The 2024 B.A.A. Boston 10K took place Sunday morning with a new name, a new course, and unusual conditions, with the race’s near-annual heat and sunshine replaced by clouds and rain.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe blazed the course in 27 minutes and 42 seconds to win the men’s race, 11 seconds ahead of countryman Wesley Kiptoo. Daniel Ebenyo came through right behind Kiptoo to close out a Kenyan sweep on the podium.
“It’s so amazing today, being my first time at the 10K race in Boston,” said Sawe. “I’m so glad today to win this race. The course was not really tough, but the weather makes it so hard and I did my best.”
Two American men finished in the top 10, with Teshome Mekonen in sixth (28:17) and Clayton Young taking ninth (28:31). Young, an NCAA champion over this distance (on the track) at BYU, is preparing to represent the United States in the marathon at the Paris Olympics this summer.
The women’s race mirrored that dominance, as Melknat Wudu led a trio of Ethiopians across the line, but her win wasn’t as comfortable as Sawe’s. It came down to the final steps on Charles Street, where Wudu edged Bosena Mulatie to claim the win by just 0.4 seconds. Senayet Getachew was two seconds back in third.
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“I have confidence that everyone was going to come to win, but I know I have the same confidence as others,” Wudu said through an interpreter. “At the finish line I knew I was a winner, so all the training I did back home was good for me, and makes me so happy.”
Emily Durgin was the only American woman in the top 10.
The race began on Charles Street, crossed the Longfellow Bridge, went west down Memorial Drive before looping back east, crossing the Mass. Ave. Bridge, and finishing on Charles Street at the Boston Common
Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.
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