Mick Iacofano, already a Jacksonville winner after capturing the 2017 Ameris Bank Marathon in his first attempt at the 26.2-mile distance.īack in Jacksonville, too, is 30-year-old Arizona runner John Raneri, who rocketed from the pack in a highly unorthodox early-race strategy in 2021 and led by as many as 15 seconds before fading to 10th.Colin Bennie, who placed sixth at the Gate River Run last year.Nico Montanez, who came in fourth in last spring's Gate River Run.Diego Estrada, who competed for Mexico in the 2012 London Olympics and placed 21st in the 10,000.Morgan Pearson, a multi-sport athlete who won Olympic silver for the United States last summer in Tokyo in the mixed relay triathlon.Perennial Gate River Run contender Biya Simbassa, second by a nose to Young last spring and runner-up to Frank Lara in the 2020 race.Those are just a few of the men in the hunt: Īlso back will be Leonard Korir, with two Gate River Run titles under his belt in 20, and Stanley Kebenei, who achieved a breakthrough victory here in 2016. Leonard Korir was the first man across the finish line in the Gate River Run Saturday, Main Jacksonville, Florida. Race director Doug Alred said Rupp is expected to be arriving in Jacksonville after a training stint in Europe. He also placed second in last year's Chicago Marathon. Olympic Trials in the marathon in 2020 for the Tokyo Olympics but coming in eighth in the coronavirus-delayed Games in Japan. In recent years, he has focused on the marathon more and the track distances less, winning the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency - he's stayed near the head of the pack. Rupp also earned bronze in the marathon in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, only one week after placing fifth in the 10,000.ĭespite weathering changes off the track - Rupp has spent the last two-plus years training under Arizona-based coach Mike Smith, whom he selected after former coach Alberto Salazar received a four-year suspension from the U.S. He won silver in the men's 10,000 meters at the 2012 Olympics in London behind Great Britain's Mo Farah, becoming the first American to win a medal at that distance since Billy Mills in 1964 in Tokyo. Happy 20th: Runner statues turn 20 in Jacksonville, a symbol of Gate River Run's lasting legacyĬhanges at the finish: New finish line layout, steeper Hart Bridge descent await Gate River Run field Through a decade and a half at the top of American running, Rupp has excelled at distances ranging from the 3,000 meters to the marathon.
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