USATF 10 Mile Championships: Men Leonard Korir Age: 30 Date of Birth: December 10, 1986 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,001 Personal Bests 10K Road: 28:09 (2014) 10 Miles: 46:52 (2014) Half-marathon: 1:01:06 (2015) A two-time NCAA champion at Iona College, Leonard Korir became a US citizen in 2016. He represented his new country at the 2016 Olympics, where he placed fourteenth in the 10,000 meters. In 2017, he has won the Peachtree Road Race, the Jacksonville Gate River Run, the Houston Half Marathon, and the US Half Marathon Championships. Tim Ritchie Age: 30 Date of Birth: August 7, 1987 Residence: Boston, MA Bib: 20,002 Personal Bests 10K Road: 28:54 (2017) 10 Miles: 47:19 (2015) Half-marathon: 1:01:23 (2015) Marathon: 2:14:50 (2013) Tim Ritchie has placed in the top-10 at USATF Road Racing Circuit events 17 times, including podium finishes at the 2012 USATF 15K Championships (second), the 2012 USATF 10 Mile Championships (third), the 2013 USATF Half Marathon Championships (third), and the 2014 USATF 15K Championships (third). In 2017, he took fifth at the USATF 20K Championships and fourth at the USATF 25K Championships. He represented the United States at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials. He won the 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon and is a graduate of Boston College. Martin Hehir Age: 24 Date of Birth: December 19, 1992 Residence: Flagstaff, AZ Bib: 20,003 Personal Bests 10,000 meters: 28:08.6 (2017) 15K Road: 45:01 (2016) 10 Miles: 47:48 (2016) Half-marathon: 1:03:46 (2016) 2016 Syracuse University graduate Martin Hehir of Flagstaff’s Hoka One One Northern Arizona Elite burst onto the road racing scene after leading his team to the 2015 NCAA DI Cross Country team title with a sixth-place finish at the 2016 USATF 15K Championships and a third-place finish at the 2016 Cherry Blossom 10-Mile. He finished seventh in the 10,000 meters at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials and was the runner-up in this year’s Philadelphia Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon. Jonathan Grey Age: 29 Date of Birth: February 13, 1988 Residence: Boulder, CO Bib: 20,004 Personal Bests 10,000 meters: 27:59 (2015) 10K Road: 28:49 10 Miles: 47:12 (2015) Half-marathon – 1:02:25 (2012) Marathon: 2:24:09 (2016) Jonathan Grey of the Boulder Track Club Elite finished fifth place at the 2015 USATF 10 Mile Championships. He competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials and finished ninth in the 10,000 meters at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. The three-time NCAA DI All-American at William and Mary represented the United States internationally three times at the 2012 and 2015 Great Edinburgh Cross Country Meet and the 2015 Pan-American Games Cross Country Championships. He won the 2011 USATF Club Cross Country Championships and most recently won the 2016 Rock ‘n’ Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon. Stanley Kebenei Age: 26 Date of Birth: November 6, 1989 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,005 Personal Bests 15K: 43:29 (2017) 10 Miles: 46:36 (2017) Half-marathon: 1:06:15 (2011) Arkansas graduate Stanley Kebenei stormed onto the American road racing circuit with his 2016 USATF 15K Championships victory last year. He was an eight-time NCAA DI All-American and finished eighth at the 2015 USATF Cross Country Championships. He competed in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in the steeplechase. In 2017, Kebenei finished fifth in the IAAF World Championships in the 3000 meter steeplechase final, fourth at the Jacksonville Gate River Run, and first at the Washington Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. Shadrack Kipchirchir Age: 26 Date of Birth: February 22, 1989 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,006 Personal Bests 10K Road: 28:12 (2017) 10 Miles: 48:22 (2016) After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 2014, Shadrack Kipchirchir enlisted in the US Army and joined the US Army World Class Athlete program. He placed fourth in the 2015 Pan American Games in the 10,000 meters and was a 2016 Olympian in the 10,000 meters. He finished 19th in Rio. Kipchirchir won this year’s Cooper River Bridge Run and placed second at the Jacksonville Gate River Run and the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race. Christo Landry Age: 31 Date of Birth: April 29, 1986 Residence: Charlotte, NC Bib: 20,007 Personal Bests 10K Road: 28:25 (2014) 10 Miles46:41 (2014) Half-marathon: 1:02:52 (2016) Marathon: 2:14:30 (2014) Christo Landry has won six US Road Championships and placed on the podium for nine more. In 2014, he won three US Road Championships in a row (10 Mile, 25 K and 10K) and set the still-standing American record for the road 25K. In 2017, Landry has placed third at the US Half Marathon Championships, second at the US 25K Road Running Championships, and he won the Tampa Half Marathon. Kiya Dandena Age: 28 Date of Birth: April 14, 1989 Residence: Flagstaff, AZ Bib: 20,008 Personal Bests 10 Miles: 46:58 (2017) Half-marathon: 1:03:13 (2017) Marathon: 2:22:14 (2016) Kiya Dandena is an Olympic Trials qualifier and trains with Team Run Flagstaff Pro. This year, he has finished tenth at the US 15K Road Running Championships, seventh at the 20K Road Running Championships, and fourth at the US Half Marathon Championships. Alex Monroe Age: 25 Date of Birth: March 30, 1992 Residence: Boulder, CO Bib: 20,009 Personal Bests 10K Road: 29:54 (2016) 15K: 45:12 (2016) Half-marathon: 1:04:41 (2015) Alex Monroe qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials with his performance at the 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon. He represented the United States internationally at the 2016 Great Edinburgh Cross Country Meet as a result of his eighth-place finish at the 2015 USATF Club Cross Country Championships. Last year, he finished seventh at the USATF 15K Championships and ran a personal best 10,000 meters on the track of 28:17.03, which qualified him for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. Emmanuel Bor Age: 29 Date of Birth: April 14, 1988 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,010 Personal Bests 10K Road: 28:23 (2014) 10 Miles: 49:45 (2016) Half-marathon: 1:03:35 (2017) Emmanuel Bor ran for the University of Alabama and became a US Citizen by joining the Army. Bor teamed up with his brothers Julius and Hillary to win the All Armed Forces Cross Country Championships in February 2016. Abbabiya Simbassa Age: 24 Date of Birth: June 30, 1993 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,011 Personal Bests 10K Roads: 29:59 (2016) 10 Miles: 48:33 (2016) Half-marathon: 1:03:28 (2016) Biya Simbassa made a name for himself in 2016, lowering his 5000-meter personal best on the track by more than 30 seconds to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. He finished fifth at the 2016 USATF 15K Championships and ninth at the 2016 USATF Road Mile Championships. Simbassa is a former member of Team USA Minnesota and a current member of the American Distance Project. Futsum Zienasellassie Age: 24 Date of Birth: December 16, 1992 Residence: Flagstaff, AZ Bib: 20,012 Personal Bests 5,000 meters: 13:34 (2017) 10,000 meters: 27:52 (2016) 10K Roads: 29:48 (2015) A member of the Hoka One One Norther Arizona Elite, Futsum Zienasellassie was a six-time All-American at Northern Arizona University, where he set the current school record for the 10,000 meters. Since making his professional debut in May 2017, he set a new personal best for 5,000 meters. On the roads this year, he finished 17th at the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race ad fifth at the Great Cow Harbor 10K. Parker Stinson Age: 24 Date of Birth: March 3, 1992 Residence: Boulder, CO Bib: 20,013 Personal Bests 10K Road: 29:24 (2015) 10 Miles: 47:52 (2015) Half-marathon: 1:03:17 (2017) A nine-time All-American at the University of Oregon, Parker Stinson also became the first person to win three USA Junior Track and Field Championships 10,000 meter titles. Ranked in the top 10 for the 10,000 meters in 2015 by Track & Field News, Stinson finished third at this year’s US 25K Road Running Championships. Ryan Mahalsky Age: 24 Date of Birth: April 27, 1993 Residence: Arlington, VA Bib: 20,014 Personal Bests 10,000 meters: 28:39 (2017) 10K Road: 30:23 (2017) 10 Miles: 48:26 (2017) Lehigh graduate Ryan Mahalsky, who trains in Washington, D.C., set personal bests this past spring in both the 10,000 meters on the track and 10K on the roads. He placed fifteenth at this year’s Cherry Blossom 10 Mile. Elkana Kibet Age: 34 Date of Birth: June 2, 1983 Residence: Colorado Springs, CO Bib: 20,015 Personal Bests 10,000 meters: 28:22 (2017) 10K Road: 28:57 (2009) 10 Miles: 49:06 (2015) Half-marathon: 1:03:35 (2016) Marathon: 2:11:31 (2015) A US citizen since 2013, Elkana Kibet is also a member of the US Army and the Army’s World Class Athlete Program. He was deployed in Kuwait and Iraq in 2015. With his 2:11:31 marathon debut at the 2015 Chicago Marathon (where he also placed tenth), Kibet qualified for the 2016 US Olympic Marathon Team Trials.