John Hancock's 2014 Elite
Field Facts
- The 2014 John Hancock Elite Athlete Team includes 42 athletes.
- These athletes have won more than 80 global marathons in the following cities: Amsterdam, Asuncion, Beppu-Oita, Boston, Casablanca, Castellon, Chicago, Dubai, Duluth, Eldoret, Frankfurt, George, Gongju, Guadalajara, Jacksonville, Hamburg, Hannover, Houston, Las Vegas, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Marrakesh, Milan, Nairobi, New York City, Ottawa, Palermo Rotterdam, Sacramento, San Diego, St. Paul, Quad Cities, Seoul, Stockholm, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Turin, Warsaw, Woodlands, Xiamen, and Zurich
- 11 Countries are represented on the team: Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United States
- 21 Men and 21 Women
- Four Past Champions:Lelisa Desisa (2013), Rita Jeptoo (2006 and 2013), Sharon Cherop (2012), Caroline Kilel (2011)
- Winners of 11 World Marathon Majors in the field:
- Lelisa Desisa (Boston, 2013)
- Rita Jeptoo (Boston, 2013)
- Dennis Kimetto (Chicago, 2013)
- Rita Jeptoo (Chicago, 2013)
- Dennis Kimetto (Tokyo, 2013)
- Sharon Cherop (Boston, 2012)
- Caroline Kilel (Boston, 2011)
- Noriko Higuchi (Tokyo, 2011)
- Gebre Gebremariam (New York City, 2010)
- Meb Keflezighi (New York City, 2009)
- Rita Jeptoo, (Boston, 2006)
- Ten athletes hold 11 marathon course records: Dennis Kimetto (Chicago), Meselech Melkamu (Frankfurt), Lusapho April (Hannover), Buzunesh Deba (Jacksonville), Caroline Kilel (Ljubljana), Markos Geneti (Los Angeles), Buzunesh Deba (San Diego), Sharon Cherop (Turin), Shalane Flanagan (U.S. Olympic Trials, Houston), Ryan Hall (U.S. Olympic Trials, NYC), Mare Dibaba (Xiamen)
- 16 women and 14 men ran their personal best marathon times in the past 2 years
- The top 10 women have run under 2:23:00
- The top 9 men have run under 2:06:57
(Field facts as of 4/16/14)