MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Patrick Nthiwa of Kenya outkicked defending champion Andrew Letherby of Australia in the last 100 meters to win the 67th annual Manchester Road Race in 21 minutes, 37 seconds Thursday.
It was the 20-year-old's first appearance at the 4.748-mile Thanksgiving Day tradition, which brought 10,879 runners to downtown Manchester.
Emilie Mondor, 22, of Montreal, Canada, became the first woman to run under 24 minutes in the race when she won in 23:59, breaking Cathy O'Brien's 1991 course record of 24:06.
Natalie Harvey, 28, of Australia finished second (24:32) and Kate O'Neill, 23, of New Haven, a former Yale All-American in track and cross country, was third (24:46).
Alan Webb of Reston, Va. outran Jonathan Riley of Mountain View, Calif. to finish third (21:53) in his first official road race. Webb, 20, broke Jim Ryun's 36-year-old high school mile record two years ago as a high school senior.
Results
Men
1. Patrick Nthiwa 21:37
2. Andrew Leatherby 21:38
3. Alan Webb (1st US) 21:53
4. Jonathan Riley 21:53
5. Daniel Lincoln 22:02
6. Karl Savage 22:19
7. Joseph Driscoll 22:25
8. Nolan Swanson 22:26
9. Adam Sutton 22:27
10. Ian Connor 22:28
11. Ben Noad 22:34
12. Million Wolde 22:38
13. Michael Mislay 22:39
14. Teddy Mitchell 22:40
15. Michal Bartozak 22:42
16. Ryan Bak 22:44
17. Anthony Famig... 22:50
18. Dorde Milic 22:52
19. Araya Haregot 23:05
20. Tyler Mccabe 23:05
21. Paul Mwangi 23:10
22. Peter De La Cerda 23:12
23. Wilson Perez 23:13
24. Brian Rosetti 23:27
25. David Morris 23:31
Women
1. Emilie Mondor 23:59 (New Course Record from 1991)
2. Natalie Harvey 24:32
3. Kate O'Neil 24:46
4. Catherine Berry 24:47
5. Marie Davenport 24:51
6. Amy Rudolph 24:56
7. Tatyana Petrova 25:00
8. Colleen De Reuk 25:02
9. Laura O'Neil 25:02
10. Ann McGranahan 25:17
11. Olga Romanova 25:40
12. Atalelech Ketema 25:51
13. Collette Liss 26:17
14. Briana Jackuc.. 26:26 (13 years of Age)
15. Deeja Youngquist 26:27
