http://www.coloradorunnermag.com/news/BolderBoulder_2005.html
Elva Dryer became the fourth U.S. women in five years to win the BolderBOULDER professional race, pulling away from Ethiopia's Merima Hashim over the last third of the race in winning in a 32:51 time. That is the fifth fastest time posted by a women in the race's history, trailing only Delillah Asiago (32:13, 1995), Lidia Simon (32:30, 1999), Anne Audain (32:38, 1982) and Asha Gigi (32:47, 1999). It was the fastest time in the criterion with lap format. The 26-second margin of victory matched that of Deena Drossin two years ago, and thus tied for the largest winning margin by an American. Hashim finished second in 33:17, tied for the 16th fastest time in race history-- not bad, considering she ran a 32:14 last night to finish second in the 10,000 at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. In the men's International Team Challenge, Gudisa Shentama became the third Ethiopian man to win the BolderBOULDER, joining countrymen Berhanu Adanne (1999) and Dejene Berhanu (2003)... Despite the cool condition s, his time of 29:21 was the slowest winning time since 1994, when Mexico's Armando Quintanilla won in 29:31; it was actually the sixth slowest winning time in race history (as was Paul Koech's 29:19 at the time last year). Eight of the last 10 Bolders have been decided by 15 seconds or less, including four of the last seven by six seconds or less. With Mohammed Awol taking second for Ethiopia, it was the first time since 2001 the same country had the top two finishers; Kenya did it then, and also did it in 1998 and 2000. The combined team payout of $145,000 is a record, toppling the $142,500 paid out in 2002... The USA women won for the third time in four years, adding to its titles in 2002 and 2003... The USA team's finish of 1-3-4, or 8 points, was the third best team total since the formation of the International Team Challenge in 1998; Ethiopia owns the record with 6 points (1-2-3) in 2000, with the U.S. going 1-2-4 for 7 points in 2002... Colleen DeReuck is the only member of all three winning teams (she was second in '02, seventh in '03 and fourth this year); Elva Dryer's win for the U.S. also marked the third time that when the U.S. team won, it also had the individual winner... As for the men, Ethiopia's 1-2-5- finish for 8 points ties the second best team total, trailing only Kenya's 2000 effort (7, 1-2-4) and matching Kenya's 2001 total (1-2-5)... It was Ethiopia's first BolderBOULDER team title; it placed second in 1999 and posted two third places finishes the last two years (2003, 2004). ENDS
