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Results



Start Time: 7:30

Pre-race: Kim Smith (1:07:11), Valeria Straneo (1:07:46) and Sabrina (Mockenhaupt) lead a field a of over 14 women who have run under 1:11:00.  Janet Bawcom (1:09:47), Serena Burla (1:10:08) and Stephanie Rothstein Bruce (1:12:19) lead the American charge. 


Janet Bawcom being interviewed pre-race (A cool, sunny 31 F right now. Coldest NYC half-marathon ever)



Race about to get started - 7:30 AM. Sun finally starting to show itself.



7:30 AM -- BOOM! race is off, starting in Central Park.




Mile 1 -- Kim Smith running with some of the elite men, going out in 5:11 for the first mile (under course record pace of 5:13). Men went out in 4:58 so Smith is right on their tails. 

Mile 2 -- Rotich joins Kim Smith up front. Pace slows down to 5:23 (last year 2nd mile was 5:10). Sara Moreira (Portugal 1:10:08) also joins the top 3


MIle 3 -- 5:09 for the the last mile. Rotich, Smith and now Yolanda Caballero (Colombia -- 1:12:35) are in the lead. Rotich and Caballero now pushing the pace with Smith a step back. 16:17 through 5k for the three. Perez, Moreira 3 seconds back and Serena Burla is the top American 16:21.



Mile 4 -- 5:24 as they slow a bit. Rotich and Caballero are breaking away a bit from Kim Smith. Still in on quick pace, but slowing a tad. 



Mile 5 -- Rotich continues to push the pace. The pack of 3 is now down to 2. Rotich vs. Caballero with Kim Smith falling back just a bit. Rotich continues to push the pace and Caballero is starting to fall back. 1:08:30 pace.


Mile 6 -- Rotich starting to break away from the field. Caballero in second and Kim Smith has fallen back to fourth. Could be a one women show from here on out. Rotich ran 1:08:52 at this race in 2011.

10k 




Rotich is looking very smooth, heading into Times Square. Caballero back 4 seconds through 10k. Bawcom is top American 33:08 through 10k and is top American. Lisa Stublic (Columbia grad and national record holder for Crotia in 3k steep, 5k, half marathon and marathon) is moving up. 



Mile 7: Picture looks almost identical to the one above. Order has not changed, but Rotich has increased her lead by an even larger margin. No other runners really in sight. 3 seconds off pace from last year.



MIle 8: Course record in sight? Potentially. No one around Rotich as she has 200 meters on the field. Course record from last year is 1:08:35.

MIle 9: Rotich in 1:07 / 1:08 range. 47:39 through 9 miles which is about 5:17 pace. Looking good

15k splits:



Rotich 49:18 through 15k. Bawcom is top American 50:00 in 9th and Diane Nukuri-Johnson (BDI) from Iowa City, IA with a PR of 1:10:55 moving way up and now in 2nd. Kim Smith has dropped out perhaps? Nowhere in sight.

LIs Stublic is having a huge race and is in 2nd. It looks like Rotich now has company with Stublic and Nukuri-Johnson on her heels



Mile 11 -- Huge upset alert. Stublic and Nakuri-Johson, both running at a pace that is about 2 minutes faster than their PR. 58:15 through 11 miles. Johnson's best is 1:10:55 and 1:10:31 for Stublic. Stublic running in front of "home crowd" as she went to Columbia. 




Rotich has regained her early lead. starting to pull away slightly from Stublic and Nakuri-Johnson. Just over a mile to go and it is Rotich up by a couple meters, Stublic about 15 meters back.

20k splits--


Rotich 1:05:36, Nakuri-Johnson 1:05:37 and Stublic 1:05:38 through 20k.

Rotich wins it! 1:09:09, 2nd win!

BIG PRS for Nakuri-Johnson (2nd) and Stublic (3rd), both runnin under 1:10 for the first time. 1:09:12 and 1:09:18.





Top 20 Women's Results

1 105 Caroline Rotich KEN 28 1:09:09 +00:00 5:17
2 115 Diane Nukuri-Johnson BDI 28 1:09:12 +00:04 5:17
3 113 Lisa Stublic CRO 28 1:09:18 +00:10 5:18
4 104 Sabrina Mockenhaupt GER 32 1:09:42 +00:34 5:20
5 116 Lyudmila Kovalenko UKR 28 1:09:43 +00:35 5:20
6 111 Madai Perez MEX 33 1:10:27 +01:19 5:23
7 120 Yolanda Caballero COL 30 1:10:30 +01:22 5:23
8 107 Tomomi Tanaka JPN 25 1:10:31 +01:23 5:23
9 114 Stephanie Rothstein Bruce AZ/USA 29 1:10:53 +01:45 5:25
10 108 Sara Moreira POR 27 1:11:03 +01:55 5:26
11 127 Adriana Nelson CO/USA 33 1:11:09 +02:01 5:26
12 106 Janet Bawcom AZ/USA 34 1:11:13 +02:05 5:27
13 109 Serena Burla VA/USA 30 1:11:25 +02:17 5:28
14 121 Aziza Aliyu ETH 27 1:11:49 +02:41 5:29
15 118 Mary Davies NZL 30 1:12:06 +02:58 5:31
16 112 Susan Partridge GBR 33 1:12:20 +03:12 5:32
17 110 Maegan Krifchin NY/USA 24 1:12:56 +03:48 5:34
18 126 Adriana Aparecida Da Silva BRA 31 1:13:56 +04:48 5:39
19 103 Valeria Straneo ITA 36 1:13:57 +04:49 5:39 
20 129 Hirut Beyene Guangui ETH 20 1:14:43 +05:35 5:43
21 124 Freya Ross GBR 29 1:14:54 +05:46 5:44
22 130 Sarah Cummings NY/USA 24 1:15:17 +06:09 5:45