Top Contenders for New York City Marathon 2011 November 6

A Galaxy of Stars to shine on the field of New York City Marathon 2011 November 6 which includes:

Men: (Course record - 2:07:43 Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) 2001)
Geoffrey Mutai (KEN), 29 -- PB 2:03:02 Boston 2011 - fastest time ever run
Tsegaye Kebede (ETH), 24 - PB 2:05:18 Fukuoka 2009 , making a debut
Gebre Gebremariam (ETH) - PB 2:04:53 Boston 2011
Emmanuel Mutai (KEN),27 - PB 2:06:40 London 2011
Meb Keflezighi (USA), 36 --- PB 2:09:15 New York 2009
Jaouad Gharib (MOR), 39 -- PB 2:05:27 London 2009

Women: (Course record - 2:22:31 Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2003)
Mary Keitany (KEN), 29 - WL 2:19:19 London 2011, Half Marathon 1:05:50 WR
Edna Kiplagat (KEN), 32 - PB 2:20:46 London 2011, World champion Daegu
Caroline Kilel (KEN), 30 - PB 2:22:36 Boston 2011
Buzunesh Deba (KEN), 24 - PB 2:23:31 San Diego 2011
Galina Bogomolova (RUS), 33 - PB 2:20:47 Chicago 2006

The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world attracting more than 100,000 applicants annually for the limited places and and last year saw an all time record number of 44,977 finishers