Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8s 8k RunSaturday night, July 14 See story at http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9002044
The Ethiopian ladies are Alemtsehay Misganaw, Maskerem Legesse, and Belainesh Gebre; the Kenyans are sisters Gladys and Neriah Asiba, Magdalene Mukunzi, Caroline Cheptanui, and Angelina Mutuku. All are marquee names with excellent credentials.
Harroufi won't have to look far to find some fellow Africans in the lead pack. Also committing to run the candle-lit streets of Kingsport are a very talented group of Ethiopians – Alene Emere Reta, Abera Ertiban, Demesse Tefera, and Dagne Alemu. All will be chasing the coveted Crazy 8s title, and the Gastroenterology Associates $5000 Dash For The Gold. If any of these men can break Peter Githuka's long-standing world record of 22:02.2, set here in 1996, they will pocket the Regional Eye Center $10,008 World Record Bonus.
The stakes just got a little higher at the Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8s 8k Run. The first male and first female to cross the finish line will each earn a $5000 payday, and thus win the Gastroenterology Associates Men's Dash For The Gold and Blue Ridge OB/GYN Women's Dash For The Gold.