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ELITE ATHLETE ROSTER...... 28

MALE ATHLETE PROFILES Raji Assefa...... 30 Diego Colorado...... 32 Shami Dawit...... 34 Jeffrey Eggleston...... 35 Jimmy Grabow...... 37 Jason Gutierrez...... 38 Takashi Horiguchi...... 39 Hiroki Kadota...... 40 ...... 41 ...... 43 ...... 45 ...... 47 Koji Kobayashi...... 49 ...... 50 ...... 51 Takeshi Kumamoto...... 53 Craig Leon...... 54 ...... 56 Levy Matebo...... 58 Yuki Moriwaki...... 60 William Naranjo...... 61 Samuel Ndungu...... 62 Drew Polley...... 63 ...... 64 ...... 66 Patrick Rizzo...... 69 Patrick Smyth...... 71 Carlos Trujillo...... 73 Dadi Yami...... 75

FEMALE ATHLETE PROFILES Deanna Ardrey...... 76 ...... 77 Addie Bracy...... 79 Devon Crosby-Helms...... 81 Belainesh Gebre...... 83 ...... 85 Lucy Kabuu...... 87 Werknesh Kidane...... 89 Maria Konovalova...... 91 Renee Metivier Baillie...... 93 Dot McMahan...... 94 ...... 96 Stephanie Pezzullo...... 97 ...... 99 ...... 101 ...... 102

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2012 ELITE ATHLETE ROSTER WOMEN (as of September 17, 2012) Name Country Personal Best Liliya Shobukhova RUS 2:18:20 MEN Lucy Kabuu KEN 2:19:34 Name Country Personal Best Atsede Baysa ETH 2:22:04 Levy Matebo KEN 2:05:16 Merima Mohammad ETH 2:23:04 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 2:05:18 Rita Jeptoo KEN 2:23:38 Feyisa Lilesa ETH 2:05:23 Maria Konovalova RUS 2:23:50 Dadi Yami ETH 2:05:41 Caroline Rotich KEN 2:24:26 Shami Dawit ETH 2:05:42 Fatuma Sado ETH 2:25:39 Laban Korir KEN 2:06:05 Werknesh Kidane ETH 2:26:15 Wesley Korir KEN 2:06:15 Belainesh Gebre ETH 2:26:17 Raji Assefa ETH 2:06:24 Dot McMahan USA 2:31:48 Bernard Kipyego KEN 2:06:29 Devon Crosby-Helms USA 2:38:50 Michael Kipyego KEN 2:06:48 Lindsay Tollefson USA 2:43:00 Samuel Ndungu KEN 2:07:04 Deanna Ardrey USA 2:43:12 Takeshi Horiguchi JPN 2:09:16 Addie Bracy USA 2:44:34 Dathan Ritzenhein USA 2:09:55 Renee Metivier Baillie USA 1:11:51 (half ) Takeshi Kumamoto JPN 2:10:13 Stephanie Pezzullo USA 1:13:12 () Yuki Moriwaki JPN 2:11:52 Hiroki Kadota JPN 2:12:25 Jimmy Grabow USA 2:12:35 Koji Kobayashi JPN 2:12:52 Jeffrey Eggleston USA 2:13:12 Jason Gutierrez COL 2:13:24 Patrick Rizzo USA 2:13:42 Drew Polley USA 2:14:58 Patrick Smyth USA 2:15:00 William Naranjo COL 2:15:39 Craig Leon USA 2:15:42 Diego Colorado COL 2:16:45 Malcolm Richards USA 2:17:29 Tim Tollefson USA 2:18:26 Stephen Muturi KEN 2:18:51 Thomas Frazer IRL 2:19:42 Carlos Trujillo USA 2:20:56 Sammy Kitwara KEN 58:48 (half marathon) Tilahun Regassa ETH 59:19 (half marathon) Stephen Pifer USA Debut

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RAJI ASSEFA OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Birthdate: September 29, 1986 Date Race Place Time Citizenship: 10/12/08 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 14th 1:04:32 Resides: , Ethiopia 10/14/07 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 12th 1:00:31 Agent: Mark Wetmore Sponsor: Adidas

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:06:24 (, 2012) Half Marathon 1:00:07 (, 2008) 10,000m 27:15.68 (Hengelo, 2007)

CAREER OVERVIEW Assefa has improved his marathon time by more than 10 minutes since his debut in Vienna in 2010. In January, he mounted a late challenge at the , but lost out to ’s Laban Moiben in a finish (both athletes were credited with the same finish time). After a solid half marathon tune up in March, he returned to Paris for the full marathon, finishing second in 2:06:24.

He has twice represented Ethiopia at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and at the 2008 he ran a personal best of 1:00:07, good for ninth place in a race where six men broke 60 minutes.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/15/12 2nd 2:06:24 03/04/12 4th 1:01:13 01/15/12 Mumbai Marathon 2nd 2:10:48

CAREER Date Race Place Time 04/15/12 Paris Marathon 2nd 2:06:24 01/15/12 Mumbai Marathon 2nd 2:10:48 10/16/11 Marathon 4th 2:12:12 04/18/10 17th 2:16:42

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Date Race Place Time DIEGO COLORADO 04/29/00 Country Music Marathon 11th 2:16:45 Birthdate: August 31, 1973 Citizenship: Colombia Resides: Medellin, Colombia OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Agent: Luis Posso Date Race Place Time th Club Affiliation: Correcaminos 10/14/07 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 59 1:04:18 11/12/00 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 23rd 1:06:27 03/22/98 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 67th 36:55

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:16:48 (Nashville, 2000) Half Marathon 1:03 (Medellin, 1997)

CAREER OVERVIEW Colorado is a two-time medalist at the Pan American Games Marathon, winning silver in 2011 and bronze in 2003. He also represented Columbia at the 2001 IAAF World Championships Marathon, finishing 32nd.

The 39-year-old ran his personal best of 2:16:48 in his debut at the 2000 Country Music Marathon in Nashville, but he has approached that time in two of his last three marathon outings with a pair of 2:17 performances in 2011.

2012 RACES Dates Race Place Time 04/15/12 39th 2:21:11 03/18/12 Shamrock Half Marathon 6th 1:05:07

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 39th 2:21:11 10/30/11 Pan American Games Marathon 2nd 2:17:13 04/18/11 Marathon 18th 2:17:54 05/25/09 Los Angeles Marathon 10th 2:20:38 04/13/08 Rotterdam Marathon 22nd 2:19:22 01/29/06 Miami Marathon 4th 2:21:04 04/24/04 Country Music Marathon 7th 2:18:49 08/09/03 Pan American Games Marathon 3rd 2:21:48 08/03/01 IAAF World Championships Marathon 32nd 2:26:13

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SHAMI DAWIT JEFFREY EGGLESTON Birthdate: July 16, 1984 Birthdate: October 1, 1984 Citizenship: Ethiopia Citizenship: Agent: Gianni Demadonna Resides: Flagstaff, AZ Sponsor: Adidas Height: 5’9” Weight: 125 lbs. Coach: Self Agent: Self Sponsor: Brooks Twitter: @jde66leston PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:05:42 (Dubai, 2012) PERSONAL RECORDS Half Marathon 1:00:44 (Olomouc, 2011) Marathon 2:13:12 (Duluth, 2011) Half Marathon 1:03:54 (San Francisco, 2012) CAREER OVERVIEW Dawit made a huge breakthrough in January as he carved more than four minutes CAREER OVERVIEW of his marathon personal best to finish seventh in a historically fast race in Dubai. Eggleston has been busy in 2012 with three marathons already in the books, each Just three months later, he dipped under the 2:06 barrier again, winning the one faster than the last. He won The Woodlands Marathon in March, was runner-up at Marathon in a course record time of 2:05:58. The Marathon the Pittsburgh Marathon in May, and less than a month later he was one second off will be his first appearance at a event. his personal best in San Diego. In June, he ran a personal best at the San Francisco Half Marathon. 2012 RACES Date Race Place Time After a solid marathon debut in 2010, he won the 2011 Pittsburgh Marathon despite 04/29/12 1st 2:05:58 starting the race as a rabbit for other elite runners. A month later, he ran his current 01/27/12 7th 2:05:42 personal best of 2:13:12 at Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN.

CAREER MARATHONS This year will mark his first appearance at the Bank of America . As Date Race Place Time a member of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in 2008, he finished third at the 04/29/12 Hamburg Marathon 1st 2:05:58 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K in Chicago. 01/27/12 Dubai Marathon 7th 2:05:42 10/16/11 Marathon 2nd 2:09:51 A high mileage athlete, he averages 125 miles per week, with a peak of 150 weekly 03/20/11 3rd 2:09:42 miles and a long run of 50K (31 miles). 10/10/10 Carpi Marathon 3rd 2:09:50 03/21/10 Rome Marathon 8th 2:12:36 PERSONAL 11/08/09 Cannes Marathon 7th 2:14:09 Eggleston was a 2010 RRCA Roads Scholar. He is a part-time cataloger at the Flagstaff Public Library, and he enjoying cooking with his girlfriend, hiking, reading and homebrewing in his free time.

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2012 RACES JIMMY GRABOW Date Race Place Time Birthdate: September 20, 1984 nd 08/19/12 America’s Finest City Half Marathon 2 1:04:57 Citizenship: United States st 07/29/12 San Francisco Half Marathon 1 1:03:54 Resides: Springs, CA th 06/03/12 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon 8 2:13:13 Height: 5’ 7” nd 05/06/12 Pittsburgh Marathon 2 2:14:26 Weight: 120 lbs. th 03/31/12 10K 9 30:03 Coach: Jim Roldan st 03/03/12 The Woodlands Marathon 1 2:15:42 Agent: J.T. Service nd 02/04/12 All-America City 10K 2 29:56 Sponsor: Adidas

CAREER MARATHONS PERSONAL RECORDS Date Race Place Time Marathon 2:12:29 (, 2012) 06/03/12 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon 8th 2:13:13 Half Marathon 1:03:37 (Huntington Beach, 2011) 05/06/12 Pittsburgh Marathon 2nd 2:14:26 10,000m 28:35.29 03/03/12 The Woodlands Marathon 1st 2:15:42 5,000m 13:44.04 10/30/11 Pan American Games Marathon DNF 09/04/11 IAAF World Championships Marathon 39th 2:23:33 CAREER OVERVIEW 06/18/11 Grandma’s Marathon 5th 2:13:12 Grabow was impressive in his marathon debut at the U.S. Olympic Trials with a top 05/15/11 Pittsburgh Marathon 1st 2:16:40 10 finish in 2:12:29, the 12th fastest American debut of all-time. The nine athletes 10/03/10 Twin Cities Marathon 2nd 2:14:09 who finished in front of him were all previous Olympians and/or U.S. national team 01/17/10 Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon 6th 2:14:32 members. Grabow punched his ticket to the Trials with a victory at the 2011 Surf City Half Marathon in 1:03:37.

He is a world record holder of sorts, as part of the 13-member world record-setting centipede team at the 2012 Bay to Breakers 12K.

PERSONAL Grabow is a graduate of California State University-Long Beach, where he currently works as an academic counsler.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 06/16/12 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon 13th 1:04:53 05/06/12 Orange County Half Marathon 1st 1:06:20 03/11/12 Gate River Run 15K 19th 46:42 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 10th 2:12:29

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 10th 2:12:29

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JASON GUTIERREZ TAKASHI HORIGUCHI Birthdate: May 8, 1984 Birthdate: September 26, 1979 Citizenship: Columbia Citizenship: Resides: Bogota, Colombia Resides: Sayama City, Japan Agent: Luis Posso Height: 5’5” Club Affiliation: Porvenir Weight: 115 Coach: Kiyoshi Akimoto, Satoshi Ogawa Sponsor: Honda

PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:13:24 (Los Angeles, 2011) Marathon 2:09:16 (Otsu, 2012) Half Marathon 1:05:57 (Medellin, 2010) Half Marathon 1:02:32 (Marugame, 2002) 10,000m 28:07.57 (Yokohama, 2007) CAREER OVERVIEW Gutierrez was leading the 2009 Long Beach Marathon until mile 23.5 when his body CAREER OVERVIEW began to shut down. He walked/jogged home in 2:30:21, still good for third place. In Horiguchi debuted with a solid 2:12:06 in 2003, but as of 2011, he had only improved 2010, he redeemed himself with a victory there in 2:19:41. The following spring he his time by a single second, until this spring when the 33-year-old ran a nearly three- ran a big PR at the L.A. Marathon, finishing fifth in 2:13:24, and he turned in a solid minute personal best at the . He cracked the top 10 in Chicago performance at the Rotterdam Marathon in April. last fall, and this year is looking to break the 2:09 barrier.

2012 RACES PERSONAL Date Race Place Time In his free time he likes relaxing at home with his wife, Sakoto, and playing with his 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 14th 2:15:45 four-year-old son. Last year, he was captivated by the view from the top of the Hancock Building, and he plans to capture the same view again this year. CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 2012 RACES 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 14th 2:15:45 Date Race Place Time 03/20/11 Los Angeles Marathon 5th 2:13:24 07/01/12 Sapporo International Half Marathon 23rd 1:04:27 10/17/10 Long Beach Marathon 1st 2:19:41 05/13/12 Sendai International Half Marathon 5th 1:04:15 04/24/10 Country Music Marathon 5th 2:18:43 03/04/12 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon 7th 2:09:16 10/18/09 Long Beach Marathon 3rd 2:30:21 CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 03/04/12 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon 7th 2:09:16 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 9th 2:14:48 02/27/11 Marathon 10th 2:12:05 02/17/05 7th 2:16:08 09/28/04 BMW Marathon 31st 2:19:43 02/16/04 Tokyo Marathon 16th 2:13:24 02/02/03 Los Angeles Marathon 5th 2:12:06

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HIROKI KADOTA TSEGAYE KEBEDE Birthdate: May 1, 1985 Birthdate: January 15, 1987 Citizenship: Japan Citizenship: Ethiopia Resides: Tokyo, Japan Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Height: 5’8” Height: 5’3” Weight: 120 lbs. Weight: 108 lbs. Coach: Tadashi Otokita Coach: Getaneh Tessema Sponsor: Kanebo Cosmetics, Inc. Agent: Valentijn Trouw Sponsor: Nike PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:12:25 (Oita, 2012) PERSONAL RECORDS Half Marathon 1:02:35 (Marugame, 2011) Marathon 2:05:18 (, 2009) Half Marathon 59:35 (Ras al Khaimah, 2008) CAREER OVERVIEW 10K 27:57 (, 2012) In his debut at the Beppu-Oita Marathon in February, Kadota passed halfway with a share of the lead in 1:04:38. He slowed during the second half, but managed a solid CAREER OVERVIEW time of 2:12:25, good for seventh place. He is aiming for a 2:10 in Chicago. Kebede returns to Chicago where he was involved in what many consider to be one of the greatest showdowns in marathon history, when he engaged in a seesaw battle 2012 RACES with the late Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya, falling just short of beating the 2008 Olympic Date Race Place Time champion in what would turn out to be Wanjiru’s final competition. 04/21/12 Hyogo Relay Carnival 10,000m 19th 29:26.85 02/02/12 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon 7th 2:12:25 Kebede has a pair of bronze medals from the 2008 Olympic and 2009 World Championship marathons. He has placed in the top three in 10 of his last 11 CAREER MARATHONS marathon finishes. Date Race Place Time 02/02/12 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon 7th 2:12:25 In April, he placed third at the Marathon, but was passed over for selection to the Ethiopian Olympic team, despite his consistent record of top international finishes at the marathon distance.

PERSONAL Kebede is the fifth of 13 children. He was raised in poverty in Gerar Ber, a town 25 miles north of Addis Ababa. As a young boy, he collected firewood to sell and herded livestock, earning $.30 USD per day to pay for his own education and food. He began running at the age of eight, and completed his first half marathon in Addis Ababa in 2006.

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2012 RACES BERNARD KIPYEGO Date Race Place Time Birthdate: July 16, 1986 05/20/12 BUPA 10K 3rd 27:56 Citizenship: Kenya 04/22/12 Virgin 3rd 2:06:52 Resides: Eldoret, Kenya 02/17/12 Ras al Khaimah Half Marathon 10th 1:02:34 Height: 5’7” Weight: 110 lbs. CAREER MARATHONS Coach: Patrick Sang Date Race Place Time Agent: Michel Boeting 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 3rd 2:06:52 Sponsor: Adidas 11/06/11 ING Marathon 3rd 2:07:14 th 04/17/11 Virgin London Marathon 5 2:07:48 PERSONAL RECORDS nd 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2 2:06:43 Marathon 2:06:29 (Chicago, 2011) st 04/25/10 Virgin London Marathon 1 2:05:19 Half Marathon 59:10 (Rotterdam, 2009) rd 08/22/09 IAAF World Championships Marathon 3 2:08:35 10,000m 26:59.61 (Brussels, 2007) 12/06/09 Fukuoka International Marathon 1st 2:05:18 nd 04/26/09 Virgin London Marathon 2 2:05:20 CAREER OVERVIEW st 12/07/08 Fukuoka International Marathon 1 2:06:10 Bernard Kipyego finished third at the 2011 Bank of America Chicago Marathon in a rd 08/24/08 Marathon 3 2:10:00 personal best 2:06:29. He matched that finish this spring in Boston, though his time st 04/06/08 Paris International Marathon 1 2:06:40 was slowed by the unseasonably warm conditions there. 10/21/07 Marathon 8th 2:08:16 st 06/10/07 Marathon 1 2:15:34 Kipyego won a silver medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2009, and his 59:10 half marathon personal best ranks among the top 20 all-time.

PERSONAL Kipyego and his wife, Esilyne, have four children. He is an avid soccer fan and roots for Manchester United.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 3rd 2:13:13 02/17/12 RAK Half Marathon 4th 1:01:29

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 3rd 2:13:13 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 3rd 2:06:29 04/10/11 Paris Marathon 2nd 2:07:16 09/26/10 BMW 6th 2:08:50 04/11/10 Rotterdam Marathon 5th 2:07:01

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OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS MICHAEL KIPYEGO Date Race Place Time Birthdate: October 2, 1983 10/11/09 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2nd 59:59 Citizenship: Kenya 08/17/09 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 5th 27:18.47 Resides: Eldoret, Kenya 03/30/08 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12k 10th 35:24 Height: 5’6” 03/24/07 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 3rd 36:37 Weight: 130 lbs. 03/20/05 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships 8K 2nd 24:00 Coach: Patrick Sang Agent: Michel Boeting Sponsor: Adidas

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:06:48 (Eindhoven, 2011) Half Marathon 1:02:08 (Lille, 2011)

CAREER OVERVIEW Michael Kipyego’s brief marathon career has been a successful one, with a personal best of 2:06:48 set in Eindhoven last fall, and a victory at the Tokyo Marathon in February, beating the great in the process. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be his fourth 42K race and his first appearance at a World Marathon Majors event.

Kipyego is an accomplished steeplechaser, having won the 2002 Junior World title and owning a personal best of 8:08.48 set in 2009. He has also finished among the top 10 at the World Cross Country Championships in both the short and long course events.

He trains among the elite company of Olympic Marathon gold medalist , London Marathon champion Emmanuel Mutai, and fellow Chicago Marathon competitor Bernard Kipyego.

PERSONAL His younger sister won the silver medal in the 10,000m at the 2012 Olympics. He is married with two children, ages seven and two. Kipyego was inspired to be a professional runner by three-time world champion steeplechaser , who was from his village.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 02/26/12 Tokyo International Marathon 1st 2:07:37

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CAREER MARATHONS SAMMY KITWARA Date Race Place Time Birthdate: November 26, 1986 st 02/26/12 Tokyo International Marathon 1 2:07:37 Citizenship: Kenya rd 10/09/11 3 2:06:48 Resides: Eldoret, Kenya th 04/10/11 Rotterdam Marathon 6 2:11:03 Height: 5’9” Weight: 115 lbs. OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Coach: Moses Kiptanui Date Race Place Time Agent: Frans Denissen th 03/24/07 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 6 37:04 Sponsor: Adidas 08/23/03 IAAF World Championships 3,000m 9th 8:14.99 th 03/29/03 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 4K 4 11:18 PERSONAL RECORDS st 07/20/02 IAAF Junior World Championships 3,000m Steeplechase 1 8:29.54 Half Marathon 58:48 (Philadelphia, 2011) 10K 27:11 (Utrecht, 2010)

CAREER OVERVIEW Kitwara is a Kenyan police officer by trade who did not take up running until 2007, but just two years later he was winning major road races including the Bay to Breakers 12K in San Francisco, the World’s Best 10K in Puerto Rico, and the in Atlanta.

He is a half marathon specialist with victories at Pier-City-Pier and Rotterdam. He was the bronze medalist at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2009, and last September, he finished second at the Philadelphia Half Marathon in 58:58, ranking him fifth on the all-time list.

He attempted his first marathon in Rotterdam this spring, but dropped out at 30K after passing halfway with the lead pack in 1:01:38.

PERSONAL Kitwara is married with a two-year-old son. Outside of running he is a fan of volleyball, and he enjoys playing pool biljart (billiards) to relax.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/29/12 Bogotá Half Marathon 6th 1:05:13 07/04/12 Peachtree Road Race 10K 8th 28:24 05/27/12 Abraham Rosa International 10K 2nd 28:57 05/20/12 Bay to Breakers 12K 1st 34:41

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Date Race Place Time KOJI KOBAYASHI 02/26/12 World’s Best 10K 1st 28:02 Birthdate: January 16, 1989 Citizenship: Japan CAREER MARATHONS Resides: Gunma, Japan Date Race Place Time Height: 5’7” 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon DNF Weight: 120 lbs. Coach: Wataru Okutani OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Sponsor: Subaru Date Race Place Time nd 09/18/11 Philadelphia Half Marathon 2 58:48 PERSONAL RECORDS th 10/16/10 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 10 1:01:59 Marathon 2:12:52 (Nobeoka, 2012) rd 10/11/09 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 3 1:00:22 Half Marathon 1:03:17 (Tachikawa, 2010) 09/13/09 Rotterdam Half Marathon 1st 58:58 CAREER OVERVIEW In his debut at the Nobeoka Marathon in February, Kobayashi hung with the leaders through 30K and was on 2:10 course record pace until late, but he faltered in the final 10K. He still managed a fine debut of 2:12:52, good for fourth place.

He logs high mileage with Team Subarau, peaking at 185 miles per week with a long run of up to 40 miles. He’s aiming for a 2:10 performance in Chicago.

PERSONAL A big sports fan, he enjoys soccer, baseball and table tennis.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 02/12/12 Nobeoka Marathon 4th 2:12:52

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 02/12/12 Nobeoka Marathon 4th 2:12:52

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LABAN KORIR WESLEY KORIR Birthdate: December 30, 1985 Birthdate: November 15, 1982 Citizenship: Kenya Citizenship: Kenya Resides: Kaptagat, Kenya Resides: Louisville, KY Height: 5’3” Height: 5’8” Weight: 110 lbs. Weight: 120 lbs. Coach: Patrick Sang Coach: Ron Mann Agent: Agent: Karen Locke Sponsor: Nike Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:06:05 (Amsterdam, 2011) Marathon 2:06:15 (Chicago, 2011) Half Marathon 1:00:38 (Ostia, 2012) Half Marathon 1:01:19 (New York City, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW CAREER OVERVIEW Laban Korir’s 2:06:05 performance at the 2011 was, at Wesley Korir will be running the Bank of America Chicago Marathon for the fifth that time, the third-fastest debut of all-time. In February, during his build-up for the consecutive year. In 2008, he started with the masses five minutes after the elite race Boston Marathon, he ran a half marathon personal best of 1:00:38 to finish fifth yet managed to run the fourth fastest time of the day. He came back the following year in Rome-Ostia. In Boston, he managed a sixth place finish, just missing a World and finished sixth overall, then placed fourth in 2010, and had a major breakthrough Marathon Majors point, through his time was slowed significantly due to the warm in 2011, finishing as the runner-up in a personal best 2:06:15. racing conditions. He is a two-time winner of the Los Angeles Marathon, and this past spring, he won a 2012 RACES tactical race in challenging conditions at the Boston Marathon, coming from nearly a Date Race Place Time minute behind the leader with five miles to go. 02/26/12 Rome-Ostia Half Marathon 5th 1:00:38 Korir was an All-American at the University of Louisville under Coach Ron Mann, who CAREER MARATHONS still coaches him to this day. Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 6th 2:15:29 PERSONAL 10/16/11 Amsterdam Marathon 2nd 2:06:05 Korir says that his competitive running career started when his mom used to send him to the store on foot and she would time how long it took him to get back. He is OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS married to Canadian distance runner Tarah McKay. They have a two-year-old daughter, Date Race Place Time McKayLA, whose last name is a combination of Tarah’s last name (McKay) and LA, for 03/28/10 6th 1:01:03 his victories at the L.A. Marathon. He is the founder of the Kenyan Kids Foundation, through which he helps finance education for high school students in Kenya, as well as the construction of a hospital in his village. Outside of running, his favorite sport is soccer and he supports Manchester United.

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2012 RACES TAKESHI KUMAMOTO Date Race Place Time Birthdate: January 6, 1984 st 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 1 2:12:40 Citizenship: Japan th 03/18/12 NYC Half Marathon 4 1:01:19 Resides: Aichi, Japan Height: 5’7” CAREER MARATHONS Weight: 117 lbs. Date Race Place Time Coach: Toshinobu Sato st 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 1 2:12:40 Sponsor: Toyota 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2nd 2:06:15 th 03/20/11 Los Angeles Marathon 4 2:13:23 PERSONAL RECORDS th 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 4 2:08:44 Marathon 2:10:13 (Tokyo, 2012) st 03/21/10 Los Angeles Marathon 1 2:09:19 Half Marathon 1:02:29 (Yamaguchi, 2007) th 10/11/09 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 6 2:10:38 10,000m 29:12.85 (Yokohama, 2003) 05/25/09 Los Angeles Marathon 1st 2:08:24 st 10/12/08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Open Race) 1 2:13:53 CAREER OVERVIEW After a less than stellar debut at the Sapporo Marathon in 2011, Kumamoto improved his time by more than eight minutes to finish ninth at the Tokyo Marathon in February.

He is a member of Team Toyota. His weekly training mileage peaks at 185 and his longest training run is 28 miles. His favorite event is the New Year Ekiden in Japan because he enjoys the team aspect.

PERSONAL This is Kumamoto’s first trip to Chicago and he’s looking forward to practicing his English skills. He is married with two children, including a newborn, and enjoys playing with his children in his spare time.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 02/26/12 Tokyo International Marathon 9th 2:10:13

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 02/26/12 Tokyo International Marathon 9th 2:10:13 08/28/11 Sapporo Marathon 6th 2:18:41

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CRAIG LEON Date Race Place Time th Birthdate: November 8, 1984 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 26 2:15:42 Citizenship: United States Resides: Eugene, OR CAREER MARATHONS Height: 5’7” Date Race Place Time th Weight: 120 lbs. 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 26 2:15:42 th Coach: Andy Downin 10/03/10 Twin Cities Marathon 10 2:18:28 st Agent: Self 05/02/10 Eugene Marathon 1 2:23:15 Sponsor: Mizuno/Team Run Eugene Twitter: @CLeonRun

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:15:42 (Houston, 2012) Half Marathon 1:04:52 (Philadelphia, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW Leon has steadily improved his marathon performance over the past two years from his 2:23:15 debut in 2010, to his solid showing of 2:15:42 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in January. He’ll be looking for another personal best in Chicago.

He resides in Eugene, OR, where he attends law school at the University of Oregon and trains as a member of Team Run Eugene. He averages 115 miles per week in training with a peak mileage week of 135 miles.

PERSONAL Born and raised in northwest Ohio, Leon attended Ohio University. He is an avid Chicago Bulls fan and looks forward to eating Giordano’s pizza after the race.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 08/12/12 7 Mile 22nd 34:40 06/16/12 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon (U.S. Championship) 28th 1:06:06 05/19/12 Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland Half Marathon 5th 1:07:49 05/12/12 River Bank Run 25K (U.S. Championship) 7th 1:17:23 04/29/12 Eugene Half Marathon 1st 1:05:35 04/01/12 Sac-Town 10 Mile 5th 49:35 03/25/12 Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon 3rd 1:06:08 03/10/12 Gate River Run 15K (U.S. Championship) 18th 46:41

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FEYISA LILESA Date Race Place Time rd Birthdate: February 1, 1990 03/18/12 NYC Half Marathon 3 1:00:45 th Citizenship: Ethiopia 02/17/12 RAK Half Marathon 5 1:01:52 st Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 01/15/12 Houston Half Marathon 1 59:22 Height: 6’0” Weight: 115 lbs. CAREER MARATHONS Coach: Haji Adilo Date Race Place Time th Agent: Hussein Makke 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 10 2:08:20 rd Sponsor: Nike 09/04/11 IAAF World Championships Marathon 3 2:10:32 04/10/11 Rotterdam Marathon 7th 2:11:42 rd PERSONAL RECORDS 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 3 2:08:10 th Marathon 2:05:23 (Rotterdam, 2010) 04/11/10 Rotterdam Marathon 4 2:05:23 st Half Marathon 59:22 (Houston, 2012) 01/02/10 Marathon 1 2:08:47 10/26/09 Marathon 1st 2:09:12 CAREER OVERVIEW Just two months after his 20th birthday, Lilesa became the youngest athlete to break OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2:06 in the marathon with a 2:05:23 performance in Rotterdam, which remains his Date Race Place Time th personal best. He has gone on to finish third at the 2010 Bank of America Chicago 03/20/11 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 17 35:13 th Marathon, and he captured the bronze medal at the 2011 IAAF World Championships. 03/28/10 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 25 34:27 th An aggressive front-runner, he was with the leaders this spring at the London Marathon 03/28/09 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 12K 12 35:22 th through 30K—near world record pace—but faded to 10th at the finish. 03/30/08 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships 8K 14 23:18

He kicked off the 2012 season with a victory at the Houston Half Marathon in a personal best 59:22. In July, he was runner-up at the Bogota Half Marathon in 1:03:18, which is run at an altitude of 8,500 feet.

His training group is an all-star cast that includes Boston Marathon champion , Paris Marathon champion , and Tilahun Regassa. He logs upwards of 140 miles per week under coach Haji Adilo.

When asked what he is looking forward to doing while in Chicago, he simply stated, “I want to win the marathon!”

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/29/12 Bogota Half Marathon 2nd 1:03:18 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 10th 2:08:20

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LEVY MATEBO OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Birthdate: November 3, 1989 Date Race Place Time th Citizenship: Kenya 03/30/08 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships 8K 10 23:03 Agent: Gianni Demadonna Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:05:16 (Frankfurt, 2011) Half Marathon 1:00:06 (Nice, 2011) 5,000m 13:03.04 (Heusden, 2008)

CAREER OVERVIEW Matebo is the winner of the 2010 Brussels and 2011 marathons. But his big breakthrough came last fall at the , when he finished runner-up to Wilson Kipsang (who was just four seconds shy of the world record) in 2:05:16.

At the , he was the late leader until Wesley Korir caught him with a mile to go and he once again had to settle for second place. Matebo will have the opportunity to turn the tables on Korir in Chicago.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 05/24/12 BAA 10K 8th 28:46 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 2nd 2:13:06 02/17/12 RAK Half Marathon 8th 1:02:15

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 2nd 2:13:06 10/30/11 Frankfurt Marathon 2nd 2:05:16 03/06/11 1st 2:07:31 11/28/10 La Rochelle Marathon 6th 2:12:06 10/10/10 Brussels Marathon 1st 2:13:30

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YUKI MORIWAKI WILLIAM NARANJO Birthdate: August 25, 1984 Birthdate: August 18, 1978 Citizenship: Japan Citizenship: Colombia Resides: Fukuyama, Japan Resides: Medellin, Colombia Height: 5’7” Agent: Luis Posso Weight: 125 lbs. Club Affiliation: Porvenir Coach: Hiroshi Sakanashi Sponsor: JFE Steel Corporation

PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:11:51 (Oita, 2012) Marathon 2:15:39 (Nashville, 2010) Half Marathon 1:03:38 (Tachikawa, 2005) Half Marathon 1:03:26

CAREER OVERVIEW CAREER OVERVIEW Moriwaki struggled in his first marathon outside of Japan last fall at the Bank of Naranjo won the 2010 Country Music Marathon in Nashville in a personal best America Chicago Marathon, when after passing halfway in 1:08:46, he registered a 2:15:39. He has been a steady marathon performer in the 2:15 to 2:17 range. In finish time of 2:27:33. However, he bounced back considerably with a personal best April, he set out to significantly improve his time at the Rotterdam Marathon, passing of 2:11:51 at the Beppu-Oita Marathon in February, good for fifth place overall. halfway in 1:06:09, but had to settle for another 2:16 performance.

2012 RACES He has twice represented Colombia at the Pan American Games in the 5,000m and Date Race Place Time 10,000m. In 2008, he won his country’s national titles at those distances. 07/01/12 Sapporo International Half Marathon 21st 1:04:11 05/19/12 Chugoku Jitsugyodan Championships 10,000m 4th 28:55.61 2012 RACES 02/05/12 Beppu-Oita Marathon 5th 2:11:51 Date Race Place Time 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 18th 2:16:27 CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time CAREER MARATHONS 02/05/12 Beppu-Oita Marathon 5th 2:11:51 Date Race Place Time 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 45th 2:27:33 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 18th 2:16:27 02/06/11 Beppu-Oita Marathon 6th 2:12:34 09/05/10 Oasis de Montreal Marathon 2nd 2:17:41 02/07/10 Beppu-Oita Marathon 22nd 2:19:30 04/24/10 Country Music Marathon 1st 2:15:39 02/15/09 Nobeoka Marathon 5th 2:16:37 04/25/09 Country Music Marathon 5th 2:16:32 04/13/08 Rotterdam Marathon 26th 2:21:32

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Date Race Place Time 07/27/07 Pan American Games 10,000 7th 29:13.93 07/23/07 Pan American Games 5,000m 7th 13:56.45 08/07/03 Pan American Games 10,000m 6th 30:13.26

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SAMUEL NDUNGU DREW POLLEY Birthdate: April 4, 1988 Birthdate: November 12, 1985 Citizenship: Kenya Citizenship: United States Resides: Aichi, Japan Resides: Rochester Hills, MI Height: 5’5” Height: 6’0” Weight: 115 lbs. Weight: 150 lbs. Coach: Taisuke Kodama Coach: Keith and Kevin Hanson Sponsor: Aichi Steel Corporation Agent: Keith and Kevin Hanson Sponsor: Brooks-Hansons Distance Project PERSONAL RECORDS Twitter: @Drewmors Marathon 2:07:04 (Otsu, 2012) Half Marathon 1:00:55 (Marugame, 2011) PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:14:58 (Houston, 2010) CAREER OVERVIEW Half Marathon 1:05:38 (Seattle, 2010) Ndungu has been a consistent half marathon performer registering times of 1:01:17, 1:01:29, 1:01:19, 1:00:55, and 1:01:57 in each of the last five years, respectively. CAREER OVERVIEW After serving as a pacemaker the year before and despite modest personal bests of Since joining the Michigan-based Brooks-Hansons Distance Project in 2010, 13:28.44 for 5,000m and 27:48.03 for 10,000m, he was the surprise winner in his Polley has taken his marathon time from 2:20:59 to 2:14:58, which he ran debut at the Lake Biwa Marathon in Otsu, running 2:07:04 in cold, rainy conditions. at the U.S. Olympic Trials in January. He’ll be looking for another sizeable improvement in his first appearance at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Based in Japan, he joined Team Aichi Seiko in 2007. He follows a high mileage training program, averaging 180 miles per week and peaking at more than 200 miles He is a graduate of State University, where he earned a degree in civil in a week. He is married with one child, and enjoys listening to music. engineering.

2012 RACES 2012 RACES Date Race Place Time Date Race Place Time 05/20/12 Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon 2nd 1:01:57 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 21st 2:14:58 05/13/12 Chubu Jitsugyodan Championships 5000m 3rd 13:46.37 03/04/12 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon 1st 2:07:04 CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time CAREER MARATHONS 04/19/10 Boston Marathon 16th 2:16:36 Date Race Place Time 11/15/09 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon 8th 2:20:59 03/04/12 Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon 1st 2:07:04

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TILAHUN REGASSA OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Birthdate: January 18, 1990 Date Race Place Time th Citizenship: Ethiopia 10/11/09 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 11 1:02:08 Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Height: 5’9” Weight: 110 lbs. Coach: Haji Adilo Agent: Hussein Makke Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Half Marathon 59:19 (Abu Dhabi, 2010) 10,000m 27:18.90 (Hengelo, 2012) 5,000m 13:12.40 (Tangier, 2008)

CAREER OVERVIEW Regassa has been a star on the rise since age 18, when he won the 2008 in 59:36. In 2010, he improved his half marathon time to 59:19 with a victory at the Zayed International Half Marathon in Abu Dhabi. He dominated the U.S. road circuit in 2009 with victories at the Falmouth Road Race, Cooper River Bridge Run, Monument Ave. 10K, and 10K. This summer, he added the Crazy 8s 8K and Utica Boilermaker 15K to his list of U.S. road wins.

Regassa was a pacemaker at the 2011 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, taking the leaders through 30K in 1:29:25 (2:06 marathon pace). He’s back in Chicago for his first full marathon attempt.

He trains with coach Haji Adilo and a group of all-star marathoners including Boston Marathon champion Deriba Merga, Paris Marathon champion Tadese Tola, and World Championship bronze medalist Feyisa Lilesa.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/14/12 Crazy 8s 8K 1st 22:15 07/08/12 Utica Boilermaker 15K 1st 43:01 07/04/12 Peachtree Road Race 10K 6th 28:12 06/09/12 Lille Métropole 5,000m 8th 13:21.01 05/27/12 FBK Games 10,000m 6th 27:18.90 01/15/12 Houston Half Marathon 2nd 1:01:28

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DATHAN RITZENHEIN setting the American record in the 5,000m, running a personal best in the 10,000m at Birthdate: December 30, 1982 the World Track & Field Championships, and winning a bronze medal at the IAAF World Citizenship: United States Half Marathon Championships with the second fastest time ever by an American. Resides: Beaverton, OR Height: 5’8” A member of the Nike Oregon Project based in Beaverton, OR, his training partners Weight: 120 lbs. include Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion of Great Britain and Coach: 10,000m silver medalist of the U.S. He averages 110 miles per week in Agent: Dan Lilot training, with a peak mileage week of 120 miles and a long run of 28 miles. Sponsor: Nike Twitter: @djritzenhein PERSONAL Ritzenhein’s wife, Kalin, was also a standout runner in Rockford, MI and at the University of Colorado. They have two children, ages five and two. Besides running, he PERSONAL RECORDS enjoys playing golf. Marathon 2:09:55 (Houston, 2012) Half Marathon 1:00:00 (Birmingham, 2009) 2012 RACES 10,000m 27:22.28 (Berlin, 2009) Date Race Place Time 5,000m 12:56.27 (Zurich, 2009) 08/04/12 Olympic Games 10,000m 13th 27:45.89 07/13/12 London Grand Prix 5,000m 5th 13:15.91 CAREER OVERVIEW 06/22/12 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000m 3rd 27:36.09 Ritzenhein is a three-time U.S. Olympian and former American record holder in the 06/08/12 Portland Track Festival 5,000m (Heat 2) 1st 13:58.68 5,000m. He ran a personal best 2:09:55 at U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in January, 06/08/12 Portland Track Festival 5,000m (Heat 1) 1st 13:19.78 but finished one place shy of qualifying for the Olympic squad. He then turned his 05/27/12 FBK Games 10,000m 12th 27:50.82 focus to the Track & Field Trials, where he booked his ticket to the London Olympics 05/18/12 USATF High Performance Meet 5000m 4th 13:14.72 with a third place finish in the 10,000m. The 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 04/06/12 Stanford Invitational 10,000m 1st 28:21.48 marks his first appearance in Chicago, where he’s hoping to significantly lower his 03/18/12 NYC Half Marathon 15th 1:01:52 personal best. 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 4th 2:09:55 A high school prodigy growing up in Rockford, MI, Ritzenhein won back-to-back Foot CAREER MARATHONS Locker National Cross Country titles in 1999 and 2000, and he was the bronze Date Race Place Time medalist at the 2000 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships, becoming only 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 4th 2:09:55 the second American to medal at that event. While at the University of Colorado, he 11/07/10 ING 8th 2:12:33 helped his team to the 2001 NCAA Cross Country title, and captured the individual 04/26/09 London Marathon 11th 2:10:00 title in 2003. 08/24/08 Olympic Games Marathon 9th 2:11:59 11/03/07 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 2nd 2:11:07 He ran 2:14:01 at his highly anticipated debut at the 2006 New York City Marathon. 11/05/06 ING New York City Marathon 11th 2:14:01 A year later, he finished second at the Olympic Trials Marathon, earning at ticket to Beijing where he finished as the top American in ninth place.

After partnering with coach Alberto Salazar in 2009, Ritzenhein had a career year,

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OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS PATRICK RIZZO Date Race Place Time Birthdate: July 25, 1983 th 08/17/09 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 6 27:22.28 Citizenship: United States th 08/27/07 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 9 28:28.59 Resides: Boulder, CO rd 10/11/09 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 3 1:00:00 Height: 5’9” rd 03/25/01 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships 8K 3 25:46 Weight: 130 lbs. Coach: Brad Hudson Agent: Brendan Reilly Sponsor: Mizuno Twitter: @RunPRizzo

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:13:42 (Houston, 2012) Half Marathon 1:04:20 (Duluth, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW Rizzo is a Chicago area native who was a star runner at Schaumburg High School and an NCAA All-American at North Central College in Naperville. He spent five years as a member of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Michigan before relocating to Boulder, CO and joining a group of athletes coached by Brad Hudson. He averages 125 miles per week in training, with a peak weekly mileage of 150 miles.

He has been a steady marathon performer, gradually improving his time from 2:20:12 in his debut at the 2006 Chicago Marathon to 2:13:42 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in January. He represented Team USA at the 2011 Pan American Games Marathon, finishing as the top American in eighth place.

PERSONAL Prior to competing in the Chicago Marathon, Rizzo volunteered at the event for several years with his high school cross country team. He is partially deaf, suffering permanent damage to his hearing in 1999 due to an allergic reaction.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 08/19/12 Heart & Sole Half Marathon 3rd 1:08:01 08/05/12 Colorado 10K Championships 2nd 29:48 06/17/12 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon (U.S. Championship) 8th 1:04:20 05/28/12 Bolder Boulder 10K 17th 31:38

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Date Race Place Time PATRICK SMYTH 05/20/12 Colorado Half Marathon 1st 1:08:08 Birthdate: August 6, 1986 04/01/12 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 8th 49:14 Citizenship: United States 03/11/12 Gate River Run 15K (U.S. Championship) 25th 47:40 Resides: Salt Lake City, UT 03/04/12 Colorado 10 Mile Championships 2nd 51:05 Height: 5’11” 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 13th 2:13:42 Weight: 130 lbs. Coach: Terrance Mahon CAREER MARATHONS Agent: Daniel Lilot Date Race Place Time Sponsor: Nike 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 13th 2:13:42 Twitter: @PatrickGSmyth 10/30/11 Pan American Games Marathon 8th 2:21:58 th 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 13 2:16:12 PERSONAL RECORDS th 10/11/09 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 10 2:15:48 Marathon 2:15:00 (Houston, 2012) th 04/20/09 Boston Marathon 15 2:17:05 Half Marathon 1:02:01 (Houston, 2010) th 11/03/07 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 26 2:18:30 10,000m 28:25.85 (Palo Alto, 2009) 10/22/06 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 35th 2:20:12 CAREER OVERVIEW After dropping out of his marathon debut in London, Smyth ran a solid 2:15:00 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in January. With a feel for the full 26.2-mile distance, he’ll be looking for a significant improvement in Chicago. He has competed well over 13.1 miles, with a pair of 1:02 performances and podium finishes at the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Half Marathon Championships in Houston.

A native of Salt Lake City, where he is currently based, he attended the University of Notre Dame in nearby South Bend, IN, where he was a NCAA All-American in cross country and track.

Smyth is coached by Terrance Mahon and trains with the Mammoth Track Club. He is coming off a stress fracture to his hip socket sustained in March of this year.

PERSONAL Smyth was inspired to run by his sister, Kathleen, who earned a scholarship to Boston College. He’s a bit of a coffee connoisseur, and has a particular fondness for Chicago- based roaster Intelligentsia. Outside of running, he has a recently discovered passion for racquetball.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/24/12 Deseret Morning News 10K 1st 28:42

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Date Race Place Time CARLOS TRUJILLO nd 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 22 2:15:00 Birthdate: July 17, 1985 Citizenship: United States CAREER MARATHONS Resides: Boise, ID Date Race Place Time Height: 5’7” nd 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 22 2:15:00 Weight: 125 lbs. 04/17/11 Virgin London Marathon DNF Coach: Brad Hudson Agent: Caroline Bierbaum LeFrak OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Sponsor: Adidas Date Race Place Time 01/17/11 U.S. Half Marathon Championships 3rd 1:02:32 PERSONAL RECORDS 01/29/10 U.S. Half Marathon Championships 2nd 1:02:01 Marathon 2:20:56 (Houston, 2012) 03/28/10 IAAF World Cross country Championships 12K 35th 34:51 Half Marathon 1:03:51 (Seattle, 2011) 10,000m 28:15.94 (Palo Alto, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW Trujillo ran for the University of Oregon where he was the 2008 PAC 10 champion in the 10,000m. He qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon with a victory at the 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Half Marathon in 1:03:51. He struggled in his debut at the Trials, but in a 2012 season where he has improved his personal best in the 10,000m, he’ll be looking for a major improvement in Chicago.

PERSONAL Trujillo hails from Middleton, Idaho, where he and his twin brother Esteban were both standout runners. Upon arriving at the University of Oregon, the brothers were initially not allowed to walk on to the team. They joined a local running club instead, and when Vin Lananna assumed coaching duties the following year, he accepted them onto the team at the recommendation of their running club coach.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 08/19/12 America’s Finest City Half Marathon 7th 1:08:17 07/04/12 Peachtree Road Race 10K 27th 30:32 06/09/12 Portland Track Festival 5,000m 12th 14:04.45 05/06/12 Lilac Bloomsday Run 10th 35:42 04/29/12 Payton Jordan Cardinal 10,000m 10th 28:15.94 04/01/12 SacTown 10 Mile 2nd 48:07 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 58th 2:20:56

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CAREER MARATHONS DADI YAMI Date Race Place Time Birthdate: January 1, 1982 th 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 58 2:20:56 Citizenship: Ethiopia Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Height: 5’7” Weight: 130 lbs. Coach: Getaneh Tessema Agent: Valentijn Trouw Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:05:41 (Dubai, 2012) Half Marathon 1:02:21 (Dubai, 2012, split)

CAREER OVERVIEW After running his debut last fall, Yami improved by more than five minutes at the historically fast Dubai Marathon in January, placing sixth in 2:05:41. He edged his fellow Ethiopian Shami Dawit in Dubai by one second and the pair went head-to-head again three months later in Hamburg. This time Dawit got the better of him, winning in a course record 2:05:58, while Yami hung on for second in 2:07:01.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/29/12 Hamburg Marathon 2nd 2:07:01 01/27/12 Dubai Marathon 6th 2:05:41

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/29/12 Hamburg Marathon 2nd 2:07:01 01/27/12 Dubai Marathon 6th 2:05:41 10/09/11 Eindhoven Marathon 9th 2:11:04

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DEANNA ARDREY ATSEDE BAYSA Citizenship: United States Birthdate: April 16, 1984 Resides: Boulder, CO Citizenship: Ethiopia Height: 5’6” Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Weight: 113 lbs. Height: 5’3” Coach: Weight: 95 lbs. Agent: Bob Gordon Coach: Getaneh Tessema Twitter: @DeannaArdrey Agent: Valentijn Trouw Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:43:12 (Chicago, 2011) Marathon 2:22:04 (Paris, 2010) Half Marathon 1:08:42 (New Delhi, 2010) 2012 RACES Date Race Place Time CAREER OVERVIEW 07/20/12 West End 3K 3rd 10:03 Baysa is a two-time winner of the Paris Marathon, setting her personal best and a 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 71st 2:44:27 course record there in 2010. At the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, she set a quick pace of 5:20 per mile, passing halfway on sub 2:20 pace, and by 30K she CAREER MARATHONS had built a 28-second lead over eventual champion Liliya Shobukhova of . After Date Race Place Time being overtaken by Shobukhova and despite slowing considerably over the final 10K, 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 71st 2:44:27 she held on to finish runner-up in 2:23:40. 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 12th 2:43:12 05/01/11 Eugene Marathon 9th 2:48:14 At the 2010 Xiamen International Marathon, she became the first non-Chinese athlete to win the women’s race.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 9th 2:25:59

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 9th 2:25:59 08/27/11 IAAF World Championships Marathon 14th 2:31:37 04/17/11 Virgin London Marathon 5th 2:23:49 01/21/11 Dubai Marathon 5th 2:25:08 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2nd 2:23:40 04/11/10 Paris Marathon 1st 2:22:04 01/03/10 Xiamen International Marathon 1st 2:28:53 10/25/09 Frankfurt Marathon 7th 2:32:05

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ADDIE BRACY Date Race Place Time Birthdate: August 4, 1986 08/23/09 IAAF World Championships Marathon 27th 2:36:04 Citizenship: United States 04/05/09 Paris Marathon 1st 2:24:42 Resides: Boulder, CO 01/16/09 Dubai Marathon 9th 2:29:13 Height: 5’3” 09/28/08 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5th 2:35:56 Weight: 105 lbs. 03/16/08 Rome Marathon 5th 2:33:07 Coach: Brad Hudson 10/28/07 Istanbul Eurasia Marathon 1st 2:29:08 Agent: Caroline Bierbaum LeFrak 04/15/07 Rotterdam Marathon 4th 2:33:54 Sponsor: None 11/19/06 Tokyo Women’s Marathon 8th 2:37:48 Twitter: @AddieBracy 06/11/06 Addis Ababa Marathon 1st 2:48:08 th 04/16/06 Nagano Marathon 5 2:39:31 PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:44:34 (Chicago, 2010) OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Half Marathon 1:14:09 (Las Vegas, 2011) Date Race Place Time 10,000m 32:37 th 10/14/07 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 11 1:09:15 5,000m 15:49

CAREER OVERVIEW Addie Bracy is a 2009 graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where she was a NCAA qualifier in the indoor 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase. She ran her marathon debut at the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon with a time of 2:44:34. She had to withdraw from the Olympic Trials Marathon with a stress reaction in her femur, but she returned to compete in the 10,000m at the U.S. Track & Field Trials this summer.

She recently moved from Chapel Hill, NC to join Brad Hudson’s training group in Boulder, CO, which she hopes will lead to a significant improvement in her marathon time.

PERSONAL Outside or running, Addie roots for University of North Carolina Tar Heel basketball, and she enjoys reading and spending time with her boxers, Roscoe and Joni.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 06/22/12 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000m 19th 33:14.12 05/12/12 Virginia Challenge 5,000m 4th 16:13.20 04/29/12 Payton Jordan Invitational 10,000m 4th 33:09.26

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CAREER MARATHONS DEVON CROSBY-HELMS Date Race Place Time Birthdate: June 23, 1982 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 27th 2:44:34 Citizenship: United States Resides: San Francisco, CA Coach: Howard Nippert Agent: None Sponsor: The North Face Twitter: @fastfoodiecooks

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:38:55 (Houston, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW Devon Crosby-Helms enters the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon with a heavy load of racing under her belt in 2012, including a marathon personal best of 2:38:55 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in January. She has since won both the Napa Valley (in a course record time) and San Francisco marathons, and has registered top five finishes at two ultra-marathons, including the 56-mile Comrades Marathon in . Prior to Chicago, she is slated to run the Kauai Marathon in Hawaii on September 2.

She has two U.S. ultra-running titles to her credit—the 2011 USATF 100K and 2010 USATF 50 Mile—and has represented Team USA at the 100K World Championships on three occasions. She competes in distances ranging from the marathon to 100 miles. She cites 50 miles as her favorite distance.

PERSONAL Outside of running she is a certified personal chef who runs her own company, Fast Foodie.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/29/12 San Francisco Marathon 1st 2:44:02 06/03/12 Comrades Marathon (89.3K) 5th 6:39:59 04/07/12 Two Oceans Marathon (56K) 3rd 3:47:30 03/04/12 Napa Valley Marathon 1st 2:39:37 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 36th 2:38:55

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CAREER MARATHONS BELAINESH GEBRE Date Race Place Time Birthdate: December 21, 1987 07/29/12 San Francisco Marathon 1st 2:44:02 Citizenship: Ethiopia 03/04/12 Napa Valley Marathon 1st 2:39:37 Resides: Flagstaff, AZ 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 36th 2:38:55 Height: 5’5” 11/11/11 ING New York City Marathon 21st 2:42:44 Weight: 110 lbs. 03/20/11 Los Angeles Marathon (mixed race) 1st 2:43:32 Agent: Luis Posso 12/07/08 California International Marathon 10th 2:49:52 Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:26:17 (Chicago, 2011) Half Marathon 1:08:51 (Houston, 2012)

CAREER OVERVIEW Belainesh Gebre broke through the 2:30 barrier for the first time at the 2011 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. She won her first marathon at Honolulu in 2010, and has never finished worse than fourth in five career marathon finishes.

She started the year off on a positive note with a half marathon personal best of 1:08:51 in Houston. She was on personal best pace through 30K at the L.A. Marathon in March, but did not finish. She rebounded with a second place showing at the Nagano Marathon a month later.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/08/12 Utica Boilermaker 15K 5th 51:18 07/04/12 Peachtree Road Race 10K 8th 33:49 04/15/12 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon 2nd 2:35:19 03/18/12 L.A. Marathon DNF 01/15/12 Houston Half Marathon 3rd 1:08:51

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/15/12 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon 2nd 2:35:19 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 4th 2:26:17 05/08/11 3rd 2:32:15 01/30/11 4th 2:34:47 12/12/10 1st 2:32:13

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OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS RITA JEPTOO Date Race Place Time Birthdate: February 15, 1981 th 08/19/06 IAAF World Junior Championships 3000m 4 9:10.92 Citizenship: Kenya th 04/01/06 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships 5 Resides: Kapsabet, Kenya th 04/19/05 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships 5 Height: 5’8” Weight: 106 lbs. Coach: Gabriele Rosa Agent: Federico Rosa Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:23:38 (Boston, 2006) Half Marathon 1:07:05 (, 2007)

CAREER OVERVIEW Jeptoo was victorious in her first two marathons in and before graduating to World Marathon Majors competition where she has been a consistent top-five performer. Her crowning achievement came at the , when she ran a personal best of 2:23:38 to win the coveted title over ’s Jelena Prokopcuka by 10 seconds. She was unsuccessful in her title defense the following two years, finishing fourth in 2007 and third in 2008. In that same time span, she also registered a pair of fourth place finishes in New York.

Jeptoo took a maternity break from competition in 2008. She returned in 2011 with top-five finishes at the Rotterdam and Frankfurt marathons. She looks to get back on the podium in her first appearance at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

PERSONAL Jeptoo is married to Noah Busienei, a middle distance runner with the Kenyan Armed Forces. She began her professional running career in and continues to spend much time there because of her interest in fashion.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 6th 2:35:53

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon 6th 2:35:53

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Date Race Place Time LUCY KABUU th 10/30/11 Frankfurt Marathon 5 2:25:44 Birthdate: March 24, 1984 th 04/10/11 Rotterdam Marathon 5 2:28:09 Citizenship: Kenya th 11/02/08 ING New York City Marathon 4 2:27:49 Height: 5’1” rd 04/21/08 Boston Marathon 3 2:26:34 Weight: 95 lbs. th 09/02/07 IAAF World Championships Marathon 7 2:32:03 Agent: Gianni Demadonna th 04/16/07 Boston Marathon 4 2:33:08 Sponsor: Nike 11/05/06 ING New York City Marathon 4th 2:26:59 04/17/06 Boston Marathon 1st 2:23:38 08/14/05 IAAF World Championships Marathon 7th 2:24:22 04/17/05 Marathon 3rd 2:31:50 PERSONAL RECORDS 11/28/04 Milan Marathon 1st 2:28:11 Marathon 2:19:34 (Dubai, 2012) 06/05/04 1st 2:35:14 Half Marathon 1:07:04 (New Delhi, 2011) 10,000m 30:39.96 (Beijing, 2008) OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 5,000m 14:33.49 (Oslo, 2008) Date Race Place Time 10/08/06 IAAF World Championships 20K 3rd 1:03:47 CAREER OVERVIEW 10/03/04 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 14th 1:13:08 Kabuu ran the second-fastest debut marathon in history with her 2:19:34 at Dubai in January. In April, she picked up her first World Marathon Majors point with a fifth place finish at the London Marathon, but that left her two places shy of qualifying for Kenya’s Olympic Marathon squad.

She won a gold and bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. After competing in the 10,000m at the 2008 Olympics, she was sidelined with an Achilles tendon injury and took a subsequent break for maternity. She returned stronger than ever in 2011, winning the , Great Edinburg Run and the New in a personal best 1:07:04.

Kabuu began her competitive running career at the high school level in Japan and was a multi-winner in the 10,000m at the Hyogo Relays (2005-2007).

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 05/18/12 Kenya Police Championships 1,500m 2nd 4:08.0 05/17/12 Kenya Police Championships 5,000m 1st 15:45.8 05/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 5th 2:23:12 01/27/12 Dubai Marathon 2nd 2:19:34

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CAREER MARATHONS WERKNESH KIDANE Date Race Place Time Birthdate: July 7, 1981 05/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 5th 2:23:12 Citizenship: Ethiopia 01/27/12 Dubai Marathon 2nd 2:19:34 Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Height: 5’2” OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Weight: 115 lbs. Date Race Place Time Coach: Kassu Alemayehu 08/15/08 Olympic Games 10,000m 7th 30:39.96 Agent: Mark Wetmore 03/24/06 Commonwealth Games 5,000m 3rd 15:00.20 Sponsor: Adidas 03/21/06 Commonwealth Games 10,000m 1st 31:29.66 th 08/27/04 Olympic Games 10,000m 9 31:05.90 PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:26:15 (Boston, 2011) Half Marathon 1:07:26 (Philadelphia, 2011) 10,000m 30:07.15 (Paris, 2003) 5,000m 14:33.04 (Oslo, 2003)

CAREER OVERVIEW Kidane owns the eighth fastest women’s 10,000m performance of all-time (30:07.15), which she ran at the 2003 Paris World Championships, claiming the silver medal. She is also one of the all-time great cross country runners with eight global medals to her credit, including a pair of golds at the 1999 Junior and 2003 Senior World Championships.

After the 2005 season, she took an extended break from competition to start a family. She returned in 2009 with a focus on the roads. She ran 2:27:15 in her first marathon last year in Dubai. Three months later she improved her time by a minute in Boston.

Her 1:07:26 at the 2011 Philadelphia Half Marathon ranks among the top 30 all-time.

In 2012, Kidane went back to the track, qualifying for her third Olympics in the 10,000m and finishing fourth at the London Games, equaling her result in the same event eight years prior in Athens.

PERSONAL Kidane is married to fellow elite runner Gebre Gebremariam, the 2010 New York City Marathon Champion. They have two children, Nathaniel and Muse. The couple holds the unique distinction of being the world’s fastest husband/wife marathon duo, with a combined personal best time of 4:31:08 (2:04:53 and 2:26:15).

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2012 RACES MARIA KONOVALOVA Date Race Place Time Birthdate: August 14, 1974 th 08/03/12 Olympic Games 10,000m 4 30:39.38 Citizenship: Russia nd 04/01/12 2 15:13 Resides: Irkutsk, Russia Height: 5’11” CAREER MARATHONS Weight: 138 lbs. Date Race Place Time Coach: Yuriy Konovalova th 04/18/11 Boston Marathon 7 2:26:15 Agent: Andrey Baranov th 01/21/11 Dubai Marathon 8 2:27:15 Sponsor: Nike

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS PERSONAL RECORDS Date Race Place Time Marathon 2:23:50 (Chicago, 2010) 08/03/12 Olympic Games 10,000m 4th 30:39.38 Half Marathon 1:10:39 (Chicago, 2010, split) 08/06/05 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 6th 30:32.47 10,000m 30:31.03 (, 2009) 08/27/04 Olympic Games 10,000m 4th 30:28.30 5,000m 14:38.09 (Moscow, 2008) 08/23/03 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 2nd 30:07.15 03/29/03 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 8K 1st 25:53 CAREER OVERVIEW 08/09/01 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 11th 15:29.96 Maria Konovalova was a latecomer to the marathon after a stellar career on the track, 09/25/00 Olympic Games 5,000m 7th 14:47.40 highlighted by a fifth-place finish in the 10,000m at the 2008 Olympics. 08/24/99 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 7th 15:38.12 03/27/99 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships 6K 1st 21:26 After an inauspicious debut at the (16th, 2:35:21), she improved her time by nearly 12 minutes at the 2010 Chicago Marathon (2:23:50) to place third. She followed that with a solid 10th place showing in 2:25:18 at the 2011 London Marathon.

A DNF at the 2011 Chicago Marathon ended Kononvalova’s bid to represent Russia at the 2012 Olympics, and after a sub-par performance this spring at the London Marathon, she’ll be looking to get back on track in Chicago.

PERSONAL Konovalova is a thyroid cancer survivor. Two surgeries in 2000 and 2002 saved her life, but left her with damaged vocal chords.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 15th 2:30:29

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CAREER MARATHONS RENEE METIVIER BAILLIE Date Race Place Time Birthdate: December 25, 1981 04/22/12 Virgin London Marathon 15th 2:30:29 Citizenship: United States 10/09/11 Bank of America Marathon DNF Resides: Bend, OR 04/17/11 Virgin London Marathon 10th 2:25:18 Coach: Austin Baillie 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 3rd 2:23:50 Agent: Ray Flynn 04/25/10 Virgin London Marathon 16th 2:35:21 Sponsor: Nike

OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Date Race Place Time th 08/15/09 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 11 31:26.94 PERSONAL RECORDS th 08/15/08 Olympic Games 10,000m 5 30:35.84 Half Marathon 1:11:51 (Houston, 2010) th 09/01/07 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 11 15:09.71 10K 32:31 (Cape Elizabeth, 2012) th 08/27/99 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 7 14:58.60 5,000m 15:15.78 (Heusden, 2005) 08/12/95 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 6th 15:01.23 CAREER OVERVIEW Metivier Baillie will be running her debut at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. She was an 11-time NCAA All-American at the University of Colorado and a five-time qualifier for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Career highlights include winning the 2005 NCAA Indoor 3,000m title, and the 2010 U.S. Indoor title in the same event. She was also a two-time NCAA Cross Country runner-up in 2001 and 2004.

While she has primarily focused on track and cross country, she ran a promising half marathon at the 2010 USA Championships, finishing fourth in 1:11:51.

She has been having a solid 2012 season, registering a 3,000m personal best of 8:59.39 in February and finishing as the first American and fifth overall at the in August. She competed in the 5,000m at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, but did not advance to the final.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 08/04/12 Beach to Beacon 10K 5th 32:31 06/25/12 U.S. Olympic Trials 5,000m 9th 16:01.47 02/11/12 U.S. Cross Country Championships 8K 4th 27:22

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DOT MCMAHAN Date Race Place Time Birthdate: November 6, 1976 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 17th 2:36:01 Citizenship: United States 04/20/08 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 8th 2:35:02 Resides: Royal Oak, MI 04/16/07 Boston Marathon 17th 2:43:56 Height: 5’6” 10/22/06 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 23rd 2:43:27 Coach: Keith and Kevin Hanson Agent: Keith and Kevin Hanson OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Sponsor: Brooks-Hansons Distance Project Date Race Place Time 10/12/08 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 24th 1:15:14 th PERSONAL RECORDS 10/01/05 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 48 Marathon 2:31:48 (Duluth, 2011) Half Marathon 1:12:57 (Philadelphia, 2011)

CAREER OVERVIEW McMahan was a top 10 finisher at the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon. She ran a personal best of 2:31:48 last year at Grandma’s Marathon. After a maternity break in 2009, she returned to form at the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, finishing 17th overall and 7th American in 2:36:01.

McMahan represented the U.S. at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and the following year launched her marathon career at the 2006 Chicago Marathon.

She’s aiming for a sub 2:30 performance this fall.

PERSONAL McMahan is married and has a three-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she specialized in the 800m on the track.

2012 RACES Dat Race Place Time 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 9th 2:32:16

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 01/14/12 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 9th 2:32:16 06/18/11 Grandma’s Marathon 3rd 2:31:48

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MERIMA MOHAMMED STEPHANIE PEZZULLO Birthdate: June 10, 1992 Birthdate: May 29, 1982 Citizenship: Ethiopia Citizenship: United States Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Resides: Charlotte, NC Height: 5’5” Coach: Mark Hadley Coach: Haji Adilo Agent: Bob Gordon Agent: Hussein Makke Sponsor: Newton Sponsor: Nike Twitter: @pezzpezz

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:23:04 (Toronto, 2010) PERSONAL RECORDS Half Marathon 1:08:36 (New Delhi, 2010) Half Marathon 1:13:12 (Naples, 2012) 3,000m 9:19.00 (Boston, 2006) CAREER OVERVIEW 3,000m Steeplechase 9:56.82 (Los Angeles, 2011) Mohammed’s 2:23:04 at the 2010 Toronto Marathon made her the second-fastest teenage marathon runner, behind ’s Ying-ying Zhang. At the Rotterdam Marathon, CAREER OVERVIEW she was among the pre-race favorites, but fellow Ethiopian ’s 2:18:58 Stephanie Pezzullo rang in the New Year with a victory at the Emerald Nuts Midnight proved to be too much. Mohammed split 1:10:28 through the half and hung on for a Run 4 Mile in New York City. She was victorious again two weeks later at the Naples third place finish in 2:25:48. Daily News Half Marathon in a personal best 1:13:12. Facing stiffer competition at the NYC Half Marathon in March, she finished 20th, two seconds shy of her personal 2012 RACES best. After focusing on shorter distances over the summer, Pezzullo began to ramp up Date Race Place Time for her debut at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon with a half marathon victory 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 3rd 2:25:48 in Providence, RI. 05/27/12 TCS World 10K 9th 33:50 01/07/12 Xiamen International Marathon 3rd 2:31:46 An All-American soccer player in high school, Pezzulo was a four-year starter at Penn State University. She did not begin running competitively until the spring of her senior CAREER MARATHONS year in college when she joined the outdoor track team. After college, she played Date Race Place Time semi-professional soccer for two years in Charlotte, NC, before turning her focus to 04/15/12 Rotterdam Marathon 3rd 2:25:48 running in 2006. However, an accident during a 3,000m steeplechase race forced rd 01/07/12 Xiamen International Marathon 3 2:31:46 her to have reconstructive surgery on her ankle, and she did not resume competitive th 10/30/11 Frankfurt Marathon 4 2:24:32 running until 2009. 05/09/11 Dusseldorf Marathon 1st 2:28:15 09/26/10 Toronto Marathon 3rd 2:23:04 By 2011, Pezzullo was up to full-speed. She had a number of top-10 finishes in major 05/30/10 Ottawa Marathon 1st 2:28:18 U.S. road races, including 6th at the U.S. 5K Championships in Providence, RI; 8th at 11/08/09 Alps-Maritimes-Nice-Cannes Marathon 1st 2:33:56 the U.S. 10K Championships in Boston; 2nd American at the Utica Boilermaker 15K;

and 3rd American at the Peachtree 10K. OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Date Race Place Time 03/20/11 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 8K 15th 26:24 03/28/10 IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships 6K 12th 19:26

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2012 RACES CAROLINE ROTICH Date Race Place Time Birthdate: May 13, 1984 08/19/12 Rock ‘n’ Roll Providence Half Marathon 1st 1:15:17 Citizenship: Kenya 07/08/12 Utica Boilermaker 15K 10th 52:46 Resides: Santa Fe, NM 06/16/12 Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon 9th 1:13:43 Agent: Isaya Okwiya 05/17/12 Medtronic TC Road Mile 10th 4:47.3 Sponsor: Nike 05/13/12 NC State Invite 3000m Steeplechase 1st 10:15.26 04/29/12 Payton Jordon Invitational 10,000m DNF 04/01/12 Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Mile 6th 55:16 th 03/18/12 NYC Half Marathon 20 1:13:14 PERSONAL RECORDS nd 03/03/12 Carolina First Reedy River Run 10K 2 35:10 Marathon 2:24:46 (Boston, 2011) st 01/15/12 Naples Daily News Half Marathon 1 1:13:12 Half Marathon 1:08:52 (New York City, 2011) 01/01/12 Emerald Nuts Midnight Run 4 Mile 1st 21:05 CAREER OVERVIEW This will be Caroline Rotich’s first appearance at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon after registering top-10 finishes in New York the past two autumns. At the she took advantage of ideal conditions to finish fourth in a personal best 2:24:46.

She ran 1:08:52 at the 2011 NYC Half Marathon to establish a new course record and personal best. In her title defense in March, she went out extremely fast (32:43 through 10K), but fell off the pace and finished eighth. In April, she was with the race leaders through 30K of the Boston Marathon but did not finish.

After a debut of 2:49:47 at the 2006 Nairobi Marathon, she improved by 20 minutes at the 2009 Las Vegas Marathon and won the “Battle of the Sexes” race against the men.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 07/28/12 Quad City Times Bix 7-Miler 2nd 36:42 04/16/12 Boston Marathon DNF 03/18/12 NYC Half Marathon 8th 1:10:17

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 04/16/12 Boston Marathon DNF 11/06/11 ING New York City Marathon 7th 2:27:06

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Date Race Place Time FATUMA SADO 08/27/11 IAAF World Championships Marathon 29th 2:37:07 Birthdate: October 11, 1991 04/18/11 Boston Marathon 4th 2:24:46 Citizenship: Ethiopia 11/07/10 ING New York City Marathon 8th 2:29:46 Resides: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 12/06/09 Las Vegas Marathon 1st 2:29:47 Height: 5’5” 10/29/06 Nairobi Marathon 11th 2:49:47 Coach: Haji Adilo Agent: Hussein Maake Sponsor: Nike

PERSONAL RECORDS Marathon 2:25:39 (Los Angeles, 2012) Half Marathon 1:09:02 (Vitry Sur , 2011)

CAREER OVERVIEW Sado has had a successful 2012 campaign thus far with victories at the L.A. Marathon, in a personal best 2:25:39, and Pittsburgh Half Marathon. She also won the 2011 Hamburg Marathon, running 2:28:30, and followed that up with a runner- up performance at the Eurasia Marathon in Istanbul, improving her time to 2:28:01.

Just 20 years old, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon will be her first appearance at a World Marathon Majors event.

2012 RACES Date Race Place Time 05/06/12 Pittsburgh Half Marathon 1st 1:12:43 03/18/12 Los Angeles Marathon 1st 2:25:39

CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time 03/18/12 Los Angeles Marathon 1st 2:25:39 10/16/11 Eurasia Marathon 2nd 2:28:01 05/22/11 Hamburg Marathon 1st 2:28:30 01/15/11 Mumbai Marathon 7th 2:30:20

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LILIYA SHOBUKHOVA she is in training camp she enjoys embroidering as a way to relieve stress and to Birthdate: November 13, 1977 focus on patience and composure. She says that embroidering is very similar to Citizenship: Russia training for a marathon—every stitch you put in compliments the full picture. Resides: Beloretsk, Russia Height: 5’7” 2012 RACES Weight: 112 lbs. Date Race Place Time Coach: Igor Shobukhova 08/05/12 Olympic Games Marathon DNF Agent: Andrey Baranov Sponsor: Nike CAREER MARATHONS Date Race Place Time PERSONAL RECORDS 08/05/12 Olympic Games Marathon DNF st Marathon 2:18:20 (Chicago, 2011) 10/09/11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1 2:18:20 nd Half Marathon 1:09:25* (Chicago, 2010, split) 04/18/11 Virgin London Marathon 2 2:20:15 st 10,000m 30:29.36 (Cheboksary, 2009) 10/10/10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1 2:20:25 st 5,000m 14:23.75 (Kazan, 2008) 04/25/10 Virgin London Marathon 1 2:22:00 10/11/09 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 2:25:56 rd *1:08:55 (Chicago, 2011, second half split) 04/26/09 Virgin London Marathon 3 2:24:24

CAREER OVERVIEW OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Last year, Shobukhova became the first runner to win three consecutive Bank of Date Race Place Time th America Chicago Marathon titles. Her 2:18:20 winning time was an improvement on 08/15/09 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 19 32:42.36 th her own Russian record and made her the second fastest woman of all-time, behind 08/22/08 Olympic Games Beijing 5,000m 6 15:46.62 th . En route she recorded a 1:38:23 split at 30K, a pending world record 10/14/07 IAAF World Half Marathon Championship 25 1:11:35 nd for the distance. This year, she has the opportunity to join as the 09/17/06 IAAF World Cup 5,000m 2 15:05.33 nd only four-time Chicago winners. 08/12/06 European Championships 5,000m 2 14:56.57 03/11/06 IAAF Indoor World Championships 3,000m 2nd 8:42.18 th A two-time World Marathon Majors series champion, and the 2010 London Marathon 08/13/05 IAAF World Championships 5,000m 9 14:47.07 th champion, Shobukhova was one of the favorites for the 2012 Olympic Marathon, but 08/23/04 Olympic Games 5,000m 13 15:15.64 she did not finish due to stomach cramps.

Prior to her marathon debut in 2009, she excelled on the track, and is the former world record holder in the 3,000m, and the current European record holder in the 3,000m and 5,000m. She won a silver medal in the 3,000m at the 2006 IAAF Indoor World Championships.

PERSONAL Shobukhova is a certified fitness coach with a degree in physiology from Bashkirskiy State University. Outside of running he is a fan of tennis, and in her spare time she enjoys cooking, gardening and taking care of her nine-year-old daughter, Anna. When

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