April 14, 2010
Below you will find bios about the top women's entrants for the 2010 Boston Marathon, as well as their bib numbers. We hope you print it out and have it with you as you watch on television or in person on Monday.
We've also produced LetsRun.com's Preview of the 2010 Women's Boston Marathon, which includes our picks for who is going to win. If you are into the men's race, please see the LetsRun.com's Preview of the 2010 Men's Boston Marathon, which includes our picks for who is going to win.
For more elite info, see the Boston marathon website.
Salina Kosgei KEN (Bib #1) - Reigning Boston Marathon Champion Kenyan Salina Kosgei won Boston last year in a thrilling sprint finish ahead of Ethiopian Dire Tune for the biggest win of her veteran career. American Kara Goucher was left 80m out of contention in the fast finish of the slow-paced race.
Kosgei ran ING New York later in 2009 and finished 5th. But she certainly doesn't appear ready to defend her title, as her half marathon prep race last month was a 75-minute one as compared to the 69-minute half she ran prior to last year's Boston. Now 33, Kosgei will hope for a slow pace and a kicker's finish again.
Teyba Erkesso ETH (Bib #4) - 2-Time Reigning Chevron
Houston Marathon ChampionErkesso is one of the pre-race favorites. She won the 2009 and 2010 Chevron Houston Marathon in course records 2:24 and 2:23:53. She was 4th in the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon behind Liliya Shobukhova, Irina Mikitenko and Lidiya Gregoriyeva.
Erkesso's latest result was a 4th-place finish in the RAK Half Marathon in February.
Tune will race her 14th marathon in Boston despite being listed as only 24 years old. Were it not for a fantastic kick from Salina Kosgei in Boston in 2009, Tune would be the 2-time reigning Boston Marathon Champion. Tune won Boston in 2008 in 2:25:25.
Like Erkesso, Tune is a 2-time Houston Marathon Champion (2007 and 2008), though Erkesso's performances were faster than Tune's Houston best of 2:24:40.
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