7-Mile Athlete Bios

Flanagan is coming into Falmouth fresh off his run at the Olympics where he represented Canada in the 5000m. He has won the Falmouth Road Race three times, in 2018, 2021 and 2022. He missed the race last year due to qualifying for the World Championships in Budapest, again representing Canada in the 5000m. He is the current Canadian record holder in the 5k and 10k.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2022: 1st (32:25)
2021: 1st (32:16)
2018: 1st (32:21)

Haileselassie is a two-time Olympian for his home country of Eritrea, competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2016 and 2020 games where he placed 11th and 5th, respectively. He is the Eritrean steeplechase national record holder at 8:22.52 minutes. This summer, he placed 4th at the B.A.A. 10k with a time of 28:11, and 4th at the Boilermaker Road Race, a 15k race, with a time of 43:23.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2023: 8TH (32:22)

Originally from Kenya, Kioko ran for Campbell University, where he was a six-time All American. Now a professional runner for On Athletics, he recently competed in the Kenyan Olympic National Trials in the 5000m, an event in which he holds a 13:09.37 PR.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2022: 9th (33:04)

The Falmouth Road Race 2nd place finisher last year, John Korir is a marathon runner from Kenya. He was the 2022 winner of the Los Angeles Marathon. In 2023, Korir was the runner-up at the historic Utica Boilermaker 15k, breaking a nearly 18 year old course record in the process. Korir also placed 10th in the Kenyan Championships 10,000m and 9th in the 2023 Boston Marathon.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2023: 2nd (31:34)

Lara was the 2020 USATF 15k National Champion and has qualified for the Olympic Trials twice. He has been running at an elite level since high school, when he was the 2013 Texas Cross Country State Champion. More recently, he was the top American in the 2023 London Marathon, placing 11th overall.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2022: 13th (33:38)

Riley is an Olympic marathoner who placed 28th at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He was the first American finisher at the 2019 Chicago Marathon, where he placed 9th overall with a time of 2:10:36. During his time at Stanford University, Riley was an eight-time All American.

Shrader has competed in the Olympic Trials three times, in the 5k in 2016, and in the marathon in 2020 and 2024. At Northern Arizona University, he was a 4-time All American, and he currently holds the American record in the 12k, which he set at the 2014 US road 12k.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2022: 21st (34:28)

A marathoner, Bates won the 2018 USA Marathon Championships, and placed 2nd at the 2021 Chicago Marathon. She was a 12-time All-American at Boise State University, where she was 2014 NCAA 10,000m outdoor champion. In 2019 she won the USA 25 km Road Championship.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2016: 9th (38:48)

Belayneh is the 2022 Winner of the Beach to Beacon 10K. This June, she won the African Championships 5000m with a time of 15:30.10, and in 2022 she was the Ethiopian 5000m National Champion. She holds a 5000m PR of 14:35.27.

Emma Gracy Hurley is coming in to Falmouth for the second year in a row, Hurley runs for ASICS. This year she placed 2nd at the USA Cross Country Championship 10k. She holds a 3000m PR of 8:51.34.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2023: 12th (37:53)

Edna Kiplagat is returning to Falmouth for her third year, as the second place finisher in 2022, and the winner in 2021. As one of the most accomplished marathoners in the world, Kiplagat won both the World Athletics World Championships Marathon and the Boston Marathon twice, as well as London (2014), and New York City (2010). She is a three-time winner of the Abbott World Marathon Majors Championships.

FALMOUTH HISTORY:
2022: 2nd (36:28)
2021: 1st (36:52)

Nukuri is back to Falmouth for the 8th time, having previously won the race in 2015 and placing 3rd in 2016 and 2017. She is a three time Olympian in the 5k, 10k, and marathon, and is the Burundian record holder in the 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters, half marathon, and marathon.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2021: 5th (37:35)
2017: 3rd (36:57)
2016: 3rd (36:59)
2015: 1st (36:47)
2014: 4th (36:17)
2013: 4th (37:16)
2011: 2nd (37:13)

Sullivan won the 2022 Cherry Blossom Ten Mile run in Washington, DC. She was the top American at the 2023 London Marathon, placing 10th, and earned a spot in the World Championship Marathon in Budapest that same year. She has competed three times in the Olympic Trials marathon.

FALMOUTH HISTORY
2022: 12th (38:03)

Only 19 years old, Wudu ran the 4th fastest indoor two mile time, 9:07.12, this February at the Millrose Games. She holds the Under-20 world record in the 3000m, with her time of 8:32.34, set in Boston. This year she placed 3rd in the 5000m at the African Games.