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.
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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 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.
Indian Path Medical Center & SunTrust Bank Crazy 8s 8k RunSaturday night, July 14 See story at http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9002044