2007: Karim El Mabchour passed the finish line as the winner of the 35th annual Wharf to Wharf, arms spread like a plane coming in for landing, running 6 miles in 27 minutes, 53 seconds and making ...
2006: Racing in one of the strongest fields in Wharf to Wharf history, Ridouane Harroufi of Morocco beat Kenyan Julian Kiptoo to the finish by one second. Harroufi, the Wharf to Wharf’s first Moroc...
2005: In another sprint down the hill to the finish, Kenyan Wilson Kigen beat countryman Julius Kiptoo to the tape. It was a bit of redemption for Kigen, who was beat at the tape the previous year....
2004: It was called the closest finish in Wharf to Wharf history. Shadrack Kosgei and Kigen finished stride-for-stride down Capitola’s hill and across the tape. After some discussion, officials gav...
2003: Patrick Nthiwa, from Kenya, won the title with a time of 27:35, holding off John Gwako, who finished second for the third consecutive year. Nthiwa pulled away at the 4-mile mark and then held...
2002: Evans Rutto, of Nairobi, Kenya, successfully defended his Wharf to Wharf title, finishing in 27:38. He broke away from countrymen John Gwako and Patrick Nthiwa in the final half mile of the 6...
2001: Evans Rutto, a 23-year-old Wharf to Wharf rookie from Nairobi, Kenya, posted the third-fastest time since the race was set at six miles in 1987. He topped fellow Kenyan and two-time champion ...
2000: Kenyans dominated the race for the fourth year in a row. John Gwako, the 1998 winner, broke the tape in 27:55 for the win. He was followed by Kenya’s James Bungei (28:39), the 1997 champion, ...
In this photo, Kenyan Philip Kurui sprints to victory on the fina yards of the Wharf to Wharf race as countryman, and 1997 winner, James Bungei, left, can only watch. William Kiptum, center, edges ...
1998: In one of the most exciting finishes in Wharf to Wharf history, two Kenyans, William Kiptum and Gwako, sprinted to the finish line with Gwako edging his countryman by a few inches. Both finis...
1997: This was once again the year of the Kenyans in the men’s division. James Bungei pulled from a pack of his countrymen and two game finishers from Albuquerque, N.M., to win by six seconds. The ...
In this clipping, 14,000 runners cluster at the starting line. 1996: The biggest news of the 24th race, at least from a local angle, was the record tying third Wharf to Wharf win in the women’s ...
1995: Two former men’s champions bowed out a week before the race, allowing unheralded Danny Gonzalez to win the race in 29:55, a new record due to another in a series of course modifications. Gonz...
1994: A course alteration — thanks to erosion along East Cliff Drive — and the absence of defending champions set the stage for a little-known Australian to steal the spotlight. In his first visit ...
1993: This year’s Wharf to Wharf Race proved to have somewhat of a fairytale atmosphere with veteran competitor Alan Dehlinger finally winning the race and Barb Acosta of Santa Cruz taking third in...
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