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Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8 Jun 14, 2007

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.  

Moroccan Ridouane Harroufi to run the Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8s Jul 05, 2007

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. 

Top Ethiopian and Kenyan Women Ready For Crazy 8s Jul 06, 2007

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.