1 Landis Mark 33 Dover , PA 65 235 36:26.8 Redding Larry 52 East Berlin, PA 66 186 36:31.8 Potts Tim 47 York, PA 67 92 36:36.6 Hassler Keith 52 Wrightsville, PA 68 137 36:41.4 Prowell Shannon 41 York, PA 69 47 36:54.6 Beazley Benjamin 27 York, PA 70 182 37:16.6 Rose Todd 46 York, PA 71 251 37:36.9 Brininger West 38 Hopkinton, MA 72 168 37:39.5 Wagman John 51 York, PA 73 265 37:41.2 Simpson Sill 57 Lancaster , PA 74 156 37:47.6 Spangler Darryl 43 York, PA 75 263 37:56.3 Alessi Matt 26 York, PA 76 222 37:59.1 Bowman Gary 41 Quarryville, PA 77 96 38:01.1 Havner Ryan 29 Lancaster , PA 78 147 38:05.5 Schefter Bobby 37 Glen Rock, PA 79 105 38:19.5 Klabon Joel 33 York, PA 80 177 38:21.8 Zeiders Bob 41 York, PA 81 215 38:27.1 Stone Brian 43 Lancaster , PA 82 166 38:29.8 Thomas Douglas 43 Lancaster , PA 83 133 38:31.7 Myers Dennis 56 Baltimore, MD 84 98 38:41.5 Hogan Timothy 42 Dallastown, PA 85 90 38:48.2 Harrington Dan 32 York, PA 86 57 38:50.0 Cox Eli 27 Mount Joy, PA 87 257 38:56.8 Reilly Keith 25 Yardley, PA 88 43 38:58.8 Altland Sam 58 York, PA 89 114 39:00.6 Long Barry 34 Gettysburg, PA 90 87 39:04.4 Grove Keith 33 Spring Grove, PA 91 136 39:17.2 Powell Nathan 35 Carlisle, PA
93 188 39:23.5 Doster Don 53 Manheim, PA 94 184 39:39.7 Gerberick Wayne 53 York, PA 95 102 39:45.1 Karsnitz Brian 45 York, PA 96 181 39:52.6 Goss Steve 36 Lancaster , PA 97 155 40:02.1 Spangler Carl 48 Lititz, PA 98 173 40:13.6 Wimmer Hayden 30 York, PA 99 236 40:19.5 Lewis Brian 41 Elizabethtown, PA 100 70 40:52.8 Englar Ryan 35 Dover , PA 101 246 41:05.6 Myers Dan 44 York, PA 102 76 41:09.9 Flemmens Todd 39 York, PA 103 196 41:12.3 Hoover Travis 44 York, PA 104 67 41:18.4 Downing Spencer 52 Manchester, PA 105 241 41:47.7 Shope Tucker 12 York, PA 106 104 41:49.3 Kirchner Mitch 13 Annville, PA 107 66 41:58.5 Derk Terry 66 Dauphin, PA 108 237 42:02.4 Bosserman Jeffrey 46 Lancaster , PA 109 58 42:04.8 Cox John 51 York, PA 110 171 42:05.5 Walters Bill 50 York, PA 111 124 42:06.8 Messinger Rich 52 Dillsburg, PA 112 54 42:48.2 Coble Brian 43 Gettysburg, PA 113 264 42:55.3 Pison Frank 36 York, PA 114 16 43:06.2 Kerek Greg 68 Lancaster , PA 115 62 43:22.6 Darr Hal 59 York, PA 116 260 43:25.1 Jury Kris 36 York, PA 117 86 43:32.9 Graham Keith 37 Harrisburg, PA 118 233 43:34.1 Marble Jeffrey 43 York, PA 119 206 43:42.0 Musone John 39 York, PA 120 208 43:42.9 Potts Sean 37 York, PA 121 122 43:44.6 McGarvey Damian 27 York, PA 122 190 43:55.6 Black David 45 York, PA 123 203 44:20.1 Schieler Rich 56 York, PA 124 73 44:29.2 Faust Dennis 65 Mount Joy, PA 125 142 44:42.7 Rodenberger Jay 43 Pennsburg, PA 126 163 44:48.7 Summers Jeff 53 York, PA 127 226 45:05.4 Ice Mike 28 New Providence, PA 128 61 45:49.8 Crouse Chad 43 Ronks, PA 129 81 46:01.3 Gentzler William 53 Spring Grove, PA 130 161 46:11.3 Stoakes Matthew 32 Dover , PA 131 212 46:17.9 Neff Sam 57 Red Lion, PA
133 52 47:07.7 Chiaverini David 40 York, PA 134 211 47:09.6 Zech Jeremiah 28 Seven Valleys, PA 135 50 47:10.9 Bordner Jason 32 New Cumberland, PA 136 56 47:53.1 Couch Tim 55 Dallastown, PA 137 46 48:20.1 Bean Jared 32 York, PA 138 247 49:26.6 Paladina Jeff 35 New Cumberland, PA 139 106 50:12.6 Klimes Brian 38 York, PA 140 258 51:00.6 Showers Rick 52 Lebanon, PA 141 123 51:30.2 Merrill Michael 66 Towson, MD 142 53 52:06.6 Clawser N. Clair 62 Campbelltown, PA 143 107 55:52.5 Kriskie Scott 30 York, PA Women's Results
12 144 33:58.7 Sanders Judi 38 York, PA 13 248 34:10.2 Miller Dee 41 Conestoga, PA 14 31 34:16.6 Golden Dianna 54 York, PA 15 189 34:20.5 Wilson Tuesday 16 Hellam, PA 16 55 34:21.3 Corey Nikki 33 York, PA 17 140 34:36.1 Richard Kathleen 37 York, PA 18 82 37:03.3 Goding Mallory 16 York, PA 19 131 37:05.8 Myers Amy 14 Baltimore, MD 20 175 37:44.5 Wright Sue 48 Harrisburg, PA 21 158 37:48.2 Snyder Chris 43 Harrisburg, PA 22 101 38:09.1 Kalvin Kristie 28 Pine Grove Mills, PA 23 242 38:23.3 Knepper Bethany 16 York, PA 24 213 39:04.5 Neff Abbey 28 York, PA 25 238 39:35.9 Reinhart Cindy 45 Middletown, PA 26 83 39:38.4 Goding Marissa 15 York, PA 27 267 39:39.8 Bahn Tara 25 Spring Grove, PA 28 219 39:57.6 Rice Marisa 34 York, PA 29 178 40:01.2 Zeiders Jennifer 43 York, PA 30 91 40:37.4 Hartman Anita 47 Spring Grove, PA 31 64 41:05.7 Davidson Roshne 39 York, PA 32 44 41:33.1 Anderson Claudia 33 York, PA 33 63 41:37.2 Daugherty Carolyn 48 York, PA 34 138 41:39.6 Reeling Ellen 47 York, PA 35 159 41:44.8 Staats Christine 46 York, PA 36 127 41:46.0 Moebius Heide 69 Lancaster , PA 37 41 42:27.8 Alleman Sherri 31 Newburg, PA 38 111 42:33.1 Lasky Rebecca 32 York, PA 39 191 42:39.6 Bambling Margaret 17 York, PA 40 254 42:50.4 Moyer Alyssa 36 Dover , PA 41 103 43:00.9 Kauffman Kelli 26 York, PA 42 100 43:34.0 Jury Karen 36 York, PA 43 117 43:37.8 Mazero Twila 42 York, PA 44 230 43:41.9 Hickey Rosa 55 York, PA 45 153 43:46.0 Sietz Emily 24 York, PA 46 85 44:05.3 Goodling Pamela 54 York, PA 47 229 44:32.8 Gleba Karen 35 York, PA 48 113 44:35.0 Lefever Nicki 26 York, PA 49 151 44:41.0 Shope Tedra 35 Orrstown, PA 50 143 44:43.2 Rodenberger Nancy 42 Pennsburg, PA 51 205 45:32.7 Mooney Donna 52 Gettysburg, PA 52 244 45:52.5 Craley Susan 48 York, PA 53 183 46:11.9 Reed Johana 48 York, PA 54 172 46:34.0 Walters Sue 50 York, PA 55 200 46:44.4 Rizzuto Victoria 13 York, PA 56 59 46:48.6 Cox Robyn 27 Mount Joy, PA 57 149 47:11.9 Shipley Stephanie 23 Millers, MD 58 194 47:20.7 Wilson Patricia 47 Red Lion, PA 59 239 47:58.2 Guerrini Karin 46 Harrisburg, PA 60 93 50:02.0 Hawn Faye 53 Spring Grove, PA 61 80 50:02.6 Gearhart Danielle 38 York, PA 62 231 50:02.9 Diehl Sabrina 16 York, PA 63 125 50:11.0 Meyer Sue 55 York, PA 64 71 50:13.8 Falenski Sandy 61 York, PA 65 45 50:22.7 Bean Heather 32 York, PA 66 207 50:27.2 Goodman Rose 46 Gettysburg, PA 67 223 51:06.5 Trump Dawn 36 York, PA 68 160 51:30.4 Stine Beth 47 Manheim, PA 69 259 51:57.8 Barstow Ivey 48 York, PA 70 77 54:01.7 Gardner Eve 47 York, PA 71 165 54:03.5 Tate Renata 39 York, PA 72 164 54:03.8 Sweitzer Jessica 28 Manchester, PA 73 162 54:42.9 Stone Heather 40 Lancaster , PA 74 116 55:46.9 Masco Michelle 44 Red Lion, PA 75 145 57:14.3 Scarle Jennifer 33 Harrisburg, PA 76 115 59:12.6 Manross Paulynn 32 York, PA 77 170 1:01:56.7 Walker Marilyn 55 Lancaster , PA 78 180 1:01:57.1 Goss Elizabeth 44 Lancaster , PA 79 69 Eisenhart Gail 56 York, PA |