2002 New York Women's Mini Marathon

Derartu Tulu

(photo credit: Bola Awofeso)

PRE-RACE

  • Photo 01Deena Drossin

  • Photo 02Sonia O'Sullivan

  • Photo 03Lauren Eckhart: "Oh, no!  What did I just drink!?"

  • Photo 04Margaret Angell, Lauren Eckhart, Ali Rosenthal and Audrey Kingsley.  Note our very unique concept of team uniform.

  • Photo 05Yumi Ogita

MILE 1

  • Photo 11:  The leaders were Lornah Kiplagat and Sonia Sullivan, with eventual winner Asmae Leghzaoui hidden behind them

  • Photo 12Margaret Angell, followed by Bec Wassner (MCNY), Gladees Prieur (MCNY), and Gillian Horovitz (MOVC)

  • Photo 13Stephanie Gould.  What has the world come to when she is the only one with a CPTC singlet?

  • Photo 14Ali Rosenthal, with Lauren Eckhart behind.  This is Ali's debut race for our team.

  • Photo 15Yumi Ogita, behind Mary Messite (WSX)

  • Photo 16:  :Sarah Gross, behind Jane Gillham (GNY)

FINISH

POST RACE

  • Photo 31:  Pandemonium

  • Photo 32Tim Evans and Alan Ruben, who must both be quite happy  because their wives won prize money today

  • Photo 33Joey and Sammy Ruben

  • Photo 34Kathy Snyder and Lauren Eckhart

  • Photo 35Michael Rosenthal and Mary Minieka

  • Photo 36Margaret Angell and her dad

AWARDS CEREMONY

  • Photo 41Margaret Angell, 5th W20-29

  • Photo 42Sylvie Kimché, 3rd W55-59

  • Photo 43:  There will be no awards for muscles ...

  • Photo 44:  ... but there ought to be a Super-mom award for Mary Wittenberg

  • Photo 45:  This is Tony Ruiz with his winning team of Lauren Eckhart, Ali Rosenthal and Margaret Angell


(photo credit: Michael Rosenthal)

PRE-RACE

  • Photo 51:  Honor guard

  • Photo 52:  Introduction of the elite runners

  • Photo 53:  The other participants (including Irene Jackson-Schon, Sylvie Kimché and Mary Minieka) cheer the elite runners

  • Photo 54:  First one out is Sonia O'Sullivan, followed by Asmae Leghzaoui and Deena Drossin

  • Photo 55Irene Jackson-Schon

  • Photo 56Mary Minieka

EAST 72nd STREET (6 MILES)

  • Photo 61Asmae Leghzaoui on track to a world best 10K time

  • Photo 62Lornah Kiplagat would also finish under the previous course record

  • Photo 63Sonia O'Sullivan

  • Photo 64Olivera Jevtic (Yugoslavia) and Ejagayou Dibaba (Kenya)

  • Photo 65Eyerusalem Kuma (Ethiopia) and Jen Rhines (USA)

  • Photo 66Ludmila Petrova (Russia) and Adriana Fernandez (Mexico)

  • Photo 67Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia)

  • Photo 68Liz Yelling (England)

  • Photo 69Jeanne Hennessy (USA) and Carol Howe (Canada)

FINISH

  • Photo 70Deena Drossin in 32:08 for sixth place, probably still wondering how the leaders could have gone out in 15:08 for the first 5K, just 12 seconds slower than Deena's world best at the flat Carlsbad 5000

  • Photo 71Ludmila Petrova

  • Photo 72Jen Rhines and Deena Drossin

  • Photo 73Irene Jackson-Schon and Mary V. Rosado

  • Photo 74Sarah Gross

  • Photo 75Sarah Gross

  • Photo 76Andrea Ostrowski

POST-RACE

  • Photo 77Kathy Snyder and Bola Awofeso

  • Photo 78Tony Ruiz

  • Photo 79Audrey Kingsley, Tony Ruiz and Jerome O'Shaughnessy

AWARDS CEREMONY

  • Photo 80Jane Omoro, Liz Yelling and Beata Rakonczai

  • Photo 81Ludmila Petrova

  • Photo 82Jen Rhines

  • Photo 83Asmae Leghzaoui steps to the top of the podium

  • Photo 84:  Top 15 finishers together

  • Photo 85Liz Yelling

  • Photo 86:  Best smile of the day goes to 2-time World Champ Derartu Tulu

  • Photo 87:  The virtually unknown Asmae Leghzaoui set a world 10K best time of 30:29


(photo credit: Steve Paddock)

MILE 1

  • Photo 101Bill Haskins and Tony Ruiz.  "Please to meet your acquaintence, Mr. Photographer.  But why are your hands shaking?  Are you a novice?"

  • Photo 102Stephanie Gould

  • Photo 103Mary V. Rosado

EAST 80th STREET (MILE 4.5)

POST-RACE

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