Tuesday, January 22, 2008

More on Wesly Ngetich's Death ...

We've collected some additional items following from the news of two-time Grandma's Marathon champion Wesly Ngetich's death ...

-- Dave Monti, who broke the news (see post below) corrects one element of his story. Ngetich, born on December 15, 1977, was 30-years-old at the time of his death, not 34.

-- Minnesota Public Radio interviewed Grandma's Marathon executive director Scott Keenan yesterday about the tragedy. You can hear the interview HERE.

-- The Duluth News-Tribune's Kevin Pates has expanded his original story on Ngetich HERE.

-- WDIO, Duluth's Channel 10, has a report HERE that includes race footage and a phone interview with Hussein Makke, Ngetich's agent.

-- Reuters has THIS story about how violence in Kenya is impacting the sporting hopes of the nation.

-- And, the Star-Tribune's Curt Brown has THIS story on the tragedy that quotes me on the matter.

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