Wrapping Up AUSA: Runners set records in 25th running of Army Ten-Miler

The silver anniversary running of the Army Ten-Miler on October 4, 2009, produced record times in the men’s and women’s divisions. The event also featured the highest number of registered runners in the history of America’s largest 10-mile road race.

Ethiopian, Alene Reta, 27, won the race around Washington, D.C.’s monuments in 46 minutes, 59 seconds – 33 seconds faster than the record established in 2004 by three-time race champion Maj. Dan Browne, who finished third Sunday with a time of 47:49 while competing for the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. Second-place finisher Tesfaye Girma (47:20), another Ethiopian living in New York City, is another Ethiopian elite runner.

Samia Akbar, 27, a 2003 graduate of American University who lives in Herndon, Va., won the women’s race with a time of 55:25 – 55 seconds quicker than the mark set in 1995 by Susan Molloy of Charlottesville, Va.

Katie Read of Arlington finished second in the women’s race with a time of 56:39, and was followed by Muluye Gurma (57:20), an Ethiopian living in Silver Spring, Md., Costa Rican Gabriela Trana (58:56) and former WCAP marathoner Capt. Emily Potter (59:47) of the U.S. Army Team.

An event record of 30,000 people registered for the Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation race in a span of six days, and 21,256 runners and wheelchair athletes completed the 10-mile course that started and ended at the Pentagon.

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