Second Straight Record Breaking Year for The CIGNA HealthCare Corporate
Manchester, NH, August 12th, 2004 ­ Marie Davenport set a new womens' record in the 12th annual CIGNA HealthCare Corporate 5K Road Race held Thursday evening, August 12th, in downtown Manchester, NH.

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Posted Friday, 13 August, 2004

The time of 15:39 beat the course record of 15:48.2 set last year or year by Emily Samoe. John Korir had the fastest male time of 14:07.

Features of the race included the wave start and ChampionChip® timing system. The wave start ensures that each participant is grouped among those individuals with similar fitness levels and that the competitive runners have a clear field ahead of them. The ChampionChip® is a small, lightweight electronic chip that is placed on a participant's shoe to provide the exact time of each individual's finish.

“The race is a celebration of fitness," said Don Curry, CIGNA HealthCare vice president for New England. "From employers who use the race as a way to build team spirit and improve the health of their workforce, to elite and recreational runners, walkers and families with strollers out to have a good time, this race has something for everyone."

“We are very pleased to present this exciting event which so many people look forward to each year. Hundreds of volunteers and CIGNA employees, and the total support of the City of Manchester including the fire, police and parks and recreation departments make this event possible, “ said Carol Martin-Krochmal, race director.

Contributing sponsors of the road race include WMUR-TV9, COOL 96.5, Jillian's, Southwest Airlines, Shaw's Supermarkets, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Rockingham Ambulance, Stonyfield Farm, CenComm and Waste Management.

For the serious runners, the race also offers cash awards, totaling $4,000 to the first five male and female finishers. The cash awards start at $600 each for the first male and female winners and decrease by one hundred dollar increments for the second, third, fourth and fifth place male and female finishers.

Corporate teams are a major part of the CIGNA HealthCare Corporate 5K road Race. This year 200 corporate teams participated, ranging in size from five to one hundred and nine team members. Awards are given out for fastest male, female and co-ed corporate teams as wells as for the teams with the most participants and highest percentage of participants.

2004 Winners Include:

In the Corporate Categories:
- Corporate Cup for the Fastest Team
- Fastest Male Team:
- Fastest Female Team:
- Fastest Co-Ed Team:

Grand Corporate Cup for the Most Participants
Small Team (tied) - Revolution Partners and Meehan Orthodontics
Medium Team ­ CLD Consulting Engineers
Large Team - BAE Systems

Grand Corporate Cup for the Highest Percentage of Participation
Small Team - Plymouth Animal Hospital
Medium Team - Farm & Flower Market
Large Team - Rockywold Deephaven Camps

In the Individual Categories:

Top 5 Male Finishers:
1. John Korir (Chapel Hill, NC) 14:07
2. Nicholas Kurgat (Chapel Hill, NC) 14:12
3. Matt Downin (Westwood, NJ) 14:26
4. Joseph Mwai (Westchester, PA) 14:33
5. John Mortimer (Goffstown, NH) 14:34

Top 5 Female Finishers:
1. Marie Davenport (Guildford, CT) 15:39
2. Atalelech Ketema (Bronx, NY) 16:16
3. Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Gainsville, FL) 16:29
4. Agnes Ngunjiri (Kennesaw, GA) 16:46
5. Orla O'Mahoney (Providence, RI) 16:51

Top 10 Male Finishers from NH
1 14:34 John Mortimer 28 M Goffstown NH
2 14:53 Wilson Perez 26 M Keene NH
3 15:32 Derek Holland 27 M Concord NH
4 15:38 Tim Cox 31 M Epsom NH
5 15:47 Richard Bolt 34 M Manchester NH
6 15:56 Scott Clark 38 M Gilmanton NH
7 15:57 Paul Durfee 19 M Laconia NH
8 16:04 John Gleeson 25 M Portsmouth NH
9 16:07 Alex Hall 17 M Manchester NH
10 16:08 Jason Porter 34 M Manchester NH

Top 10 Female Finishers from NH
1 17:20 Mary Proulx 23 F Ashland NH
2 17:36 Amy Gosztyla 25 F Dover NH
3 17:58 Caitlin Hayes 22 F Dover NH
4 18:49 Raelyn Crowell 33 F Amherst NH
5 18:59 Mary Garrity 21 F Manchester NH
6 19:04 Miae Jacobs 44 F Atkinson NH
7 19:08 Amy Tkaczyk 30 F Northwood NH
8 19:14 Ashley Morgenstern 16 F Derry NH
9 19:15 Jenna Marschhausen 16 F Manchester NH
10 19:28 Holly Banaian 13 F Manchester NH

Results organized by state, city or town, or age may be accessed at http://216.197.124.4/cigna after 10pm tonight.

CONTACT:Lindsay Shearer
Office: 603.268.7721
Cell: 603.490.5215
Lindsay.shearer@cigna.com

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Cigna HealthCare Corporate 5K Home Page

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