A year-by-year look at the Quad-City Times Bix 7: Number of runners: 17,598 (2,490 in Jr. Bix 7) Men’s winner: Ryan Hall (Mammoth Lakes, California), 32:55 Women’s winner: Lisa Koll (Fort Dodge, Iowa), 37:52 Weather: 70 degrees, 90% humidity, 1.21 inches precipitation Ryan Hall pulled away from the field in the final two miles to win in his first visit to the Bix 7 while 22-year-old Lisa Koll, a former Iowa State national champion, made her road racing debut a memorable one.
The race, which was run amid intermittent showers, served as the American championship race for the third time. Number of runners: 18,057 (3,119 in Jr. Bix 7) Men’s winner: Silas Kipruto (Kenya), 32:36 Women’s winner: Caroline Rotich (Kenya), 36:42 Weather: 77 degrees, 82% humidity Kenya’s Caroline Rotich won by a minute, 4 seconds, the largest margin of victory in 33 years in the women’s race.
Silas Kipruto won the men’s race for the first time as the top five finishers all were from Kenya. Jen Paul won the inaugural Eloise Caldwell Trophy as the top local women’s finisher. Number of runners: 18,138 (3,425 in Jr.
Bix 7) Men’s winner: Silas Kipruto (Kenya), 32:31 Women’s winner: Margaret Muriuki (Kenya), 36:17 Weather: 70 degrees, 78% humidity Silas Kipruto became only the third male runner to win the Bix 7 in back-to-back years, joining Bill Rodgers and John Korir. Caroline Rotich also made a strong bid to repeat in the women’s race but she ended up being edged by Margaret Muriuki. .
