Daska, Desisa Crowned Champions of the 14th B.A.A. Half Marathon

Source: Boston Athletic Association

  Date: October 12, 2014

Desisa has triumphant return to Beantown, establishing a course record of 1:00:34 for the half marathon, cruising to victory over Kenyans Daniel Salel and Stephen Sambu

BOSTON (Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014) - On a picture perfect day for racing, Ethiopians Mamitu Daska and Lelisa Desisa (right, image courtesy PhotoRun.net) were crowned champions at the 14th B.A.A. Half Marathon, presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. Daska established a new event record of 1 hour, 8 minutes, 20 seconds, while Desisa earned his second consecutive B.A.A. Half Marathon victory in 1:01:38, covering the rolling, spectacular course through Boston’s Emerald Necklace park system in style.

Abdosh, Cherobon-Bawcom Win B.A.A. Half Marathon

Race record field runs along Boston's Emerald Necklace Park System; more than $300,000 raised for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at 11th edition


 
BOSTON - (October 9, 2011) - Clear skies and a starting time temperature of 67 degrees greeted an event record 5,253 runners at the 11th B.A.A. Half Marathon presented by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. For the second consecutive year, the race started in Franklin Park, and took runners out and back along the Emerald Necklace Park System through Brookline and Boston. Ethiopian Ali Abdosh and Janet Cherobon-Bawcom from Rome, Georgia took the titles in 1 hour, 3 minutes, 36 seconds and 1:11:58, though their respective races unfolded under opposing circumstances.