Posts Tagged ‘wins’

Yared Hagos breaks 10k record in Darlington, UK

August 15 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

TYNESIDE-based Ethiopian, Yared Hagos, was in devastating form in yesterday’s Sherwoods Chevrolet Darlington 10k, smashing the course record by 20 seconds. Now living in Newcastle after moving from Yorkshire where he competed in the Bradford Airedale colours, Hagos covered the two-lap course in 30 minutes six seconds, dipping inside Martin Scaife’s record set six years ago. In a record field of 1,100 finishers, Hagos added a nice... Read more

Ethiopian Alemayahu defends Napa-to-Sonoma Half Marathon title

July 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopia, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , ,

If you thought you were watching a replay of last year’s finish of the annual Napa-to-Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon, well, you were half right, because you did see the same winner, but it was this year’s eighth edition of the popular midsummer event, which took place Sunday.

Tesfaye Sendeku Alemayahu
It was... Read more

Ethiopian Alemayehu Yonas wins $238,000 in Lottery

July 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian, News, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , ,

When the children of an Alexandria restaurant owner graduate from college, they’ll have the numbers 3-6-2-3 to thank for it. Thanks to those four digits, in that exact order, Alemayehu Yonas is $238,000 richer – and it all started after winning $25 from a Virginia Lottery Scratcher. Yonas originally won the $25 off a Scratcher he bought from the ... Read more

Ethiopian runners dominate New Milford’s Moonlight Run 5K

July 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

NEW MILFORD — With more than three miles already behind them in the New Milford Moonlight Run 5k road race, Ethiopians Kumse Megersa and Abiyot Endale were still running side by side and matching each other stride for stride. They had separated themselves from the rest of the pack, and the only thing that stood between them and... Read more

Ethiopians rule Fairfield Half Marathon

June 27 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , ,

FAIRFIELD — It was a warm at Jennings Beach Sunday morning, but the winners of the Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half Marathon were used to much hotter days.

Worku Beyi,1, Ketema Nigusee, 6, and Kumsa Adugna, 7, all of Ethiopia, run in a tight pack during The Stratton Faxon Fairfield Half Marathon on Sunday, June 26, 2011. Adugna won the race. Photo:... Read more

1-2-3-4-5 Ethiopians dominates Oslo women’s 5000 meter. Meseret Defar took first place (Video)

June 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | News, People, Uncategorized, Video, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopian girls dominate the Oslo 5000m race by wining 1st to 5th place at the Grete Waitz Memorial 2011 Diamond League meet in Oslo, Norway. Meseret Defar of Ethiopia came first followed by her strong Ethiopian sisters taking the 2nd, 3rd 4th and 5th places on the rainy city of Oslo. Winners list 1st Meseret Defar 2nd Sentayehu Ejigu 3rd Genzebe Dibaba 4th Meselech Melaku 5th Emebet... Read more

Ethiopian Rahel Kebede Wins National Scholarship Award

June 6 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , ,

Ethiopian College Student Rahel Kebede Wins Prestigious National Scholarship Award. Source: Montgomery College and Nazret.com Montgomery College students Susan Wu and Rahel Kebede have won the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, which will provide up to $30,000 each year for tuition, books and living expenses to use at the four-year transfer institution of their choice. They... Read more

Ethiopian Mamitu Daska wins the 33rd Frieihofer’s Run in New York

June 6 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , ,

About a mile before the Freihofer’s Run for Women finish line, Mamitu Daska stole a glance over her shoulder, unsure just how much she had separated herself from the pack. Though this was the largest race in the event’s 33-year history, with almost 5,000 recreational runners and a handful of elite professionals entered, Daska’s field of vision... Read more

Ethiopians Dominates Bolder Boulder 10K Race For The 5th Year. Belete Assefa wins this year again

May 31 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, News, Sport, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , ,

Team Ethiopia dominates the Bolder Boulder again, taking first place in the team challenge for the fifth year in a row and Ethiopian Belete Assefa winning the men’s elite race on Monday. Assefa is a first-time competitor in the traditional Memorial Day race and finished the 10K in 29 minutes, 22.56 seconds. He is the third consecutive... Read more

Ethiopian Shumi Gerbaba wins 2011 Stockholm Marathon (Video)

May 28 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Athletics, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Shumi Gerbaba of Ethiopia won a Stockholm Marathon that was overshadowed Saturday when a runaway bus plowed into a group of spectators, injuring six. Police said the bus raced out of control down a set of steps and into a busy square during the 26.2-mile race. One man was seriously injured, while four other... Read more

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