Impressive Elite Line up set for Valencia Half Marathon

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Men's and women's elite field - Valencia Half Marathon 2016 - Sunday, October 23.

The Men's field will have 12 athletes with personal best marks below 60:00 min. Three of those men have run the half marathon faster then 59 minutes.

The fastest man in the field is Kenya's Solomon Kirwa, who holds the best time in the world in 2016 of 58:44. Also in the list is Abraham Cheroben of Bahrein, the 2-time champion and the Valencia Half Marathon course record holder with a 58:48 personal best.

The women's field is also very impressive as 7 sub 70:00 min runners will line up on Sunday, October 23 to race Valencia half marathon.

The fastest women in the elite field is World season leader Violah Jepchumba of Kenya with 65:51 performance from Prague half marathon. In the field is also defending champion Netsanet Gudeta Kebede of Ethiopia who holds a personal best time of 67:31.

Men's Elite

Athlete	Country	Nation	PB
M	YEGO Solomon Kirwa	KEN	58:44
M	CHEROBEN, Abraham	BHN	58:48
M	KIBET, Stephen Kosgei	KEN	58:54
M	ADOLA, Guye	ETH	59:06
M	IDEMO, Guye Adola	ETH	59:06
M	KIPYEGO Barselius	KEN	59:15
M	ALEMU, Hunegnaw Mesfin	ETH	59:39
M	KOMON, Leonard Patrick	KEN	59:14
M	KUSURO Geofrey	UGA	59:43
M	YEGON Geoffrey	KEN	59:44
M	KETER Kenneth	KEN	59:48
M	ROTICH Edwin Kipsang	KEN	59:59
M	EL AZIZ Mustapha	MAR	1:00:39
M	KIMITEI Wilfred Kimeli	KEN	1:02:10
M	MOEN Sordre Nordstad	NOR	1:02:19
M	GITHAE Michael Mugo	KEN	1:02:27
M	EL HACHIMI Abdelhadi	BEL	1:03:49
M	MANNINEN Henri Jarkko	FIN	1:04:13

Women's Elite Field

Name	Nation	PB
JEPCHUMBA Violah	KEN	1:05:51
DEBELE Worknesh Degefa	ETH	1:06:14
JEPCHIRCHIR Peres	KEN	1:06:39
KEBEDE Netsanet Gudeta	ETH	1:07:31
CHELIMO, Rose	KEN	1:08:08
YATOR Gladys Jepkemoi	KEN	1:08:39
YUKA Ando	JPN	1:09:51
KIYOTA Mao	JPN	1:10:31
HAO Xiofan	CHN	1:11:24
HE Yinli	CHN	1:11:34
NAIGAMBO Beata	NAM	1:12:05