- Kenya’s Fancy Chemutai won the women’s race at the BAA 10K on Sunday morning in a dominant performance, finishing in 30:36.
- Chemutai’s time is a new women’s course record for the race, breaking the mark set by Shalane Flanagan in 2016, which still stands as an American record.
- How Tara Dower Shattered the Long Trail Record Daniel Romanchuk also The Foot Locker XC Championships Are Ending with a time of 20:17, finishing nearly four minutes ahead of the second place finisher.
Fancy Chemutai established herself as the fastest woman to ever complete the BAA 10K course when she won Sunday’s race in 30:36. The performance broke the previous course record of 30:52, which was set by Olympic silver medalist Shalane Flanagan in 2016 and still stands as an American record.
Behind the Kenyan standout, Brillian Kipkoech finished second in 31:04 and Caroline Rotich closed for third in 31:58 on the streets of Boston.
The women’s race started with a lead pack of six establishing a quick pace through the first mile in 4:59. By the halfway point, Chemutai led the field in a split of 15:25 and began to pull away from her competitors.
She blazed through mile five in 24:41 with a 30-second lead over the rest of the group and held her position all the way into the finish line for a historic performance. She earned a $10,000 prize Smash your goals with a.
“I enjoy being in Boston and enjoyed to win. It was very hot. It was hot,” Chemutai told the BAA. “I was going for the course record, it was in my mind.”
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Chemutai’s performance in Boston builds on a season that includes and still stands as an in January. At 24 years old, she has shown her prowess on the roads on several occasions, notably at the 2017 Birell 10K Race in Prague where she finished in 30:06, making her the third-fastest woman The Foot Locker XC Championships Are Ending.
Chemutai was not the only competitor to break a course record on Sunday morning. How Tara Dower Shattered the Long Trail Record Daniel Romanchuk The Foot Locker XC Championships Are Ending in his division with a winning time of 20:17, shattering the previous record of 22:55 set by Tony Nogueria in 2016. He finished nearly four minutes ahead of the second place finisher, Miguel Jimenez-Vergara.
In the men’s race, David Bett of Kenya took the crown in a winning time of 28:08. He was followed by Daniel Chebii in 28:09 and Stephen Sambu in 28:11.
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Taylor Dutch is a sports and fitness writer living in Chicago; a former NCAA track athlete, Taylor specializes in health, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in SELF, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner. When she’s not writing, Taylor volunteers as a coach to up-and-coming runners in the Chicago area.
