109th Boston marathon takes place
[[Image:Boston marathon mile 25 beacon street 050418.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Runners en route]]
{{dateline|date=April 19, 2005|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}
Catherine Ndereba won her fourth Boston marathon yesterday, making her the first woman to do so. The Kenyan trailed for the first 20 miles of the race, before passing Elfenesh Alemu at the top of Heartbreak Hill in Newton. Though the 26.2 mile race takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, it has been dominated by Kenyan and Ethiopian runners for approximately the last ten years. Emily Levan of Wiscasset, Maine, was the first American woman to finish, placing twelfth in 2:43:14. Levan was also 12th in the 2003 Boston Marathon.

Ethiopian Hailu Negussie won the men's race in 2:11:45. American Alan Culpepper placed fourth, the highest an American has placed in the Boston marathon since 1987, when Dave Gordon did the same.

[[Image:Boston marathon john 317 050418.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A runner in the 2005 Boston Marathon, near mile 25 on the MBTA overpass on Beacon Street. The citation on his shirt is probably a reference to his target finish time. He had 1.2 miles to go after 3:22, and it was a hot day.]]

Ernst Van Dyk won the men's wheelchair race for the fifth year in a row. The women's wheelchair race was won by Cheri Blauwet, who also won the event in 2004.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|+ 2005 Boston Marathon men's results
!Place
!Name
!Time
!Country
|-
|1
|Negussie, Hailu
|2:11:45
|Ethiopia
|-
|2
|Onsare, Wilson
|2:12:21
|Kenya
|-
|3
|Cherono, Benson
|2:12:48
|Kenya
|-
|4
|Culpepper, Alan
|2:13:39
|United States
|-
|5
|Cheruiyot, Robert Kipkoech
|2:14:30
|Kenya
|-
|6
|Cherigat, Timothy
|2:15:19
|Kenya
|-
|7
|Kipchumba, Benjamin
|2:15:26
|Kenya
|-
|8
|Letherby, Andrew
|2:16:38
|Australia
|-
|9
|Ouaadi, Mohamed
|2:16:41
|France
|-
|10
|Gilmore, Peter
|2:17:32
|United States
|-
|11
|Shay, Ryan
|2:18:17
|United States
|-
|12
|Kimutai, Benjamin Kosgei
|2:18:22
|Kenya
|-
|13
|Omwenga, Thomas
|2:18:57
|Kenya
|-
|14
|Loskutov, Pavel
|2:19:04
|Estonia
|-
|15
|Kipkemboi, Joshua
|2:19:28
|Kenya
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|+ 2005 Boston Marathon women's results
!Place
!Name
!Time
!Country
|-
|1
|Ndereba, Catherine
|2:25:13
|Kenya
|-
|2
|Alemu, Elfenesh
|2:27:03
|Ethiopia
|-
|3
|Genovese, Bruna
|2:29:51
|Italy
|-
|4
|Zakharova, Svetlana
|2:31:34
|Russia
|-
|5
|Biktagirova, Madina
|2:32:41
|Russia
|-
|6
|Morgunova, Lyubov
|2:33:24
|Russia
|-
|7
|Gemechu, Shitaye
|2:33:51
|Ethiopia
|-
|8
|El Kamch, Zhor
|2:36:54
|MAR
|-
|9
|Ogawa, Mina
|2:37:34
|Japan
|-
|10
|Olaru, Nuta
|2:37:37
|Romania
|-
|11
|Sultanova-Zhdanova, Firaya
|2:41:05
|Russia
|-
|12
|Levan, Emily
|2:43:14
|United States
|-
|13
|Annis, Caroline
|2:43:46
|United States
|-
|14
|Graytock, Carly
|2:44:02
|United States
|-
|15
|Sato, Yuko
|2:47:00
|Japan
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Boston marathon mile 25 050418 cropped.jpg|Looking down Beacon Street in the same location as above.
Image:Boston marathon mile 25 citgo sign 050418.jpg|Looking the other way, toward the Citgo sign near Fenway Park.
Image:Boston marathon mile 25 gatorade volunteer 050418.jpg|A volunteer hands out Gatorade on Beacon Street.
Image:Boston marathon mile 25 helper 050418.jpg|A man helps a friend along.
Image:Boston marathon mile 25 marker 050418.jpg|The mile 25 marker
</gallery>

==Sources==
{{Original reporting}}

*{{source|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/running/articles/2005/04/18/kenyas_ndereba_wins_4th_boston_marathon/
|title=Kenya's Ndereba wins 4th Boston Marathon
|author=Jimmy Golen
|pub=Boston.com (from Associated Press)
|date=April 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=18365
|title=Ndereba wins fourth Boston title
|author=
|pub=The East Africa Standard (from Reuters)
|date=April 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/2005WomensRace.asp
|title=Women's race
|author=Barbara Huebner
|pub=bostonmarathon.org
|date=April 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/2005MensRace.asp
|title=Men's race
|author=Jim O'Brien
|pub=bostonmarathon.org
|date=April 18, 2005}}

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Runners en route

Catherine Ndereba won her fourth Boston marathon yesterday, making her the first woman to do so. The Kenyan trailed for the first 20 miles of the race, before passing Elfenesh Alemu at the top of Heartbreak Hill in Newton. Though the 26.2 mile race takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, it has been dominated by Kenyan and Ethiopian runners for approximately the last ten years. Emily Levan of Wiscasset, Maine, was the first American woman to finish, placing twelfth in 2:43:14. Levan was also 12th in the 2003 Boston Marathon.

Ethiopian Hailu Negussie won the men's race in 2:11:45. American Alan Culpepper placed fourth, the highest an American has placed in the Boston marathon since 1987, when Dave Gordon did the same.

A runner in the 2005 Boston Marathon, near mile 25 on the MBTA overpass on Beacon Street. The citation on his shirt is probably a reference to his target finish time. He had 1.2 miles to go after 3:22, and it was a hot day.

Ernst Van Dyk won the men's wheelchair race for the fifth year in a row. The women's wheelchair race was won by Cheri Blauwet, who also won the event in 2004.


+ 2005 Boston Marathon men's results

Place

Name

Time

Country

1

Negussie, Hailu

2:11:45

Ethiopia

2

Onsare, Wilson

2:12:21

Kenya

3

Cherono, Benson

2:12:48

Kenya

4

Culpepper, Alan

2:13:39

United States

5

Cheruiyot, Robert Kipkoech

2:14:30

Kenya

6

Cherigat, Timothy

2:15:19

Kenya

7

Kipchumba, Benjamin

2:15:26

Kenya

8

Letherby, Andrew

2:16:38

Australia

9

Ouaadi, Mohamed

2:16:41

France

10

Gilmore, Peter

2:17:32

United States

11

Shay, Ryan

2:18:17

United States

12

Kimutai, Benjamin Kosgei

2:18:22

Kenya

13

Omwenga, Thomas

2:18:57

Kenya

14

Loskutov, Pavel

2:19:04

Estonia

15

Kipkemboi, Joshua

2:19:28

Kenya


+ 2005 Boston Marathon women's results

Place

Name

Time

Country

1

Ndereba, Catherine

2:25:13

Kenya

2

Alemu, Elfenesh

2:27:03

Ethiopia

3

Genovese, Bruna

2:29:51

Italy

4

Zakharova, Svetlana

2:31:34

Russia

5

Biktagirova, Madina

2:32:41

Russia

6

Morgunova, Lyubov

2:33:24

Russia

7

Gemechu, Shitaye

2:33:51

Ethiopia

8

El Kamch, Zhor

2:36:54

MAR

9

Ogawa, Mina

2:37:34

Japan

10

Olaru, Nuta

2:37:37

Romania

11

Sultanova-Zhdanova, Firaya

2:41:05

Russia

12

Levan, Emily

2:43:14

United States

13

Annis, Caroline

2:43:46

United States

14

Graytock, Carly

2:44:02

United States

15

Sato, Yuko

2:47:00

Japan

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