Local Photo Gallery

As the world's best distance runners battled for the ING New York City Marathon champions' titles, local athletes did themselves and their city proud with performances that placed them high within the overall rankings. The top NYRR-member finishers were Katarina Janosikova of Astoria and Running Divas New York, who placed 18th overall in 2:42:57, and Mohammed Awol of the Bronx and the Westchester Track Club, who was 13th overall in 2:19:13.
Katarina Janosikova ran 2:42:57 to place 18th overall in her debut marathon.	Victoria Ganushina ran an evenly paced race to finish 20th in 2:43:55.	Caroline Bierbaum was 22nd in 2:46:36 in her first competitive marathon.
Meseret Kotu, who has a PR of 2:30, ran 2:50:06, good for 27th place.	Abbi Gleeson ran a PR of 2:50:22 and was the 28th woman overall.	Arianne Field ran 2:51:49 to finish 33rd.
The top male NYRR-member finisher, Mohammed Awol, was 13th overall in 2:19:13.	Kassahun Kabiso placed 14th in a stellar men’s field, running 2:19:54.	Genna Tufa was 16th overall in 2:20:23.
Teklu Tefera Deneke grabbed the 18th finishing spot in 2:20:47.	Rounding out the top 20, Deresse Deniboba finished in 2:21:54.	New Zealand Olympian John Henwood placed 21st in 2:21:55.
Local competitive runners started in the first wave, behind the sub-elites and professional men.	Henwood led a pack of competitive local men including Edvard Gapak and Genna Tufa.	Tufa edged Gapak by running about five seconds per mile faster.
Runners from Brooklyn and the West Side ran side-by-side up Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.	Although steps behind in this photo, Christopher Stewart finished eight minutes behind teammate Adam Mulia.	Matthew Kmetz's 2:48:45 helped Greater New York’s fourth-place men’s team standing.
A rainbow of singlets colored Fourth Avenue at mile 7, just one mile away from BAM, one of the most popular spectator spots.	Phillip Sneller's 2:31:15 effort this year was a dramatic improvement over last year's 2:42:28.	The perfect racing conditions didn't even require Michael Arnstein to wear his shades
West Side Runners took second place in the men's team competition; their fastest man ran 2:20:47.	Steve Kasarsky's shirt must have helped propel him to a sub-3:15 finish.	Brian Kirkwood started a streak seven years ago, and his 3:20:48 finish proved he's still going strong.
Jill Vollweiler, 40, of the Nike Central Park Track Club ran 2:55:16. She was the 47th woman overall and third in the 40-44 age group.	Cassandra Miller of the Reservoir Dogs ran 3:13:37—a 7:23-per-mile pace. She was 168th overall among women.	Helen Dole of the Prospect Park Running Club finished 191st among women in a time of 3:14:28. Her second half-marathon was 20 seconds faster than her first.
Makiko Yasuda ran 3:15:53; she was the 208th woman overall and the third scorer for her sixth-place Urban Athletics team.	Jacqueline Wurst of the Warren Street Social & Athletic Club ran 3:33:23 and beat about 32,500 people.	Kathy Iwasaki, 50, of the Greater New York Racing Team was 23rd in the 50-54 age group with a time of 3:35:34.
Amy Way of Urban Athletics ran 3:40:43—faster than more than four-fifths of all runners in the race.	Kerstin Marx of Front Runners New York ran 3:35:10—an 8:10-per-mile pace. She was 884th of about 12,800 female finishers.	Diane Kenna of the New York Harriers was 43rd in the 40-44 age group with her 3:16:36. Watch out, 45-49 group—she’s 44.