dos Santos and Prokopcuka Win in New York 2006

Gomes dos Santos Surprises, Prokopcuka Repeats at ING New York City Marathon 2006 Rather than the course records assumed to be a given by all involved beforehand, Marilson Gomes dos Santos and Jelena Prokopcuka won in times (2 hours, 9 minutes, 58 seconds and 2:25:05...

2005 New York City Marathon Post-Race

Men’s champion: Paul Tergat, 36, Kenya, 2:09:30 Women’s champion: Jelena Prokopcuka, 29, Latvia, 2:24:41 Men’s Wheelchair champion: Ernst Van Dyk, 32, South Africa, 1:31:11, course record Women’s Wheelchair champion: Edith Hunkeler, 33,...

Tergat, Prokopcuka Win New York 2005

NEW YORK – (November 6, 2005) – In an era when marathons around the world have focused on the ever more elusive quest for faster times, doing everything, but building downhill courses with aiding wind machines, the ING New York City Marathon hews to the...