ELITE FIELDS FINALIZED FOR B.A.A. 10-K
By David Monti
(c) 2012 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permission.

(13-Jun) -- The Boston Athletic Association has finalized their elite fields for the second annual B.A.A. 10-K scheduled for Sunday, June 24.  Boston Marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai (2011), Caroline Kilel (2011) and Sharon Cherop (2012) headline the race.  Mutai (27:19) and Kilel (31:58) were also the race winners last year.

The B.A.A. 10-K is the second leg of the inaugural B.A.A. Distance Medley.  Athletes will be scored on total time for this event, plus the B.A.A. 5-K (April 15) and the B.A.A. Half-Marathon (October 7), and the top man and woman will each receive $100,000. Declared participants in the Medley are annotated, below.

Last year's first edition of the B.A.A. 10-K recorded 3040 finishes on a hot and humid day.  Here are the elite fields for the 2012 event:

ELITE MEN -
 Geoffrey MUTAI (KEN), 30, 27:19 (27:27.59)
 Philip LANGAT (KEN), 22, 27:28
 Allan KIPRONO** (KEN), 22, 27:42
 Simon NDIRANGU (KEN), 26, 27:49 (27:31.29)
 Levy MATEBO (KEN), 22, 27:55
 Ahmed BADAY (MAR), 38, 27:56 (27:48.85)
 Samuel NDEREBA (KEN), 35, 28:01 (28:31.2)
 Chris BARNICLE (USA), 25, 28:10
 Ali ABDOSH** (ETH), 24, 28:26 (27:04.92)
 Sam CHELANGA** (KEN), 27, 28:31 (27:08.39)
 Lani RUTTO** (KEN), 23, 28:35
 Chris CLARK (USA), 26, 28:41
 Jason HARTMANN (USA), 31, 29:04 (28:15.22)
 Abderrahime BOURAMDANE (MAR), 34, 29:15
 Cole ATKINS (USA), 26, 29:20
 Tim RITCHIE (USA), 24, 29:28 (28:37.20)
 Nate JENKINS (USA), 31, 29:33
 Ruben SANCA (CPV), 25, 29:58 (29:49.48)
 Landon PEACOCK (USA), 24, 30:14 (28:53.17)

ELITE WOMEN -
 Caroline KILEL (KEN), 31, 31:36
 Kim SMITH** (NZL), 30, 31:23 (30:35.54)
 Kate REED (GBR), 29, 31:52 (31:35.77)
 Aheza KIROS** (ETH), 26, 32:09 (31:06.93)
 Janet BAWCOM** (USA), 33, 32:27 (31:33.50)
 Jellilah TINEGA** (KEN), 26, 32:27
 Chemtai RIONOTUKEI (KEN), 25, 32:40
 Sharon CHEROP (KEN), 28, 32:43 (32:03.0)
 Lindsey SCHERF (USA), 25, 32:51 (32:51.20)
 Esther ERB (USA), 26, 34:23
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**B.A.A. Distance Medley participants

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