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RUNNERS – MEN <strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS Tyler Pennel Country: United States Age: 28 Date of Birth: December 21, 1987 Residence: Blowing Rock, NC Personal Best: 2:13:32, St. Paul, MN, 2014 New York City Marathon History: Debut Career Highlights 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon 5th 2:14:57 2015 .US National 12K 2nd 34:35 2015 USATF 10-Mile Championships 2nd 46:48 2014 USATF Marathon Championships 1st 2:13:32 2014 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships 33rd 1:02:20 After winning his 26.2-mile debut at the 2014 USATF Marathon Championships, Pennel spent his 2015 season lowering his personal bests at shorter distances. That May, he clocked 28:22.90 for 10,000 meters at Stanford University, followed by a new mile best of 3:58.99 and 5000-meter best of 13:32.06 over a span of two weeks in June. That fall, he returned to the roads, recording runner-up at the national 10-mile and 12-kilometer championships. He ran his next marathon at the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in February; in Los Angeles, he would finish fifth after making an aggressive attempt to break from the lead pack on mile 16. Pennel attended Western State College of Colorado (now Western State Colorado University), where he earned 11 NCAA All-American honors and won the 10,000 meters at the 2012 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Originally from Golden, CO, he now trains in Blowing Rock, NC with the ZAP Fitness post-collegiate training group. MEDIA GUIDE 75
<strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS RUNNERS – MEN Dathan Ritzenhein Country: United States Age: 33 Date of Birth: December 30, 1982 Residence: Grand Rapids, MI Personal Best: 2:07:47, Chicago, 2012 New York City Marathon: 2010: 8th, 2:12:33; 2006: 11th, 2:14:01 Career Highlights 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 9th 2:07:47 2009 Zürich Diamond League 5000m 3rd 12:56.27 2009 IAAF World Championships 10,000m 6th 27:22.28 2009 IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships 3rd 1:00:00 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon 9th 2:11:59 Ritzenhein returns to New York City 10 years after making his marathon debut in the five boroughs. Since then, he’s recorded two top-ten finishes at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon (9th in 2012 and 5th in 2013), as well as a seventh-place finish in last year’s Boston Marathon. He nearly equaled his half-marathon best this September, running 1:00:12 to take second place behind Mo Farah at the Great North Run in England. In June, he ran another near-PR when he took fourth at the B.A.A. 10K in Boston; his time of 28:12 was only four seconds off of his road best, which he set in 2007 when he won the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K in Central Park. In 2009, Ritzenhein became the first American—male or female—to medal at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships, and his time of 1:00:00 made him the second-fastest American in history. That same season, he lowered the American 5000-meter record to 12:56.27. The Rockford, MI native attended the University of Colorado Boulder. He made his first of three U.S. Olympic teams while competing for the Buffaloes, qualifying in the 10,000 meters for the Athens 2004 Games. He also represented the U.S. in the marathon in Beijing in 2008, placing ninth, and took 13th in the 10,000 meters in London in 2012. 76 #TCSNYCMARATHON
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