Chelimo continues momentum with 2nd place in Boston Marathon
In her American race debut, Rose Chelimo on 17. April finished 2nd at the Boston Marathon in a career-fastest time of 2:22:51.
April 18, 2017
In her American race debut, Rose Chelimo on 17. April finished 2nd at the Boston Marathon in a career-fastest time of 2:22:51.
With Marius Kimutai winning the Rotterdam Marathon (2:06:04) and Agnes Barsosio finishing a close 2nd in the Paris Marathon (2:20:59), they established themselves among world’s top marathon performers in 2017.
The performances by Alice Aprot, Bernard Koros, and Celliphine Chespol helped Personae-managed athletes earn a total of ten individual or team medals at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held 26. March in Kampala, Uganda.
Eunice Kirwa on 12-March made it three consecutive victories at Marathon Nagoya, this time finishing in a new personal best and Bahrani record of 2:21:17.
Albert Rop pushed quadruple Olympic Champion Mo Farah all the way to the finish line in the 5000m at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham on 18 February.
Continuing her momentum from 2016 that included the silver medal performance in the Rio Olympic Games Marathon, Eunice Kirwa on 5. February made it two-in-a-row as champion of the Marugame (Japan) Half Marathon.
Track & Field News magazine (Palo Alto, California) on 30. December published its annual world rankings for the 2016 outdoor season. Ruth Jebet, who in the past year became Olympic champion and new world record holder in the 3000m Steeplechase, as expected earned the No. 1 ranking in her event. A total of twelve Personae-managed athletes received world top-10 honors in their respective events.
Six Personae-managed athletes were recently recognized as the year’s top or promising athletes by their national track & field federation or sports press association, respectively.
Martin Kosgey’s 2nd place helped Kenya sweep the top-3 positions in Marathon Frankfurt on 30-October.