2012 Men’s Invitational Field

Race #, Name, Age, Country, Career Highlight

1. Dejen Gebremeskel, 22, ETH, Defending champion and finished 3rd at the ‘11 World Championships over 5,000m

2. Eliud Kipchoge, 27, KEN, Has a silver and bronze medal over 5,000m from the last 2 Olympic Games

3. Tariku Bekele, 25, ETH, World Champion over 3,000m indoors, making debut over the 5k distance on the roads

4. Anthony Famiglietti, 33, USA, Two-time Olympian and six-time U.S. Champion, known by the nickname “Fam”

5. Alistair Cragg, 31, Ireland, Two-time Olympian and Irish record holder over 3000m and 5000m indoors.

6. Juan Carlos Romero, 34, Mexico, Finished fourth at Carlsbad last year running a PR of 13:50

7. Hagos Gebrehiwot, 17, ETH, Made road racing debut on New Year’s Eve in Madrid when he won over 10km

8. John Kipkoech, 20, Kenya, Promising athlete new to the international circuit, owns a 13:26 PR for 5,000m

9. Ryan Gregson, 21, Australia, The Australian record holder for 1,500m; his PR on the roads for 5K is 14:17

10. Diego Borrego, 24, Mexico, Finished 6th here last year running 14:05 for his personal best

11. Andy Vernon, 26, Great Britain, His best 5,000m time is 13:27.85, making his 5k debut on the roads

12. Haron Lagat, 28, KEN, Finished third in Carlsbad in 2008 with a time of 13:36

13. Aron Rono, 29, KEN, An AZUSA Pacific athlete, he is a four-time National 10,000M Champion (2006-2009)

14. Jordan Williamsz, 19, Australia, Jordan set a PR earlier this year over 1500m when running 3.39.74

15. Darren Brown, 27, USA, All-American, University of Texas. 4th at the USATF Road Mile Championships

16. Brett Robinson, 20, Australia, Has set PR’s over 1500 and 5000m this year, 13:40:98 being the latter

17. Craig Miller, 24, USA (Denver), Has set personal bests over 1 mile indoors and 5000m this year

18. Brandan Bethke, 25, USA (Ann Arbor), Ran 13:25:82 over 5000m winning at Stanford last May

19. Andrew Carlson, 29, USA (MN) Finished sixth at the Olympic Trials Marathon in January

20. Jarrod Shoemaker, 29, USA (MA), Former u-23 World Triathlon Champion and member of ‘08 Olympic team