Peter Kirui and Mamitu Daska Claim Victories at the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race

ATLANTA, July 4, 2012 – The professional field at the 2012 AJC Peachtree Road Race proved strong as Peter Kirui from Kenya and Mamitu Daska from Ethiopia took home victories at the 43rd running of the event, with finish times of 27:37 and 32:22 respectively.

“We have a great field of competitors every year and this year was no exception,” said Tracey Russell, race director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race and executive director of the Atlanta Track Club. “The AJC Peachtree Road Race is an exciting event and we are happy to share our 4^th of July with the 60,000 participants at this wonderful event.”

In the Masters’ races, Jae Yung Hyung from Albuquerque, NM and Sheri L. Piers from Falmouth, ME took the men’s and women’s title with times of 31:21 and 34:38 respectively.

The morning kicked off with some exciting finishes in the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree Road Race, where Aaron Gordian from Mexico and Tatyana McFadden from USA came in first with times of 19:52 and 23:53 respectively.

Open Men

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Peter Kirui	Kenya	24	27:37
2	Micah Kogo	Kenya	26	27:39
3	Mathew Kisorio	Kenya	23	27:39
4	Azmeraw Bekele Molal	Ethiopia	26	27:59
5	Paul Lonyangata	Kenya	19	28:01

Open Women

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Mamitu Daska	Ethiopia	28	32:22
2	Lineth Chepkurui	Kenya	25	32:23
3	Risper Gesabwa	Kenya	24	32:23
4	Lindsey E. Scherf	USA	25	33:22
5	Shewarge Alene	Ethiopia	25	33:32

Masters Men

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Jae Yung Hyung	USA	41	31:21
2	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	42	31:27
3	Uli Stedl	USA	40	31:31

Masters Women

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Sheri L. Piers	USA	41	34:38
2	Dorota Gruca	Poland	41	34:55
3	Tatyana Mezentseva	UKR	40	35:02

US Men

Place	Name	State	Age	Time
1	Bobby E. Mack	NC	27	29:16
2	Mike A. Sayenko	WA	25	29:55
3	Ahmed Osman		24	30:07

US Women

Place	Name	State	Age	Time
1	Lindsey E. Scherf	NC	25	33:22
2	Kellyn Johnson	AZ	25	33:55
3	Alvina Begay	CA	31	34:02

Wheelchair Men

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Aaron Gordian	Mexico	46	19:52
2	Josh George	USA	28	20:22
3	Aaron Pike	USA	26	20:24

Wheelchair Women

Place	Name	Country	Age	Time
1	Tatyana McFadden	USA	23	23:53
2	Diane Roy	Canada	41	24:37
3	Manuela Schar	Switz	27	25:32

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