Elite Field Updated

The elite field for the 2007 QCM (as of Sept. 11th):

MEN'S FIELD
JYNOCEL BASWETI, Kenya (1)
2:14:02*, 1st at Austin 2007; 2:16:36, 1st at QCM 2006 CR

MACIEK MIERECZKO, Poland (5)
2:14:16, 3rd at Austin 2006; 2:21:42, 18th at Houston 2007

PAUL RUGUT, Kenya (3)
2:20:27, 1st at QCM 2005; 2:23:32, 2nd at Deseret News 2007

GENNA TUFA, Ethiopia (7)
2:20:35, 1st at Va. Beach 2007; 2:21:44, 1st at Tampa 2007

SOLOMON TOO, Kenya (29)
2:20:45, 2nd at Buffalo 2007

BRENDON MOODY, Van Wert, Ohio (9)
2:23:44, 24th at Houston 2007

PHILLIP KIPCHUMBA, Kenya (11)
2:25:41, 4th at QCM 2007

BRIAN GRUDOWSKI, Buffalo Grove, Illinois (15)
2:26:11, 34th at Houston 2007

JASON BODNAR, Candler, North Carolina (27)
Former Team USA XC Runner, 2000 US Oly. Trials qualifier

JOE MOORE, Manhattan, Kansas (17)
31:00, 10k

RIKKI HACKER, Kansas City, Missouri (19)
31:03, 10k

RUSS BOORE, Hampton, Illinois (Masters) (25)
2:33:42**, 1st Masters at Green Bay 2007; 2:38:47, 1st Masters at QCM 2005

MIKE DRISCOLL, Peoria, Illinois (Masters) (31)
2:51:35, 2nd Masters at QCM 2006

WOMEN'S FIELD
LARISA MIKHAYLOVA, Russia (2)
2:41:43, 2nd at Philadelphia 2006; 2:47:32, 2nd at Green Bay 2007

IRENE MOGAKA, Kenya (4)
2:41, at Mumbai 2007; 2:48, 1st at Safaricom 2007

LETEYESUS BERHE, Ethiopia (14)
2:42:01, 2nd at Memphis 2006; 2:45:05, 18th at NY City 2006

BETHANY LEWIS, Iowa City, Iowa (12)
2:48:27, 9th at Rock 'n' Roll AZ 2006

LISA BUTLER, Tulsa, Oklahoma (10)
2:54:57, 5th at Memphis 2004

MACHELLE COCHRAN, San Antonio, Texas (6)
2:53:45, 1st at Cowtown 2004


* 3rd fastest winning marathon time (open men 2007) - US races
** 8th fastest winning marathon time (masters men 2007) - US races
(assigned bib #'s in parenthesis)

Course Records:
2:16:36, Jynocel Basweti, Kenya, 2006 - open men
2:36:26, Halina Karnatsevich, Belarus, 2004 - open women
2:31:13, Steve Wilson, Lafayette, IN, 2001 - masters men
2:46:32, Cindy Keeler, Clermont, FL, 2002 - masters women